We all have our favorite songs. For a while Klapp Klapp by Little Dragon was Vaski‘s. If you are talented enough to be a producer you instantly get the opportunity to remix your favorite song. After coming out with his original track Killing Time a few months back the man otherwise known as Alex Presley decided to put his own spin on Klapp Klapp. Needless to say the result is impressive.
Check out & download the remix below and follow Vaski on Soundcloud.
Phnm comes out with a new remix, still fresh off his last track Detonate, his beatport debut track. Phnm this time focuses his attention on Sage the Gemini‘s Gas Pedal. Compared to Detonate this track takes on a more chill vibe. No doubt this track has a lot of remixes prior but now we can add a good one to the list and this track is free for you to download!
Check out & download the Gas Pedal remix below and follow Phnm on Soundcloud.
Chris.Ekoh recently added a track to his soundcloud that adds a little flavor in the music world. With a nice slow beat, a catchy acapella rhythm and a little bit of philosophy Chris adds some deep lyrics that perfects this track. Although it is a short track it is definitely worth the listen. Download this track for free and follow Chris.Ekoh on soundcloud for future updates!
RL Grime has been puttin in some serious work in the studio. Working on his debut album, the man otherwise known as Henry Steinway is starting to build the hype by dropping some heat. Core, the first official single off his debut LP, is one proper trap anthem. Complete with an animated music video for the track, this original will break necks on the dance floor with it’s alarming synths and heavy bass and hard hitting snares.
Henry just keeps getting better and better at his craft and the release of this single only builds the anticipation for more new music. There is no official date for the album yet but it will be coming later this year on WeDidIt Records. For now check out RL Grime ‘do the shit that he do’ in the music video below. Hit up his soundcloud or the youtube description to get the link to purchase this track.
Jauz is usually known for his hard hitting dubstep, trap remixes and originals. So when he comes out and releases smooth future bass and deep house mixes it comes to us as a surprise! Even adding a little trap elements of his own to make it a unique Jauz tune, he took one of Ed Sheeran‘s singles Sing off his new album and turned it into a nice dance tune. Taking the acoustic guitar and vocals and adding some heavy bass synths to a dance beat, this remix is perfect for a summer dance party playlist.
Jauz, just showing casing his talents as a artist, clearly has great variety of sounds & ideas in his head. His next remix has just as much ambience to it. This time Jauz placed his attention on Childish Gambino‘s track 3005. Adding loud bursting synths and bass patterns he turned this tune into a vibin summer hit. Best of all you can grab both of these tracks for free, so download them to your playlist and ride around bump them loud with the windows down!
DC & Hooks just released their new EP Somewhere Else on the first day of July. On this 8 track EP Zeds Dead brought back Omar Linx, who we all know to have worked with the Canadian duo on countless tracks, and Memorecks who worked on the single Jericho months prior. DC & Hooks also collabed with Big Gigantic, Bright Lights, Perry Farrell, Twin Shadow & D’Angelo Lacy and Sean Price to give this EP such amazing vibes that differentiate between each song from smooth and fluid to heavy and wild. Somewhere Else really shows this duo’s abilities to evolve their sound and adapt with the times and audiences to stay relevant while keeping that distinctive sound we all love so much.
Before the release of this EP Zeds Dead dropped plenty of preview tracks for Somewhere Else to keep fans ready for the new release. They came through not only with sounds to satisfying our ears but with visual stimulation as well. They unleashed a real tripped out video for the track Lost You ft Twin Shadow & D’Angelo Lacy. The psychedelic animations in the video reminiscent of a bad acid trip features melting faces and skulls, colorful animals and layering visuals with just about every color and pattern sequence you can think of. Check out the video below yourself.
Unloading previews and videos from the EP to fans might have seemed generous enough of them but check this out. Zeds Dead actually partnered up with bit torrent to give fans a package of free material from them. This package would include an unreleased track Love Me, full video of Lost You for you to own, the stems to their hit track Hadouken and their first EP Fresh Beets when they were just known as Mass Productions. Own all that and more when you download the bit torrent bundle here.
