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Kai Tracid & Lostly - Go Insane (Fatboy Acid Mix)
Kai Tracid's been making acid trance since the 90s and Go Insane still hits harder than the young producers. Veterans aren't supposed to mellow.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestOne email per week with the tracks worth your time. No spam, no Coldplay. -
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Villano Antillano - XXL
Villano Antillano's COLORS session is just her voice and a dembow skeleton, and she fills every inch of the silence. How is she not enormous yet?Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestSundays. One email. Zero ballads from white guys in beanies. -
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Annihilation Is an Appetizer
Read more . . . →“Do I want to go in and annihilate them or do I not?” That’s a real quote from the President of the United States, about a country of 90 million people, delivered like he was choosing between appetizers. Seven months into a war he started. The man treats annihilation like a coin flip. The same week, his administration approved a $24.3 billion F-35 deal to Saudi Arabia. First time an Arab country has been cleared for fifth-generation stealth fighters. Lockheed Martin’s stock ticked up. Pratt & Whitney gets their cut. The defense contractors are having the quarter of their lives....
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Hyper Go Go x Summer Is Calling - Never Let Go
Hyper Go Go resurrects 90s piano-house euphoria on Never Let Go. Unapologetic, nostalgic, and it works if you commit to it.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Virtual Riot & Tokyo Machine - STATIC
Virtual Riot vs Tokyo Machine, NCS vs Monstercat, and STATIC actually earns the marquee billing. Glitching chaos that somehow grooves.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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H93 & Vandal Rock - Time Machine
H93 and Vandal Rock's Time Machine bolts a 1994 rave stab to a modern techno spine. I regretted my headphone volume immediately.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
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Open Door Policy
Read more . . . →The box is anonymous. The camera has other plans. Two objects on one wall. One invites honesty. The other one films you being honest. The padlock on the box is a nice detail, given that the camera above it makes the lock purely decorative. Management will call this an “open feedback culture” in the same all-hands where they remind everyone that badge swipes are logged. The guy walking away down the corridor installed both, and he already knows what you wrote.
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Yash Bansal x Rausch - SENSES
Yash Bansal x Rausch let SENSES hum at a frequency that rattles your fillings instead of screaming. Patient, heavy drum and bass.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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Grafix - Reflection of U
Grafix's Reflection of U is what liquid drum and bass is supposed to feel like: warm, patient, devastating on the second drop.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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Zeds Dead - Angel 2
Zeds Dead sound like they're having fun again on Angel 2, roughing up their own melodic bass template with a grin and a boot to the low end.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogShips in 3–5 days. The outrage ships immediately.
