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OUT NOW! Listen to Dirty Audio’s “West Coast” ft. KARRA

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Bass DJ/producer–DIRTY AUDIO–releases his newest single “West Coast” feat. KARRA on Thrive Music. The Los Angeles-native “keeps it West Coast” with a dynamic mesh of melody, perfectly harmonized with Karra’s saccharine voice, then suddenly turned upside down with vigorous bass.

Matt Meadow of Your EDM premiered the track, and says of “West Coast”: “The beauty of this track is the juxtaposition between Karra’s delightful vocals and the absolutely gnarly drops that oozes filth and power. The vocals assume a more light-hearted, maybe even future bass drop. Instead, Dirty Audio hits you with the heavy bass and it knocks your breath out like a punch to the gut.”

Dirty Audio began his journey as an aspiring DJ and music producer at a very young age, but while many get lost in the pack or drop out of the race altogether, he has emerged as a premiere rising star in our scene. Born with an intrinsic love for all music with a catchy beat, Dirty Audio grew up in Los Angeles amid one of the world’s finest melting pots of music. Dirty Audio’s own signature sound has emerged as a dynamic and sophisticated sound with a theme of heavy-hitting bass. Today, his guaranteed party-starting ability has made Dirty Audio a household name across the globe – having released records on Monstercat, Panda Funk, and Mad Decent amongst others.

With his goal of mastering a unique sound that is certainly not for the faint of heart, Dirty Audio has touched down all over the world to dole out doses of his dance-worthy beats. Touring everywhere from the US to EU to Australia to Asia, he has brought his electrifying live sets to all corners of the globe. Last fall he took the stage at EDC Orlando and Lollapalooza Chicago. As Billboard said, “With the bass scene more saturated than ever, it’s important to pick out the key players moving the genre forward. One of them would be Dirty Audio, whose music has been played out in countless festival sets from mainstays.” Looking to the future, Dirty’s only plan is to keep going up; stay tuned for lots of originals, some incredible collaborations and, of course, dirty beats this year.

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The Young Punx Release ‘Rhythm is Wild’

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Rythym is Wild’ is the Young Punx’s latest dance-floor ready offering. A genre-defying two and a half minutes, the track is a mash-up of pop, disco, drum & bass, and big-band –  sure to get even the timidest of wall-flowers onto the dance-floor.
 
Conceptualised, produced and composed by Grammy Nominated UK multi-instrumentalist, singer and record producer Hal Ritson, The Young Punx have shared stages with the likes of Tiësto at Privilege Ibiza, and present shows like Japanese So You Think You Can Dance and the UK Dance Music TV station Flaunt under the brand, along with their very own podcast The Young Punx FM
 
 
The Young Punx hit the scene in 2003, with a mind to celebrate and subvert dance music, breaking the norms of tradition, finding a balance between organic and electronic. “‘Rhythm Is Wild’ is a game of two halves… All recorded on our own 1940s recording equipment, with kick-ass electro house guaranteed to shake your speakers and accompanied by a mind-bending CGI video by esteemed Dutch artist, Han Hoogerbrugge, ‘Rhythm Is Wild’ is an in-your-face teaser for the 4th studio album, coming later this year.” says Hal.
 
Listen to ‘Rhythm is Wild‘ here.
 

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Joanna Syze: Deathbed-Risen to Releases Surrender

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Three years in the making, Bulgarian drum and bass hurricane Joanna Syza finally releases her sophomore album titled Surrender last Friday, 8 February as a Beatport exclusive under Othercide Records after a long battle with her health. Within a week, the album has shot to the 4th spot on the Beatport DnB Top 100, joining a number of her singles from the album on the chart. The album features collaborations with the likes of AKOV, Redpill and Mizo, just to name a few.

BBC1 Radio has already featured three songs from the album, while other tracks have received high praise from Bassrush, as well as Youtube channel District Bass, and is already featured in a number of top Bass music playlists across platforms. Filling listeners ears with the dark and emotional journey the album takes inspired by the grisly journey of this incredible talent and the dark turn her life took stemming from Neurological Lyme Disease.

