Swedish Independent Hip Hop Label.

A small independent label with ambitions to to defy hype in effort to create a musical balance. Counterweight starts from scratch with the simple goal of showcasing creative and soulful music.

Founder, DJ Devastate tragically passed in 2018. The label is kept spinning by his long time creative partner Max I Million and Dev's family.

We still put out dope music in honor of DJ Devastate.

Run For Cover er en butik og webshop der specialiserer sig indenfor hiphop- og graffitikulturen. Vi udgiver også vores egne vinyler. Her  finder du vores podcast med dybdegående interviews med albumaktuelle rappere og legender indenfor hiphop/graffiti samt det nyeste fra streeten med Portland og Nyboe.

Du kan også finde vores eksklusive mixtapes med nogle af landets dygtigste hiphop DJ's

80s Baby From Bull City Thats Breathing Life Into Alternative Hip Hop In His State Of North Carolina

° Love for the fusion of technology and creativity.

° Tribute to the artists using the machinery to its full potential.

Akai MPCs (originally MIDI Production Center, now Music Production Controller) are a popular series of electronic musical instruments originally designed by Roger Linn and produced by the Japanese company Akai from 1988 onward. Intended to function as a powerful kind of drum machine, the MPCs drew on design ideas from machines such as the Sequential Circuits Inc. Studio 440 and the Linn's own Linn 9000, combining a powerful MIDI sequencer with the ability to sample one's own sounds. A major influence to Roger Linn's design was his love of rubber pads and how they could be pushed, prodded, and banged; this can be seen clearly in his designs especially from the MPC-60 onwards. Linn also had a passion for squares: thus, no round pads on the MPC Series. Later models feature increasingly powerful sampling, storage, interfacing and sound manipulation facilities, which broaden the use of instrument beyond just drum and rhythm tracks.


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