With the release of his 8th studio record, drum and bass icon BCee is back on our radar! This year has been a busy one for BCee. In addition to leading his label, Spearhead Records, he has made appearances on SoundCloud’s Voice Notes series, BBC Radio 1, and Insomniac’s Sunday Sessions. Much to our surprise, he even found the time…
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If you’re looking to discover your favorite new artist, you’ve come to the right place. Focus Five Volume 76 highlights a producer blending trap and wave expertly, an evolving creator impressing with recent remixes, a Left Field bass magician, and two new aliases from seasoned veterans. Dive in below. c8o DC-based producer c8o (pronounced Cato) has been impressing us for…
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The great city of Detroit has once again blessed us all with another musical gem. KiLO is an artist I was wholly unfamiliar with until I had the pleasure of seeing him play live earlier this year. It’s always exciting to see a new name in your city, so I went in blind. Lordy, I was unprepared. During a night…
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Dropping in for our 75th installment of Focus Five comes another eclectic batch of artists you need to know. This month showcases a Texas-based producer making his mark in the underground, an Aussie edit specialist, an electric drum and bass creator, a producer fusing rap and bass perfectly, and some wonderfully summery house vibes. fluent Hailing from Houston, Texas, fluent…
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This week’s featured artist for our guest mix series is going to go places, mark my words. NYC-based vxrt has been quietly paving a path for himself online with releases on SUBU, dumb collective., and Partica, among others. With an ear for beats both beautiful and grimy, vxrt’s discography has a track to please just about anyone; from insanely groovy…
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Our man Hydraulix is back again this week for our next guest mix installment! After dropping his NERVES EP on Wakaan earlier this year, the versatile Australian producer has been riding a wave of successful self-releases, including our previously-featured ‘duCk huNT‘ and the speaker-wrecking banger ‘HAWT‘ with Oski. Most recently, his track ‘I Spit Da Fire‘ was released on We…
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Our 74th Volume of Focus Five is here! This month features a Finish artist paving a stunning sonic path, a true “sleeper pick,” a trance-step producer, a mindblowing bass talent, and a Japanese modular synth and rhythm machine aficionado. If those samples of what to expect don’t excite or at least interest you, I’m not sure what you’re looking for.…
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If you happened to catch our recent interview with the UK drum and bass pioneer, BCee, you’d know that he has an album dropping this October. Following the release of last month’s single ‘Gamble‘ on his label, Spearhead Records, this soulful producer has once again struck gold with ‘Lies,’ featuring songwriter and vocalist Lauren Archer. As of now, three of…
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Our 73rd Volume of Focus Five is here! As always we’re bringing five of our team’s favourite new finds. This month features two UK-based producers taking over in UKG and Trap, a Brooklyn-based artist delivering summery garage vibes, an inventive creator who falls under the broad umbrella of drum and bass, and a producer delivering uncut bass bangers. Check them…
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WAKAAN Music Festival returns to Mulberry Mountain in Arkansas from September 25th to 29th of this year, rocking a superb lineup that is rife with takeovers and back-to-backs galore. Now in its fourth year, WAKAAN as both a festival and label has helped to platform some of the biggest names in bass music today, many of whom are back once…
