Cannon 2016 Instrumental

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Cloquet is: @paper_tiger_doomtree @jgundersen

http://CLOQUET.BAND

Hollows

Buy the album LUTHER - http://smarturl.it/lazerbeak

Today Lazerbeak announced Luther, his first solo full-length offering since 2012’s breakout release Lava Bangers, to be released on Doomtree Records this February 15th.

Armed with an endless vault of rap beats and an extensive musical catalog spanning over two decades, the Minneapolis producer’s classic sound has generally taken on an epic, hard-hitting, everything-and-the-kitchen-sink approach - inspired largely by production crews like Atlanta’s Dungeon Family and New York’s Bomb Squad. He’s collaborated with everyone from reigning rap queen Lizzo, bluegrass heavyweights Trampled By Turtles, storied supergroup GAYNGS, East Coast indie-rockers Speedy Ortiz, and the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra, all while continuing to build and create with life-long comrades from his own Doomtree artist collective like Dessa, P.O.S, and Shredders.

Much has changed in the seven years since Beak released Lava Bangers, and Luther’s drastic musical turn echoes the same life-changing experiences Beak has encountered in that timeframe. Now 36 and a father of three, with a day job that includes CEO of Doomtree Records and manager of numerous high-profile acts such Doomtree, POLICA, and Shredders, Beak set out to create a project that would reflect the ever-morphing landscape that he’s embraced in his 30’s. Whereas Lava Bangers’ 20 short, high-energy heat rocks relied heavily on monstrous drums, punishing bass, and gnarly horn stabs - sounding at times more like the fury of Run The Jewels or the Just Blaze-helmed Rocafella Records era - Luther finds Beak stripping every sound back to its individual core. Seven meticulously slow-building and expansive instrumental meditations that ebb and flow with a newfound patience and restraint rarely seen from the producer.

The album title - a simultaneous tip of the hat to Beak’s all-time favorite singer, Luther Vandross, as well as his four-year-old son lovingly given the same name - is a reflection of this boiled-down, reflective approach. Inspired largely by his new life as a family man and a recent deep dive into all things mindfulness, self wellness, and gratitude, Luther thrives on ambient atmospherics, gentle melodies, and carefully-crafted percussion to create its own pulsing sonic universe. Every musical element is allowed the time and space to breathe and grow into a full-fledged composition, and the lack of vocals allows Beak to explore a much richer musical sound bed, giving each instrument its own moment in a constantly revolving spotlight. By exploring this quieter space, Lazerbeak has completed the long trek from beat-maker to producer, and Luther represents a newfound peace and balance in a rapidly changing world.

LUTHER

Winging It

LAZERBEAK "Winging It"

A monthly hang with Doomtree's Lazerbeak and co-host Jeyca Maldonado covering everything Doomtree-related and then some.

EPISODE #1: In the inaugural episode of "Tuesdays With Lazerbeak," Beak and Jeyca run down Doomtree's year in review, argue about their top albums, and give a sneak peek into Lazerbeak's upcoming album "Luther".

Tuesdays With Lazerbeak Podcast - Episode 1

A monthly hang with Doomtree's Lazerbeak and co-host Jeyca Maldonado covering everything Doomtree-related and then some.

EPISODE #2: In the second episode of "Tuesdays With Lazerbeak," Beak and Jeyca bring on their first-ever guest, Dessa, to discuss her breakout year, what 2019 holds, guilty pleasures, her love of Whitney Houston, and much more. Beak also breaks down the instrumental of his new single "Ready."

Tuesdays With Lazerbeak Podcast - Episode 2 (feat. Dessa)

In the third episode of the Tuesdays With Lazerbeak podcast, we take a super deep dive into Lazerbeak's new solo album 'Luther'. This is the definitive interview on all things creation, inspiration, process, mental health, family, and everything in between that led up to the release. And if you're more interested in Jeyca and Beak's hot takes on the Grammys and Maroon 5's halftime performance, we've got you covered there too. Thanks for listening!

Tuesdays with Lazerbeak Podcast - Episode 3 - A Deep Dive into "Luther"

Mike Mictlan "Creeper Status"

Believe Me

Listen, buy, stream, share: http://smarturl.it/fivealive

Raps by P.O.S, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Dessa, Cecil Otter
Beat by Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger (Sick Trim 4 Lyfe)

LYRICS: 
P.O.S VERSE
Shambles as a rule
Tangled like
Chasing a train
But still look cool
Somehow still limp along
So fly that it feels like a strut
Like glitter on a black eye
Or tattoos over scars
Keeping all flames lit
When the breeze 5 alarm
Bet tho
Fresh coat of Rusto 
Flat black (yeah duh)
Tight bolts, Presto
Till the bell tolls really 
Till my knees and my speech goes silly
Till it reach that hilltop spread
With the views and the truth 
Get whole, break bread 
Been ready, been set
Been chilly, been dead
All the way live tho 
By some twist of energy I’m alive 
and I can’t just not
I’m head first, dive in

SIMS VERSE
I was really dripping
Thinking there was peace to ink in
Guess I had fallen on my own pen
writing “do you"
Now I’m really bending 
Guessing Every sword is double edged
Never thought that art was war
Cut cord 
I wonder
Do you too?

