Amor Sanguinis

Artist: The Bloodclan
Originally a limited released online 2009
Re-released online September 2010
Running time: 36:51

Pen and paper role players rejoice, as an EP based on White Wolf’s “Vampire the Masquerade” has crept out of the shadows to feed. Listen in as The Bloodclan takes you through bloody tales of Vampires – The hunger, lust, and politics that shape the world unseen by most mortals.

Starting with the very origins and ending with the Time of Judgement to bring Gehenna, this will cover all your bloodsucking needs, and you Haematophiliacs will certainly love “LARPer Girl.” The Bloodclan is one-half Nerdcore rapper MC_Loki and one-half Diabeats, who brings sexy singing to the table along with her flow.

All of our music here at Scrub Club is free. However, if you enjoyed this release and would like to support our label, please make any size of donation to help all of our artists get new merch and promo items, book bigger shows, and get better equipment. Much love to you all!

TRACK LISTING

01 – Origins
02 – LARPer Girl
03 – Prey
04 – Vampire Party
05 – Let Me In
06 – Ivory Tower
07 – Sword of Caine
08 – Gehenna

ALBUM COMPOSING AND SAMPLE LISTING

All tracks were written and recorded by The Bloodclan (MC_Loki and Diabeats) and mixed by Diabeats.

Versus Mode

Artist: Various Artists
Released online February 2010
Running time: 72:52

Scrub Club’s fierce Versus Mode audio / visual competition in mid-2009 led to four new leveled-up artists on the label for 2010.

Held on Scrub Club’s official community site, GeekAmigo.com, Versus Mode was a contest that had a group of up-and-coming artists go head to head for some challenges as well as team up for other goals. Out of a great amount of entrants, only 13 were selected to compete. Among the missions were recording new songs, getting professional photoshoots, promoting themselves, updating their web presence… In the end, when there were three finalists left, they competed against eachother live on stage to become Scrub Club’s next signed artist.

Those three finalists were King Pheenix, Diabeats, and Thunderball from Southside. Thunderball rocked the stage at Nerd Invasion in Pensacola, Florida like no other and walked away with the grand title – but with his blessing, all three finalists as well as a runner-up, StarF, were integrated into Scrub Club also.

This compilation includes 10 of the most notable tracks from the duration of the contest. They’re not necessarily the best songs produced from Versus Mode as far as overall quality goes, but they are definitely the ones that stood out from the rest and had the most heart (or made us laugh our asses off, one of the two). Following these 10 tracks is the recording of the actual 40 minute live finale of Versus Mode, where you can hear all three finalists giving it their all to a very hungry crowd.

For the complete archive of the Versus Mode competition, please click here.

TRACK LISTING

01 – Maros – Movin’ On
02 – Southside – What We Rap About
03 – Diabeats – Twice Threatened
04 – StarF – Breathe New Life
05 – Southside – We’ll Take Your Dare (feat. Diabeats)
06 – Da Silky Slimz – Porno Pop-Ups (feat. MC Cool Whip)
07 – Southside – Get Down
08 – Diabeats – Respectable Girl (I Used to Be Such a)
09 – King Pheenix – The V1s
10 – StarF – Lament for the Fragged
11 – MadHatter – Crowd Control Intro (Live)
12 – King Pheenix – Crowd Control Set (Live feat. Karmageddon)
13 – Diabeats – Crowd Control Set (Live feat. MC_Loki)
14 – Thunderball – Crowd Control Set (Live)

Diabeats is a diabetic cyborg, operating on an insulin pump to keep her alive. When she isn’t pondering the existential quandries of the universe with Wilford Brimley, she raps in a dark, tongue-in-cheek, satirical style that acts as an extension of her poetic background. Writing is her primary passion and music her silver wife. In March of 2009, she penned her first Hip Hop song and was immediately swept up into the arms of nerdcore, learning under nerdcore vets like MC_Loki and Scrub Club’s own Deafinition. While she tended to stay in the background, writing at her own pace, and absorbing information, she was tirelessly encouraged by fellow artists and started projects like the Vampire: The Masquerade-inspired “Amor Sanguinis” album with MC_Loki. Involved in music and the study of music theory since the age of 8, she plays piano, trumpet, and sings as well.

Outside of emceeing, Diabeats is a broke-ass college student pursuing a double major in English and Spanish. She is an amateur linguist and bibliophile, a lover of all things literary, and a mad-word scientist. In the summers, she works as a substitute assistant at a school for migrant education translating and gossiping with Latina toddlers.

At a glance, Diabeats is a shy, nerdy, goth girl who owns way too many Star Wars shirts and can master any rhythm video game you can throw at her. Put her on stage, though, and she transforms into an aggressive, liberated, dancing harlot of rhyming. Everything that she is unable to be in daily life, she can be so in her music. This was one of her major draws to rapping – being able to loose her inner beast, tackle solemn and painful topics in a humorous manner, and find peace in honest lyrics about nerd life.

Still new to rapping, she is constantly looking to improve, compose, and write music.