A progressive incipient crusade, the newly established NOERCYPHER series furnishes a monthly exhibition intended to harness the untapped prowess of SoundCloud’s thriving underground community while serving as a mechanism for broadening the creative horizon of aspiring producers. Launched in curation with Patreon’s subscription-based crowdsourcing platform, the project allows students of Noer the Boy, as well as monthly subscribers, access to…
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Focus Five Vol. 16 is here! As you’ve come to expect, we’re back with five of our favourite new under-the-radar artists. This month we’re showcasing a broad array as per usual, taking a deeper dive into the incredible works of fjun, Golden Child, Greazus, Scharame & Sister Mary. Get familiar below. FJUN Damn, it feels good to finally write these…
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Denver-based production mogul Reed Krafft continues to effectuate the permanence of future bass, maneuvering a fascinating creative process under the guise Dreamers Delight, which capitalizes on the blissful reverie of sleep as the primary motivational stimulus to erect ornate arcadian soundscapes. A heavily filtered vocal sample meets synergistically with an angelic accord laid evenly over a tranquil guitar riff as…
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Bonsai Collective has become a threshold for peculiar, groovy, future beats with a vision for longevity and an innate desire to preserve the creativity of its constituents, while also furnishing a firm plant hold with nutrient-dense soil to provide ample space for the growth of its artists. Congruously so, the collective have provided a lavish foundation for the debut EP…
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A capricious production duo originally hailing from Christchurch, New Zealand and now home to San Francisco, California Tristan Roake and Andre Fernandez, better known for their deep ominous dubstep persona Truth, have expertly captivated audiences with an eclectic aural variety that encompasses nearly 13 years. Pioneers of enigmatic soundscapes permeated with cavernous subs and wintry basslines, the duo have delivered…
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Calgary’s Rhys Gillanders has tirelessly cultivated a diverse skillset, producing an emphatic hybrid-trap style contoured with future bass influences under the alias Hontis for the past 3 years. Remixes of Dabow’s ‘Ole’ and Billie Eilish’s ‘Lovely’ vividly delineate an uncanny creative perception, while self-released ‘Stims’ and ‘Pesanta’ demonstrate the ambitious Canadian-native truly settling into a style of his own, which…
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Nestled within a rural town just north of Nashville, Tennessee producer B-Dos finds the inspiration for his sensationally diverse progeny of eclectic trap music. Releases such as ‘Spring’ via Quality Goods Records fourth compilation this past year and ‘Honey’ via Don’t Die At Work’s Day of the Dead compilation in October weave a striking impression of acuity of his craft,…
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Motor City’s G-REX has established a nearly cult-like entourage over the course of the past 4 years, initiating his conquest with a merciless urban trap flavor that has seamlessly evolved to encompass the growing proclivity for uncanny, experimental bass. With two consecutive masterpieces released through Wakaan Records this past year and the daunting feat of a collaboration with Peekabo, ‘Babatunde,’…
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A potentially fateful blow has led to a remarkable tale of death and rebirth for Ben McGillivary, who had previously established a tremendous vocation producing under the persona Crystalize, before the malicious intent of internet hackers demanded an abrupt change of course, giving rise to the freshly anointed and newly invigorated aural profile PERSES. Inaugurating the new guise in destructive…
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A predominant impetus in the embryonic modern era of bass, Kompany has maintained a dominant stature throughout the year, initiating his supremacy in the realm of dubstep with smooth swift ‘Justice’ and continuing to reveal the breadth of his tenacity in solo-championed Metropolis EP and recently unleashed collaboration with BadKlaat. Further tightening the clutches over his dominion, ‘Movement’ facilitates a…
