Thank you Andres, thank you Turrbotax

Just wanna give a massive shout out to the fine folks at Turrbotax and Discovery for bringing out Andrés aka DJ Dez on Saturday. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a DJ that good. 2 tracks in, I realized I was putty in his hands. FLAWLESS mixing, inspired selections, perfect pacing, some exquisitely tasteful scratching, all in the pursuit of a higher groove. And oh boy did we find it. Walked out of there feeling just ELATED.

Anyway, I’ve had these jams on loop pretty much since I got home that night, reliving the glory. You know it was a good show when yr still basking in the glow 2 days later.

Comes with two digital bonus tracks A Modem B Voxy Lady BONUS A Modem (heRobust Remix) BONUS B Voxy Lady (Pixelord Remix)

STRT003: Herobust/Pixelord split 7 inch

For the last 1.5 years, Saturate Records have been releasing dozens of free albums and LPs of unprecedented quality, mining the fertile intersections of post-dubstep, glitch hop, juke and future bass. This week they blessed us with web previews of a very special split 7″ vinyl (only their third vinyl release ever) from rising stars

Jack Sparrow and Ruckspin

AUTHOR live at DMZ Exodus in Leeds

Brand new live mix from Author (Ruckspin and Jack Sparrow). Anything these two gents do is gonna be magical, but this is their live set from the legendary DMZ/Exodus night in leeds, so already you know this mix is gonna be extra choice. Expect luscious sub bass, incredibly clear and spaciously mixed tunes, and an

DJ Vadim says Yan Zombie is "A Bad Motherfucker cooking up crack with the moog synthesizer’”

BIGGUP: Yan Zombie

Returning from winter hiatus this week, I’m starting a new feature called BIGGUP, focusing on a worthwhile and underhyped artist and their recent output. To pop things off, we have Yan Zombie, a mysterious masked bass-maker from Nelson, BC. In his own words, dude makes futuristic/purple hip hop badman dancehall riddims meet with glitchy moog

5 BRAND NEW BASSNECTAR TRACKS

Hot off the cloudpress this morning! The King of All Whomps himself, Bassnectar just uploaded 5 BRAND NEW tracks to his soundcloud. There’s a lot I could say right now, but I’m gonna opt for content over commentary and let the new heat speak for itself. WHOMP!!!!!

Bassnectar – Magical World feat. Nelly Furtado (FREE DOWNLOAD) by Bassnectar

Bassnectar – Bass Head by Bassnectar

Bassnectar – Timestretch by Bassnectar

DJ Vadim – Maximum ft La Methode (Bassnectar & ill.Gates Remix) by Bassnectar

Bassnectar – Timestretch (West Coast Lo Fi Remix) by Bassnectar

ESSENTIAL PARTYING: Trouble & Bass ft. Kanji Kinetic + DZ


T&B 3 year anniversary party with Skream & Benga. Photos by hificartel.com

DZ said it best: “Dubstep is Boring“. That’s why Trouble & Bass is so damn amazing. While every other party promoter seems to be hopping on the dubstep bandwagon (that’s been in a ditch for a few years now*), Trouble & Bass is creating their own genre of much more exciting party music. For 3+ years now, the T&B crew (AC Slater, Star Eyes, Drop the Lime, and The Captain) have been obliterating dancefloors across NYC and beyond with their signature Brooklyn Bass. They always make a point that these aren’t club nights, they’re parties – and not just any parties. Consistently, more than any other entity that throws em, they throw the best damn parties in New York City. Everyone who comes out is sexy, dressed fresh to death, and dancin like a motherfucker. 

Their special guest this week is DZ (who gets plenty of press) and the criminally slept-on  Kanji Kinetic, who (much like Chrissy Murderbot or the post-deserving Squire of Gothos) is pioneering some serious speed wobble – like happy hardcore on downers or if a rave got twisted through a moebius strip; it’s 140-150 BPMs of neck-breakin, lose-your-shit relentlessness. This is workout music – get ready to sweat on Saturday! 


Kanji Kinetic – Mix for ScenexScience
Kanji Kinetic – drop.io (free random tracks, bootlegs, remixes)
Trouble & Bass – Smashcast #2 ft. Kanji Kinetic (itunes podcast)
DZ – For Love RMX (youtube)

Oh yeah, and it’s at Santos Party House, which is the only other club sound system on par with Love’s. Seeing Joker there was the first time I’d been in the downstairs when they turned it ALL THE WAY UP. It was bone-jelllifying

EVENT INFO: TROUBLE & BASS
Saturday, 2/20 at Santos Party House (map)

$7 adv/$10 day of
*for the record, I ain’t hating on dubstep – lord knows how many times I’ve lost my shit to Eastern Jam, Caspa, Rusko, etc…but I’m definitely hating on everyone who promotes a party and plasters their flyer/event listing with the word “dubstep” (invariably in all-caps) as though it’s some magic salve that will transform their trendy culture-grab into a halcyon blasty blast of a good time. Just because you’re not funded by a corporation doesn’t mean you aren’t engaging in cultural appropriation. Your whackness is seen, and noted. 

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