The Philly-connected, Cali-based beatmaker is ready to enter a new chapter in his creative journey with the project Connections.

I started out playing the piano around seven years old and experimented with a bunch of different instruments including violin, clarinet and bass before settling on the electric guitar as my instrument of choice. As I was learning these instruments, I went through different musical phases throughout middle school and got really into Classic Rock, Rap and the Grunge scene, especially Nirvana.

The Genre: impressionistic beatmaking
The Story: Philly producer BPad re-introduced himself this year with a suave collection called Light Shift, an instrumental EP of textures throwing back to the Soulquarian ersa, and collabs with instrumentalists like sax player Mike Casey for a cool jazzy vibe.
The Reference Points: J Dilla, Derrick Hodge, Jackson Pollack