Some new new, for the new year! “SPACE BLUNTS”
SmoovGroovs - Space Blunts by SmoovGroovs
Production is going to be a focus in 2012. Let’s start it off with this…
Posted January 1, 2012 at 7:12pm in beats production smoovgroovs synths music download homegtown blends bevmo_sj
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INTERVIEW: SMOOVGROOVS | HGB
This is the 3rd “episode” of HGB member interviews. On this third installment, one of our youngest/newest crew members, SmoovGroovs, gets the spotlight. He cut his teeth as a DJ in San Diego while he was a student at SDSU, but is now back in his hometown of San Jose. He chops it up about his music and DJ-ing.
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Posted May 27, 2011 at 11:06am in homegrown blends smoovgroovs interview music production style DJ
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Goldenchyld - Oversmash [SmoovGroovs re:work]
Goldenchyld - Oversmash [SmoovGroovs re:work] by SmoovGroovs
Here it is folks, just like I promised. Let me give you a little project rundown for those who don’t know. First off, major daps going out to the big dawg GOLDENCHYLD of THE BANGERZ for doin’ what he does. This project wouldn’t have been possible without his talent and work. So, I totally forgot that “THE PRELUDE” project featuring Don Prahfit, DJ Ace, & Goldenchyld included all the instrumentals in the download package. I took a listen to Oversmash and instantly was inspired to create that type of sound. Not having any production experience in creating this sound, the idea struck me to do a re:work, basically use the original beat and musically paint over it with the SmoovGroovs steelo, as a segue for me to get into this style of production. I brought up the idea to GC and he was super on board with it!
I laid down all the synths, textures, leads, and some vocal skratches on the hook. Oh, and all the FX were tweeked live. This project helped me get through some personal $hit at the beginning of the year, as you can hear it in my wailing synth leads and the overall tone of the re:work. Hope y’all can dig it! Feel free to share it, download it, slap it on your iPOD, whateva!
Check out the OVERSMASH original instrumental HERE.
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Eric Lau on imperfection.
I was put on to Eric Lau in early 2010. This Producer/DJ from London comes super clean on the beats (hiphop.soul.neo-soul). His production style is characterized by heavy drums, often unrecognizable samples, and a mixture of live sequenced instrumentation. In this video he says, “when you use a computer to program stuff, everything is completey straight, but what’s really beautiful to me, is when you get the geometry right, but it’s more hand drawn, so you get imperfection, which makes it more real….” I must say, I used to heavily rely on the computer to make the beat perfect, but ideas of “imperfection” give the music a more natural feel, which to me is what it should be about.
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The music Gods were definitely with me today. As I was at the jayo, my ears were telling me to play some Kings of Convenience, so I said okay….let me revisit one of my favorites from them, Misread. So now, i’m over here at Bucks (starbucks) and my ears catch the sound of a clean jazz/soul guitar over some BoomBap type drums. I look up at the screen, and to my luck, it’s another Kings of Convenience joint! I think the music Gods are tellin’ me to do something with one of their tracks…a remix, a flip?! We shaaallll seeeee.
YellowStarDrea: DJ OF THE WEEK: SmoovGroovs
Name: SmoovGroovs, Benjamin Bercasio.
Occupation: DJ x Producer out of San Jose, CA.
Background: He resided in San Diego (2004-2009), but is currently back in the south bay mixing a combo of Hip Hop/Neo-Soul/House.
Catch him: on the weekly hosting THE PICK UP at Temple Bar &…
Posted December 1, 2010 at 9:19am in dj smoovgroovs yellowstardrea music production interview
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Shout out to mother nature for literally making it RAIN in the Bay Area this weekend. There’s sommthin’ abut the rain that always gives us a sense of inspiration in one way or the other…cleansing, spoonin under the sheets with your loverton, nostalgia, whatever it may be, this weekend’s weather definitely struck up some inspiration to make this beat…hope ya’ll can dig it!
SmoovGroovs - RAIN-fluence
