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DeadBeats***

WE WON THE SLAMMYS 2008! Thank You Everyone.

About Me


DeadBeats?
Well, DeadBeats is a group…No. “DeadBeats” is many kinds of groups. Some people refer to them as DeadBeats. They rather adopted the name as a post modern blend of new jack rhyme meter and a morbid disorderly fusion entailing progressive hip hop accompanied by the colder elements of the digital world of sound that magnifies poetry to its most existential binary as self proclaimed vocal percussionists.
DeadBeats are like the 70’s version of Terrance L. Jackson in the year 3147, you know? They are Avantguardians; they are progressive beat heads…. it’s like abstract poetry over horror-esque beats that bump with sultry ambiance…but hey kids, let's not forget the experimental curve.
Now, deriving from Salt Lake City, it comes to many as a surprise when they hear the nascent sounds of DeadBeats. The air is thinner here, so what you have is light hearted, light headed, nosebleed music with no room for interpretation. Hate them? or love them? regardless, DeadBeats will keep making albums into their wrinkled years.
DeadBeats have shared the stage with such acts as Swollen Members, Aceyalone, MURS & Scarub (of Living Legends), Jerneye, Crown City Rockers, Pep-Love, DJ Lex & Opio (of Hieroglyphics, Souls of Mischief), Sweatshop Union, P.O.S. & Mac Lethal (of Rhymesayers), Sims (of Doomtree), GURU (of Gangstarr), Zion I, Josh Martinez, YO! Majesty, Supernatural, Subtle (Lex Records) among various others.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/12/2004
Band Website: myspace.com/raincloudrecords
Band Members:
Lance "LoKaL" Saunders: personal pin-hole paper prose

Drew "JeSt" Livermore: part-time pill killing production

Davey "MiMic" Compton: wunderkind weighty wordsmith
DEADBEATS: Recycled Obituaries

the sound of bones & joints being pulled the wrong direction.

Influences: towns in dreams where skies are frozen and still... ..
Sounds Like: bone joints being pulled the wrong direction.
Record Label: raincLOUD records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Utah Daily Chronicle write-up on DeadBeats (Thanks Makena)

DeadbeatsFri., Jan. 117 p.m.$5Kilby Court (741 S. 330 West)"Are the beats really dead?" Not if the Deadbeats have anything to say about it. Providing perfect background music for that moonlit ritual s...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:37:00 PST

"Seizure Songs" as Reviewed by Slug Magazine-2008

DeadbeatsSeizure SongsRaincloud RecordsStreet: 01.11Deadbeats = Necro + Saturday Morning SoundtrackA funny story about this album: as a friend and I sat in his hot-tub to listen to the record, its las...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:21:00 PST

Beat-Boxed In: Salt Lake Citys Deadbeats stay relevant under the radar

Music | Beat-Boxed In: Salt Lake City's Deadbeats stay relevant under the radar By Ryan Bradford Posted 01/10/2008 To say that Lance Saunders is a busy guy is an understatement. "There are actually th...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:13:00 PST

slcmusic.com - Death By Salt Song Review

18. Deadbeats .. Subsequential SpaceErik Lopez what you gots to say? "It comes as a surprise to most people to find out that Utah, particularly Salt Lake City and Ogden, have a nascent hip-hop scene. ...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:08:00 PST

CD Review by Cary Darling of The Fortworth Star Telegram

CD Review by Cary Darling of The Fortworth Star TelegramVarious artists, Death by Salt 1 and 2, Eighteen Percent Gray: The Used may be the best-known band out of Salt Lake City, but they're certainly ...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:26:00 PST

"Recycled Obituaries" as reviewed by Slug Magazine

Dead Beats Recycled Obituaries Recorded by Camden Chamberlain at Kitefishing StudiosRain Cloud RecordsDead Beats = Nightmare Before Christmas + Portishead  ethereal female leads + SlintShit yeah! I f...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:32:00 PST

City Weekly's "Recycled Obituaries" short and sweet review.

Over eerie-deep beats courtesy of DJ Shanty, the three DeadBeats (Lokal, Jest and Mimic) let loose a litany of lyrical labyrnths spiraling ever downward into the heart of hip-hop darkness. Not a party...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:06:00 PST

SL City Weekly...pre-record release review

Tired of over sampled hip-hop tracks a la Puff Daddy, Puffy, Diddy, Puffy Charms or whatever he's called these days? Try DeadBeats, local lyricists whose mic skills rock a lo-fi backdrop. Lokal, Jest,...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:35:00 PST

SLUG MAGAZINES - DEATH BY SALT 2: out in February...Featuring Deadbeats "Subsequential Space"

(snippet from the last Dead By Salt) this was 2 years ago. now...in February. Prepare yourself for the coming of... DEATH BY SALT II : featuring 43 local bands. (and DeadBeats)   Come discover wh...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:48:00 PST

Look out for Deadbeats "Sinking Ship" on the new www.UtahHipHop.com-pilation: 'Pioneerz'

"All artists have individual sounds. We here at www.utahhiphop.com like to pride ourselves with the fact that we have artists of all walks of life and with all different sounds ranging from concious s...
Posted by DeadBeats*** on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:40:00 PST