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Phutureprimitive :: Searching for Beauty in the Darkest Places Pt. 1 One of my not-to-miss acts at this year's Sonic Bloom is without a doubt the effervescent sounds of Phutureprimitive (a.k.a. Portland-based producer Rain).  Just in time for the fest is a new five-track EP dubbed Searching for Beauty in the Darkest Places Pt. 1, and though the places chooses to look are varying shades of dark, he definitely starts his search in heavy territory.  Att ...

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Travi$ Scott :: "Owl Pharaoh" [Mixtape] Travi$ Scott is, without question, one of the names you have to be on the look out for in 2013. This past year was big for the Houston based rapper and producer. The G.O.O.D. music producer was a clear standout on the Cruel Summer project and also made appearances working with artists like T.I. and Meek Mill. Owl Pharaoh is the first dose we get of Travi$ Scott the solo artist, and it does not all ...

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gLAdiator :: "Vol. 02 | Episode 004" The L.A. duo gLAdiator hits us with their latest mix "Vol. 02 | Episode 004."  This mix features artists such as Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Ryan Hemsworth, Future, Craig David, Ryan Leslie, and Florence & The Machine.  For all the listeners out there expecting a heavy head-banging trap mix, this mix is not for you.  We all know gLAdiator can snap necks, but the ...

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option4 :: Do Work EP Let me tell you about my friend option4.  He's a great DJ and quite an amazing promoter, doing more for Denver house music than just about anyone else I can name.  But more importantly, he's an even better human being.  It seems appropriate that his new track "Do Work" begins with an inspirational message about hunger and humility.  It's not often you hear club music with subst ...

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kLL sMTH :: Juxtacollision I feel like it wasn't too long ago when kLL sMTH was just another name in the Colorado bass scene.  At what point he really opened that third eye and let the light in, I can't say for sure, but the kid is now on a very strong path.  I have a lot of respect for his mystical bass visions and Juxtacollision is just the type of EP I hoped he would make.  Smooth bass ...

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Big K.R.I.T. :: "King Remembered in Time" [Mixtape] It has been a while since Big K.R.I.T. released a full length project, but as one of my favorite MC's right now I wanted to give the project the thought it deserved.  Earlier this month I posted "REM" and "Shine On", two tracks that display Krizzle's soulful production and lyrical ability.  King Remembered In Time continues to prove that K.R.I.T is one of the most consistent when it ...

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Waze & Odyssey :: Please Don't Dance EP I'm liable to post just about anything I find from Waze & Odyssey but I think they've got a legit winner on their hands with their upcoming Please Don't Dance EP.  The title track, "Please Don't Dance" recalls the fuzzed-out greens and reds of stop lights in rain, the anticipation built in Friday night traffic, and the need to just get to the fucking club already.  Det ...

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Baauer :: Live at HARD Miami 2013 This past March, while attending and rocking Ultra Music Festival, Brooklyn trap phenom Baauer was featured at the HARD Beach Party at the Raleigh Hotel.  His set featuring unique mash-ups is such a tease to me - only ten minutes in I already know this was a wild party.  Miami, beach, good weather, trap, hip-hop, dance and Baauer?  Yeah, you do the math. &nb ...

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Zombie Disco Squad :: Kicks, Cats & Hi Hats EP The new Kicks, Cats & Hi-Hats EP from Zombie Disco Squad is the cat's titties.  Three bass-heavy yet diverse tracks explore the realms of deep house, UK bass and spooky club hypnosis.  I can't deny I'm still pretty twacked on straight house beats, so "Late Night London Loefer" is an early favorite for me, but "Drink" is a far more creative club approach and remind ...

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Swedish House Mafia :: Final Set @ Ultra Music Festival :: 3.24.13 I wouldn't consider myself a huge Swedish House Mafia fan, however, I definitely would not dare to say that I do not respect what the trio has done for electronic music around the globe.  Their music might not be exactly my favorite blend of tea, however, the Swedish stars do put on an enthusiastic show and I've definitely raged once or twice in their honor.  Whether you are th ...

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Cherub :: 100 Bottles [EP] Release Following several months of shenanigan-infused promotion, an abundance of Twitter hash-tags, a world record of cheap champagne and a devoted fan base eager to hear new material, simply saying there was a bit of pressure on our Nashville native friends was a complete understatement.  With an enormous public response from their last album Mom & Dad, the Cherub fan club has been hanging ...

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BioLogic :: Four Left Turns [Mixtape] A few days ago we released a track titled "All Dressed Up" from Seattle rapper BioLogic.  He recently released his project Four Left Turns in its entirety, and it does not disappoint.  This project is full of dope punchlines and amazing production.  If you are still not sold after hearing "All Dressed Up" you may want to listen to my personal favorite tracks on the project "Wonderfu ...

