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Flux Pavilion - U Want Me
Read more . . . →Flux Pavilion has been around long enough that some of you reading this were in diapers when “Bass Cannon” came out, and yet here he is, still making a drop feel like a personal attack. “U Want Me” reminds you why dubstep got big in the first place, back before everyone decided it was cringe to admit they liked it. The vocal hook is simple and a little bratty, which is exactly the right call. Then the low end shows up and flattens everything in the room. I played this at a normal volume once and immediately felt stupid, so...
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4URA - Hustle
Read more . . . →Trap Nation still drops the occasional cut that justifies the channel’s existence, and 4URA’s “Hustle” is one of them. This is hybrid trap with a serious low end, the kind that makes you check whether something fell off a shelf in the other room. 4URA layers crunchy 808s under a melody that’s catchier than it has any right to be, and the result walks a clean line between heavy and listenable. A lot of trap producers pick one lane and floor it, either all menace or all melody, and “Hustle” refuses to choose. The switch-up in the back half caught...
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Super Future - Bounce
Super Future on Bassrush with the most accurately titled track of the scout run. It bounces. It's good. First of four from them that day.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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Super Future - Got Them Weak!
Four Super Future tracks in one batch — either on a serious tear or Bassrush is stacking the feed. Got Them Weak! is the exclamation point they deserve.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Super Future - Want
Super Future stripped it back to near-minimal and somehow it still works. The quiet version of a producer who usually goes loud.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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Super Future - KING SH!T
Super Future does not have an inside voice and KING SH!T is the proof. All caps, all energy, zero apologies. This is what Bassrush is for.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
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KDH & Kage - Dump Truck
Read more . . . →Track’s called “Dump Truck.” It’s on Dim Mak. That’s basically all the information you need before you press play, and somehow it tells you exactly what’s coming. This is hard house with no interest in being subtle. The whole thing rolls in like the name promises, all weight and momentum, the kind of track built to be felt in your chest rather than analyzed with your ears. KDH and Kage aren’t trying to reinvent anything here. They found a groove, made it hit like a wrecking ball, and called it a day. And it works precisely because it’s not overthought....
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Caster - Voodoo
Caster's Voodoo is heavy, weird, and has no business being this good. New WAKAAN signing and it already sounds like one.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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AG feat. Nat James - Lost In The Abyss
AG feat. Nat James on WAKAAN with experimental bass that has real melody buried under all the weight. The good kind of lost.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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AG, Chozen - Locked In
AG and Chozen go aggressive on Locked In. More confrontational than AG's other recent track — play both back to back for the contrast.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogShips in 3–5 days. The outrage ships immediately.