In a recent interview with Thump, the Chicago native Salva discusses plans to “graduate”, as he says, from the underground scene. “I did the club culture heavy” he says, “I’m not done [DJing], I still love it, but everybody goes through phases.” It seems Salva is wants to take next step in his music career and reach out to a broader spectrum of artists and audiences.
Over the past few years as trap music was gaining popularity Salva has made his mark known, producing and remixing his own style of the genre. Having made some very successful collabs with artists like the Crookers & RL grime, he has a solid history with his sound which not only stays in the realm of trap & bass music, but also incorporates house and hip hop elements. One of his more recognizable songs and collaborations is with RL Grime on a remix of Kanye West’s Mercy.
But even though Salva has mastered the trap genre he shows a growing distaste for it, and he makes it very apparent in the interview. “Trap isn’t even cool anymore” he continues, “if we look at music the way we do fashion, that shit’s been out of season.” So the next step for Salva is to make new music on a larger scale that attracts new artists to work with him and his sound and get his name out there.
“I’m looking for a little more substance” he explains, “I’m just looking for something deeper than sound effects and kick drums.” What he is more interested in now is “making timeless actual songs, making something of substance that can be covered.” Salva is already making the moves to put his idea in motion. At the end of April he made a new record label, Peacemaker, and released a track “Drop That Bitch” with familiar artists such as Kurupt, Bad Lucc and ScHoolboy Q.
Keeping this pattern going Salva teamed up with Nick Hook to produce a song Old English with verses by Young Thug, Freddie Gibbz and A$AP Ferg. Tracks like Drop That Bitch and Old Enlgish definitely break more into the mainstream as Salva hoped. Big names like Gibbz and Ferg working with Salva will definitely help him reach his goal to have a more recognizable name in the music industry. Looking forward to hearing more tracks by Salva and who he works with. Get more details on his interview with thump here and check out his latest track below.
Mustard Pimp‘s hardcore house track Renegade was just released not to long ago to tear up the dance floor. This track came out with a remix package and Run DMT‘s remix of the tune definitely takes the cake. Turning this house track into a 140 bpm styled adrenaline rush, coming at you for free! Follow Run DMT on soundcloud for more free downloads and updates on his new music.
Check out Run DMT’s Renegade remix here.
The duo Styles&Complete drop a massive trap tune over on Buygore Records and it is available to you for free! These guys are great with experimenting with different styles of bass music whether it be real chill and laid back or something hyped up to party to. This track Jump showcases their wild side, with deep bass synths at every drop, chopped up vocals and a general loud atmosphere surrounding it all, this track is designed to get you wild n’ out!
Check out Jump below and download it for free!
Bassnectar releases a couple new tracks off his highly anticipated new album NVSB, short for Noise Vs Beauty. To get us excited for the new LP Lorin gives away one of his singles as a free download. Working with Rye Rye on this track dubbed Now, this track reminds us why Bassnectar is one of the most recognizable names in the music industry. This wild tune fit with Rye Rye’s awesome hip hop vocals over Bassnectars signature bass synth sounds is just one of the styles you will be hearing on the new album.
This next track off the new album takes on a more smoother intracate vibe. Starting off with a uplifting guitar riff and W Darling taking over the lyrics over Bassnectars bass synths, this track has a life of its own spreading positive energy. “It’s a love song, but it’s about friendship and family” Lorin tells Rolling Stone Magazine. “It’s about those basic human bonds of trust and loyalty, the feeling you get when you have a friend who will stand by you through thick and thin, no matter what, until the end” he continued, “I feel that You & Me is my anthem.”
The album is scheduled to be released on June 24th and Lorin is most excited to release this album in particular telling Rolling Stone “It is exactly how I envisioned it sounding…It explores the relationship between the extreme and often opposing forces of noise (loud, wild, hysteria) and beauty (deep, vulnerable, emotional).” Over the next few months Bassnectar will be promoting the new album on his tour through music festivals all over the world including TomorrowLand, Summer Camp Music Festival, EDC and Chicago’s very own North Coast Music Festival. You can pre-order the LP here on iTunes.
