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BUNS - ITCHTOPAY
Read more . . . →Two Dim Mak tracks in the same batch and both of them are genuinely worth posting — good week for the label. BUNS and “ITCHTOPAY” is the weirder of the two, which is saying something given both the artist name and the track name. The production is compressed chaos in the best possible way, like someone decided to fit four different ideas into a three-minute runtime and then committed fully to the bit. There’s a manic energy to this track that should not function as well as it does, and yet. The drop in particular sounds like a fire alarm...
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Sully - Shake
Read more . . . →WAKAAN experimental bass and the title is not lying to you. “Shake” does exactly what it says. Sully’s keeping the WAKAAN weird-bass tradition alive and this one has a low-end you’re going to want good speakers for. More like this Sully - No Signal Dirt Monkey feat. Mississippi The Truth - Marshmallows Liquid Stranger, Dr. Fresch, Bok Nero - Bass Shake Buy / stream this track →
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SubDocta & Acemyth - Back In It
Read more . . . →SubDocta and Acemyth going in on the WAKAAN sound and the result is the kind of experimental bass track that takes two or three listens before you realize how deep the production actually goes. “Back In It” is a good name for a track that sounds like re-entry. More like this Dirt Monkey feat. Mississippi The Truth - Marshmallows Liquid Stranger, Dr. Fresch, Bok Nero - Bass Shake SubDocta - Iced Up VIP Buy / stream this track →
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Spinnin' Sessions Radio - Episode #681
Read more . . . →Spinnin’ Sessions is one of those mixes where I put it on to have something in the background and then suddenly realize I’ve been standing in my kitchen for twenty minutes not doing what I came to do. Episode 681 keeps the energy up without ever feeling like it’s working too hard to impress you. The track selection is solid across the board. There’s a moment about a third of the way in where the tempo drops just slightly and you get this breather before it picks back up — whoever sequenced this mix knows exactly what they’re doing. The...
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Sano - SET ME FREE
Read more . . . →I didn’t know Sano before this and now I’ve looked them up twice. SET ME FREE has that very specific feeling of electronic music where someone has clearly thought carefully about the space between sounds — each element earns its place. The drop is restrained in a way that actually makes it hit harder. There’s no kitchen sink approach here, just the right sounds in the right place at the right moment. NCS has gotten better at surfacing stuff like this: less pure hype, more actual electronic music with something going on underneath the surface. The vocal chop in the...
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18 days out: the EDC 30th anniversary tracks worth loading before Vegas
Read more . . . →18 days until 150,000 people descend on the Nevada desert, and EDC’s 30th anniversary lineup is actually trying. Kaskade’s back on a proper label, FISHER’s got a collab that shouldn’t work but does, and Subtronics and Excision are apparently competing to see who can make the ugliest sound. Here’s what’s on the pre-game playlist. 1. Kaskade ft. EZI - Freedom Deep house for the drive out. Kaskade went back to OM Records — the label that basically built this sound — and “Freedom” lands right in that late-night, open-road pocket. EZI’s voice is the whole thing. 2. FISHER & Tones...
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Saco, Bram Bos - Never Going Home
Read more . . . →Bram Bos is primarily known for iOS music apps — Rozeta, Grooverider, Kosmonaut — and watching that guy make a straight deep house track is genuinely interesting. Never Going Home with Saco has the DNA of someone who thinks about sound design at a more granular level than most producers, and it shows in the texture work. The track has a slight lo-fi quality that feels deliberate rather than lazy. There’s warmth here without any of the manufactured “we’re being warm” feeling that a lot of deep house suffers from. The groove is minimal — just enough to keep things...
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MCN2, rivve - Brighter Days
Read more . . . →MCN2 and rivve do something smart here: the title promises “brighter days” and the production actually delivers it, which sounds obvious but is harder than it seems when you’re working with deep house instrumentation that naturally trends moodier. The chords are warm without being saccharine. There’s a real sense of forward motion to this — it doesn’t sit in one place and brood, it moves. Sensual Musique has been consistent in finding this specific register of deep house and putting it in front of people who need it. The lead vocal is minimal enough that it doesn’t overpower the groove,...
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Malaa (Alter Ego) x ÆON:MODE - Gave Birth
Read more . . . →Malaa’s alter ego stepping out of the house shadows and into full DnB territory, because apparently one alias wasn’t weird enough. This actually slaps — the collab with ÆON:MODE gives it a harder edge than you’d expect from either of them. More like this Gracie Van Brunt - HOURGLASS 10xx - The Unknown (Future Fire Vol.9) anaïs - Badgyal Ting (ft. LawdGad) Buy / stream this track →
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Wayward - Eyes Turn Blue
Read more . . . →Found this on MrSuicideSheep’s channel. “Eyes Turn Blue” starts quietly and by the end you’re staring at the ceiling wondering what happened to your afternoon. More like this BUNS - ITCHTOPAY Dillon Francis, Allenora, America Foster - RIDDEM Dirt Monkey feat. Mississippi The Truth - Marshmallows Buy / stream this track →
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