Bootleg Business

“I don’t know how Dabow isn’t playing in every festival around the world.” Holly tweeted this just a few weeks ago and let me say, there is no more urgent question than this one. We at FUXWITHIT have been wondering about this for quite some time, as we have been chronicling the Argentinian producer’s incredible musical adventures on this blog…

Gaszia is a man of many definitions. They call him a visionary, a wizard or, more simply, a legend. I like to picture him as a musical alchemist. Over the years I’ve seen him putting his spin on dozens of different sounds, all mastered with impeccable technical skills and forward-thinking creativity. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks…

Tiesto has released his first drum&bass song in over a decade, Brownies&Lemonade’s DNBNL project has partnered with Deadbeats and is going to Tomorrowland,  Deadmau5 has played a D&B set at EDC Mexico, Chase & Status are once again one of hottest acts around, a new North American WORSHIP tour is about to kick off and Rohaan has just wrapped up…

There is no doubt that, along with UKG, Baile Funk was the other trending topic this year within the electronic scene. Unlike the former, however, due to geographical and cultural reasons, the general attention towards the Brazilian bass music universe has been largely superficial, almost always only scratching the surface of what this decades-old and extensive scene has to offer.…

Despite the fact Mariah Carey memes have started to make their reappearance online, the good season is far from being over.  We still have a full month of summer ahead of us! Days and nights packed with parties, pre-parties, after-parties, BBQs, raves, festivals, car trips, bonfires, and everything in the middle. Your USBs and playlists still need to be in…

Bootleg Business is back for its fourth installment and this time I have the pleasure to be joined by one who can be considered as the face of the dubstep scene on YouTube. Connor, widely known as Nawtystep, has been nurturing the scene with reviews, reactions, and insight since 2017,  becoming a praised and respected voice in the contemporary dubstep…

If it wasn’t for Tiesto randomly spinning some drum&bass on UMF mainstage or Four Tet going wild at every show, the festival season would have felt like a lazily scripted Netflix series so far. While we wait to sound out the tracklists of the two Coachella weekends, Bootleg Business is here to spice things up. This month, my guest is…

“Bootleg Remixes Used to Be Frowned Upon — Now They’re Turning Songs Into Chart Hits.” This is not an ordinary title. This is the title of an article published on Billboard a few days ago (thanks Colin for sending it my way). What did I tell you? The music business is still a bootleg business. I spent some time on…

Welcome to the first volume of Bootleg Business, a brand-new FUXWITHIT original column, that celebrates the unsung art of unofficial remixes. Every month I’ll go back to back with a guest, showcasing a selection of our favorite edits, dubs, or whatever you want to call them. This will be a space free from the pressure to keep up with new…

You can call them bootlegs, edits, reworks, dubs, refixes, or by any other fancy name, but the reality remains one and one only: unofficial remixes are one of the main drivers of the evolution of electronic music. The proliferation of these creations is what allows the continuous surface of new sounds, styles and sub-genres. Although, occasionally, they may seem more…