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…
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In 2013, I had the pleasure of discovering Soulection. This label was and still is an absolute titan of the SoundCloud music scene, pushing forward-thinking and soulful house music for well over a decade now. I can’t count how many artists I’ve discovered thanks to their expert curation, but I’d like to introduce one of my favorites here. I heard…
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If you’re reading this, it’s probably safe to say that you’re a fan of electronic music. I think it’s time we give a little bit of the limelight back to live instrumentation. The raw, organic sound of a violin or a piano can easily get lost in the DAW. All the nuanced details that can be changed after-the-fact with software…
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Despite running around like a chicken with my head cut off for much of last weekend’s Infrasound Music Festival in an effort to catch as much as possible, I was fortunate enough to have a chance to sit down with UK drum and bass icon BCee. With a career spanning a full 23 years and counting, he is a certified…
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Infrasound 2024 was truly one for the books. Upon my arrival at Harmony Park on Thursday, I was greeted by the fierce winds of Minnesota (props to whomever first coined the term “Windfrasound”). The trees lurched and the tall grass swayed like ocean waves. Turtles nestled in the dirt quietly guarded their freshly laid eggs along the lake’s shoreline as…
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Your favorite monthly music discovery feature is back. Focus Five Volume 72 features a rising Argentinean producer, a dancefloor weapons dealer, a wave creator, a diverse Polish duo, and a Brazillian-based producer wowing us with a wide array of sounds. Check all five below! bauti Little is known about bauti. The artist hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His SoundCloud bio…
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Let’s take a moment to talk about one of my favorite places. For the past decade and then some, Infrasound Music Festival has consistently boasted some of the most auspicious lineups around. Each year their flyers are dotted with underground heavyweights, rare international acts, and a healthy heap of up-and-coming producers. For three nights, Minnesota’s gorgeous Harmony Park Music Garden…
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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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Writing about music can be a befuddling task sometimes. Every once in a while, an album comes along for which it’s unimaginably difficult to find the right words to adequately treat it with the reverence it deserves. For me, Halogenix’s Passions is one of those albums. As a longtime fan of Halogenix, I was ecstatic when he announced Passions to…
