From the record cover lined walls to the stacks recording equipment piled high on itself, Madlib lets loose a small collection of photos that were taken by DJ Design and date as far back as 1994. As expected, there are quite a few gems from his early days as a producer/beat maker.
Most of the music on Madlib Medicine Show #5: The History of the Loop Digga, was created from beats stored on floppy disc, created on SP-1200, and recorded & mixed on a Tascam 8-track, 1/4-inch reel-to-reel, or Tascam 8-track cassette deck. (Even the debut Quasimoto album was recorded on 8-track cassette.)
See the complete collection over at Stones Throw.
14 comments
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That's what's up....interesting, the way he used to stack his crates...almost seems inconvenient...i definitely respect Lib's deep digging...
juiceboxjackson ·
haha, that's the same thing I was thinkin...now his "library" is much cleaner (and muuuuuuch bigger)...ya'll should check out the "Behind the Beat" book http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1584231971/
Jayson Feller ·
^ BtB was and is a great inspiration...glad I got it!
Flux302 ·
WTF I remember back when that book was being made I had submitted pics for it. Never went back to check on it. Gotta go peep that now lol.
Sinosure ·
Now that's crazy dope!
Boombapster ·
That SP look cleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!
BB$
Heir ·
Yawn!!!
Haroon ·
He's got the Gemini Flashformer there. Memories.
ichselbst ·
Quite cozy...
Michael ·
Doesnt show shit, just two interesting pictures, would have loved some more pictures of the studio instead of those Reel to Reel boxes.
www.myspace.com/supamadcrazyillbeats ·
Man, I get so hyped on making beats checking this out. Damn Dissertation.
Also need to get that Medicine Show 5 asap!
tomakebeats.com ·
That clean as hell.
bonitabasics ·
those studio pics are sick!
Ravi P ·
Me and Lib rock the FlashFormer and the shitty Gemini Jazzy Jeff PMX 2200 mixer!! Ha!