Excision

The king of dubstep has arguably had one of the best years in his career to date. Starting with his massive remix compilation of Apex, that’s packed with remixes from the A-listers in bass music. Jeff Abel, also known as Excision, is known for reinventing what dubstep can sound like, and this time he teamed up with two other producers…

“He’s half man, half robot, half dinosaur. He is the one known as…Excision” As his Facebook bio indicates, Canadian dubstep producer and world-renowned DJ, Jeff Abel is the furthest thing from a stranger to the bass music community. A debut studio release nearly 8 years ago on mau5trap, titled X Rated, offered a formal introduction to Excision’s timeless sound design, while…

2018 has barely begun, and we’re already getting announcements for this year’s round of festivals! In Ontario, the first festival out the door is Kitchener’s Ever After Music Festival. Taking place June 8th-10th at Bingemans, this year’s lineup has amusement park rides, a waterpark, and a slew of top-notch artists sure to unite bassheads and festivalgoers across the GTA (and…

It’s safe to say that Canada-raised, LA-based Troy Beetles, best known to the world as Datsik, made 2017 a massive year – both as a solo artist, and with his collaborative project with Bais Haus, Ephwurd. Last year saw highlights such as him and Bais starting their own record label, to fully rocking in the advent of his late-2016 EP,…

Now out for release is the engrossing new EP from Netherlands based artist Dion TImmer. Still only18, Timmer has been making waves with his powerful style of dubstep and future bass for the past couple of years, but really excels with his Textacy. You may recognise his track ‘Berzerk’ which surfaced a while back, or ‘Hoods Up’ with Excision, but there…

What happens when you get Barely Alive, Virtual Riot, 12th Planet, Funtcase, Cookie Monsta, Dubloadz, BadKlaat, Dillon Francis (plus a whole load more to boot) in the same place? Well not only would that be an awesome party, it would also be the producers behind the latest release from none other than Excision. Returning after once again dominating the bass…

Shambhala‘s sold-out 20th anniversary is QUICKLY approaching – by now, most ticketholders have already studied, dissected and conducted field tests on the 2017 schedule. There’s a slew of top-notch artists who will be performing on August 10th-14th, but before we fully praise what has yet to happen, we’re taking a look at some of the highlights of last year, to…