Affiliates

DJ Excel













Originally from Philadelphia -DJ Excel, an almost 20 year veteran holds a reputation as one of the few “childhood prodigy’s” in the DJ industry. In 2000, Excel brought together some of the best DJ’s from the East Coast and established Skratch Makaniks. DJ Excel lengthy client list includes Busta Rhymes, Nas, Musiq Soulchild, Gil Scott Heron, Sean Paul, Kid Capri, Jazzy Jeff, Tony Touch, A-trak and many more. In 2009, Excel took the opportunity move to Los Angeles and works alongside Gomez Warren IV as “Audible Agent”.  DJ EXCEL


Savage Beats (Producer, The Hastings Set)

Savage Beats has a sound described as being big and theatrical with a boom bap that can bring the ‘savage beast’ out of a person. To date he’s worked with and produced for Checkmate, Concise, Hill-B, Bless, Monz, Lamar Ashe (Killawatt Records), Heat Wave (Killawatt Records), Red 1 (Rascalz) and Zaki Ibrahim (Sony Music). With hip-hop culture serving as his foundation Savage Beats has continued to work on his versatility creating music that can span various genres. In striving to take his music to new levels Savage Beats has become an in-house producer for “The Hastings Set” under platinum producer Chin Injeti SAVAGE BEATS


DJ Flipout 
Don't let his job at the Top 40 Radio Station, The Beat 94.5 fool you. Flipout (Philip Cabrita) is a very educated genre-blind musical connoisseur and b-boy for life, having battled and won many local M.C, D.J, & b-boy competitions! Plus he's toured with KRS-One and The Liks, and has served as DJ for among others, Raekwon (Wu-Tang), Talib Kweli, and Jin the MC! Flipout has opened for Jay Z, Grandmaster Flash, Ice Cube, and Jermaine Dupri! Flipout has enjoyed DJing alongside DJ Vice, DJ Starting from Scratch, Questlove (the Roots), DJ Kemo, DJ Eleven, Team Canada, and Ali Shaheed Muhammed (A Tribe Called Quest/Lucy Pearl). With his long-time companions Jay Swing (those mf’s) and Zak Santiago (los hermanos libres), Flipout can be found any night of the week making crowds go crazy! FLIPOUT



Live Vision Macro Management
We are the collective, the conglomerate; the industry professionals who lead the blind into the light. LIVE VISION was built to help further develop musicians in this ever evolving music industry. Our full service team specializes in the macro management of artists along with their management, giving them the direction to further their own movement. Our talented and knowledgeable staff collectively have over 18 years of industry experience. LIVE VISION



Skratch Makaniks
Skratch Makaniks are a collective of some of the best DJ's from the East Coast of USA.  Created by DJ Excel, Skratch Makaniks are Excel, Jay Ski, SAT-ONE, Aktive, A.Vee, Bee, Adam Bomb, Impulse, Jeyone, Kwestion, Spinbad, MC Elixir, Romes, Rab, and KD. SMC