The Rec Show Podcast
David “Gldnmnd” Hicks is a Beatmaker and Hip Hop culture participant/supporter based in the United States. On The Rec Show Podcast, Gldnmnd interviews Beatmakers/Music Producers/Composers from around the world, hearing stories of beat culture, musical journeys (past and present), musical exposures and music technology. Topics include music genesis, inspirations, music superheroes, Digital Audio Workstations vs. Analog gear, Discographies, Local Beat Scene/community views and more while listening to each guest’s instrumental music compositions. Tap In!
The Rec Show Podcast
Global Female Beatmakers: A Musical Journey Through Continents
“Be a homie & let us know what you think”
Grammy-nominated instrumentalists, underground innovators, and boundary-pushing creators—the women of beat making deserve your attention. After a brief hiatus, I'm back with a special episode that travels across continents to bring you the sounds of female producers who are revolutionizing music production but aren't getting their proper recognition.
The journey begins with MetalFlowerz, a seasoned beat maker who drops gems about her creative process. She describes inspiration as coming "like waves" and shares how she finds creative sparks in everyday moments—from nature to playing with her children. Her perspective on overcoming writer's block offers wisdom applicable beyond music: "When I get stuck, I just go back to normal mode. That's where you will find things will come to you."
From there, we embark on a global expedition of sound. We visit Sarah, The Illstrumentalist, whose Grammy nomination speaks volumes about her talent. We travel to Baltimore for LeXus aka AkousticFunkbot "Foodie Fingers," swing by California to experience Illixie's "Secret Garden," and drop into Austin where Meddah delivers the captivating "Miracle." The musical voyage continues through Paris, the UK, Hungary, and even Antarctica, before concluding in Argentina with Anto Pla's distinctive rhythms.
What strikes me most about these women is not just their technical prowess, but how each brings a unique voice and perspective to beat making. Their styles range from soulful and melodic to experimental and boundary-pushing, proving there's no single "female sound" but rather a rich tapestry of creative expression. As I exclaim throughout the episode: "This is fire!"
If you're looking to expand your musical horizons and support women who are changing the game, this episode is your essential guide. Check out each artist's full catalog, subscribe to their platforms, and spread the word. These beat queens deserve spots on your playlists and in conversations about who's shaping the future of music production. Let's give them their flowers while they can still smell them.
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Speaker 3:Man Gold Demine is back.
Speaker 1:DirecTral Podcast is back man, y'all been putting out so much fire music.
Speaker 4:I finally, got the time to sit down and chop some things up and listen to a lot of music yeah we coming out full force this summer.
Speaker 5:man, I'm not even playing with you.
Speaker 2:There's so much music. That has been dropped and. I've been listening to you over the last couple of weeks. I'll say you know what. Let me jump back in my podcast bag. So, that's what we doing, man, but this episode is dedicated strictly to my female beatmakers. Man, all right, all right. So if y'all want to hear that, I want to hear these ladies and their beats doing amazing things stay tuned, stay tuned.
Speaker 5:Let's get to the central man yeah.
Speaker 4:What is that sound, you ask? Welcome to the Wreck Show podcast, a show dedicated to beatmakers around the world.
Speaker 1:Kick back, relax with the Mayhem Party. The Mayhem Party.
Speaker 3:I'm out If y'all don't know who Metal Flowers is. Man, y'all better get your head out the seat.
Speaker 1:Get your head out the seat, get your head off the radio and tap in to who Metal Flowers is. Metal Flowers has been doing it there for a while now, so y'all tap in, man, I find myself, you know writer's block.
Speaker 6:I get that all the time. I was part of the process. When that happens, I just tend to just leave it alone and do something else. You know, and that's when I'll do something else, I'll read. I get inspiration from a lot of different things. You know like nature silence a lot of times. Just you know playing with my children. You know things that people probably do every day. Some people might take for granted. You know, little things, the smallest things will inspire something. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, when I get stuck, I just go back to normal mode. That's where you will find things will come to you. You know what I'm saying. You don't know when to pick up the pen or the piece of paper handy when it comes to you. You never know when it'll come to you. The way the creativity works. For me, it comes to you like an energy stream or something. It comes like waves. So you just got to be ready for the wave when it comes, when it subsides and goes back. That's when you step back for a second. No-transcript.
