{"id":255881,"date":"2026-09-05T11:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T19:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/?p=255881"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T19:09:36","slug":"the-art-behind-the-beat-hi_post-on-sampling-sp-404-pep57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/the-art-behind-the-beat-hi_post-on-sampling-sp-404-pep57","title":{"rendered":"The Art Behind the Beat: Hi_Post on Sampling, SP-404 & PEP57"},"content":{"rendered":"

What happens when the person making the beat is also helping create the visual world around the music? This week on Music & Makeup: Behind the Beat, I\u2019m sitting down with producer and visual artist Hi_Post for a conversation about his creative process, influences, collaborations, and the art behind the music. Hi_Post takes us back to his early musical influences, including discovering the records that ultimately pushed him toward production. We also get into the SP-404, sample chopping, texture, and what makes a Hi_Post production sound like a Hi_Post production. And if you’ve been following Behind the Beat, you know I had to bring PEP57 into the conversation. We talk about their creative relationship, working together on projects like Stromile Shift and Good N’ the Rucker, and Hi_Post’s production on Rasheed Wallace from PEP57 and Bloo Azul’s “Boreaga”. But there’s another side of Hi_Post that deserves the spotlight: his visual work. We talk album artwork, art direction, illustration, visual storytelling, and how he translates the feeling of a record into an image. What does a producer hear when they’re looking at a visual? And what does a visual artist see when they’re listening to a beat? We get into all of that and more. Follow Music and Makeup: Instagram: @musicandmakeuppodcast TikTok: @pistolsnpalosanto Where to find Hi_Post: Instagram: <\/span>\u00a0\"\"<\/span>\u00a0\/\u00a0_hi_post_\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span> X: <\/span>https:\/\/x.com\/_Hi_Post_<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n