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The M Machine :: "Tiny Anthem" Video Release The M Machine is coming off of a big with with the release of Metropolis Pt. II, and has finally filled out their ambitious vision with a little visual treatment for one of the leading tracks, "Tiny Anthem".  Despite Stazio's prediction that they were headed in a Daft Punk anime direction, The M Machine opted for a Superjail-esque dystopia as the setting of the "Tiny ...

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Gorgon City :: Real EP North London's Gorgon City dropped their newest set of tracks for 2013 over the weekend via the Real EP.  The title track has been getting a fair amount of big-name hype, including none other than Diplo.  Though their affiliation with Black Butter Records would indicate they'd be further out in left field with this one, the Real EP sounds more ...

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The M Machine :: Metropolis Pt. II The long-awaited follow up to Metropolis Pt. I is here, and The M Machine is surely not going to disappoint subscribers of OWSLA's Nest.  The first installment debuted the San Franciscan trio's ambitiously visionary concept of "The M Machine", a piece of equipment with the promise to rid humanity of all its intrinsic ills (feel free to read through Pt. 1's l ...

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Michal Menert :: Elements [3 Parts] Michal Menert's three-part release of Elements "Slivers of Light," "Quiet Earth" and "Eventide" are simply three peas to an electronic beat pod that I cannot resist.  I've been a big fan for quite some time now and I always welcome new music from Menert.  Each part is different, with their own groove consistent throughout, almost replicating a change of season or pace.  If I had to ...

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Amtrac :: The Scheme EP For those who have been following Amtrac recently, the four tracks on the Scheme EP shouldn't come as much of a surprise -- "Preacher" was the first to see the light of day and indicated some seriously British courting of the low ends were just around the corner.  Add some clutch Amtrac-style sampling (The Temptations, among others) and a 21st Century disco sensibilit ...

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DEVolution :: Arrival EP Solid jackin' house styings from this Southampton duo with quite a resume -- Pete Devereaux is a former one-half of The Artful Dodger, and Tom Devos has released material under Steve Angello's Size Records.  The Arrival EP isn't a true debut but it certainly is my introduction.  All three tracks (and a fourth track as a remix) aren't shy about targeting the dance ...

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The Underachievers :: "Indigoism" [Mixtape] Earlier this week I posted videos for "The Mahdi" and "Herb Shuttles" from Beast Coast representatives The Underachievers.  For those unfamiliar, the Brooklyn duo consists of two emcees Issa Dash and AK, who first linked up about nine months ago under Brainfeeder.  The two embarked on a visual campaign a few months back, building buzz through dropping hits like "Herb Shutt ...

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Dawn Safari :: Tangerine Haze Today marks the release of a new stunner from Denver's DIRTY // CLEAN collective.  I've been impressed by releases from each individual family member and I suppose it's Dawn Safari's turn in the rotation to create some speaker magic.  Tangerine Haze is two original tracks with a remix of the title track, fusing spacey pads and click-clack percussion slaps with a beautiful sense ...

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Conspirator :: Unleashed [EP] So I'm fairly upset with myself that I am almost two weeks late on this one, but hey, nobody's perfect.  I was exploring the endless vaults of SoundCloud and stumbled upon Conspirator's new album Unleased.  After only two tracks, I felt like I was back at the Green Vibes Stage at Gathering of the Vibes Music Festival in Connecticut raging to their late-night set.  After grooving out ...

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Pusha T :: "Only You Can Tell It" [Ft. Wale] From his upcoming project Wrath of Caine, Pusha T let go of a new one over the weekend.  Pusha reveals in an interview with Miss Info that this track, which also features Wale, is produced by the G.O.O.D. Music CEO and frontman Kanye West.  The interview is posted below if you feel inclined to watch it.  In this interview Pusha T goes on to reveal how h ...

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Oliver :: "Mechanical" EP Three weeks of waiting paid off and Oliver delivers.  Ladies and gentlemen, it is dance party time.  Permit me to present the Mechanical EP as your righteous anthem.  From deep house to straight old-school disco, this EP is a legitimate electronic clinic.  Since the day I pounced upon Oliver's last mega hit "Dirty Talk," I have been grooving to the dynamic duo's beats ...

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Just Blaze & Baauer Discuss "Higher" :: Pitchfork Magazine Interview If you have not yet heard the epic collaboration "Higher" between Just Blaze & Baauer, it is time for you to turn on some speakers!  Thankfully, we got you covered right here.  Baauer and Just Blaze took some time while they were at Stadium Red Studios in Manhattan to discuss their collaboration, explaining how the two fed off of each other's energy and built this ...

