Follow The New METAL GEAR BEATS which features Shawn Lov AKA S, as well as RAIDEN with the newest beats on the Classic SP-1200, as well as heaps and heaps of beats from the dusty vaults... 

METAL GEAR BEATS is a classic sample-based Hip-Hop production collective founded originally in the 90's by S (Shawn Lov) who has been an active New Jersey MC and producer since the late 80's and also a mentee of the legendary Tony D (PRT, YZ fame). The other half of MGB is RAIDEN who is a very talented and experienced beat-smith in his own right, and has become a full partner in the METAL GEAR team over the course of many years and collaborative projects. The sound is early 90s East Coast, and the main tool for both producers is the legendary SP-1200. This collection is a generous helping of beats to serve as a free library of inspiration and place of respite for Dope MCs, young rappers with nothing except their homies trap computer beats to groove to, our friends in the hip-hop community, and all my Brothers. These are YOUR Beats. Please use them for your freestyles and projects or commercials free-of-charge, as long as its Quality! CREDIT: METAL GEAR BEATS, and please spell it Right and Exact. Love you Hip-Hop! Peace!

Join Dirk, Marjolein and Jamie as they explore the world through the eyes of metal heads living on an island.

The Heavy Metal Buffet is a non-profit organisation run by a bunch of metalheads in Shetland with the aim of putting on gigs and promoting the local music scene. 

Our podcasts feature local and international rock and metal; events in and around Shetland; post gig exploits and reviews; and updates as we prepare for the next year’s festival and upcoming gigs.

vi•sion quest (noun): a search for personal communication with the spirit world. 

Every mystical journey eventually comes to a fork in the road. The seeker of life’s destiny has two options: remain satisfied with whatever level of consciousness he has already attained, or push forward into ever-new domains of promise and possibility. 2014 sees dance music’s best-known spiritual pilgrims, the Visionquest trio of Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss, and Shaun Reeves, bravely embarking upon that wondrous journey. Each member of this celebrated DJing and production team contributes a distinct yet interlocking vision that together forms a seamless, organic whole. Just think of Crosson’s enthusiastic shuffle, Lee’s soulful stare, Shaun’s soft touch. Everything they craft has the same unmistakable flair: slow-burning, shape-shifting, expansive techno and house marked by compositional elegance and unabashed pop hooks.

Although long-time partner and co-conspirator Seth Troxler has stepped aside to pursue other projects, 2013 was the biggest year ever for the four. Inspired by the passing of the Mayan calendar, the group embarked upon Visionquest 13, 13 dates where the boys not only played together the whole night, but curated a true multimedia experience. From London to Buenos Aires, from the American hinterland to the Chilean wilderness, Visionquest 13 was a Freudian trip into the deepest recesses of the Detroit rave unconscious, what Ibiza Voice described as a “collective expedition into the depths of your soul”—but with a sophisticated, modern twist.

Their accomplishments are well-known and too many to list. For starters: a critically acclaimed 2011 Fabric mix; year-defining hit remixes for artists as diverse as Kiki, Wareika, Tracey Thorn, and David Lynch; showcases and dates in the biggest clubs and festivals around the world; and the creation of a now iconic-label that’s played host to dancefloor weaponry from the likes of Benoit & Sergio, Life & Death, Dinky, and Laura Jones—all this while each member maintained significant individual production and DJ careers. But, by definition, no journey dwells in the past. So in 2014 they launched Visionquest Special Editions, a limited-release, vinyl only label. Evoking the experimental sounds of the European techno avant-garde that first inspired the boys back in Detroit, the debut release, remixes of Montreal songwriter Quilla, features a stunning collaboration between Shaun and long-time hero Ricardo Villalobos. With Visionquest Special Editions we see the group at home at a breezy, gentle afterparty, not just igniting the club. As Visionquest winds around the corner into their bright future, they remain open and excited for what lies ahead.

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Metal band influenced by both metalcore and thrash.
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Since the birth of the label in 1997, FatCat has always had a solid engagement with material sent to us as demos. Where numerous labels will throw demos straight into the trash unopened, at FatCat we've always made an effort to listen and reply to every demo received. Numerous FatCat artists have been picked up having been discovered in this way (including Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, David Karsten Daniels, Welcome, Odonis Odonis, Get Back Guinozzi!, Silje Nes, Ensemble, Xinlisupreme, Songs Of Green Pheasant, Janek Schaefer - to name just a few), and it has always been really exciting to unexpectedly discover something great in this way. Just as when we started, this philosophy of keeping an ear to the ground and attempting to support good new creativity remains at the core of what we do.

With rapid changes in technology of recent years, the majority of demos are now sent to us electronically, but we are still happy to receive material through the post as CDs (please mark as 'demo submission' and mail FatCat Records, PO Box 3400, Brighton, BN1 4WG). Whilst we are still receiving a high quantity of demos, with our ever-busy release schedule and ongoing commitments to an expanding roster of signed artists, FatCat are now finding fewer opportunities to physically release material from new artists. As an antidote to this, back in 2004, we began using our website to showcase the best of the demos we were receiving. Alongside a DIY microsite built specifically to help people who wanted to release their own music, we hosted the our favourite demos online, with artwork and MP3s available for free download. In 2010 we began to use the more immediate freedom of SoundCloud as a platform - setting up a dropbox for people to submit tracks to and a player on the front of our site to showcase the best demo submissions. 

In February 2012, the new and improved FatCat demo site you are now using was launched, again using SoundCloud as the engine to drive the site. We have kept all of the the original demo artists on the new site - grouping them in collections archived by year. There is a lot of really great material stored away here, so please do spend some time looking around. 

The choices of who we have asked to join this archive are highly selective, and we make no apologies for this. These are tracks we consider to be really good quality material, tracks that we are happy to help promote and to have associated with FatCat. If you like what you hear here, then please do download the tracks and share this music with your friends.

Fonal Records artists include Lau Nau, Olimpia Splendid, Hiljaiset Kallot, Kemialliset ystävät, Ville Leinonen, Islaja, Es, Kiila, Risto, Tv-resistori, Eleanoora Rosenholm and Paavoharju. Fonal Records is a Finnish independent label that began releasing mainly domestic music in 1995. Fonal has a vast catalogue of experimental, folk, ambient and popular music releases.


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