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About Me

easybeats studio is a collective headed by Joshua Mantle. Josh has been producing music for years starting out on a 4 track to cassette and moving on to a Tascam DA 38 eight track recorder with outboard DBX units, and later moving on to include an early version of Pro Tools and a modest collection of cobbled together outboard gear. Currently, Josh is rebuilding easybeats studio from the ground up after the theft of almost all of that gear. He can be found teaching a new generation of drummers, singers, and musicians, and performing Sunday mornings at New Hope Fellowship, in Sutherlin, Oregon. Come on in, the shows free and you might catch the Spirit! You may be more familiar with Joshua as live drummer "Josh Skins" performing and recording with a list of bands and projects including Systemwide, Black Angel, Napboule, Oaktown Gospel Project, Bridgetown Breaks, and many more. Josh Skin's drum tones can be heard on remixes and productions from, Alter Echo, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Duke Shatner, Systemwide, Swayzak, Dr. Isreal, and many more. Since 91 he has been a steady contributor to the cultural landscape of Portland, the West Coast, and the ears of adiophiles the world over. Josh has shared the stage with a list of artists including: Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Professor, Scientist, Mickey Dread, Adrian Sherwood, DJ Krush, Slum Village, and many more. Click the link to Bridgetown Breaks to get cleared samples of his drum tones and beats. keep listening and building...Discography: Sampler Slanger, produced by Duke Shatner on Systemwide, Impurly Replied, BSI Records 2004. Give Thanks (Wide Open Mix) produced by Duke Shatner for Systemwide on XLR8R Wanted vol. 2, @ itunes. Bridgetown Breaks Vol. 1. Systemwide, Pure and Applied. keep digging...

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Member Since: 6/17/2006
Band Website: easybeatsstudio.com
Band Members: Dellio Wells, Dave Latour, Duke Shatner, Bump Nut Dammit!, Chrummy, Wiseguy, Jacob Mantle, Tim "ET" Andrews, Sdub, Ezra Erickson, Pussycat Fingers, Itawe, Carter Hollie, Deena B., Joshua Mantle.
Influences: earth, wind, sky, and rain.
Sounds Like: listen
Record Label:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

done stuff...

I recently hopped on my bicycle and started peddling. I got to Roseburg, Oregon and while going down a hill, my panier bags malfunctioned and sent hook into my spokes. The rear tire locked up at 25mph...
Posted by easybeats studio on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:39:00 PST

drum clip from 1993?

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Posted by easybeats studio on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:56:00 PST

Radiohead Remix

boy eats drum machine, has done an excellent remix of a Radiohead song. This remix features drum tracks played by Josh Skins and originally released on Bridgetown Breaks Vol. 1. follow this...
Posted by easybeats studio on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:49:00 PST

Seattle Stranger Article

The Seattle Stranger has just reprinted an article from 2002, about the omnipresence of Dub in the Northwest. It’s a pretty informative read. check it out. www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oi...
Posted by easybeats studio on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:15:00 PST

dont be scared

don’t be scared... before we had concrete streets and metal jeeps. before we had big gulps and shoes on our feet. back when we were pushing tricycles through the fields. making...
Posted by easybeats studio on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:48:00 PST

Till the rains come

The trick is to flow like water. In the winter when the rains seem they'll never end, tumble head long over the cliffs to rest in the pool below before carving new paths through the lowlands and out t...
Posted by easybeats studio on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:16:00 PST

word life, I can’t front...

Thanks to Tribe Called Quest for that line. Just want to express gratitude for the way that things turn out so unexpectedly nice sometimes... patience
Posted by easybeats studio on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:07:00 PST

I was hacked!

to any of you who recieved a video comment with my logo on it, I appologise. I was hacked and I don't appreciate it. I've changed my password in an attempt to stop it from happenning again. ...
Posted by easybeats studio on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:43:00 PST

thank you very much...

I realize now that the theft of all my gear was a gift.... It was a gift to me to remind me that things are constantly changing. I had been feely that I neede to upgrade my recording platform, and was...
Posted by easybeats studio on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:04:00 PST

We'll be doing our thing...

While your out in the club seeing people, and having people seeing you... While your on the stage having another rock star moment...While your in the photo booth getting your next great shot...Wh...
Posted by easybeats studio on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:21:00 PST