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Welcome to today’s edition of Behind The Boards, the series in which Backseat Mafia sits down with a producer or musician who works primarily in the hip hop or beat tape world to find out what makes them tick. We head over the Canadian border again, to the great city of Toronto, where there is …

What up, people. For today’s edition of Behind The Boards, we have royalty in the house. All hail Sir Froderick, from the House of FIVESPACE, http://facespaceshop.com. Sir Froderick, a knight of the Turn-Table and Cassette Deck, is also a sound alchemist, who drops aural specimens into his creative cauldron, agitates the boiling stew and mutters …

Hey, hey, hey! Fat Albert… Einstein in the house! For today’s edition of Behind The Boards, Backseat Mafia is joined by Fat Albert Einstein, the Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, producer and all-around sound maven. Fat Al’s catalogue is wide and deep, featuring aural enticements that range from bass heavy dub sounds to high desert, soothing ambient …

Welcome to this week’s edition of Behind the Boards. Each week, Backseat Mafia sits down with a musician/beat-tape maker/hip hop producer to find out what makes that person tick. This week, we’re joined by argov, the mysterious Middle Eastern master of musical mayhem. There is no known picture of argov, but like Terminator X, argov …

Each week, Backseat Mafia’s Droppin’ Knowledge talks to a musician, producer, or beat maker, to hear about their creative processes and how they approach making music. This week’s guest is Brainorchestra, the nom de guerre of Andrew Melo, a musician, rapper and producer from Elizabeth, New Jersey. Shout out! Brainorchestra has worked with artists such …

Bozackula is in the house! For this week’s Behind The Boards, Backseat Mafia is joined by Bozack Morris, producer and musician extraordinaire, and co-founder and label head of GGBR Records, based in Toronto. GGBR’s main man gave us a rundown on his inspirations, favorite places to crate dig and artists he’d like to work with. …