For Craftal’s music, the details are the big picture, and that dynamic is the bedrock of Smack Dab. He flexes flavor and simplicity through powerful songwriting and jovial modes, showcasing a fresh take on his unique blend of glitch music.
Read MoreBroken Note Unleashes Massive 15-track LP “Exit The Void”
Broken Note’s music is exactly as his name suggests; staccato, abrupt, and unabashedly glitchy. After spending the last year deep at work in the labs, he’s crafted what is undoubtedly his most ambitious release to date: Exit The Void.
Frequent & Hudson Lee Traverse Stereo Space on “Forest Fires”
Frequent and Hudson Lee have built their individual brands and collaborative platform into a powerhouse of intense, fidelitous music. “Forest Fires” is a potent next step in their ongoing journey, forging a unique combination of cinematic composition and top-tier production and engineering.
Detox Unit Talks Breakbeats & Breakfast Ahead of JadeStation
2019 has been the biggest year yet for Detox Unit, and he’s now set to smash New York City with Jade Cicada at the Playstation Theater. Ahead of this performance, we caught up with Detox aka Joe Roberts to sift through his thoughts and musings about breaks, production, life on the road, and breakfast necessities.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 088 - Kazumi Kaneda
Once you’ve heard a handful of licks from the Tokyo-based pianist and producer Kazumi Kaneda, you won’t be able to forget his warm, one-of-a-kind sound and feel. When those minor chords start to jingle around like a set of keys, you know Kazumi is on the track. He’s a visionary jazz pianist who knows how to work with hip-hop material, too, and blend both worlds effortlessly. Listen through to the end because we saved the best knock for last this weekend.
Read MoreJadeStation: The Last Great Electronic Gig at Playstation Theater
The cream of the crop in contemporary US glitch-hop - Jade Cicada, Detox Unit, Mickman and 5AM - will soon share the stage together on October 26th at the PlayStation Theater in Times Square. All these producers have great history in New York, so it will be a crescendo of sorts: a great leap forward for Jade Cicada and his cohorts and a fitting way to close the books on an endearing venue.
Read MoreGet to Know 22-Year-Old Production Powerhouse COPYCATT
COPYCATT has been influencing broken-beat electronic music for years with his cutting-edge sound design. He goes on the record with The Rust about production, visa troubles, and his attitude towards his art.
Lo-Fi Sundays 087 - Hip Chimp
Fusing lo-fi textures and a plethora of downbeat genres, Hip Chimp channels lucid compositions and smooth, cerebral beats. As a multifaceted instrumentalist and producer, he has dug his hands through a wide variety of musical styles, and the Hip Chimp catalog reflects an appreciation for numerous attitudes and atmospheres.
Read MoreNINETOFIVE Worldwide Beatmakers Releases Max I Million's "We Own the Night" LP
The veteran Swedish producer Max I Million returns with a diverse collection of hip-hop gems called We Own the Night, his second LP on the NINETOFIVE Worldwide Beatmakers imprint. Every song on this album is great, straight up, although we’ve come to expect nothing less from Max I Million, one of the best representatives of Sweden’s potent beatmaking culture.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 086 - beatmaschine
There’s a thriving beats culture in Germany. We’ve covered several German producers in this column and for more, check out Millenium Jazz Music’s On The Radar Vol 2 - Made in Germany. But we haven’t found a German producer who captures the “golden era” boom-bap sound of hip-hop so well until stumbling across beatmaschine, who represents labels called Krupplyn and Papier & Bliestift from Dortmund.
Read MoreMaru Blends Rhythm & Melody on Small Sips LP
In June of 2018, Reso unveiled his dusty alter ego, Maru, switch-hitting between his usual low-end driven music and a foray into faded beats and lo-fi chord progressions. One year on, he’s released a sophomore Maru LP of dewey bumps and aqueous frequencies, affectionately entitled Small Sips.
Read MoreJade Cicada Channels Melody & Harmony on Little Creatures EP
Reaching back to the harmony-centric compositions that first put one of bass music’s most venerable arthropods on the map, Jade Cicada channels vivacious moods and melodies in Little Creatures. Taking a step back from his intense, low-end saturated music, Little Creatures is a vibrant and refreshing expansion on the compositional richness of Jade’s catalog.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 085 - S-ilo
Bringing a warm, soulful spin on traditional lo-fi and hip-hop flavors, S-ilo is a production powerhouse from Malmö, Sweden. His music has an unmistakable connection to R&B, utilizing smooth harmonies and groovy bass lines in abundance.
Read MoreMan From Sol Unloads Glitch Potpourri in Fracture Cycles
Taking glitched-out electronic music into new stereo territory, the San Diego-based producer Man From Sol provides a total sensory experience on Fracture Cycles. It’s a bold take on happy accidents and salvageable artifacts from the production process, and that boldness pays off with a unique display of modern bass music rhythms and modes.
Read MoreLo-Fi Sundays 084 - Prgmat
One of the more talented producers working in the somewhat strict, traditional lo-fi style is Prgmat from Riga, Latvia. His music is often one giant wash of ambient pads, steered by muffled drums, and punctuated by discreet, well-cut samples. It’s some of the music one would put in a time capsule in order to show someone 500 years from now what lo-fi hip-hop in 2019 sounds like.
Read MoreInspected Drops "1992" Mix, Previews Powered by Inspected 3
The London-based independent label Inspected has released some of the most progressive electronic music of the 2010’s from artists like Koan Sound, Culprate, Monuman, COPYCATT. Few if any imprints have pushed the neuro sound so aggressively yet with such nuance. Yesterday, to celebrate the launch of their “1992” merchandise line, they dropped a scorching hot 30-minute mix featuring many of their hits plus remixes/VIPs and unreleased delights.
Read MoreCloudchord & Soul Food Horns Switch Tempos on Moon Fortune EP
Cloudchord has maneuvered all over the musical map since he first began releasing about five years ago. The producer and guitarist has proven himself difficult to pigeonhole and marketable in many different contexts, from lo-fi hip-hop and instrumental R&B to future bass and house. Once again he’s linking with Soul Food Horns, and together they’re switching it up to deliver a four-track four-on-the-floor EP Moon Fortune.
Read MoreKOAN Sound Levels Up in Potency on Intervals Above EP
With the summer coming to an end, and a series of long-awaited KOAN Sound tour dates locked in throughout the fall, the pair have unleashed a veritable surprise for their fans; Intervals Above, a five track EP filled with audacious fidelity and production nuance. It builds on the production developments found within Polychrome, but channels the classic KOAN timbres with a focus on intensity and raw power.
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Solasta Festival Makes New Home at Deerfields, North Carolina in 2019
Placing community above all else, Solasta Festival is one of a growing number of events, gatherings, burns, and massives that exist to cultivate interconnectedness with one another, and with our own sense of health and wellbeing. For 2019, Solasta moved to the auspicious grounds of Deerfields, North Carolina, where it underwent the next phase of its ongoing metamorphosis.
Lo-Fi Sundays 083 - outcrowd.
Hip-hop and Detroit have a visceral history between each other, and the indelible impact the city had on its homegrown artists and creators continues to flow through modern veins. outcrowd. is an upstart Detroit beatsmith who’s been knocking breaks and warping samples for the last 5 years and running.
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