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Weaving off-kilter parables through avant-garde sound design, Bay Area’s Womp Rat specializes in experimental basslines and wobbly mixdowns, working cohesively within the thriving bass music scene in California, which has allowed him to unearth synergistic relationships that have further refined and cultured his style and led to collaborative efforts such as the Split Vision EP alongside Concentrate and Oakland-based Phers.…

Based out of Vancouver Canada, NXSTY has been taking the bass scene by storm with his releases including recent of remixes of ‘Earthquake’ by Quix and Dog Blood’s ‘Turn off the Lights’. Hailing from the Land Down Under, Godlands has been blowing up in the Austrailian bass scene (and now stateside) thanks to her ability to transform beats into heavy…

Ivy Lab, a London-based halftime and future beats project, launched into the scene in 2015 with their debut project 20/20 Volume One. Starting as a trio, the duo now consists of London drum and bass producers Stray and Sabre. The duo has recently hit a new stride with their recent releases, ‘Cake’ and ‘Jet Lag’, and continue to innovate the…

Nearly a year after their first freshmen compilation, AC Slater’s distinguished bass house label Night Bass has dropped a second feature with an all-star roster of producers. The six track, genre-bending release showcases a diverse pool of talent such as the Australian duo SODF, Qlank, the stomping French SQWAD, and the unstoppable Sammy Legs who was recently taken under Dirtybird’s wing after winning the Beatport Beats in School competition. This volume is filled…

Since the turn of the calendar year, experimental bass newcomer L’homie has been making waves in the underground scene with a distinct signature of dirty bass and minimal trap flair. The Icon Collective student first caught our attention with ‘Sting Of A Scorpion’s Tail‘ back in April and has since furthered his distinctive grittiness in ‘Resonate‘ to truly establish himself…

From earning the support of SKisM’s illustrious Bass label Never Say Die Records, to landing huge collaborations with some of the highest regarded names in the game, Las Vegas’s very own GLADEZ has been pushing the boundaries of bass music with each and every release, breathing new strains of life into the genre. His mind-altering basslines and earth shattering sound…

Maryland-based experimental bass aficionado Gurf has been on a steady tear of Earth-shattering collaborations over the last couple of months. Everything from his work with bd hbt to XTALS has been as forward-thinking as it can get, and he shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Conversely, Alabama-based SNAK PAK, who has previously collaborated with sfam and XTALS,…

I have to say this, few albums have made me crazy like Harpsinger. Allusions about it started to appear around the 27th of June 2018 when the first bunch of singles came out, but it’s only on June 29th of 2019 that the full album has been released, literally a year later! High expectations and hype trains are tough allies…

MAD ZOO is one of electronic music’s most underrated labels and people need to start paying attention. Headed by Mat Zo and featuring a roster comprised of the likes of brock wilson, counsel pop, ALEPH and more, the label is always at the top of innovation and fans of ceaselessly unconventional music need to hop on to the MAD ZOO…

Victoria-based duo Pigeon Hole seem to establish their eclectic bass dominance with each and every release. Through 2019 singles such as ‘Wide Eyed‘ and ‘No Coming Back,’ the duo continue to distinguish their unique sound melding hip-hop elements with only the gnarliest wobbles. Staying true to this gritty theme, Pigeon Hole have unleashed another beast in the form of ‘ASTHMA…