Naked eYe has been working on his Beat Bending Sessions with the first volume due soon. He spoke to us about how the idea came about and this is what he has to say:
"I started making beats in 2004 and most of my production credits back then included among others One-2. I've always wanted to do a beat tape, but i didn't wanna go about it the normal route. The idea was born when the Dream Team(One-2, A Huge Impakt, Cryogenic, Golden Shovel and Beat Oven) was touring Durban in 2010. It was during this period that I started being very confident about what i do as a beat maker. I then bought the Akai MPK 25, which was a total game changer for me.
The idea was to get a well known producer/beatmaker to sample 4-5 songs from any single artist, and give me the very same songs so i can do the same and we put them up against each other. I decided from then on that I wanted to add "bonus" joints, to also showcase the variety of beats I can do. Just when I thought the idea was solid I thought I should record the beat maker in the beat tape making a beat. It was an idea to also show how different we are as beat makers and to put a faces to the names."
A sneak preview to the process:
Listen and download the first single off the tape below:
The One-2 Gospel (Prod. By The Beat Bender) - Naked-eYe
