Chalky and Jevon Ives Mingle Their Artistry in “Why Do We Run”

Chalky has stirred a particularly bright reaction from fans at home and abroad, mingling his virtuoso instrumental prowess with crystal clear production and lusid songwriting. Across the aural isle, Jevon Ives has been gradually amassing a catalog of contemporary rap and r&b-inspired tracks, with effective lyricism and vocal control to boot. These two tenacious musicians brought their stylistic directions under one roof to produce “Where Do We Run”.

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Joy Guerrilla Expands Their Catalog With “The Park Is Closed”

Braying out yesterday’s future jazz from the heart of Los Angeles, Joy Guerrilla mingles analog production with instrumental affluence, fermenting their experiments across several multifaceted albums. Their latest release, The Park Is Closed, features eight collaborating musicians across numerous disciplines, showcasing a full spectrum array of progressive jazz and tropicalia-inspired tracks that slide effortlessly into the Joy Guerrilla catalog.

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Canopy Sets New Personal Standard With “Refraction” LP

Over the course of the last six years, Canopy has been both a stalwart profile in the Upscale Recordings roster and a unique production powerhouse that stands out against the backdrop electronic music. Two years after the release of his Dark Places EP, he's returned to the forefront with the exceptional Refraction LP, displaying his most matured and polished release to date.

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Entangled Mind Upends Expectations on Debut LP

With their roots and influences stretching from Charleston, South Carolina, to their present home of Boston, Massachusetts, Entangled Mind is a confluence of sounds and styles. After teasing their exploits through a variety of singles, remixes, and EPs over the last year, they've pulled back the curtain on her debut album, Eternal Motion.

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Sinewave Collective Furthers Their Narrative Arc with Nyah's "Sano"

Sinewave Collective has been gradually filling out their catalog with a host of top-notch, high fidelity tracks and collections, while simultaneously bridging the gap between sound and narrative. Each of their successive releases is accompanied by a literally puzzle piece that fills out the emotional context of the songs in question. Their most recent international addition is the pressure-laden single “Sano”, brought to life by the German producer Nyah.

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DeeZNauts Comes Correct with Dual-sided "Hindsight" Release

DeeZ and Smigonaut have created their own respective careers from scratch, putting in the time and indelible effort required by touring creatives for years on end. When not working on their individual projects, they’re almost certainly communicating and collaborating on one another’s, and their most recent laboratory machinations come in the form of the double-sided release, Hindsight.

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Phantasmic Visions Meets Elegant Harmony: An Interview With Adam Ovoid

Deriving his name from the rare Ovoideocystidiata mushroom, Adam Ovoid has captivated the underground bass music scene with his unapologetically squishy and surreal sound design. To get better acquainted with a long-time favorite of the Rust Team and the wider community, Adam graciously made himself available for a long-form interview, diving into the lifelong pursuit of his craft and his affiliate passions.

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Poztman Cracks The Seal on Debut LP + Remix LP

Constantly breaking out of contemporary forms and functions in composition, the Poztman project has an immediate draw that’s hard to thumb down, and harder to replicate. After years of sharpening personal artistic imagery into a fine science, he’s finally cracked the seal his debut LP: Void Vermin.

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Slug Wife Gains Another Stellar Label Release With New Vellum EP

The clock ticks off another hour, and Slug Wife ticks off another superb featured release; Vellum’s Marvin EP typifies the furious sonic profile of half-time bass music, and couldn’t possibly be in better hands amongst Slug Wife’s pristine roster of artists. His signature pressure-laden bass lines are amongst the forerunner textures that popularized contemporary, hyper-aggressive neuro music throughout the US, and the Marvin EP is just as brolic.

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HUMMUCIDE Taps Into Hybridized Jazz on Self-titled EP

In the Te Aro district, the heart of musical expression in Wellington, New Zealand, HUMMUCIDE spent their formative years mutating styles and attitudes across dives, venues, and busking blocks. The result is a conscious merging of contemporary rock and minimalist jazz elements into a warm, soulful, and digestible blend.

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A Dialogue With Desert Dwellers Ahead of Beyond Borders 4

Over the course of the last 21 years, Amani Friend and Treavor Moontribe have broadcasted a seemingly unending and constantly evolving mixture of psybient and psychedelic music across the globe. With their own individual roots stretching back well into the 90s, and the duo’s intrepid introduction to one another through the famed Moontribe gatherings in the American desert, their sound is an amalgam of virtually all shapes and sizes of dance-centric electronic production

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