After September’s Mild High Club show in Shanghai and Beijing, MASTERMIND will be come back with a different kind of groove on October 13th at Beijing’s Playhouse Club, Bring back one of the most critically acclaimed beatmaker/producer today, Knxwledge and pair him with legendary veteran DJ J ROCC, to give you a full night of fresh beats, clever selections and funky grooves.

 

Guest DJs on the night will be Stone Throw’s very own Kota, Beijing’s best kept secret DJ 4tael and Shanghai’s V-Nutz.

 

 

 

 

Knxwledge (pronounced “knowledge”) is a Hip-hop beatmaker/producer raised in central New Jersey and Philadelphia, now relocated in Los Angeles. Standing out in a sea of producers rising from the L.A. beat scene, the prolific artist and record collector produces his sound by creating a pastiche of soul, jazz and hip-hop that melts together in a style uniquely his own. He has produced for hip-hop powerhouse Kendrick Lamar on “To Pimp a Butterfly” (produced ‘Momma’), which went platinum and was awarded for US Grammy “Best of Rap Album” in 2015. He’s also produced for other MCs/Singers such as Joey Bada$$, Earl Sweatshirt, Action Bronson, Omarion and Ghostface Killah, and has over 80 releases of remix and beat tape collections on his Bandcamp.

 

 

His official debut album “Hud Dreems” was released from Stones Throw in 2015. Soon after, he formed the duo NxWorries, with Anderson. Paak. The first single ‘Suede’ gained much attention, which piqued the interest of Dr. Dre. In 2016, NxWorries released their full-length album “Yes Lawd!”, which received critical acclaim. In 2017, released a self-remix album of NxWorries “Yes Lawd! Remixes” and currently working for a new solo album.

 

 

 

One of the original turntablists, J.Rocc might be best known as a member of the world famous Beat Junkies, of which he co-founded in 1992, but he’s done just as much on his own as in a group setting. He began DJing in the mid-'80s with a California group named PSK. Soon after forming, the Beat Junkies became a seminal force in the rise of instrumental hip-hop. In addition to numerous mixtapes and his own production & full album "Some Cold Rock Stuf" from Stones Throw, J.Rocc has been the DJ for Madlib's live shows since the early 2000's.

 

He was also the 3rd member of Jaylib (Madlib & J Dilla) during the group's live events, and collaborated with Madlib on Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to J Dilla. He also DJs for Black Star (Mos Def/Yasiin Bey + Talib Kweli) and has become an official resident DJ for Dr. Dre’s Beats 1 x Apple Radio Show “The Pharmacy” with legendary west-coast hip-hop producer/DJ, Battlecat since 2016.