INTERVIEWS

Russian bass music producer Alexander Erbes, just known by Erbes, has quickly become a recent favorite in the realms of dark, gritty new age trap music. A little over a month ago he released his Flow Now EP on Buygore to major acclaim and has been posting ridiculous singles almost weekly since. Blending a foreboding ambiance with the confusion and heightened senses…

Harlem rapper S’natra represents the perfect trifecta of patience, quality and craft. His debut Subject To Change was one of the most underrated hip-hop projects of 2018. 10 tracks brimming with clever wordplay, razor sharps flows, and engrossing storytelling, all over incredible Brasstracks production. While it may not have been a Billboard topping breakout, it showed those who were lucky enough…

Words like legend and OG are often thrown around in the music industry removed from their true meaning. One breakout record and suddenly they’re slapped next to an artist’s name. But this isn’t always the case. Some artists truly put the work in, earn their stripes and merit the highest level of esteem. When it comes to trap music, few…

A daring proponent of dynamic production and tasteful experimentation, Tokyo-based Allen Mock has expeditiously emerged as one of the most inspiring artists of the modern era. First exploding with an exceptional rendition of tokey’s ‘High Breed.’, while more recently untethered collaborations with The Infamous and Chow Chow have only further fixated an ardent public gaze. Each successive release is evidential…

Wax Motif is a young house legend. Originally hailing from Sydney, Australia, Wax has become a staple in the LA music scene over the past few years with releases on Mad Decent, Confession, Night Bass, Musical Freedom and more. He’s one of the key producers behind the G-House movement and has worked with everyone from Destructo and GTA, to Pusha…

Bryce James, also known as Milano, has been heating up the West coast with his infectious styling of crunchy hard-hitting left field bass for several years now. Teaming up with some of the most forward-thinking minds pushing the West coast bass movement forward, he is one of the original members of Lost Dogz, a group of producer friends redefining all…

Do You FUXWITHIT? is back! We recently had the pleasure of catching up with Wax Motif after his set at Ever After Music Festival. While the full interview is dropping soon, you know we also had get Wax Motif to weigh in on a variety of topics for our Do You FUXWITHIT? series. We asked Wax about he feels about…

The future beat tide continues to rise and we’ve definitely caught the wave. UK-based Afrosamuraiist is one of the genres brightest new stars. He first caught our attention last summer when he landed a spot in our Focus Five series. Over the past 12 months he’s continued to grow and evolve as a producer with standout singles like ‘I Guess,’ ‘I…

In late 2017 my SoundCloud digging unearthed a rare gem in zotti’s ‘crystal.’ The impeccable work left me mesmerized and delving through his back catalog to enjoy his equally impressive previous work. I was so blown away that I concluded my post stating, “zotti is the future.” Oddly enough since that date he’s only released one song, a remix of Bonzai’s ‘Cruel’.…

Sydney’s Josh Cassidy has rapidly honed the scope of his production over the course of the past year, grooming an ambitious trajectory for a propitious career within Australia’s vibrant trap locale. A tactician for forging heroic bass soundscapes riddled with profuse subs, Cassidy’s ear for technicality lends him the ability to maintain crisp audible clarity amid turbulent drops. Initially featured…