Beaterator: Rise of the Machines

Nov 20, 2009 News
Posted by Q Master

It’s no news that technology has taken over many aspects of our lives. For the past week, I have been literally slave to a little device called “droid” which I compulsively check every ten seconds for a meaningful update to my virtual life.  I realize that we can now do a lot of things without the hassle and inconvenience of real human interactions. One of this things is making music and it’s behind the latest craze in music related video games such a Rock Band and DJ Hero.

Rockstar Games, the company behind the widely successful Grand Theft Auto franchise teamed up with Timbaland to create Beaterator, a mobile studio/beatmaker game geared toward music enthusiasts, aspiring producers and bedroom DJs.  Since they needed some music creds, Rockstar hired the ultimate music cred authority a.k.a Waxpoetics  to produce a series of short promo videos which resulted is this slick clip of Chico Mann using the game on a PSP. Coincidentally, the footage at the end of the video was taken during last saturday’s SLF Co sponsored Booty Crisis event.

With Droids and Beaterators infiltrating us,  it is now clear that the future of the human race is compromised.  We better start organizing the resistance…

If you’re not familiar with Chico’s infectious blend of electro afrobeat, I highly recommend checking out  his debut EP Manifest Tone vol.1 on kindred spirit records.

Tags: Afrobeat, Beaterator, Chico Mann, Video Games, Waxpoetics