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Meet Martin, a young accordion prodigy from Portobelo. Apple Juice Kid vs. Pierce battle to make a trap beat sampling his accordion.

Tell us which beat you like the best, and download Martin's performance via Soundcloud to see if you can make a better one in our #PanamaChallenge. Best beat wins a SoundCloud Pro Unlimited Account - see details below!

CHALLENGE #1: PANAMA (http://www.beatmakinglab.co...)

FIRST PLACE PRIZE: Free SoundCloud Pro Unlimited Account (top two runners up get a free SoundCloud Pro account)

There are two rules to the Beat Making Lab Panama challenge:

1. Make a trap beat sampling a Panamian accordion (see below).
2. Upload your beat to soundcloud and tweet (@beatmakinglab) us the link with the hash tag #PanamaChallenge by May 1st.
3. The best beat maker will win a free SoundCloud Pro Unlimited account and their beat appear on a free Panama Beat Making Lab EP released by Mal Dicen x Latino Resiste x ARTVSM. Check out our Congo EP on Mad Decent. Download the sample below and check out some remixes after the video!

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The Architects: Stephen Levitin (aka Apple Juice Kid) and Pierce Freelon


Mastermind of Videography and Editing: Saleem Reshamwala (aka Kid Ethnic)


Musical Poetry: Apple Juice Kid and Panama Beat Making Lab


Grasshopper: Martin
Show

Wrapper Magicians (all from McKinney): Josh Souter (stop motion/logo), Emily Forsberg (photography), Kelly Mertestdorf (producer) 

Kin Folk


Martin, Dana McMahan, Elliette Johnson, Ryan Levin, Pat Levitin, Dr. Mark Katz, Judith Cone, GOOD, Global Giving, Dave Mello, New Kind; Panama kin folk: Rui Dinis, Aurora Fierro, Sandra Eleta, Oronike Odeleye, Renee Alexander Craft, Barrio Fino, Yomira John, The Beast, Professor Angel Sound, Taller Portobelo Norte, La Escuelita Del Ritmo, Centro de Rehabilitacion El Renacer, Festival de Diablos y Congos and the people of Panama.




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