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Speaker 3:It's fire right, it's fire, it's fire, say it's fire, it's fire, it's fire.
Speaker 2:Metal flowers man.
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Speaker 3:Fire Sure, Thank you. Say words, say words fire. Say words Stiles. Say words Stiles.
Speaker 1:Fire. Yo Check out that swing yeah.
Speaker 3:Y'all know who's saving those some energy, isn't it?
Speaker 1:Grammy nominated for best instrument. Come on man. Grammy nominated. Come on man, put some salt on man. Grammy nominated.
Speaker 3:Come on, man Put some soul song in the mic, check it out, listen.
Speaker 1:Yeah, bye, sarah. 2.
Speaker 3:Ill.
Speaker 1:Yeah, man.
Speaker 3:Sarah 2. Ill the instrumentalist.
Speaker 2:Microwave beats man. Yo let's get into this Dyslexia this late night Sat scene.
Speaker 1:This joint is called Foodie Fingers. This Lexus man this late night sat scene. This joint is called Foodie Fingers by Lexus.
Speaker 3:I've been wanting to have you on the show for a while, man For a couple years man Get at me.
Speaker 4:Lexus. Get at me what's good.
Speaker 1:Be back, enjoy this. Woo Dominate back, enjoy this. I'm going to make a Thank you. I think that's it I think she's from Baltimore man. I wouldn't say Baltimore man, but I'm going to have everything in the description.
Speaker 3:Man, let's get into this. Alexa, y'all know the hill fairy.
Speaker 2:Secret garden from that dream.
Speaker 1:Gotta represent it man. California, I think that's. I think she's out Long Beach. I'm glad I'm smart. It's different.
Speaker 3:This shit different dog, Thank you. What I tell y'all? What I tell y'all.
Speaker 1:What I tell y'all. The ill fairy Yo man Secret garden. She got the album, the EP. Yo, we going to Austin. Austin, texas. What's up? Atx what up? It's the homie Meta. The name of the show is called Miracle. The name of the show is Fire she be doing her thing with Kai. Man, what's that? What's that? Yeah, kai Force, that's what she be doing. She be killing it all that's right, but yo listen up so so Give us a miracle. Give us a miracle.
Speaker 3:Thank you I ain't been outside, but I'm back outside.
Speaker 1:We're going to.
Speaker 3:Paris.
Speaker 1:France Chateau the escape, the escape.
Speaker 4:From Ammon. Ammonia, Ammonia I think it's Ammoneria ran away. This man she had never seen terrified her. She had no memory of his face, his voice or his hands. Once she was out of range, she ran as fast as she could.
Speaker 3:The rings on his feet shone in the dust and his tulip open at the hips fluttered in the wind.
Speaker 5:Thank you, I'm out. I jump from the eighth floor step that drums is crazy.
Speaker 3:It's such a like a, it's such a instrument-driven, like it's man, it's just smooth. Man. Shout out to Chitao Yo then we going to England, uk man.
Speaker 1:Shout out to my homie you know, what I mean that my England, UK homie.
Speaker 2:This is us. They know I'm the best bitch. All these niggas got eyes. I'm all that in a bag of chips, Baby, taste like hot fries. Top five period. This is a, and this drum is called Mouserol from. Toys R Us, my mom.
Speaker 5:That crazy, that is crazy.
Speaker 2:Listen up, listen up. I use these hoes for some hot cocoa. They will use an app button, but they not loco. I get on the mic and I'ma rock it like Aaliyah made the boco. Please take a photo. I promise you won't see a bitch like me ever again. The streets is talking and they comparing me to Lorraine. The way I'm singing and I'm rapping think I should have had a twin. The way I'm killing all of these bitches should be a sin, but it's cool, like that. Who like that? If I say I love it, I don't give a fuck. Who like that? Pull up with some bad bitches. Who like that? I was doing the snake and I'm just grateful I don't move like that Because when I hop on it I give a performance. Hair done, nails done I made them pay for it. Manicures and pedicures gotta stay gorgeous. I told them spoil me, little baby you know I'm a Taurus.
Speaker 3:What this show was crazy, shout out to.
Speaker 1:Lauren. This is from the album called Total Slut. Let's get into. We're going to Hungary. Man by Mujo, the name of this joint is called Jelly Belly from the Nuke Nights. This joint feels good. I like the ambience. All right Enjoy.
