2 Beard Crew runs deeper than your average music duo. Evan Ebner and Donny Barlow met in the 7th grade and have since built a long history of friendship. The duo were living together when starting college and they began to explore the Detroit EDM scene around 2011. Having influences early on from the likes of Flux Pavilion, Caspa, Rusko, and, ill.Gates you can hear this shine through in their earlier work. Their first single, ‘Iced Out’, was presented nearly three years ago when the gritty and raw dubstep influential sounds were prominent and would go on to set the foundational tone for this crew who is currently signed to Mean Mug Music.
Progressing as a team, their craft slowly began to alter and be refined over time. “Around 2015 things started to shift in the scene and we began to dive deeper and discover darker sounds like TRUTH and The Widdler.” With this unearthing of new and intense heavy hitting formulas, the 2 Beard Crew would begin a revamped vision, “combing the new and old wave of bass music with heavy trap beats [and] lots of sauce.” Extra saucy if you will, so grab some extra napkins. This artistic transformation would come with the release of their mix ‘DEEP, DARK, DETROIT’ where Ebner and Barlow began to present these non-traditional bass structures over classic dubstep and trap layers. Although the 140 bpm range reigns supreme, the two would start to investigate an innovative and uncharted territory between 115-130 bpm.
Consequently, the examination of untraveled bpm ranges is what permits 2 Beard Crew to stand out from the rest. The chemistry between these two is captured throughout their work of sub-heavy music. Continuing to gain recognition for their studio skills, ‘Elevate’ is their latest release which is out on the leading edge label of SpicyBois. This song comes out of the gates swinging and ready to abduct any bystanders. Descending into the riser of the intro, listeners are hit with supersonic samples that evolve into an uproar of noises, seeming to have a cause & effect reaction. The end of one sound triggers the next and compliments a range of diverse commotion to piece together this audible exhibition.
SpicyBois was started in May of 2018 by Kevin Lee and Hunter Nott. It was created to provide an outlet for sharing music of lesser known artists. Good music can only be kept hidden for so long and they are here to share the broad spectrum of forward-thinking musicians. At a near 5k SoundCloud following, they have already provided a home for 74 tracks and continue to grow as they takeover this year. Spicy Nois was pieced together out of Lee and Nott’s love for music and an urge to bring attention to exceptionally talented producers who may otherwise go unheard. This 13 track project represents the depths of the underground and displays the quality of weird and wild yet oddly satisfying, ear massaging music that the SpicyBois label strive to release.
