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1997

by homeless beats

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    Self made with love for aesthetics. 50 minutes cassette. Real time copy. Stereo. Photo print covers. Album credits printed inside of cover sleeve. Tracklist on tape with sticker. Tape hand stamped.

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Self made with love for the aesthetics. 50 minutes. Photo print covers. Tracklist and album credits printed inside the cover sheet. Tracklist printed on disc. CD hand stamped.

    Includes unlimited streaming of 1997 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
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1.
home ? 02:14
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here i am 01:43
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3.
code 03209 02:18
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winds over my head 01:15
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supernatural rhythm 01:34
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300 km erottaa 00:38
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like water 00:58
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what’s out there? 02:02
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midnight 01:00
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210297 freestyle 01:55
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enchantone 01:32
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taivaan rannat 02:32
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tahdin airut 01:26
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7 Ö 443 01:31
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synthesized society 01:33
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hemeralopia 00:48
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nomad anchorage 00:51
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ei aikaa ei paikkaa 01:49
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game of life 02:25
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meandering 01:22
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reflektio 01:47
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out of this world 02:15
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161297 01:11
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declaration 97 02:56
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doleful sequences 01:51
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i am 01:56
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flames 02:08
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criminal boogie 01:27
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hydro fresh 01:16
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30.
sininenolohuone 01:44

about

In early 1997, few months of Roope’s homelessness and couch-surfing came to an end when, around the turn of January and February, both he and the studio moved into a rental studio apartment in Kontula, Helsinki.
Known as the “Blue Livingroom,” this 25-square-meter flat on the sixth floor became the home base for future Ceebro and Murmur projects. Weekly sessions birthed everything from spontaneous freestyle cyphers to full-blown concept albums.

The production centered around a Roland W-30, taking major strides forward throughout the year. The sound evolved into a melting pot of influences that had been smoldering throughout the 90s. The common thread lay somewhere in the middle ground between Project Blowed/Living Legends-style underground rap, trip-hop, and the southern influences brought in by stylistic flows. It was simultaneously 100% rap and 100% experimental.

Homeless Beats 1997 packages this cosmic year into a 30-beat mixtape.

The sound fuses the East Coast boom bap and underground influences that inspired the 90s with the deep-grooved tones of Cali rap production. 1997 was both Company Flow and Living Legends, Slum Village and DJ Shadow, Boogiemonsters and Atmosphere, Latyrx and Björk. The music was entirely uncompromising—part of a global counter-current against the increasingly commercial “jiggy” era.

1997 was also about The Funkiest and Syndicate.

The Funkiest grew into the nerve center of Helsinki and Finnish hip-hop—a street-level studio space through which sounds and records spread from hand to hand, crew to crew, and city to city. For us, The Funkiest existed in constant symbiosis with the copy shop next door, Diivari Kopi. There, record covers were designed and mass-produced; the first edition would be folded on The Funkiest’s sofa and hit the shelves 15 minutes after printing. Pure DIY style.

Another space central to our musical development was Syndicate, a clothing store located on the second floor of the Kluuvi shopping center, which began hosting weekly freestyle sessions around this time. Syndicate’s legendary vinyl hawk, Fyrre, hosted the Saturday sessions, while owner Micke supported us with gear and made the “Moments” party possible in late 1997. There, the Ceebros performed alongside Oakland rappers Eclipse427, Sudu, and Plado. Held at Lepakko, the night solidified our connection to California and set the stage for the legendary 1998 Murmur tour of San Diego, LA, and the Bay Area.

credits

released December 8, 2025

produced by esaar at bluelivingroom, kontula, helsinki 1997. vox: pijall, esaar, treep, iwere & bakh (3), celes & skem (26).
keys: pijall (2,8). vox on 12 rec’d at lepakko. vox on 27 rec’d at turku, maata näkyvissä. music created with roland w-30, boss dr660, yamaha cs1x, alesis midiverb 4 and recorded live to mini disk or cassette. photos: treep, tommi tavast, esaar.
creative sparring: mattip. re-edit, remixing, post-production, mastering, covers by rpk at observatorio, helsinki 2021-2025.

"synthesized society" -video: youtu.be/GKQkmLVX3PM?si=oJXvD8tEGIfXxibZ
"sinineneolohuone" -video: youtu.be/RJyOhjsHwOI?si=w079LveQ33sGodT2

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