SlopFunkDust (L) and Sponatola Credit: Photo via Illsboro Records

Tampa’s beat scene is alive and well, and rife with young talent, but they all bow down to OGs like SlopFunkDust and Spontonola who’ve made more than 200 beats over the last three years.

The Bay area producers have worked with a who’s who of homegrown talent, and continue to drop gems like Illsboro Records’ Drum Cinema Vol. 3, a collection of samples that are the fruit of three decades of crate digging.

“Spon came up with all the dialogue audio since it was his series and because I’m originally from London, he used clips from ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,’ ‘Snatch,’ and a few other classic British films on this volume,” Slop told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.

When he listens to other instrumental bands, the drums absolutely must slap, and from the opening track (“3rd Blap!”) to the closer (“Attention”), that’s what listeners get on DCV3.

See a list of the best Tampa Bay instrumental bands you can listen to right now.

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