01 / Starless — the first chapter of the Spoken Love film trilogy. Lyrics by Chesney Snow.

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CHESNEY SNOW / SONGWRITER & SOUND ARTIST

Music.
Words.
Songwriting.

A catalog with millions of streams

THE WORK IN SOUND

01 Spoken Love 02 Songwriting & features 03 Sound design Explore the full music career ↗

01 / THE FEATURED PROJECT

Spoken
Love.

Spoken Love pairs Chesney Snow’s lyrics with the music of Bartek Królik and Marek Piotrowski. Explore the three connected short music films—Starless, Chant, and Everlasting Love—alongside Pimp for Love and a live performance of Chant from Studio S2 in Warsaw.

Lyrics by Chesney Snow
Music by Bartek Królik & Marek Piotrowski

DEBUT ALBUM / WARNER MUSIC POLAND / 2015

Films by PSYCHOKINO · Directed by Dorota Piskor · Cinematography by Tomek Ślesicki

A trilogy of short music films

Three songs, one connected story. Watch the films in their original sequence.

03 / Everlasting Love — the final chapter of the Spoken Love film trilogy. Lyrics by Chesney Snow.

02 / Chant — the second chapter of the Spoken Love film trilogy. Lyrics by Chesney Snow.

Pimp for Love — official audio from Spoken Love’s debut album.

More from Spoken Love

The album in sound. The song in performance.

Chant — Live at S2. Recorded at Polish Radio’s Studio S2 in Warsaw. Lyrics by Chesney Snow; music by Bartek Królik and Marek Piotrowski.

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02 / SELECTED CATALOG

Songwriting
& collaborations.

Lyrics, featured performances, and collaborations across pop, jazz, and hip-hop.

MaRina's Takin' Ya Rock Out single cover, with a black-and-white portrait and the artist and song titles01 / SONGWRITING

MaRina · 2017

Takin' Ya Rock Out

Lyrics by Chesney Snow

Lyrics by Chesney Snow for MaRina's 2017 single, featured on On My Way.

Official video
The Ulysses Cycle album artwork for Russ Kaplan +703 / FEATURED PERFORMANCE

Russ Kaplan +7 · 2013

Pigz in Space

Featuring Chesney Snow

Independent Music Award-winning track

Chesney Snow is featured on Russ Kaplan +7's Independent Music Award-winning track from The Ulysses Cycle.

Listen on Bandcamp The Ulysses Cycle
04 / FEATURED PERFORMANCE

Asher Roth · 2009

I Love College

Beatboxing by Chesney Snow; remix produced by J Cardim

Featured beatboxing on J Cardim's remix of Asher Roth's I Love College, shared through Loud.com in 2009.

J Cardim & Chesney Snow remix

Historical Loud.com remix upload by John Public.

03 / SOUND DESIGN & CREATIVE WORK

The human voice,
inside the machine.

BEAT THANG BEAT MACHINE / BEAT KANGZ

Chesney Snow contributed his beatboxing to the sound library of the Beat Thang, the sampling beat machine developed by Beat Kangz. His work brought the textures of a live human instrument into a tool for music production.

His contributions included beatbox samples and loops, vocal scratches, and sound effects, with vocal percussion used for drum sounds such as kicks and snares. The project extends his practice as a sound designer and creative collaborator from the stage into the instruments other artists use to make music.

The full music & sound career ↗
Beat Thang production workstation with black steel casing and illuminated blue pads, shown from a three-quarter angle
The Beat Thang portable production workstation. Image source: Sweetwater
Front view of Beat Thang showing its performance pads, screen, and recording controls
Performance pads and controls. Image source: MusicRadar / Future
Rear view of Beat Thang showing its audio, MIDI, USB, and storage connections
Connections for the studio and stage. Image source: MusicRadar / Future

SOUND LIBRARY CONTRIBUTIONS
BY CHESNEY SNOW

  • Beatbox samples & loops
  • Vocal scratches & effects
  • Human percussion textures

FROM THE FIRST PREVIEW TO THE WORLD STAGE

Beat Thang
in the studio.

Previewed at NAMM in 2009, Beat Thang reached Best Buy on July 17, 2011 through a venture between Beat Kangz Electronics and Dallas Austin’s Rowdy Electronics. Its portable hardware brought sampling, sequencing, and a library of more than 3,000 sounds into one instrument.

Selected recordings associated with Beat Thang and its earlier software edition.

2009 / BEAT THANG VIRTUAL

50 Cent

“Do You Think About Me”

Produced by Rockwilder. Nashville Scene’s 2009 feature reported his use of Beat Thang Virtual in the recording.

Read the 2009 feature

BEAT THANG HARDWARE / 2011 INTERVIEW

Alex242 featuring Eve

“Let ’Em Know”

Dallas Austin described making the entire production with Beat Thang in his August 2011 interview.

Read the producer interview

BEAT THANG HARDWARE / 2011 INTERVIEW

Chris Brown

“Key 2 Your Heart”

In the same launch-period interview, Austin named this Chris Brown recording among the work he had been making since he began using the machine.

Read the producer interview

ARTISTS & PRODUCERS

A creative community.

At launch, Dallas Austin described Jim Jonsin as an early ambassador and sound-pack contributor, and named Drumma Boy and DJ Toomp among producers who had tried the machine. BKE’s launch announcement also named will.i.am and Jermaine Dupri among its early supporters.

Dallas Austin on the launch BKE’s launch announcement
30countries by 2013

A 2013 SAE Institute announcement reported Beat Thang in stores across 30 countries and 300 U.S. retail locations.

Read the 2013 announcement

WRITE. PERFORM. CREATE.

Let’s make
something heard.

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Recording credits & references

Explore original releases, artist credits, and the history of the work.