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In a clearing surrounded by mountains a distinctive sound rings out. This sound is the imaginative echo of the Asheville electronic music scene. It’s a sound that has been growing rapidly within this mountain community, where an ever-growing artist population constantly pushes the variety of musical production through the envelope.

The idea for an Asheville Beat Tape came from Nigel One, a long-time DJ and producer who has been involved in Asheville’s electronic music scene since the early 2000′s. Soon after joining forces with Skew Records, Nigel decided to spearhead the idea of bringing some of the surrounding talent together to form an Asheville Beat Tape. After a month’s time, Nigel had collected a multitude of tracks from area producers, and brought on Skew producers Peripheral and DM Stair to help artfully and seamlessly arrange the tracks into order. The result is a 45-minute mix of inspiring production and composition styles.

The Beat Tape consists of a variety of artists such as Two Fresh, Moving Temple, Mother Hood of RBTS WIN, Peripheral, DJ Bowie, DM Stair, and Mingle of Paper Tiger, all performers at Moogfest this past Halloween weekend. Other producers include Nigel One, Marley Carroll of Melanaster Records, Bookworm and Jables from Labcoat, SYS-HEX, d:Raf, KimathiM, Wuchinow, and ProFlogik of Skew Records.

Nigel One and the collective of area producers have started accepting entries for Volume 2, which will include other artists that did not appear on Volume 1. Stay tuned this winter for more information on mix tape and individual artist releases from Skew Records.

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TRACK LISTING

1. SYS-HEX – Could Have Sworn
2. KimathiM – Nammo
3. TwoFresh – Mini-Max
4. Moving Temple – NewWorld
5. d:Raf – Ninja Au Go Go
6. DJ Bowie – Doin’ It
7. DM Stair – Radio Mountain
8. Mother Hood – Waffle Fryz
9. Nigel One – Pyradelic
10. Jables – Abbrev
11. Bookworm – MPCONE
12. ProFlogik – Velvet
13. Mingle – Town To Town
14. P3RIPH3RAL – Wave
15. Wuchinow – Tola
16. Marley Carroll – Be Good
17. Shoutro

Now that this is out, keep your eyes peeled for the first Lab Coat podcast coming this month. This podcast features all original tracks from Peripheral, the newest addition to Lab Coat. And while you’re here, check out the promo video for the Asheville Beat Tape that features snippets of multiple tracks from the compilation: