Bass

thook is a legend in the making. The Toronto-based producer has consistently proven his talent and originality with singles like ‘forest,’ ‘Voidless’ and ‘scars,’ plus his boundary pushing Quality Goods EP Natural Instincts. And that’s all just within the past year or so. Dig deeper into his catalog and you’ll find a multitude of gems assured to leave you astonished. Furthering his…

Los Angeles-based producer Xavage is on the come up. The Icon Collective graduate first caught our attention with ‘I’m A Xavage’ a few months back. Today he returns with his best release yet in ‘Pull Up.’ Built around the pitched vocals “Pull up with the squad we getting lit,” the track is a party-starting bass anthem. The vocals are simple…

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…

Tripzy Leary is among bass music’s most eccentric story-tellers. Every single, remix and project contributes to the artist’s vision of a voyage through the depths of space and the unknown. From Terraformer and Arrival to his Space Migration LP, each piece is uniquely concocted to send listeners on an exciting journey, a trip if you will. Tripzy Leary looks to…

Towering amongst skyscrapers and shaking the ground with each step comes ‘Godzilla,’ a monster collaboration from Dabow, t1r and nekolai. This cross-continental collab pairs two of New Zealand’s finest with Argentina’s best. Despite the nearly 10,000 km distance, their chemistry is as strong as ever. “nekolai started the idea, then sent it to T1R along with a few other beats,…

An ion is an atom or molecule that has a different number of electrons than protons, so it has a charge. It is also the name of one of the spiciest underground bass producers out right now. California native Jimmy Mosqueda, aka ION, started producing music in 2012. Connecting universal frequencies with musical composition it is easy to get lost…

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…

Purveyors of all things experimental, sfam have been blowing up the scene with their stylistic melding of hard-hitting bass and minimalist trap. The New Orleans duo have earned major attention from big names such as Bassnectar, UZ, Kai Wachi, and Dirt Monkey, and have had releases on Morflo, DramaClubRecs, Quality Goods Records, and Wakaan. Now they continue their already impressive…

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…

FLY is committing sonic murder on a bi-weekly basis. Hot off his space-tribal ‘Wuzu‘ and seven other hard-hitting releases in this calendar year alone, there appears to be no end in sight to his ravaging of our delicate ears. As bass fans, we couldn’t be any more excited, though. The LA-based producer’s latest work titled ‘Calypso’ is also taking no…