Apple Juice Kid

Stephen Levitin (aka Apple Juice Kid) is an Emmy Award Winning music producer. Apple Juice Kid's production has been heard on songs by Mos Def, Azealia Banks,^[1]^[2] Wale, Camp Lo^[3] and MC Lyte. He has released several jazz remix albums with support from Okayplayer including Miles Davis Remixed and Frank Sinatra Remixed.

Apple Juice Kid is also a DJ and a drummer. He has been a guest DJ on Mark Ronson's East Village Radio. He has performed as a drummer in the studio with Timbaland, and on stage with The Foreign Exchange and The Jungle Brothers.^[4]^[5] Deepak Chopra interviewed Stephen for his One World program.

Levitin co-founded the Emmy Award Winning Beat Making Lab which began as a class in the Music Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[6] His latest projects include DJing, releasing records on VP Records, Ultra Records and developing Beat Making Labs internationally with the support of Apple and PBS.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Discography

Sankofa – Five Elements
Apple Juice Kid – Plus+,
Thema Bryant – Sky
Miles Davis Remixed – (illroots/okayplayer) (2008)
Camp Lo – Stone and Rob Caught on Tape (Traffic) (2009)
Freebass 808 – MoonBass EP with Geechi Suede from Camp Lo (La Universe) (2009)
The Remix Project – Live Mixtape band with DJ, Drums, Keys, Bass, Percussion (illroots/okayplayer) (2009)
Louis Armstrong Remixed – (illroots/okayplayer) (2009)
Frank Sinatra Remixed – (illroots/okayplayer) (2010)
Apple Juice Kid: Dance Clash (2011)
Apple Juice Kid: Beats of a Revolution (2012)

Lady Gaga (Remix) – Tramp Face
Noisettes and Kanye West (Remix) – Mick Boogie and Terry Urban present Noisettes/Kanye Remixes – Somestimes I am Heartless
Freebass 808 feat. Christian Rich – Mick Boogie and Terry Urban present Peter Bjorn and John Remixes – Living Thing
The Beast Feat. Nneena Freelon and Freebass 808 – Freedom
Camp Lo – Prod Ski and Apple Juice – 2009 NBC Superstars of Dance – Make Me Dance
Freebass 808 feat Jovi Rockwell of Major Lazer – Rewind
Pittsburgh Slim feat Dirt Nasty – Popular with the Ladies
YahZarah Feat Raheem DeVaughn – Come 2Me
Curtis Santiago – Prod Apple Juice Kid and Curtis Santiago – iBoo
10 Beats with Indigi Music placed on MTV, Vh1, Bravo
Speed Network Theme Song – Freebass 808
Apple Juice Kid – Plus
The Remix Project – Mixtape – Okayplayer/illroots

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^ Freelon, Pierce (June 26, 2012). Open Beats Rock Brazil". opensource.com. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
^ Howe, Brian (October 31, 2012). Artivists Pierce Freelon and Stephen Levitin Take Their Beat Making Lab to the DRC". Indy Week. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
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