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Lamont

DJ turned beat maker

About Me


Lamont started dj-ing in 1992. He had one technics SL-1200 turntable, 2 tapedecks and a cheap mixer. Around this period he made mixtapes to practice his skills in mixing and scratching. In 1997 he entered his first competition, the I.T.F. European championships in Hamburg Germany. That night he took the 4th place right after DJ Static (DK) DJ Pogo (UK) and DJ Shine (DK). This motivated him to enter more battles. (see battle stats)
Lamont's battle statistics


1992 : bedroom dj
1997 : 4th place I.T.F. European championships (Germany).
1998 : 3rd Place I.T.F. Belgian Championships (Antwerp).
1998 : Fat beats dj battle semi-finalist Rotterdam.
1999 : Belgian regional I.T.F. champion (Antwerp).
1999 : Belgian finals I.T.F. champion (Antwerp).
1999 : 2nd place I.T.F. Eastern hemisphere scratching (Denmark).
1999 : 2nd place I.T.F. Eastern hemisphere Teams (Denmark).
2000 : Belgian DMC Teams Champion with Killa Tactics.
2000 : Participation DMC World Team Championships with Killa Tactics.
2001 : Vestax Extravaganza vice Middle European Champion
2001 : Participation Vestax World Finals, Los Angeles
2002 : Belgian DMC Supremacy 3rd place
Releases

Records
1998: City Kingz, V/A - Ouverture, L'echo juggle, by Grazzhoppa & Lamont.
1999: Deejayz from hell vol. 2 - produced by: Lamont, Grazzhoppa, Smimooz.
2000: Beltdrive breaks - produced by Killa tactics and Lamont.
2001: High school jock breaks - produced by Lamont.
2001: College jock breaks - produced by Lamont.
2002: Hi-fi series vol. 1 - produced by Lamont.
2003: Unknown break project - produced by Lamont.
2004: DJ's from Earth vol.1 - produced by Lamont, Grazzhoppa and Smimooz.
2005: Hi-fi series vol. 2 - produced by Lamont.
2006: 6 DJ's +1. Produced by Grazzhoppa and 2tall.
Scratches by: Grazzhoppa, 2Tall, Optimus, Vindictiv, Mix Monster Menno, Lamont and Realson.This track is on the Dinner at table n°9 EP Cheebawax/B9000.
CDs
2002: Deviate - Red asunder, scratches on track "Mama said knock you out".
2004: Realtablist.com: Radio 21 showcase feat. Grazzhoppa and Lamont.
2005: Electric Barbarian - Featuring on: Mini Rock, Left or right, Shuffle-O-five.
2006: Senses overloaded with DJ 2tall.
Support act
Lamont was a support act for many top European and U.S. groups : The Beatnuts, Company flow, Cypress Hill, E-live, Jungle brothers, Tha liks, The Pharcyde, Blade, Wildchild, Taskforce, Russian percussion, DJ Spooky...
Projects
DJ Grazzhoppa's DJ Big band
Lamont is a member of Grazzhoppa's DJ Big band and is touring throughout Europe with the band promoting the turntable as a muiscal instrument. The DJ Big band (founded by DJ Grazzhoppa) consisted of eight members in the beginning: Menno, XXL, Yzerbeat, Grazzhoppa, Lamont, Smimooz, Monique Harcum (vocals) and Fabrizio Cassol (saxophone). Grazzhoppa's DJ Big band has expanded in october 2004. Seven extra dj's joined the existing line-up: Optimus and Vindictiv, Court a Sock, Boula One, J to the C, Cee Brown and Iron.
On top of that the DJ Big band is supported by Fisheye, this is a VJ crew who supports the DJ Big band with visuals during the performances.
http://www.djbigband.com
Electric Barbarian
Lamont also plays with a Dutch/Belgian free jazz collective called Electric Barbarian. The members are: Floris Vermeulen (bass & compositions), Harry Arling (drums), Bart Maris (trumpet & effects), Kaine (spoken word, founder of Last poets N.Y. USA), Grazzhoppa (turntables & effects), Kypski (turntables & effects), Lamont (turntables & effects).
http://www.electricbarbarian.com
Etoile Polaire
Grazzhoppa and Lamont went to Greenland twice in 2004 to work with the local rap group "Nuuk Posse". This was a part of the "Etoile polaire" project which was a musical exchange program between Belgium and the Nordic regions. The realisation of the Etoile polaire project was possible thanks to the Arts center Katuaq in Nuuk Greenland and the Arts center VOORUIT in Gent Belgium.
Rodec Scratchbox
In 2004 DJ mixer manufacturer Rodec asked Lamont if he wanted to join their R&D team and help them develop their very first scratch mixer.
Together they succeeded in creating the ultimate scratch mixer in 2006 after a lot of research, looking for the right components and endless testing. Rodec and Lamont share the same philosophy: NO UNNECESSARY BELLS AND WHISTLES!!! The Scratchbox is all about excellent sound quality, sturdy construction, great customer service, innovative new features and quality components.
http://www.scratchbox.eu
Going out / Bangers and Mash
Jerboa and Lamont had a television show in early 2006 on the local Flemish music channel Jim TV called Bangers and Mash. The concept was to create "Live" mash-ups of all different styles of music ranging from folk music, to rock, from disco to hip hop, from house to new wave ...etc. The latest DJ technologies were used: CD decks, turntables, Serato Scratch Live and Ableton Live.
Senses overloaded
Lamont and DJ 2tall (Eclectic Breaks, Pro X fade ...) are the creators of the project called "Senses overloaded, Live beat creation".
Equipment
Lap-tops, drum machines, turntables, synths, percussion instruments, microphones ,effects units and midi controllers are used to build up tracks from scratch. The lap-tops and hardware looping devices are used for creating layers of sounds which are molded and shaped into pleasent music.
Visuals
VJ (Teknar Visuals prod.) uses several cameras to film us on the spot. 2tall and Lamont are filmed from every imaginable angle and the VJ projects the images onto a screen realtime. He also triggers images and mixes them with our live action footage. The reason why we have all these cameras pointed at us is to show the public what we're actually doing on stage and to make it absolutely clear that we're performing LIVE!
Music
It's quite diverse ranging from downtempo to electronica, glitch to hip hop , D'n'B and experimental etc... Our goal is to keep things interesting for everybody and not to stick to one theme all the time.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/8/2005
Band Website: sensesoverloaded.com
Sounds Like:

