As April comes to a close we’re back with another installment of Focus Five. This month we’ve got an exceptional wave talent, a flip king, some bouncy future beat goodness, a producer spanning multiple genres with one exceptional project, and a bass-heavy beast of a producer. This month is a can’t miss as always. Get familiar. calicry Despite the fact…
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Even at the risk of being redundant and repetitive, let me tell you once again: wave is the fastest-growing movement in dance music. At this point, everyone’s aware how from its humble foundations in the depths of SoundCloud’s underground the movement has taken over the whole bass scene in the past years, but now its story has reached another historic…
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Time flies and we’re already near the 1 anniversary of ‘Bleach‘. Although this April is already full of significant occurrences both musically (Porter Robinson’s album) and non musically (Attack On Titan’s final chapter) related, this recurrence makes me wish that May will arrive as soon as possible. Not only because it was Rohaan’s debut LP but most importantly because it…
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At first, I had decided to start this article with the classic formula “LYNY is back,” but as soon as I stopped to think about it, I realized that in the first three months of 2021 he’s actually never taken a break. His remix for L*O*J debuted out less than two weeks ago. His contribution to the BOOST TAPE 02…
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38 Volumes deep and we’re just getting started. Focus Five is back with a wide array of talents you need to get familiar with. We’ve got a mysterious new experimental artist, a wild bass duo from British Columbia, a French producer keeping things crazy unique, the next wave of UKG, and a Chicagoan fusing future beats and trap just the…
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Have you ever find yourself thinking that sometimes neither a good pair of headphones, nor a very good sound system are quite enough to wholly relish certain tracks? When I stumble across compositions so detailed and masterfully crafted such as this new Kizer album, I feel the need to experience those vibes with all my body. Try to think about…
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If the scarcity that surrounds the world of NFTs is not congenial to you, then I advise you never to enter the realm of wave and vaporwave cassettes. That is a true rumble, a fight to the death to grab one of the few copies that are put on sale. It’s a serious business, so much so that, even though…
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One of the things that I love the most about doing music reviews is that I constantly learn new things while writing them. Most of the time I create a draft on WordPress, I write the first lines, and then I inevitably get lost in the maze of the web looking for anecdotes, music charts, production tutorials, documentaries, and so…
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Not infrequently I find myself thinking how cool it would be to have soundtracks designed specifically for books. Not just background music, but something tailor-made for what you’re actually reading. Imagine being immersed in the pages of a compelling novel and having music in your ears that follows word by word, chapter by chapter, the unfolding of the storyline. If…
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My dear emerging artists, I’m here today to announce you that the entry level for the title of ‘newcomer of the year’ has been officially set. I’m not going to exaggerate by saying that I’ve found the winner yet, but surely the game has just gotten much tougher. Discovered completely at random a few weeks ago, it took me very…
