IQ Beats
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IQ Beats is a music production company specializing in radio jingles and library production music based in Seattle, Washington, composed of Michael Berlin (Co-Owner, CEO, Sales/Marketing), Steven Scalfati (Co-owner, Creative Director, Composer/Producer) Kip Beelman (Engineer/Producer), Patrick Napper (Composer/Producer), Dudley Taft (Composer/Producer) and is represented in the UK and Ireland by Mark Hall, in Australia by Big Bang & Fuzz, and in Europe by Music & Images.
in Oxfordshire
in the UK. This package went on to be the most syndicated IQ Beats package ever. The success of this package lead to commissions for The Century Network, WKTU
and Heart 106.2
in London as well as a number of syndicated resings.
Audio engineer and record producer Kip Beelman (Sleater-Kinney
, Maktub
, Brandi Carlile
, Juno, Kinski, The Posies
, Ken Stringfellow
, The Long Winters
) was added to the staff a year later. Shortly thereafter local singer/songwriter Patrick Napper was brought on board with the TFM Radio
package being his first effort.
Bringing on a second composer allowed chief creative director Steven Scalfati to produce IQ Production’s first library music release, RnB/DnB and a Few Breaks. As producing more titles in the series became a priority, local composer/producer and ace guitarist Dudley Taft was added to the fold to create Adrenaline Rock, the second disc in the ongoing series.
IQ Beats thrives to this day with packages in the Country, Hot AC, Rhythmic AC, Urban AC, CHR, Smooth Jazz, Rhythmic CHR, Hip Hop/R & B, Adult Hits, Sports Talk and News Talk formats airing in the United States and Canada as well as throughout the UK, mainland Europe, Russia and Asia throughout partnerships with European representative Music & Images and Australian representative Big Bang & Fuzz. The company’s success has allowed itself to keep innovating with their extremely popular and unique imaging tool called "Country X Factor" and the custom-produced Kickers airing on KAWO and KKWF
.
In addition to producing world-class radio imaging products and commercial library music, members of IQ Beats have continued to perform into other areas of music and audio production: Kip Beelman continues to produce and engineer local bands, Steven Scalfati has recently tasted success doing remixes for Ashley Tisdale
, Lady Sovereign
, Jessi Melay and Stevie Nicks
while continuing to perform live with Synth Club and Jackie Papers, Dudley Taft is a performing member of Spike and the Impalers, songwriter and guitarist for the hard-rock band Omnivoid, and band leader for the Dudley Taft Blues Overkill, while Patrick Napper has recently completed a variety of remixes (Nine Inch Nails
, Angelique Kidjo
featuring Peter Gabriel
, Los de Abajo and Joi), continues to travel around the country doing his one-man live DJ performance billed as pnapper, writes, plays guitar and sings lead as a member of Omnivoid, co-writes, produces and performs as a member of Wordblender while also contributing production and horns to Lee Oskar
of War, Charlie Loesel, and Lynval Golding
of The Specials
among others.
Remixes
History
Michael Berlin and Steven Scalfati set up IQ Beats in the summer of 2002 and their first custom package was made for Fox FMFox FM
Fox FM may refer to:*Fox FM , a radio station in Melbourne, Australia*Heart Thames Valley, a radio station in the United Kingdom formerly known as Fox FM*Port FM, a radio station in New Zealand...
in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
in the UK. This package went on to be the most syndicated IQ Beats package ever. The success of this package lead to commissions for The Century Network, WKTU
WKTU
WKTU is a radio station based in New York City that plays an upbeat, gold-based CHR format. The station's broadcast transmitter is located on the top of the Empire State Building and its city of license is Lake Success, New York, with offices formerly in the "Newport" section of Jersey City, New...
and Heart 106.2
Heart 106.2
Heart 106.2 is an Independent Local Radio station based in London and is owned by Global Radio as part of the Heart Network.On 25 June 2007 it was announced that Heart along with its sister stations The Arrow, Sky News Radio, LBC and Galaxy were to be sold for £170 million to Global Radio from...
in London as well as a number of syndicated resings.
Audio engineer and record producer Kip Beelman (Sleater-Kinney
Sleater-Kinney
Sleater-Kinney was an alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon that formed in 1994. Originally formed in Olympia, Washington, the group's name is derived from Sleater-Kinney Road, Interstate 5 off ramp #108 in Lacey, Washington, the location of one of their early practice spaces. They were a...
, Maktub
Maktub
Maktub is a Seattle, Washington-based music group formed in the late 1990s that combines elements of hip-hop, rhythm and blues, soul, and funk, with a sprinkling of jazz and rock.-History:...
, Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile is an American singer and songwriter.-Early life:At age eight, Carlile performed a rendition of the country music song "Tennessee Flat Top Box" with her mother. She began to play the guitar and write songs at fifteen. At sixteen, she began to perform as a backup singer for an Elvis...
, Juno, Kinski, The Posies
The Posies
The Posies are an alternative rock/power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" , as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month"...
, Ken Stringfellow
Ken Stringfellow
Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American musician, best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star.-Musical career:...
, The Long Winters
The Long Winters
The Long Winters is an American indie rock band based in Seattle, Washington.-Early history:Singer-songwriter John Roderick was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He later returned to Seattle, formed the Bun Family Players and the The Western State Hurricanes...
) was added to the staff a year later. Shortly thereafter local singer/songwriter Patrick Napper was brought on board with the TFM Radio
TFM Radio
TFM Radio is a Thornaby-on-Tees based Independent Local Radio station. Launched in June 1975 as Radio Tees, with the callsign "You've got a friend on 257" it was the first independent local radio station serving the area of the Tees Valley with parts of North Yorkshire and County Durham...
package being his first effort.
Bringing on a second composer allowed chief creative director Steven Scalfati to produce IQ Production’s first library music release, RnB/DnB and a Few Breaks. As producing more titles in the series became a priority, local composer/producer and ace guitarist Dudley Taft was added to the fold to create Adrenaline Rock, the second disc in the ongoing series.
IQ Beats thrives to this day with packages in the Country, Hot AC, Rhythmic AC, Urban AC, CHR, Smooth Jazz, Rhythmic CHR, Hip Hop/R & B, Adult Hits, Sports Talk and News Talk formats airing in the United States and Canada as well as throughout the UK, mainland Europe, Russia and Asia throughout partnerships with European representative Music & Images and Australian representative Big Bang & Fuzz. The company’s success has allowed itself to keep innovating with their extremely popular and unique imaging tool called "Country X Factor" and the custom-produced Kickers airing on KAWO and KKWF
KKWF
KKWF , known as "The New 100.7 The Wolf", is a Country music radio station based in Seattle, Washington. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 100.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 67 kW. Its transmitter is located in Seattle.-History:...
.
In addition to producing world-class radio imaging products and commercial library music, members of IQ Beats have continued to perform into other areas of music and audio production: Kip Beelman continues to produce and engineer local bands, Steven Scalfati has recently tasted success doing remixes for Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...
, Lady Sovereign
Lady Sovereign
Louise Amanda Harman , better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper & grime artist. She is noted for her professional success in performing styles of music generally dominated by males...
, Jessi Melay and Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...
while continuing to perform live with Synth Club and Jackie Papers, Dudley Taft is a performing member of Spike and the Impalers, songwriter and guitarist for the hard-rock band Omnivoid, and band leader for the Dudley Taft Blues Overkill, while Patrick Napper has recently completed a variety of remixes (Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
, Angelique Kidjo
Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, commonly known as Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Time Magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva". The BBC has...
featuring Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
, Los de Abajo and Joi), continues to travel around the country doing his one-man live DJ performance billed as pnapper, writes, plays guitar and sings lead as a member of Omnivoid, co-writes, produces and performs as a member of Wordblender while also contributing production and horns to Lee Oskar
Lee Oskar
Lee Oskar is a Danish harmonica player, notable for his contributions to the sound of the rock-funk fusion group War, which he formed with Eric Burdon, his solo work, and as a harmonica manufacturer...
of War, Charlie Loesel, and Lynval Golding
Lynval Golding
Lynval Golding is a British musician. He is best known as a rhythm guitarist and vocalist with the British 2 Tone Records band, The Specials....
of The Specials
The Specials
The Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups...
among others.
