On 20.04.2018 Melting Pot Music will release the album "Keepsakes" of the M?nchener Beatmachers and hip-hop producer Cap Kendricks. This is his third instrumental project. There is a reason why we introduce him here as a beatmaker and hip-hop producer. Because Cap Kendricks is at home in both worlds. For years he has been building beats that can be played without rap. as independent songs. Atmospherically dense and organic, with pleasure a little melancholically and always with this analog feeling - which at the same time is not a no to a Synthieline or a well tempered 808. Cap Kendricks also enjoys working with MCs. Thus Cap supplied for a the music to the work of the young Edgar Wassers. Fatoni, Lakmann, Goldroger, Johnny Rakete and Marz also like to flow over his beats and together. with the Munich LUX, he forms a permanent MC - Producer - team. His first encounter with hip-hop took place in the elementary school, where Cap was on the playground. the "King of Rap" heard. Another formative hip-hop moment were the "36 Chambers". When asked about his musical influences, he calls his music the "classic" hip-hop socialization. Dilla, Easy Mo Bee, Flylo, Madlib, James Blake and the Betty Ford Boys. But also Curtis Mayfield and Fela Kuti. Cap Kendricks calls his own music "genre-spanning", even if hip-hop is always the most popular form of music. forms a crucial link. A description that can also be found on "Keepsakes". is true. When asked about the album title ("Keepsakes" means in German: Souvenir or souvenir) he says: "To every song of the album I have a certain moment or a in a certain place. "Keepsakes" is the collection of these memories and moments.
