Apple Juice Kid

Apple Juice Kid
Background information
Birth name Stephen Levitin
Occupation(s) Producer, DJ, drummer
Associated acts Wale, Camp Lo, Azealia Banks
Website www.applejuicekid.com

Stephen Levitin (aka Apple Juice Kid) is a music producer and eight-time beat battle champion. Winner of the iStandard NYC Beast of the Beats, Apple Juice Kid's production has been heard on songs by Mos Def, Azealia Banks,[1][2] Wale, Camp Lo[3] and MC Lyte. He has released several jazz remix albums with support from Okayplayer including Miles Davis Remixed and Frank Sinatra Remixed.

Apple Juice Kid is also recognized as an accomplished DJ and drummer. Sponsored by the music software companies Ableton[4] and Reason, he has been a guest DJ on Mark Ronson’s East Village Radio. He has performed as a drummer in the studio with Timbaland, and on stage with The Foreign Exchange and The Jungle Brothers.[5][6]

Levitin co-founded the Beat Making Lab, an innovative class in the Music Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[7] His latest projects include a DJ event with drummers called Big Beat Dance, and developing Beat Making Labs internationally with the support of PBS.[8][9][10][11]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other Placements

References

  1. Cragg, Michael (January 2, 2013). “New Music: Azealia Banks – BBD”. The Guardian. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  2. Jones, Lucy (January 2, 2013). “New Music - Azealia Banks, BBD”. NME. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  3. Howe, Brian (April 1, 2009). “Freebass 808 – Sky Ocean”. Pitchfork. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  4. “Creative Diversity: 5 Live Packs from International Ableton Artists”. Ableton website. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  5. Austin, Lucky (October 19, 2012). “Apple Juice Kid at Chop Shop Tonight”. Creative Loafing Charlotte. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  6. Apple Juice Kid. Hopscotch Music Festival 2012 Lineup. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  7. Stasio, Frank and Alex Granados (December 20, 2012). “Beat Making Lab”. The State of Things (North Carolina Public Radio). Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  8. Freelon, Pierce (June 26, 2012). Open Beats Rock Brazil”. opensource.com. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  9. Howe, Brian (October 31, 2012). Artivists Pierce Freelon and Stephen Levitin Take Their Beat Making Lab to the DRC”. Indy Week. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  10. Menconi, David (December 1, 2012). “Congo Beats: A Hip-Hop Mission From UNC Sends Musical Marketing Lessons to Africa”. News & Observer. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  11. Schacht, John (October 5, 2012). “UNC Professors Bring Beat Making Lab to Africa”. Shuffle Magazine. Retrieved February 3, 2013.

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