INTERVIEWS

Besides being recognized as Canada’s largest indoor music festival, the 8th Annual Contact Winter Music Festival is certainly something special for British Columbia. With Fisher, Rezz, Major Lazer and more called on to headline the festival, the real beauty is in the diverse lineup Blueprint has been delivering since 2012. As thousands of attendees made their way to the massive BC…

Despite making his debut on the scene less than a year ago, SuperAve. has already made some major noise. The talented producer first amazed us with his massive release ‘Astros’ via The Pound (Lost Dogz) last July. Since then he’s proceeded to prove his consistency with ‘2047,’ ‘Conspiracy’ and ‘Open Up.’ His style combines hip hop roots with brutal bass…

Halifax, Nova Scotia isn’t exactly synonymous with bass music. Despite that fact, the East Coast of the Canada has recently birthed one of the most exciting and promising bass duos out in the form of dope. The collaborative project between Chad Smith and Tyler Giordani has been building consistent steam over the past few years. They’ve released with a wide…

It is evident that Tel-aviv based duo Stereotype have been building a community of trap and bass enthusiasts around the globe. Although what really makes this power-duo stand out is their passion to consistently showcase their innovative and hard-hitting sound. Leon Nikishyev and Adam Ashurov made their appearance on Quality Goods Records last year with their stunning collaboration with Perk Pietrek…

LA-based BINKS is a trap OG that still somehow remains slept on. As half of Pyramid Juke he helped to shape the electronic trap genre with a slew of bangers including the classic ‘Yen’ alongside Ookay. In the past few years, he’s launched his own solo project and signed with Mayhem’s SKRONG record label. With the release of his Frequencies,…

LA-based producer Xavage has had quite the breakout year in 2019. He kicked things off with a string of impressive self releases that included ‘Pull Up,’ ‘Strike A Pose,’ and ‘Make It Rain.’ His collab with Darkmark ‘If You Need Me, Don’t’ was one of the first singles in Quality Goods Records’ Quality Treats series. Capping off the exceptional year…

For years, Tsuruda has been lurking in the depths of underground bass music, steadily refining his craft. Known for his bleeding-edge sound design and genre bending tunes, the long-haired distortion architect recently released a vicious EP aptly titled FUBAR that absolutely shattered our expectations. This gentle human makes music as tough as nails, wrangles low ends like no other, and…

Back in 2015 CRAY (aka Cheney Ray) was putting out some heavy hitting trap music sprinkled with video game sounds from classic titles like Mario. As the years have passed, CRAY has grown into herself as an artist and all around creative, participating in events and festivals like Brownies & Lemonade, Hard Summer, and has now come to grace the…

Producer. Innovator. Musician. The soul of the party. A builder, a tastemaker, and a pioneer. Turn up and cool down. With the wisdom of someone far beyond his age, Aaron Carmack does it all. He’s authored some of the most influential music ever posted online and continues to blaze a new trail. Sitting on the green room stairs of Denver’s…

Hendrik Joerges has been on our radar for a while now and to see him grow as an artist this year has been truly remarkable. From releases on labels such as Quality Goods Records and KUMO Collective, to collaborations with So Sus and METAHESH, the South African artist has been hard at work developing his own sound while simultaneously helping…