PORE

Known mostly for his work on the independent record label Galapagos 4, he can be seen at any given time banging out live drums and beats on the MPC pads with his cohorts around Chicago’s highly competitive underground hip hop and beat making scenes. With a crate diggers ear and a sharp eye for good records to sample, he has developed a unique approach for arranging and composing beats in a live setting as well as in the studio.

Never one to stay stuck in a box, Pores beat catalog consists of a vast array of styles and experiments in hip hop and broken beat music. Depending on the day you can catch him working on a hard hitting rock influenced banger, a smoothed out summertime jazz groove, or a soulful beat chop paying homage to the golden era boom bap greats. Some days it might even be a Chi-town style double-time trap beat or even a glitchy L.A. style electronic piece, with Pore all you can really be certain of is that it’s going to make your head nod.