Senses Overloaded EP is a collaborative seven tracker with DJ and producer 2tall and Belgian tablist/producer Lamont. Senses Overloaded reflects the pair’s love for music regardless of genre or boundaries: Eastern chords and melodies, head-nodding drum breaks, guitars, synths, distorted basslines, scratches and more all blend together in an inspiring mix of music. The EP features 3 tracks from each artist, along with 1 collaborative track, "Thought Police".

Tracklisting:

1: Perpetual patterns - 2tall
2: Senses Overloaded - Lamont
3: Winding down - Lamont
4: First inspiration - Lamont
5: Senses Overloaded (2tall remix) - 2tall
6: Thought police - 2tall/Lamont
7: Glowstick justice - 2tall

Artwork by Dennis Tyfus

Needlework Records

Spin Science

2tall

Lamont

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Record Label: Realtablist
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Many good things are happening in 2008! Moving on ...

I've been keeping it on the low since last year.I'm a pops now and this is priority number one.Don't for a second think I've stopped messing with music, I've been working behind the scenes!-The Senses...
Posted by Lamont on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:38:00 PST

To all the people bugging me about my Ableton Live sets ...

READ THE FRIGGIN' MANUALS!!!!!!If anyone dares to ask me how I set up my templates again, they will get blocked!!!PERIOD!
Posted by Lamont on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:20:00 PST

MY PAGE WILL NOT BE USED FOR SPAMMING AND HUGE WEB BANNERS!!

MY PAGE IS NOT A BULLETIN BOARD!!!I'M SICK OF IT!! ESSPECIALLY HUGE WEB BANNERS!
Posted by Lamont on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:44:00 PST

First ableton composition

.. width="425" height="350">..>Check this out.Me using Ableton live 5.2 as a loop phraser, effetcs unit, and drum machine.Ableton is a sick program!!!...
Posted by Lamont on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:47:00 PST

Ableton live 5, Fuuuuuckk!

DAng!I bought this Roland FC-200 midi foot controller 2 days ago and this has proven to be one of my best purchases so far this year.I use it to record audio layers in Ableton Live 5 and to have them ...
Posted by Lamont on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:59:00 PST

My daughter Marion ...

My sweet daughter Marion was born on tuesday morning 4:30 am.Her weight: 2 kilos 750 grams.Her length: 47 centimeters.Words can't describe how happy I am.What a blessing!
Posted by Lamont on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:06:00 PST

Rest in peace Jay Dee.

I just read you passed away this morning. This really hurts me man, I was really hoping to meet you some day. My brother Emory "Chance" knew you and we talked about you the last time we saw each oth...
Posted by Lamont on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:55:00 PST

Me in China ...

China is mad cool!I've already played in 2 different clubs.One thing that kinda dissapointed me was the fact that there isn't a lot of in depth musical knowledge over here. They only like to listen to...
Posted by Lamont on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:19:00 PST

Me and 2tall are working on this EP.

Yes. Me and Jim have been working on an EP these past few months and it's sounding good. It's going to be very well rounded and quite experimental here and there. We're going to bring a mixture of s...
Posted by Lamont on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:32:00 PST

Order Hi-fi series straight from Lamont ... Paypal style!

Don't hesitate to hit me up! ...Click here to order. LISTEN TO AUDIO SNIPPETS ON SOUNDCLICK.COM www.realtablist.com www.djbigband.tk www.grazzhoppa.com www.lowlands.be - Worldwide di...
Posted by Lamont on Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:37:00 PST