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Premiere: “Aspiration” – TAVO

Columbian producer TAVO started his DJ career by breaking a Guinness Book World Record, playing a 127.2’3” hour set on a Cali radio station. Nearly two decades later, he’s playing around the world, infusing his Latin roots and love of techno into his diverse sound. His pulsing latest, “Aspiration,” is a persistent tech-house groove, slinky and aggressive in… [continued]
Essentials: “Global Gate 808” – Soohan

In a word, this EP is wild. I spend a lot of time on Soundcloud every day, and after a while, things can get a little homogenous. That is SO not the case with Soohan‘s Global Gate 808, a musical voyage around the world backed by grimy bass and hi-fi club energy. The Baltimore-based producer… [continued]
Essentials: “What If I Go?” – Mura Masa

A couple of months ago we featured Mura Masa’s track “Love For That” as an Essential. Now the London-based producer is back with something way funkier in the form of “What If I Go?” Chosen as Annie Mac’s “Hottest Record in the World” on BBC Radio 1, “What If I Go?” is the second track… [continued]
Breaking Beats: Ten of Hip Hop’s Most Inventive Samples

When music seems to move at a thousand songs a second, it can be hard to remember the past. Now more then ever, there are new artists, albums, and singles of all genres that pop up everywhere, with hundreds of new releases a day across major platforms like Apple Music and Spotify and user-curated sites… [continued]
Essentials: “Be Alright” – Ariana Grande

High off the success of the impression-filled hosting job at Saturday Night Live, Ariana Grande is slowly regaining the hearts of America with her quirkiness and bubbly personality displayed all through her time on the show. The same characteristics can frequently be seen in her music. Just around this time last year, producer/feline-enthusiast friend, Cashmere Cat, teamed up… [continued]
PressPlay Mixes #016: Hi Tom

Hi Tom is March’s special guest in our ongoing mix series. Before his performances in LA at the Brownies and Lemonade Jack LA party and the March 18th Rytmeklubben SXSW showcase, the Norwegian producer curated nearly a half-hour of electrifying hip-hop, dancehall, and FDM (flex dance music) tunes exclusively for us. Check out the mix, and read on… [continued]
PressPlaylist: MOONZz’s Guide To The Super Moon

In honor of tonight’s new moon, LA-based vocalist MOONZz has created our latest PressPlaylist. Read on for our interview, and check out the playlist below! Hey! We’re so psyched to be chatting with you. So, the first of 2016’s six Super Moons is tonight – it’s a new moon in Pisces that’ll lead us into one of… [continued]
EP Review: Rose – et aliae

Cascine released et aliae’s debut EP Rose this past week, and just like its namesake, it wraps a multi-layered emotional message in a graceful charming package. Unlike her debut track “Baby” on Ryan Hemsworth’s Secret Songs, here there is a clear sense of identity, character and style. Rose stands out for et aliae’s comfortability with… [continued]
Review: Star Wars Headspace Hits Its Mark

There’s no need to make this a particularly lengthy review, so I won’t — I surmised before the release last month that Star Wars Headspace would hit big and it has. It opened at #1 on the Billboard Dance charts, all the productions are ‘good’ at the very least, and it appears that Disney has found… [continued]
Buzzbands Have Insisted 2016 Is Their Come-Back Year

If you liked music in the Year of Our Lord 2008, then congratulations: today is the day you’ve been waiting eight years for. It was admittedly not worth the wait, but today is a really good day for internet-age music fans who were all about this shit before hashtag EDM neon loose-pooped all over the cool points we worked so… [continued]