Have you ever wondered what it might sound like if 9 of SoundCloud’s hottest underground producers got together on one song? Well today is your lucky day, because we get the answer with the release of ‘Mug Club V1’. The mega collab see Runnit connecting with XTALS, Klavay, bd hbt, gurf, DHITTO, ZCR, XAVIER, and RAFTYR for an absolute banger. So how does a collaboration of this proportion come together? “We have a tight community around Partica and like to share samples a ton; everybody was starting to collab with each other, new members with old ones and I decided to attempt one huge collab to bring together everyone that’s helped me and Partica grow in the past year. Originally it was going to be called ‘Apex,’ and I just thought, how can I combine the idea of sample challenges and collabing together in the easiest way without going down a rabbit hole of organizing all these people into one project? So we set the challenge up that everyone sent me stems to an idea at 136bpm and E minor,” Runnit explains.
The song’s title takes inspiration from Runnit’s name, which comes from the idea of running up on someone and mugging their ears. He further elaborates saying, “Mug Club is just my team rising together and the name is a reminder that no one will build your passion up for you, gotta go out and get it.” The track takes collaboration to new heights with each artist adding something special to the track.“Raftyr, Klavay & Dhitto’s stems helped enormously with the chord progression and melodic stuff in the intro and end-bar melody. Gurf, XTALS, & Xavier’s stems I used a ton of their basses for resampling. ZCR & Bd Hbt’s stems I used a decent amount of their percusssion/FX hits in the build and 2nd drop,” Runnit tells us about the production process. From there, Runnit acted as a mad scientist, resampling, structuring and stitching the track into its final form.
The hard work clearly pays off in ‘Mug Club V1.’ It’s a certified slapper with alluring melodies, hard hip-hop samples, brain-bending sound design and bass, and enough variety to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout. Check out the mega collab below and grab the free download. Be sure to look out for more installments of the Mug Club series in the future.
