Matthew Gooden has been blessed with the fortune of growing up in the midst of the thriving music scene in Los Angeles, California. Exposure to an overwhelming concentration of talent both within the realm of electronic music as well as in other styles such as hip-hop, alternative, and jazz has allowed Gooden to take in the various styles, analyzing the…
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In our last opportunity to sit-down with experimental bass gurus Mike and Andrew of Shanghai Doom, the talented pair teased an audacious amount of material to rain down in 2019, including but not limited to explorations into a downtempo style as well as some heavier tracks to really get your heart racing. Making right on their promise, the duo pieced…
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With just a few original releases under her belt, Godlands has been able to stir up a storm in the electronic scene with her infectious ability to create bass-heavy anthems. From first appearing on our radar with her boisterous track ‘Everybody Knows‘ to impressing us with the aptly-titled ‘Wild‘, the Australian producer seems to have the Midas touch when it…
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With over a decade of experience under his belt, Greg Kantor is a veteran producer by every definition of the word and his innovative mashups under the profile 5 & A Dime even pre-date the earliest remnants of the EDM scene. “To give you some perspective of how it [the music scene] has changed, back in 2009 the EDM scene…
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We recently covered Lucchii’s minimal yet powerful track ‘Legacy‘ featuring Stefan Crane, and that’s just one of many tracks that has impressed us from the Las Vegas-based producer recently. He has had a massive year, releasing originals and remixes across genres, never sticking to a particular sound but always pushing bass boundaries. With tons of tracks under his belt, we…
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Figure Prepares Us For Halloween With ‘Monsters 9: The Asylum’ [Interview + Review]
A man who really needs no introduction, Josh Gard — more affectionately known by his terrifying dubstep persona Figure has notable releases on labels such as Disciple, Never Say Die: Black Label and OWSLA stemming back further than 7 years, with a personal arsenal exceeding 100 tracks. Needless to say, Figure has grown to be a household name regarding all…
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Becoming known for his experimental flair and swampy textures, Toadface recently unveiled his most mammoth body of work yet in the form of the Bugs For Breakfast LP – a unique twelve-track masterpiece with a handful of hefty collaborations. Delving into the album with mystical elegance, Toadface takes us through a world of ambiance molded with glitch-filled chops that draw inspiration from…
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Logan Anderson, best known to the world as Defunk, has been making (much larger) waves since his debut at Shambhala a couple years back. It coincided with my first year of attending the festival, and when we met up, there was a sense of first-timer’s wonder that we shared, as we sat on a couch and conversed the day after…
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Interview: Kyle Watson Graced Shambhala With a Taste of his Upcoming Album
by FUXWITHITby FUXWITHITKyle Watson has been busy over the past year, working until the crack of dawn on his aptly-named debut album, Into the Morning. He recently dropped a breakfast-sized sample of what’s to come, with the release of ‘You Boy/Chomp‘ last month. He was also one of Shambhala Music Festival‘s early artist reveals for this year, alongside REZZ, The Glitch Mob,…
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Ben Bruce and Dylan Gold, both known as the forward-thinking experimental bass duo um.., generated a lot of buzz before and after their Canadian debut at Shambhala Music Festival last month. “Did you catch um.. last night!?” “Um.. went IIIIIN! They were so fucking heavy.” “One of my fave sets of the weekend was um.. at Amp.” Along with conversations…