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…
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Interview: Jarvis’ Toronto Debut Brought Down the House
by FUXWITHITby FUXWITHITLondon’s bass beast Cris Jarvis, best known mononymously as Jarvis, made his debut appearance in Canada alongside Synoid, PsychoticMinds, SnwKnz, and Big D, to support PhaseOne for his North America Tour. Presented by Dead Royalty Productions, the unforgettable night inside One Loft was full of unrelenting bass, huge smiles all around, and some of the wildest headbanging this city has…
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Greg Kantor, best known as 5 & A Dime, is no stranger to the bass scene, and has pumped out a number of heavy, top-quality bangers in the past couple of years alone. After his track ‘Siren‘, he stepped away from the spotlight for nearly a year, only to come back alongside PEEKABOO with ‘Make ‘Em Bounce’: a trap-laced bass…
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Canada Day celebrated 150 years since Confederation this past weekend, and saw a slew of festivities occurring across the nation – including the return of Platform & Embrace‘s Electric Island. With the last event held at Woodbine Park, this time around we spent the day in the Portlands, near REBEL Nightclub; it welcomed techno legend Richie Hawtin, along with Maceo…