This LA DJ and Producer extraordinaire is hard to miss, laying down new insightful directions in sound. Raised with a strong influence of Hip Hop, Reggae, African Traditional and contemporary music, he insists on blurring the lines between traditions in music. You can catch him regularly every last thursday at 'The Mountain Bar' in Chinatown, injecting fresh soundscapes or in 'Code Orange', his studio, ressurecting ancestral syncopations.

The Sleeper Filter012 purchase @ Digital Tunes and Juno.
Filter is proud to announce the signing of another visionairy producer. His name is Abstract Butta Fingas and he is hitting Filterians with 6 tight gems packed into our new release The Sleeper EP.
After hearing it you may wonder whether it is hip hop, electronic or dubstep and we can tell you it is all of that and nothing close to it. We prefer calling it cutting edge music and we are delighted to present it to you.

Because I'm Beautiful ANO008- 2008 Purchase CD here
After 3 years on college radio, obssessed with the music of Radiohead, Boards of Canada, Autechre and combining that with his love for downtempo masters like Kid Loco, Nightmares on wax and Hip-hop, ABF decided to make his contribution to the advancement of the sonic arts. His Debut project draws from his vast influences both local and distant. He collaborates with some of LA's young and finest talent of our time to produce a record of his passed 4 years of life in Los Angeles

ABF, Alcendor and Computer Jay @ Dakota Lounge photo by the photologist
Rocking out Transmissions w/ 5signs and Mike Holden photo by O. Montes
droppin' effects for Foniks @ Turntable Lab. Photo by GLA photography