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Despite making a name for himself as a ridiculously talented turntablist winning countless national and international awards, DJ Ride is an equally proficient producer. Through releases on major labels such as Jadu Dala, SATURATE, and more recently, Quality Goods Records, the Portugal-native has demonstrated unparalleled versatility throughout the realm of bass music. Continuing upon this theme today, DJ Ride is…

Hot off the release of his new EP Voices, So Sus returns with an impressive collaboration alongside Shöckface. Both artists have been making major waves independently in the bass scene, so seeing them come together sets expectations high. Opening with a rich and brooding soundscape, subtle elements like rattles and distorted vocals help to set the scene. It’s a foggy night…

Diving ever deeper into our bag of tricks ‘n treats in honor of Halloween, it only felt right to revisit a track from London-based duo Ivy Lab that is both eerie in title and cadence. ‘Spooky Dub’ has become an October favorite since it’s release in 2016, utilizing a mesmerizing and subtly sinister melody of strings to build an inescapable…

Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Yonkers’ was a breakout smash that helped set the stage for the rapper’s long and impressive career. Almost a decade later, Chicago-based producer Vermyllion is resurrecting the track with a wild new flip that’s dropping today on Spicybois’ Bone Apple Teeth compilation. The opening is familiar, leveraging the instrumental loop from the original with some heavy processing to…

It’s October 31st, so you know what that means, time to celebrate everything great about trap music. For nearly a decade, RL Grime has celebrated with an annual mix that showcases the best trap has to offer. From the hard-hitting verses of A$AP Ferg and Denzel Curry to the unreleased heat from the King’s label Sable Valley we sure are…

Back to bring you the best of the underground comes another installment of Focus Five. For Volume 21 we’ve got some fitlhy bass coming out of Nevada, another French future beat artist heating up, a producer who defies genres and titles, a fan submission who completely blew our mind, and one of dubstep’s most promising new artists. Get familiar with…

After recently announcing he’ll be taking a break from touring after throwing down one of the hardest Lost Land’s sets this year, Flosstradamus just proved that his releases will not be slowing down anytime soon. When the producer hits the stage you already know he is going to throw down fusion of old school to new school tracks to bring…

Deciding to opt out of his streak of naming tracks about truly delectable greens, Effin returns to Never Say Die today with ‘Partial,’ a track perfect for the ghoulish holiday season. As one of the most forward-thinking and innovative producers in the bass music sphere, the limits to LA-based artist’s ingenuity are non-existent. His recent gritty remix for Habstrakt’s ‘The…

South African slayer of only the most hype of trap beats, Jon Casey, has been on a path of total devastation as of late. Each time his name pops up in my SoundCloud feed I immediately gravitate towards it, the need to see what this man could possibly have whipped up next at the forefront of the mind. Utilizing some…

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of the night and completely wasted after a rave, in the lowest level of the London Underground? It’s like a whole different reality down there. You are immersed in this surreal place with stale air, white noise and surrounded by a weird, hypnotic, static atmosphere. You’re stuck in this limbo until you…