13 has been consistently crafting some of the most top shelf midtempo heat of the past two years. With two ludicrous EP’s showcasing his impeccable sound design and hypnotizing arrangements already released in 2019, this man has been on an absolute warpath. Now, he’s continued his reign of audio terror with his newest release ‘Mirage,’ a track so thick you’ll…
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PREMIERE: XTALS Merges Melodic & Experimental Bass Music Masterfully on ‘FLUX’
by Zach Bayhaby Zach BayhaNorth Carolina based producer XTALS (pronounced crystals) has been making waves in the underground scene for a couple years with his unique style of atonal experimental bass music. With releases on labels like Nectar Collective, Below The Surface, Crown Collective and More Creativity Records, he’s proven his talents with each track. Coming in fresh off the release of ‘FLORA,’ XTALS…
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Is this a déjà vu? Hasn’t all this happened already? Well, kinda of. It was 375 days ago, and we were premiering ‘Hollow’ off of Liquid Ritual: Vol 1. Time flies fellows, and today we’re here again for the second chapter of the story. Vol 2 is coming out at the end of the month, and we’re proud to be…
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LA-based bass producer BINKS has been on quite a journey. He first made major waves in the scene in the early years of trap as half of Pyramid Juke. After the group split, he did a fair amount of soul searching and re-oriented his life. From launching his solo artist project to switching to veganism and finding mental and physical…
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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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Canadian duo, Pigeon Hole, have been heating up the West Coast bass music scene for a few years now, and with releases on labels like Waakan and Saturate Records, you can expect to find some seriously heavy, face-melting tracks from them. The duo effortlessly combines hip-hop elements with the dark, experimental sounds that artists like G-Jones, Eprom, and more navigate.…
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Happy Cinco de Mayo! Today marks the annual celebration to commemorate the Mexican Army’s victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla. For many it’s a day of good food, dancing and drinking. For bass producer Adiidas, it’s the perfect day to embrace his Hispanic roots and do something special for his people. That something special is a…
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Hold on a second, Bass music is not all about hard, menacing, destructive examples. Bass music can also provide some introspective adventures and psychedelic trips. Don’t you agree? If you’re still reading, good. That means you’re not strictly on a Lost Land kinda mood but, instead, on the right vibes to enjoy yunis’ new EP. I know the Berlin-based producer isn’t…
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Both XTALS and Gurf have been releasing a slew of new tracks over the past months with labels like Crown Collective, Below The Surface, and Partica Artist Group. Their new collaboration showcases each artists’ individual style tremendously, but infuses them to a tenacious level. ‘FLORA’ begins with an ethereal melody over a deep, warm, soothing bass line, until it crashes…
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Refusing to conform to a certain genre and continuing to push bass to new limits have become Moore Kismet and SHARPS specialties. With the former recently expanding his horizons on a remix for Sadkey’s ‘Ought‘ and a super-futuristic original ‘Tokyo‘ and the latter coming off the equally diverse ‘Invasion‘ EP, the news of a collaboration between the two incited speculation…