Kyoto to Your Speakers: Y.K.Beats Drops Soul On Tape

Y.K.Beats just crash-landed on blocSonic with a three-track bullet train of boom-bap goodness—and we couldn’t be happier that he brought his trusty MPC along for the ride. Soul On Tape is everything its title promises: raw, sample-seasoned soul shot through the iron-bar drums of 90s hip-hop. The Kyoto beatmaker’s fingerprints are all over every dusty snare, but he still finds room to share the spotlight with a few blocSonic familiars… Donnie Ozone, Highsnow, Long John and Cheese N Pot-C.

Since ’93, Y.K.Beats has honed his craft in Japan — starting as a DJ, moving to beatmaking, and most recently adding finger drumming to his repertoire. Yet despite the hardware wizardry, his compass keeps pointing back to that golden-era boom-bap North Star. On this EP he’s less concerned with reinventing the wheel than making sure its spokes rattle your trunk just right.

If you grew up rewinding cassette singles until the tape warped — or you discovered that sound in a rabbit-hole binge last night — Soul On Tape is your new quick-hit fix. Three tracks, zero filler, maximum head-nod. Download it in FLAC, MP3, or OGG, crank the levels, and remember why dusty drums still matter in 2025.

Hey Y.K.Beats… welcome to the blocSonic Fam! Thanks for the dope release. I look forward to more!

Of course, thanks once again to you for downloading & listening. We always strive to deliver the music you’ll love. Please spread the word about blocSonic, if you enjoy what we do. Remember… everything we release is cool to share! Always keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it! If you’re in radio… support independent music and broadcast it!

Listen to & download Soul On Tape

Peace
Mike Gregoire
Founder/Curator blocSonic.com