LOUIE is DJ and hip-hop producer Kenny Beats’ debut studio album, originally released in August 2022 through XL Recordings. The album is primarily instrumental, but features guest appearances from several renowned artists including Vince Staples, Slowthai, JPEGMafia, Thundercat, and Remi Wolf.
Though best known for producing seminal albums for some of the world’s most exciting artists (IDLES, Rico Nasty, etc), Kenny subverted expectations on this release by instead offering a deeply personal and moving tribute to his ailing father. Over 17 songs, LOUIE is a hypnotic odyssey of wounded, teardrop soul; a side of Kenny that has not been seen by the world before.
LOUIE is also Kenny Beats’ first studio release to receive an immersive mix, courtesy of Grammy award-winning engineer and producer Alex Tumay. Tumay has recorded and mixed songs for major artists across the American hip hop industry, including Young Thug, Travis Scott, Future, Kanye West, Drake, and 21 Savage.
Though the Dolby Atmos mix has been available to stream since 2022, we at IAA are thrilled to now offer the album as an exclusive immersive digital download through our online shop!
The Atmos mix of LOUIE is gentle yet effective, foregrounding much of the main rhythmic energy and utilizing the additional speakers to expand the sonic bubble. The center channel is an active participant in the immersive presentation as well, usually supplying dry snare and kick signal in order to give those elements a more precise quality.
Immersive Audio Album offers immersive digital downloads in the lossless Dolby TrueHD format. While streaming services offer convenience and access to a vast library of music, they also severely compress the audio to save bandwidth. With lossless TrueHD, the inner detail and sonic clarity is much better preserved for home listeners.

LOUIE is the twelfth entry in an ongoing series of high-resolution digital immersive releases from IAA and Beggars Group, one of the world's largest and most-respected independent label groups. Beggars Group is home to 4AD, Matador Records, Rough Trade, XL Recordings and Young, as well as a growing publishing wing (Beggars Music) and a successful catalog imprint (Beggars Arkive).
Many more new album releases from Beggars Group are already available to stream in Dolby Atmos, including key titles from landmark artists such as CASISDEAD, Overmono, Romy, Sampha, and more. Over the coming months, we plan to make more of this fantastic immersive catalog available in hi-res downloadable form through our online shop.
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Beggars Group Immersive Catalog | ||
Album: | Artist: | IAA Release Date: |
Lucifer on the Sofa | Spoon | March 2024 |
In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age | March 2024 |
Everyone’s Crushed | Water From Your Eyes | March 2024 |
First Two Pages of Frankenstein | The National | April 2024 |
Laugh Track | The National | April 2024 |
The Other Side of Make-Believe | Interpol | May 2024 |
Up The Bracket | The Libertines | June 2024 |
Stereo Mind Game | Daughter | July 2024 |
My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross | ANOHNI and The Johnsons | July 2024 |
Spell 31 | Ibeyi | August 2024 |
CAPRISONGS | FKA Twigs | September 2024 |
LOUIE | Kenny Beats | October 2024 |