Portugal’s Holly may be the most technically apt and creatively impelled producers of the modern generation. Releasing roughly 800 tracks between 2016 and 2017, Holly has compiled a nearly unfathomable index of collaborations ranging from underground experimental moguls such as Gangus and MAERE to established veterans such as Breaux and Slippy before rounding off the year taking 1st place in…
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One of the originating tracks from freeform bass architect and Outer Realms founder Minnesota, ‘Purple Daze’ peels back the curtain to the earliest institution of dubstep with a subtle tinge of West Coast hip-hop. A funky percussion-heavy intro leads promptly into a bemusing melody of plucked strings laid ornately with samples from The D.O.C.’s ‘It’s Funky Enough’ before an emphatic…
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An alliance previously restricted to the arena of remixes, G-REX & TYNAN’s devastating treatment to Snails and Botnek’s ‘Happy Hour’ nearly three years ago first teased an inevitable collaboration, while recently liberated flips of ‘404’ and ‘Deep Down Low’ have only furthered the anticipation for the two auspicious producers to pioneer an original track. ‘Doughboi’ takes a shot to the…
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Dubstep pioneer and forefather of the hybrid-riddim style coined savage wonk, Dubloadz possesses a remarkable talent for composing malevolent bass soundscapes fitted with a menagerie of left-field noises, rogue samples, and playful vocals that have commanded entire audiences over the better half of the last decade. Taking things back to the infancy of the dynasty, ‘Brain Food’ presents an unanticipated…
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Expanding popularity for uncanny experimental bass has furnished an idealistic arena for innovative producers to connect and collaborate, concocting arrhythmic tempos and distinctive bass lines to captivate and enthrall an audience. Mounting the crest of this freeform wave, Tokyo’s Allen Mock and Dallas-based Chow Chow have quickly distinguished their sounds from the myriad, first revealing a collaborative dexterity with the…
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An inquisitive experimental bass duo emerging from Tokyo, HERBALISTEK have quickly garnered immense recognition for their avant-garde production techniques and diverse auditory profile. Rigorously cultivating their ascent, the duo first infiltrated the scene with a deviant self-released single ‘Laced’ and have tactfully unfolded their expertise since, with an outlandish flip of HEKLER & Gladez ‘404’ and an eccentric remix of…
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Focus Five is back for its 15th installment and it only keeps getting better. This month we have a Niagara Falls-based dubstep producer that’s been heating up, an artist who captures the purest essence of wave, a duo that lets their music speak for itself, a French producer expertly blending trap and future bass, and an eclectic Brooklyn-based bass producer.…
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Perched atop a throne of unreleased music, an unfaltering eruption of music since the turn of the year has allowed Sydney’s AVANCE to quickly seize and captivate the attention of his audience, littering the battlefield of 2019 with lethal self-released artillery such as ‘OVERTHROWN’ and ‘DEATH RAY’ as well as an aberrated experimental collaboration alongside fellow Aussie-native ZEKE BEATS. Following…
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Los Angeles-based, bd hbt maintains an exceptional talent for integrating atypical rhythmic tempos and insistent percussion ensembles in the bass-infused flavor, with iconic solo releases such as ‘Conflict’ and ‘Jungle Cake’, which thoroughly depict the immeasurable depth and dexterity of his style. Demonstrating a similar preference toward the uncanny, Bay Area-native and founder of Good Nature Sounds, snuffy demonstrates an…
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An idiosyncratic duo composed of visual maestro Zebbler and production mogul Encanti, the Zebbler Encanti Experience (ZEE) effectively transcends the intrinsic dissolution between the audio and visual peripherals of art, combining immersive projection mapping techniques, hand-tailored stage design, and hypnotic psychedelic bass lines aimed to beguile and captivate an audience with an immense flood of creative stimulation. Birthed through artistic…
