07/02/16 – MNDSGN (LAX) & IVAN AVE (NOR) @ Epicerie Moderne
◇ Da BlueFunk District & BeatChronic present ◇
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❑ Mndsgn
Pronounced “mind design”, “mndsgn” is the moniker of Ringo Ancheta, a hip-hop producer who’s had anything but a carefree childhood. Brought up amidst video games and Hip-Hop, he had to flee the Philippines in the late 80’s with his parents, because of terrorist threats. The family ended up in the outside areas of New Jersey, USA. That’s where he grew up, in a house without electricity. Hitchhiking, he ended up in Philadelphia where he got hooked up on music. He made loops using samples and other people’s equipment for what seemed like the longest time — which eventually brought him to Los Angeles, where he got signed on the cult label “Stones Throw”. In 2014, he released his debut album “Yawn Zen”. Mndsgn’s beats involve a certain complexity and ambulance within itself, with Soul as a prominent leitmotiv.
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