The Chop Shop: A Music Production Podcast

DIBIA$E / KING OF THE MACHINES! / CAN YOU REALLY MAKE BEATS ON A PSP?? / 404 GANG

The Chop Shop: A Music Production Podcast

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Dibia$e is a producer, beat maker and instrumentalist currently based in Sacramento, California. A prominent figure in LA’s lauded beat scene, the Watts native is known for his distinctive, gritty lofi sound and his affinity for Roland’s SP-303 and SP-404 samplers. His sample-driven sound takes elements of jazz, soul, broken beat, footwork and even 8-bit video game music, dissects and rebuilds them in his signature, gritty style that favors the imperfect over the polished.

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