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We don’t feature a massive amount of dubstep / bass music here, but sometimes you hear something that grabs your attention. Vroom Vroom is a track produced by Hedcanon and Chihua, two thirds of bass music collective Melomanic. It’s dark,…
A Pomba Girou was originally released on 2006’s ‘Bongos, Bleeps & Basslines’ via Ninja Tune. This classic album has now been re-released by Brighton label Tru Thoughts. The LP opener “A Pomba Girou” gets a halftime broken beat edit that accentuates the heavy bassline. “I thought…
SLRPS, formally known as Catfax, and an interesting musician from Redwood, California. His real name is Bret Ward. His most recent release is GEX0143, an ambient / jungle / vaporwave release available in all the usual digital outlets, and also…
Macro/micro is the project of LA-based electronic music producer Tommy Simpson. He’s recently released a great IDM / experimental electronic album called Things Will Never Be The Same Again, through Macroscopik Records. It all kicks off with Awe, a track…
Bon-Psy is the pseudonym of UK music producer and visual artist Gianluca Cardinale. His production style is inspired by ambient, jazz and glitch, utilising an experimental approach with a downtempo groove, yet wonky enough to keep the listener thoroughly engaged.…
End Summer in the Sun is a track which brings together the talents of Jacob Abildgaard and Rune Risager aka Bright Young Future and Jens Aagaard aka Tettix Hexer, End Summer in the Sun is the first single of both their upcoming, respective albums.…
Precursor is the work of Dutch producer, composer, scientist and academic Quirijn Verhoog. His passion is producing music that combines electronica and techno with influences from his scientific world. His latest release is and album called GLIA, available now. Part…
Here’s the latest released from Bricolage, the excellent underground electronic music label from Glasgow. We’ve featured Bricolage releases previously, see Dark Fidelity Hi-FI, Steve Hadfield, or Ty Lumnus for more. This time we’re taking a look at a new release…
Hello1103 are an electronic music duo composed of Hitomi (Trackmaker) and yukako (VJ). They’ve just released a new single, called ‘Deconstruction’, which fuses elements of ambient, glitch and IDM with some minimal piano riffs, reminiscent of Steve Reich and his…
We reviewed ASHE last year, covering his Individualism EP. We’re delighted to bring you another track. This one is call Moth, and is what Ashe calls, a ‘love letter to the Moog Matriarch‘. It’s a wonderful melodic track, with syncopated…