This month there is very little room for words because there’ so much music to listen to. Not only did we curate another extensive playlist with 30 essential songs released during May, but our good friend Matt Wax over at Beat Lab Radio provided us with a further, massive dose of wave music. Right before celebrating the 10 years of…
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It’s the spring of 2013. It’s Saturday and I just got back home from school. In little more than an hour, I’ll be in the studio recording a new episode of the radio show in which I curate the drum&bass segment. My USB is still empty. I checked all the Beatport’s charts for the entire week but nothing genuinely turned…
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Your favorite monthly music discovery feature is back. Focus Five Volume 71 sees us showcasing a multi-genre Mexican producer, an Indian bass master, a duo delivering a dose of summer grooves, a sound design destroyer, and a Kiwi producer with some stellar UK sounds. Get familiar with all five below. Alexis B Alexis B is a Mexican producer who has…
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It’s safe to say that April 2024 has been polarized by one news piece and one release. The big news was, of course, the unveiling of Symmetry’s lineup. For those of you who’re not aware yet, Symmetry Music & Arts Festival is set to be the event of the year when it comes to wave. Presented by the legendary vibe.digital…
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Rooted in the reggae and dancehall culture, war dubs have spread and been interpreted by many later movements, the most famous of which is certainly the Grime scene. While the format was originally relegated to broadcasting via (pirate) radios and DVDs, war dubs have always kept up with technology, constantly evolving as illustrated by this excellent article on Crack magazine.…
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March set a very high bar for the rest of the year. Not only was it another bonkers month in terms of new releases, but plenty of other juicy stuff happened in the last thirty days. To begin with, I must mention the arrival of the notorious ‘Look Forward at 2024‘ mixtape. Curated and mixed by Brett from vibe.digital, this…
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Your favourite music discovery feature is back! For our 70th installment of Focus Five we’re highlighting a Brazillian multi-genre producer, some ratchet trap, a dealer of dancefloor rhythms, a calm and soothing creator, and a UK producer mixing UKG and breaks with influence from RnB, hip-hop, and beyond. Your new obsession may just be waiting below. Dive in. Crosstalk My…
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cali.xo has always been a unique voice within the wave scene. Her ambient-oriented approach to the genre has always made her my go-to artist when it comes to minimalist, emotional bass music or, as she puts it, dark romantically driven music. Songs like ‘deja vu’, ‘lust’ and ‘feelsohigh’, just to name a few of my personal favourites from her discography,…
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Sam Day‘s rise has been an interesting one to follow. Behind his glossy melodic sound and the boy-next-door look , over the years I have glimpsed more and more of a craftiness that always intrigued me. One doesn’t simply release multiple times on labels like NCS, Seeking Blue, and Lowly by chance. Similarly, the numbers it grinds on streaming platforms,…
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If you’re looking for new artists, you’re in the right place. Focus Five is our monthly spotlight on five artists hand-selected by our editorial team. For the sixty-ninth edition, we’ve got some sexy techno, some serious UK vibes, boundary-pushing experimental bass, a mix of 140, wave, and phonk, plus some entrancing ambient sounds. Whatever your mood, there’s at least one…