Listeners can look forward to ‘Surrender’’s extended world-wide platform release on 22 February as well as a limited run of CDs.

UK veterans Kachina return with premiere of their single ‘Eyes Of March’, a funk-infused track oozing old-skool UK Garage

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Producer-group Kachina have announced the release of their new EP, ‘Eyes Of March’, which will be out on December 13th via Affectionate Grooves and NexGen Music, and have just dropped a premiere of the title-track (available everywhere November 15th), to give us a little taste of the exciting sounds they’ll be sharing with the world.

This release will be a bittersweet one for the UK-based musicians, who have been indispensable to the UK garage scene over the years, as one of the members of the group, Zurcon, lost his battle with cancer in April of this year. The two remaining members, Rob Sparx and Wigz, continue to honour Zurcon’s contribution to Kachina, the UK garage music scene as a whole and, more specifically, their upcoming ‘Eyes If March’ EP, of which he was an integral part. 

The new track perfectly pays tribute to the history of Tuff Jam-era UK garage sounds while oozing contemporary flair. A tune that’ll make you feel like you’re catching the sun with a drink in your hand, even on the coldest of winter days.

Listen to the premiere of Kachina’s brand new track ‘Eyes Of March’, below.

 

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Excision surprises fans by dropping new album, ‘Apex’ earlier than expected.

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Excision’s brand new release, Apex, was supposed to be released at midnight, but eager fans noticed that the album was made live on Spotify hours before the scheduled release. No announcement, no press release, no social media post; it was simply secretly made live for the true fans to appreciate. 

The 14-track album Apex, features collaborations with Sullivan King, Illenium, Shallows, Dion Timmer, Akylla, Messinian and Space Laces. The album features some of Excision’s most hard hitting tracks to date including the already popular ‘Gold‘ ft Illenium. This might just be Excision’s best work to date…


Listen to the legend of bass, dubstep and low frequencies’ new album, Apex, below:

Warpaint Records & Impossible Records colabs presents explosive ‘Blood Lines Vol. II’

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Get ready to blow your speakers, as Impossible Records and Warpaint Records decided to release a collaborative 20-track adrenaline filled compilation entitled Blood Lines Vol II.
Blood Lines Vol I blew us away already, and this brand new mix is filled with bigger songs and lower frequencies. Including tracks from artists like Madhatter!, KJ Sawka, Stratus and Noya, this compilation will have fans of dubstep and bass fans rejoice the world all over.
 
Turn those speakers up and get ready to apologize to the neighbours, listen to Blood Lines Vol II here:


Warpaint Records is a multi-genre defying record label that strives to combine electronic music and beyond, art, and writing into one linear medium, thus breathing life into a scene overwhelmed by an abundant amount of monotonous saturation and give the next generation of artists a chance to stand up as one voice for the people.

Impossible Records bring together all genres and BPM’s electronic music has to offer to strive and take the impossible and turn it into reality. Founded by World Renownded electronic drummer extraordinaire and human drum machine, KJ Sawka of supergroups Destroid and Pendulum.

ATLiens are back with the dark and dirty ‘Exile’.

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Atlanta based silent duo, ATLiens, are back with a dark and raw new single; ‘Exile’. Not much is known about the masked producers, but one thing is for certain, this time round they’re not afraid of getting dirty.


‘Exile’ is dramatic, gritty and in your face. The bass is destructive and hard hitting in nature. This track will push your speakers to the limits as the robotic noises fill the air around you.

 
‘Exile’ marks the next phase of ATLiens global takeover, so we are very excited to see what will come next.

Dubstep producer, Trinergy, releases explosive Ultimate EP

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20-year old Russian producer, Trinergy, released his latest EP Ultimate recently and it is bound to push your speakers’ bass to the limits. 

Encapsulating everything modern dubstep should be, this emerging artist from Never Say Die Records demands your attention from beginning until end, never letting the intensity die down. 
Hard hitting, unapologetic and pushing the boundaries of bass music, it is clear that the up and comer derives a lot of influence from the likes of Skrillex and Zomboy.