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Flosstradamus :: Organic Virality [HYPETRAK Interview] HYPETRAK released their exclusive interview with trap duo Flosstradamus yesterday, giving an overdue inside look into their rise to fame within the electronic music world.  For the past year, producers Curt and Josh of Flosstradamus have been pushing the boundary of EDM with their creative mashups, mixtapes and EP releases.  With each release, the two continue to climb the ladder of EDM ...

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A$AP Rocky :: "Tim Westwood Freestyle" A$AP Rocky promoting his new album Long.Live.A$AP stopped by Tim Westwood TV and kicked this dope freestyle.  Westwood, the British DJ and Radio Personality, throws the Harlem spitta a few different beats and he destroys every one of them.  For those who have yet to give Long. Live. A$AP a listen in its entirety I highly recommend doing so.  A$AP does not disappoint with his freshma ...

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SAVOY :: Personal Legend EP The time has finally come.  The awaited EP "Personal Legend" of the famed Boulder trio SAVOY has arrived.  Game on.Just as I mentioned last week in my sneak peak review of "AfterShock" featuring Big Gigantic, this EP delivers.  With a wide variety of sound that brings back that old school SAVOY feel, I cannot wait to hear some of this goodness accompanied by the ever-so le ...

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Oliver :: Mechanical [EP] :: Fool's Gold Records Fool's Gold Records has been doing big things this past year, with its headmaster A-trak taking the EDM world by storm.  New to the label, but certainly not to the scene, Oliver, is getting ready to drop their debut Fool's Gold EP Mechanical next Tuesday, 1.22.13.  The website claims that "Oliver have found the beating heart inside the dance machine."  Spot on sir, spot on ...

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Audible Doctor :: The Winter Tape [EP] Audible Doctor releases his four track EP entitled The Winter Tape with guest features from Davenport Grimes, Has-Lo, and J NICS.  Audible Doctor really gets busy on this project producing all four tracks on the EP.  For those unfamiliar with Audible Doctor he is a native of Madison, WI.  I always enjoy finding emcees who are also producers as it usually creates for a ...

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Moti:: Navigation EP If there were ever a paradigm of futuristic trip-hop beats, Moti’s debut EP, Navigation fits that bill.  The combined efforts of Pittsburg producers Durtysneakz and Slopes, Moti features familiar sounds in an enchanting blend of other-worldly psychedelic musings.  Trip-hop is a place where lots of artists have skillfully innovated new sounds and textures, and though Navigatio ...

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heRobust :: "OG Status" Not to be confused with the supergroup collab OG Status, First released single from the OG Status EP.  This track would definitely be "dubstep" in lesser hands or if Hayden wasn't such a smooth, jazzy motherfucker.  The uber-funky complextro doo-wop of "OG Status" is distilled bass music nectar, the reason I'm totally in love with this kid's music.  If heRobust isn't pushi ...

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Fools Gold :: "Loosies" (Album Stream) Fool's Gold jam-packs artists into a 22-track collective of Loosies, featuring work from Juicy J, Flosstradamus, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Casey Veggies, Freeway, Flatbush Zombies, Chase N Cash, Chuck Inglish, and AraabMUZIK, and many more. You can stream the entire project down below, and if you are inclined to do so you can cop it on iTunes.* * * LINKS * * *Fool's Gold :: FacebookFo ...

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gLAdiator :: New Maybe I've subjected myself to one too many "Best of" and "What did it all mean?" pieces wrapping up 2012, but I knew somewhere deep inside that trap wasn't going to last much longer.  Though the attention it now gets is at an all-time high -- I think we can all basically agree on this -- the well of real innovation and creativity has already started to dry out.  Even TNGHT, a rever ...

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XTRAFUNK :: Last Summer Sun EP The last summer sun is but a distant memory in the depths of December, but Germany's XTRAFUNK aims to bottle its warmth.  Walking in the cold from place to place, with hands stuffed deep into pockets and chin tucked tightly down, it's easy to forget summer's leisurely pace and the desire to linger just a bit longer on your way to your destination.  It's definitely more difficult to dance ...

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Grillo :: "Last Train" My heart melts in the rain as the drops rinse the sidewalks of the city.  Italian producer Grillo nailed moody urban soul with this beat "Last Train", appearing on his recently released seven-track album Durango.  Another one courtesy of Outlier Recordings, who are providing the album on a name-your-price basis here on Bandcamp.* * * LINKS * * *Grillo :: websiteGrillo :: SoundCloudG ...

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Eskmo :: Language EP Eskmo completely shattered my mind at my first Sonic Bloom and I've given him the benefit of the doubt ever since.  That being said, I think even if we had not crossed paths there I would still consider the Language EP to be a serious triumph for the avant-garde producer and performer.  As with everything Eskmo, there's a characteristic majesty in the tracks ...