SIMS HOOK
My friend he's all heart
It's on sleeve
He's all hurt
He's all art
He’s won’t speak
It decorates his arms

My girl she's all work
She's no sleep
She's all hurt
She's all art
She won’t grieve
It decorates my house

MIKE MICTLAN VERSE
These tattoos don't say much to you 
Wake me up in the middle of a night terror
Im scared but these tats don't talk me down
Safe arms & my fists can't fight fair 
Ghost Dad? Nah son that's Dadface to you
Left & right
Life or death, Aztec, more than skin deep, sacrifice the blood to you
Lines connect the scars like connect the dots, got 8 for my crew
Ink for my dead big sis center of the chest spot right where her heart went stop
Off tha RIP half dead plenty mizer 
Pound foolish & a Pennywiser 
Glucometer high but now my veins dont pump that saccharin, fentanyl, Pfizer 

DESSA VERSE
Leave it running 
leave the keys in it
if I ain’t back in a minute, gun it
you can go and keep it.
I got both feet on the gas
something to prove, nothing to lose 
extra room in the back. 
Little petty cash 
in the petticoat
so if the getaway’s gone, 
I’m still ready though. 
Hold steady on the straightaway, fast as fuck
then it’s pencils down because the 8 bar’s up. 

CECIL VERSE
Autumn walks along the woods 

hardest talks about the past

Always saying if I could of

Always ending in the glass

Only friends are finish last types

Soda jerks that miss the glass

All they ever did was gas light

No reverse…hit the gas

It’ll last, it’ll stay

The medicine is fast 

The bed is never made

Head is in the past

telling me to stay  

Risk it all now?

edit, let it fade

Edit edit, get it, gut it now

Check my night light, it ain't coming down

Write for the night, I’m living, loving 

running, drilling, I did my bed, I’m done and gone



SIMS HOOK
My friend he's all heart
It's on sleeve
He's all hurt
He's all art
He’s won’t speak
It decorates his arms

My girl she's all work
She's no sleep
She's all hurt
She's all art
She won’t grieve
It decorates my house

Five Alive - Single

Five Alive

Out now. Stream/buy/watch: smarturl.it/nightstone

Night Stone is the new electronic project from veteran producers Lazerbeak and ICETEP. Both artists have spent the last decade building a bulletproof discography of credits - Lazerbeak with everyone from global sensation Lizzo and bluegrass legends Trampled By Turtles to the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra, and his own Doomtree crew; and ICETEP with Chicago’s first lady Psalm One, indie-rap behemoth Astronautalis, and singer/rapper/renaissance woman Dessa.

The two began working together on various Doomtree projects in 2015 and instantly bonded over their shared love for French house, electro, and techno, musical territories that neither producer had ventured into previously. What began as a shot in the dark quickly evolved into a sound all their own, mixing highly melodic instrumentation with dance floor-ready beats and a nod to the 90s R&B they were both raised on to create an uptempo and supremely joyous soundtrack.

Once the instrumentals were in place, Beak and ICETEP realized there was still something missing and went off in search of the perfect guest vocalists to add the urgency and harmonic clarity the album was missing. Enter Sophia Eris, Lady Midnight, Channy Leaneagh of POLICA, and MMYYKK of astralblak, the four cornerstones of Night Stone’s self-titled debut album. Sophia Eris, who moonlights as Lizzo’s official DJ and hypewoman, throws down confident bars and affirmations on four of the album’s bubbliest bangers, while neo-soul slayer Lady Midnight adds a lyrical depth and spiritual energy reminiscent to the project reminiscent of peak Sade. Then there’s MMYYK of Afro-future funk all-stars astralblak, who mixes mantras and self-love proclamations with a voice as mountainous as the man himself, and Channy Leaneagh of electro-pop kingpins POLICA who lends her ethereal voice to the appropriately titled “Night Rider.”

The beats on the other hand, influenced just as much by classic production duos Cassius and Daft Punk as they are by the synthy quiet storm of legendary acts like Luther Vandross, New Edition, and TLC, manage to walk a fine line between a myriad of genres, all while keeping your mind and body moving in time to the intricate grooves. Polyrhythmic percussion and booming kick drums meet analog synthesizers, Chic-esque guitar riffs, and boisterous horn stabs in a triumphant tidal wave of sound, and the vocals from some of this generation’s most up-and-coming talents only help to ground Night Stone firmly at the forefront of current electronic music.

Tuesdays With Lazerbeak Podcast - Episode 2 (feat. Dessa)

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