Yawn Zen

Mndsgn, pronounced 'Mind Design', is the project of Ringgo Ancheta, the Highland Park, Los Angeles resident and prolific beat-maker.

Los Angeles-based hip-hop producer Mndsgn, aka Ringgo Ancheta, was raised on the edge of a commune with no electricity, even while his father worked as a high-brow college professor.

A slice of zen from the LA beat scene, courtesy of Mndsgn ('mind design'), a producer with one of the strangest bios ever written, involving flight from the mysterious Aum Supreme Truth Cult, and a childhood spent without electricity or modern techology