LA Hip Hop Artist from the 6 with Trini roots.

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 Fortune & F.a.m.e. is an American Music Producer originally from Los Angeles, Ca. now residing in Louisiana. Music Production is a life and an art that can
inspire the world. Listen to his instrumentals and become inspired.

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Originally intended as a band of sample mixers fixing beats for beat junkies and originally manned by Chris Roach and Marck and Leslie Hardy, "Anti-Melodic Chaotic Audio Assault Technicians" a.k.a. "A.M.C.A.A.T." created a spooky and beautiful combination of found and created rhythms and noise. =========== From microcassette voice recordings of dream retellings over frantic rolling drum fills and punchy dissonant bass slaps to samples of 1930's Italian standards over reverbed drum loops, A.M.C.A.A.T. was poised to create a subgenre of industrial music. Music that sounded like 5 djs mixing at the same b.p.m. but without benefit (or restraint) of musical structure.=========== As things deteriorated in a haze of alcohol induced fueding, the three quickly separated leaving a handful of low quality recordings held by only two members. A.M.C.A.A.T. was on the backburner, in jeopardy of setting off a smoke detector while the chefs slept through it and expired of carbon monixide inhalation. =========== Leslie, refusing to breath the foul air of failure, has set forth to rehearse and refine his primary functions as band member in the early days, beats and sound reinforcment. Advances in electronics, (Mainly, the addition of Macintosh computers as a recording platform. The early recordings were on 4-track cassette.) have allowed for higher-quality recordings and placed the A.M.C.A.A.T. sound randomly throughout cyberspace. The "noise" aspect of the 3-man colaboration has given way to actual melodies, as sparse as they may be, and chaos has given way to order, but A.M.C.A.A.T. is again active. =========== Fusing techno/goth/orchestra/hip-hop and industrial, Leslie is working and awaiting the return of inactive members to the fold. (Kinda like a creepy/weird/fucked-up version of "New Edition" on mind-altering drugs and no desire to sing a single note.) Stay tuned.

Ladies and gentlemen it is with great pleasure we bring you the dope beats of the Digital Gangsters aka Ollie & Fifties: 

Ollie's Story: 
A true musician, Ollie's talents were apparent from a young age and nurtured by his music obsessed father: A drummer from age 7, guitarist at 9 and bassist from 13, he also later became a proficient pianist, gaining a wealth of grade 8’s in all disciplines. Becoming disillusioned with the rock and indie scene in the late 90’s his attention changed to focus more on the more electronic side of music, studying Music Technology and Production at university. Running his own club nights aiming to promote the fledgeling breaks scene and using it as a platform to test out his own productions, he was soon snapped up by mighty Finger Lickin' Records as one half of Brothers Bud - their productions played by the likes of Plump DJs, James Zabiela, Dreadzone, Rennie Pilgrem and Radio 1’s Annie Nightingale and Annie Mac to name but a few. Not just an awesome producer, engineering tacks for artists such as Micky Slim, Andy George and Jaymo, he is no stranger to rocking dance-floors at clubs like the legendary Fabric, The Custard Factory and all across Europe. Alas, the breaks scene isn't want it used to be, but he still puts his talents to good use running his own successful music school teaching drums, guitar, bass and music theory. The main producer behind DG, his musical background gives him the edge delivering killer percussion, awesome leads and badass bass lines.

Fifties' Story: 
Lou 'Fifties' O'Donnell is a DJ, blogger, graphic designer and artist hailing from Co.Antrim in Northern Ireland. Her and Ollie share similar backgrounds. Both growing up in very musical households, this indie kid of the nineties grew tired of the scene and discovered house music whilst at art college in Lincoln. It was though MySpace that she began to get noticed for her eye catching designs and flawless mixtapes, gaining support from her peers.  An artist to the end, from these small beginnings, she has worked for the likes of Carl Cox's Intec label, Andy George & Jaymo's Moda, Chew the Fat!, Meat Katie's Lot49, On the Rise DJ Academy, Kid Breaks and Aquasky's Passenger label. With over a decade experience behind the decks she gained praise from both DJMag and iDJ Magazine. She has also been a major contributing to Life Support Machine blog since 2011 keeping her at the forefront of the scene. With a very keen ear for a good tune and knowing what will work on the dance-floor, she makes up the other half of the duo. 

After meeting through mutual friends and over 15 years of clubbing together and a mutual love of dirty, bass fulled beats, 2019 saw the pair finally get in the studio together to see what happened. Its been a great year for the Gangsters so far getting their first track - Snakebite released, delivering their first DJ mix (which hit top 10 in the Mixcloud Breakbeat chart) and playing their first ever gig together …. the future looks exciting for the double act!

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