MR K.L.A.
I heard my first hip hop beat while living with my uncle in East L.A. back in the 80s. Yeah I go way back.
My first recollection was hearing a bad recording of Afrika Bambaata while watching 2 crews battle it out on cardboard for the invisible crown of street hero. It was then that I realised making beats to bounce to was my calling.
Having been given the gift of a drum machine and synth and years of strict classical music lessons from my beautiful mom, I secretly listened intently to the beats of breakdance revolutionaries and formulated a style that I think is all my own.
Now the new skool is in and I've never stopped making these beats. I sometimes wake up at 2 in the morning with a snappy bassline ringing in my head and it's all can do to just get the track laid down.
"If your head ain't boppin', your hips ain't bouncin" is something you can hear me preaching to rappers, singers and fellow producers. It's just got to make you move. Whatever the track.
I got my first production gig working on some tracks for Aust Idol when it first started. it was a lucky break thanks to my man Nino Brown for the mad connect. Heaps of big timers and small timers inspire me to create music. I'll leave it to you to try and guess my style 'cause in my mind I just create beats to get your head boppin.
If you're like me and you live for hip hop, go ahead and download my remixes. If you like my beats and love how it makes you feel then I'd love to hear from you. I have total respect for anyone who rhymes, breaks, sprays or like me, makes beats. I know for many of you out there it's an obsession we share.
So if you want to bop ya head, and shake dem hips, download my tracks. I want you all to have and share them. Because it brings me so much joy to give what I've created.
Look out for my remixes. MR KLA RMX tracks coming live and direct to MySpace each and every week.
PEACE,
Mr K.L.A
Riot Town Recording Company