Speaker 2:All over the world. Thank you, I never thought I'd say that we're going to Antarctica. We tap it into Siphon.
Speaker 1:The name of this joint is called Want you Down.
Speaker 5:From the computer depository Wow, wow, wow.
Speaker 1:Antarctica, antarctica, let's get into it, let's get into it. Worldwide, worldwide, man Continents.
Speaker 3:You know what I mean? All the continents, yeah, all of that, yeah, let's get into it.
Speaker 1:Let's get into it. Worldwide man, worldwide man Continents.
Speaker 3:Continents. You know what I mean. You know what I mean All the continents, all the continents.
Speaker 2:Yeah all of that man, anywhere there's Liverpool. Yeah, we there, we there, Y'all enjoy.
Speaker 1:Y'all enjoy, we there, we there. Outro Music yeah, we flipped it on y'all From One Ticks, volume 3 by the live finger drummer herself. Gnarly. Yeah, this show is fun too. Shout out to Gnarly.
Speaker 3:Enjoy, thank you. Yeah, yeah, yeah Yo. This wouldn't be an episode without the homie Anto.
Speaker 1:Anto Pla. The name of this joint is called Cuanto Valens, From the La Costa album Yo Ant's a blast. Check it out when she from. She from Argentina. Argentina Shout out to Argentina. Man, Check out these ladies' music, man, they fire. I don't know how y'all not pay attention, but I am Keep doing y'all thing.
Speaker 3:Ladies, I'll tell you something you already know let's find a rainbow without pink clouds. It's a bad world, it's wild. Neither you nor I, nor anyone will hit as hard as life. You know, you know, yeah, you know you know, Anto Palat man Anto Palat man.
Speaker 1:Amazing man.
Speaker 3:You know I had to check in with Bay God man, bay God and Savice.
Speaker 4:I think I hope I'm saying that name right, savice, but you know the name of the show is called. Call Us from the Cold Cold, Check it out man Check it out, man Check it out.
Speaker 1:Man Callie what up.
Speaker 5:Callie, what up this? Some new shit? Make them recognize the survive that we doin' Me and baby breakin' racks up like a food stick. They just makin' noise on the sideline. Good, she gon' finish first, why? Cause I'm a nice guy. We don't need a lifeline. We look on the bright side now. We live the lifestyle, try to run inside, try to link up with the supply and turn it to a pipeline, no matter what they call us. Can't say they ain't solid. Can't say they ain't all us. We don't know, we don't care what they call us, cause when they need help, they call us. No matter what they call us. Can't say they ain't solid. Can't say they ain't all us. We don't know, we don't care what they call us, cause when they need help, they call us, they call us.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that little switch on Yo yo 404 Horn. Maybe you should call Kase Check it out. Man, yeah, uk got something to say. The UK got something to say. That's it, I love you, we'll be, right back. So this is Lawrence Yo yo.
Speaker 3:We're not letting y'all go without putting some love out there in the world man we need more love right now.
Speaker 1:Craziness happening.
Speaker 2:I'm just spreading love, Spreading love Yo we got to tap in with the homie, jule C.
Speaker 1:Shout out to.
Speaker 2:Philly Colbert. You don't know what he's doing.
Speaker 1:And she got this album, this album we're going to do this one. And she got this album called Two, the name of the show. It's called Straight On. It's a groovy shout out to Joyce Bye, thank you. Nothing else in my life will never be the same. You must be known for where there's nothing that I won't do. Thank you. I can't Distance from the heart. The world Glitter but doubt. My love Will last Till the end Of time, of time, of time of time. Thank you, thank you, you never doubt my love. This is the end of time Of time. What am I to do With the girl I found? I can't believe that you just need to get some age code. I didn't ask for nothing else. Just come today or the next day after. Yo, I need y'all to check out every single lady's albums, profiles, subscribe, all that.
Speaker 3:Dancing, dancing dancing, let's get it. Come on man, yeah, dancing, let's get it.
Speaker 1:Come on, man, yeah man.
Speaker 2:Yo shout out to y'all man Peace and love everybody, I'm going to see y'all in another episode.
Speaker 1:I got another one right after this. Stay tuned, man, we're ramping back up. You feel me? Peace and love. Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow pow.