The two standout tracks on this 5-track offering, are definitely ‘Carnage’, produced alongside Evilwave, and ‘Bring The Noise’. Although the songs can sound somewhat similar, don’t let that fool you into thinking this record is monotonous, as it’s everything but.
 
Take a listen to Trinergy’s Ultimate EP.
 

What are your thoughts on the EP?

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K?D remixes Flumes ‘Insane’

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Apparently, k?d has been trying to remix Flume’sInsane” for about two years now, but it’s never sounded exactly as he wanted. K?d writes, “i’ve remixed this track like 378569 times and never was happy with either version. over two years old.”

What do you think of this one?

We caught up with Lux Groove for an interview

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Born and raised in a small suburban town in Connecticut Lux Groove always had a passion for music at a very young age. During his early teenage years he got his first set of turntables and started to teach himself to DJ, heavily influenced by DJ’s such as Jazzy Jeff, A-trak, Craze, and Qbert he quickly become engulfed in the turntablism scene, doing showcase performances and entering local DJ battles as well as the DMC’s.

Lux Groove began to experiment with other genres of music which led him into house music and wanted to be more than just a DJ. Very influenced by Justin Martin and other Dirtybird Record members Lux Groove began to start producing and after a short period of time had his first EP called “From The Back” which is now signed to Worthy’s Anabatic record label. Releasing with record labels such as Dirtybird, This Ain’t Bristol, Perfect Driver, and Hot N Heavy Recordings has proven that his dedication and success will continue. Lux Groove has performed along side and shared the stage with Kill Frenzy, Worthy, Mark Starr, Daniel Dubb and Sebastien Leger and many more. Lux Groove is sure to continue to produce bass driven forward thinking house music and also his live performances are sure to rock any crowd, putting to use his heavy turntablism background mixed in with his style of bass house music.

Whit this being said, we can expect to hear much more coming from Lux Groove. We listen to his newest EP release ‘Setup‘ and had to contact the upcoming DJ and producer for an interview:

Hi there, how are you and what are you up to today?
I am doing great, currently at my home in Connecticut just working on some music.

To those not familiar with you, how would you describe your sound?
I would best describe it as Hip Hop influenced Bass House music

Let’s give a listen Lux Groove’s Original Mix ‘Setup’ from his new EP named ‘Setup

What are the 5 albums and artists that have influenced you the most?

DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
Justin Martin – Ghettos and Gardens
Dillinja – Cybotron
Nas – Illmatic
El-P – Fantastic Damage

What other artists do you really like at the moment and why?
I really like Classmatic, the way he blends influences from Hip Hop into house music is dope. Also lately I have been into Frits Wentink for the same reasons.

What are some of the key pieces of gear you use to write your tracks in the studio? Or do you prefer to use software and plug ins?
Right now I am using all software, just a mac book pro and a midi controller. I like to be able to work when I am traveling.

Has your arsenal of equipment changed much since you first started?
Yes, I started collecting analog gear over the past few years and found the more gear that I got, the less music I was making. I work best with limitations and it took me a long time to realize that. So I sold all my gear and currently have a very minimal setup.

Do you enjoy playing to an audience or working in the studio?
Honestly I enjoy both, it can be a lot of work sometimes in the studio, coming up with ideas but I have also learned to enjoy that process. When I play out its just all fun.

Here is another tune (Mark Starr Remix) of Lux Groove’s new EP

If we gave you the budget to put a line-up together for a mini fest, who would you book and where would you play?
Hmm that’s a good question..Justin Martin, DJ Shadow, A-trak, Qbert, Madlib and it wouldn’t matter where they played!

If you weren’t a musician what would you be?
An extremely lazy person haha

Do you have any information regarding upcoming releases, projects, DJ mixes or collaborations in the pipeline that you would like to tell us about?
A bunch of new music is in the works but nothing is ready to go out at the moment, that includes collab’s will Mark Starr.

 

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