Clients
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Fun Radio (France) Fun Radio is a French network of FM radio stations created on 2 October 1985 and dedicated to R&B, Dance music, Electro music and House music, operating on 250 different frequencies across France. The station belongs to RTL Group as do its sisters stations RTL and RTL2... Heart Dunstable Heart Dunstable was an Independent Local Radio station based in Chiltern Road in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.-History:... Heart West Midlands Heart West Midlands is a radio station based in Birmingham, England, as part of the Heart Network, with a regional license to broadcast to the West Midlands... Juice FM 107.6 Juice FM is a British Independent Local Radio, set up in 1998 in Liverpool after the closing of alternative music station 107.6 Crash FM and its subsequent purchase by Forever Broadcasting. It launched with a format broadly in keeping with that of Crash, but with a greater amount of... Key 103 Key 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and the north west of England. Its output is principally contemporary pop and dance music. Formerly owned by Trans World Communications, EMAP and now by Bauer Radio, Key 103 is part of Bauer's Place Network of... Kingdom FM Kingdom FM is the dedicated Adult Contemporary radio station for Fife, Scotland. Kingdom FM broadcasts from its studios in Markinch on five frequencies across Fife, 95.2fm in West Fife, 96.1 in Central Fife, 105.4fm in St Andrews, 106.3fm in the East Neuk and 96.6fm in Kirkcaldy and on the web from... |
KMFM Ashford KMFM Ashford is an Independent Local Radio serving the borough of Ashford and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:... KMFM Canterbury KMFM Canterbury is an Independent Local Radio serving the City of Canterbury and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:... KMFM Maidstone KMFM Maidstone is an Independent Local Radio serving the town of Maidstone and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:... KMFM Medway KMFM Medway is an Independent Local Radio serving the Medway Towns and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:... KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country is an Independent Local Radio serving the districts of Dover and Shepway and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.... KMFM Thanet KMFM Thanet is an Independent Local Radio serving the Isle of Thanet and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:... KMFM West Kent KMFM West Kent is an Independent Local Radio serving the towns of Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England... LBC LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio... Northsound 1 Northsound 1 is a radio station serving Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations and plays contemporary music from the 1980s to today, alongside news, sport and travel bulletins. Daytime and weekend... Peak FM Peak FM is a British independent local radio station in north Derbyshire. The strapline, 'Today's Best Mix', has been used since 2009 and is broadcast to reflect the station playlist.-Towns:... Pirate FM Pirate FM is one of the Independent Local Radio stations for Cornwall, playing a range of music from the 1960's to the present day.-Background:... |
Q96 Q96 was an independent local radio station, which broadcast for 14 years to the Scottish county of Renfrewshire. Q96 broadcast as an FM station on the 96.3 MHz frequency after a local licence for the Paisley area was offered... Radio 538 Radio 538 is a Dutch commercial radio station aimed at young people. It has a broad format which includes Top 40, dance, R&B and recent hits... Signal 1 Signal One is a British Independent Local Radio station broadcasting from studios in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent to Staffordshire and Cheshire on 96.4 , 96.9 and 102.6 MHz FM for Cheshire, Stafford and North Staffordshire respectively. It also broadcasts on the Stoke "UTV-EMAP Stoke-on-Trent"... Spirit FM Spirit FM broadcasts to West Sussex from studios in Dukes Court, Chichester - the place it has been since its launch more than 10 years ago. It was previously only available in the South West of the County but gained complete coverage through a transmitter near Midhurst.- History :Spirit FM began... The Pulse of West Yorkshire The Pulse is a British Independent Local Radio station that serves the Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale areas of West Yorkshire. The station was originally known as Pennine Radio... Time FM Time FM could meanany of the following radio stations operated by the Sunrise Radio Group:* Time 106.6* Time 106.8* Time 107.3* Time 107.5... Tower FM Tower FM is a British Independent Local Radio station which broadcasts across the towns of Bolton and Bury and parts of north Manchester from its studios in Wigan.... |
Wish FM Wish FM is a British Independent Local Radio that serves the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside... WKTU WKTU is a radio station based in New York City that plays an upbeat, gold-based CHR format. The station's broadcast transmitter is located on the top of the Empire State Building and its city of license is Lake Success, New York, with offices formerly in the "Newport" section of Jersey City, New... |
Released Tracks
IQ Production Library Music- RnB/DnB and a Few Breaks
- Adrenaline Rock
- Ultimate News
- IQ Sports
- Feelgood
Remixes
- "Be Good to Me" by Ashley Tisdale – THC’s Scalfati Mixshow remix by Steven Scalfati
- "Love Me or Hate Me" by Lady Sovereign – Bridge and Tunnel remix by DJ Scalfonzo (Steve Scalfati)
- "Salala" by Angelique Kidjo featuring Peter Gabriel – Djin Djin Dub remix by pnapper (Patrick Napper)
- "What You Are" by Joi – U R Tranquility remix by pnapper (Patrick Napper)
- "Resistencia" by Los de Abajos - Regueton Rendicion remix by pnapper (Patrick Napper)
- "Survivalism" by Nine Inch NailsNine Inch NailsNine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
– Opal Club remix by pnapper (Patrick Napper)