Deep dubstep is the lane that trusts empty space more than a big lead. Half the … [Read More...]
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SKALAH, Riko Dan – Thriller in Manila
Deep dubstep is the lane that trusts empty space more than a big lead. Half the bar sits silent, the sub carries the weight, and the tension lives in what SKALAH leaves out. "Thriller in Manila" rides that patience … [Read More...]
MIND – Out Of Reach
Two names sit on this one, and they do different jobs. MIND built the record. MrSuicideSheep, the Vancouver channel that has spent years pulling emotional electronic music out of the pile for millions, is the ear it … [Read More...]
Midnight in Amsterdam x Sebastian Wibe – Under The Moon
A Heldeep release usually shows up built for a room and not a pair of headphones, and Under The Moon keeps that going. Midnight in Amsterdam and Sebastian Wibe made it together, and it settles into a swung garage … [Read More...]
Moody Good – Clap Back
The kick hits and something metallic starts gnawing at the bottom of the mix, and by the second bar Moody Good has buried whatever melody was there under a growl that will not let up. This is 'Clap Back,' and it … [Read More...]
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Modeā & Bryan Kearney – Ready to Fly
That squared-off trance kick comes in early and just rolls, a bassline knotted underneath it that never quite sits still. Then the floor drops out for a breakdown and the room goes weightless. This is Modeā and … [Read More...]
Secondcity – I Wanna Feel
Secondcity has spent more than a decade tied to one record, and it is a big one. 'I Wanna Feel' went to number one in the UK in 2014 and became his whole calling card, a piano-and-vocal house cut that a certain kind … [Read More...]
Tsu Nami – Alone
Future bass built its whole personality on taking a sad vocal and firing it into the rafters, and Tsu Nami go straight for that playbook. Their flip reroutes Robyn's 'Dancing On My Own' away from the lonely club … [Read More...]
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Tim Schaufert – Abundance
About two thirds of the way through, the drums fall away and everything goes weightless for a few bars. That suspended stretch is where 'Abundance' actually lives, and Tim Schaufert holds it just long enough that … [Read More...]
Slow Magic & artermis orion – Half Alive
You feel the drums in your hips before your head catches up. Slow Magic works in that mode, a rolling hand-percussion groove that pulls a slow sway out of you whether you meant to move or not. 'Half Alive,' his new … [Read More...]
DASH – Without You
DASH works the bass house end of things, where the drop makes the whole case and the low end is built to land in your chest. "Without You" takes a different way in. Tara Carosielli sings lead, and the record carries … [Read More...]