Track Runners Production
TRACK RUNNERS PRODUCTION, CREATED BY ANDREW MARTIN DERER IN 2002, HAS BEEN THE MAIN PRODUCTION UNIT BEHIND THE LAST TWO HIT ALBUMS RELEASED BY CHICAGO INDEPENDANT LABEL NEW MONEY INC. THE FIRST, PIECE KEEPERZ' DEBUT ALBUM THE BOOM, WAS RELEASED IN 2005 AND SAW MUCH SUCCESS NOT ONLY ON LOCAL COLLEGE RADIO BUT ALSO POP RADIO LIKE B96 IN CHICAGO. A YEAR LATER, TRP PRODUCED RAPPER MARFLOW'S DEBUT SOLO DISC AND SAW BOTH CRITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. TRP IS CURRENTLY IN TALKS WITH A WELL KNOWN MIDWEST RAPPER (HUSH HUSH), A PRODUCTION COMPILATION, THE NEXT PIECE KEEPERZ DISC, AND A NEW ALBUM FOR MARFLOW, ALL TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT YEAR. STAY TUNED!
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
TRACK RUNNERS PRODUCTION, CREATED BY ANDREW MARTIN DERER IN 2002, HAS BEEN THE MAIN PRODUCTION UNIT BEHIND THE LAST TWO HIT ALBUMS RELEASED BY CHICAGO INDEPENDANT LABEL NEW MONEY INC. THE FIRST, PIECE KEEPERZ' DEBUT ALBUM THE BOOM, WAS RELEASED IN 2005 AND SAW MUCH SUCCESS NOT ONLY ON LOCAL COLLEGE RADIO BUT ALSO POP RADIO LIKE B96 IN CHICAGO. A YEAR LATER, TRP PRODUCED RAPPER MARFLOW'S DEBUT SOLO DISC AND SAW BOTH CRITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. TRP IS CURRENTLY IN TALKS WITH A WELL KNOWN MIDWEST RAPPER (HUSH HUSH), A PRODUCTION COMPILATION, THE NEXT PIECE KEEPERZ DISC, AND A NEW ALBUM FOR MARFLOW, ALL TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT YEAR. STAY TUNED!
Your musical influences
All the good beatmakers before us: Alchemist, Dr. Dre, Hi-Tek, The Neptunes, Dan the Automator, DJ Quik, Ant, DJ Premier, Kanye West, Just Blaze, Jay Dee, DJ Paul, Scott Storch, DJ Shadow, Lil Jon, Madlib, Daddy X, Diamond D, E Swift, Domino, Dust Brothers, Timbaland, No I.D., Da Beatminerz, M.F. Doom, The RZA, RJD2, Chief XCel, Jake One, Vitamin D, Havoc, 9th Wonder, DJ Muggs and Prince Paul.