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Big Chocolate :: The Red EP There are many avenues through which you may have come across the name Big Chocolate -- from his now-discontinued daily vlog or as the purveyor of gigantic, hard-hitting tunes, Cameron Argon is a confidently talented dude.  I think nearly every facet of trap has to have been explored by someone this summer, but the hardstyle-influenced style (viaFlosstradamus et. ...

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Don Rimini :: Fear Of Missing Out EP The venerable Don Rimini has dropped a few new tracks of disco-fueled house as part of the Fear Of Missing Out EP, surprising for the man who came to prominence with his promise to Nlarge Your Parties.  He didn't want to miss out, apparently, on the "uncontrollable desire to jack your body".  His SoundCloud poses to fans in advance, "Why house?"  Because fuck yeah, th ...

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Crazy Fingers :: Liberation Through Hearing EP This is some promising material coming from a virtually unknown producer named Crazy Fingers, the performance name of University of Texas film student Mark Rubin.  The Liberation Through Hearing EP is four tracks of beautifully rendered 'step tunes sure to pry open your third eye and shoot a few drops of sonic Visine in it.  The EP is freely downloadable here or at Crazy Finger ...

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Minnesota :: Altered States EP The time has come and gone to talk about Minnesota like a fresh face to the scene.  His remix of Adventure Club's "Need Your Heart" has reached incredible heights as both the #1 Remix and #1 Popular Song on Hype Machine, which not only proves his notoriety but also cements his sound as some of the most rage-tastic meditation music out there.  This isn't news to Minnesota's fans ...

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Da Octopusss :: Da Octopusss I can't say any other emerging group has captured my imagination quite like these tentacle-faced bastards of nature.  Da Octopusss is a name I can hardly say without a huge smile on my face, and even though they are from Paris, it's very, very difficult for me to say their name without a German accent.  It's difficult to think of these two as anything remotely human.  They are ...

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Alpha Data:: "Archive Data, Vol. 1" EP Triumphant machinery walks off into the sunset after their glorious victory over their oppressive human overlords, and if machines had the need for a victory song, Alpha Data’s Archive Data, Vol. 1 EP might be that rallying cry.  This electrically-charged laser-bass glitch-step will rattle your bolts and scramble your CPU.  If "sci-fi" was a genr ...

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Moon :: Loops Vol. 2 Here we have an instrumental beat tape from Bryan Moon (a.k.a. Moon) out on Outlier Recordings.  Loops Vol. 1 was Moon's debut on Outlier and featured 22 beatsmith snippets, and though he clearly proved the merit of his sampling tastes, Loops Vol. 2 is not simply for MCs.  "Plum" starts it off strong with an eery Brazilian bossa nova vibe and& ...

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Shatter Hands :: Land Fly It's been a while since I've posted something strictly "beat" but this is a good place to pick back up -- you may recognize Danish producer Shatter Hands from the fantastic Outsourced compilations from the fantastic Outlier Recordings.  Or maybe not, but if you are as much of a fan of Outlier's vibe as I am you won't think twice about scooping up this free download.   ...

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VibeSquaD :: Bionic Hijinks I don't often have legitimate desires to get on the floor and do the worm unless I'm listening to VibeSquaD, so today is a great occasion for worming because a new four-track EP has been unleashed on the world.  You may remember "HEATSiNK" was released a few months back, and I'm relieved to see it's actually my least favorite of the tracks on Bionic Hijinks.  I'm way down for tha "FuzzBu ...

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David Heartbreak :: "David Heartbreak Gives You: Acid" After his ghoulish remix of Skrillex's "Make it Bun Them", Heartbreak returns again to curate what he refers to as his "last EP of 2012."  David Heartbreak Gives You: Acid is not the answer to the question "What happens when you join the David Heartbreak Fan Club?" but a seven-track compilation he has curated and released as a free download.  Heartbreak and friends revisit the ...

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Bassnectar :: BBC Radio 1xtra Guest Mix In case you didn’t know, the mixmaster of wobble Bassnectar is still at large, pumping out new music like a madman.  Today, we’ve got his exclusive guest mix from BBC Radio 1xtra for your listening pleasures – paying partial homage to the UK’s love for dnb, breaks and all things bass, the San Francisco-based Don brings the listener on yet another Nectarous adventure, ...

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Seven Lions :: "She Was" ft. Birds of Paradise Seven Lions doesn't produce music, he produces magic.  Basically all of his tracks have the feeling of grand experience, massaging the listener's mind into the fantastical landscape of the sound.  OWSLA released two free downloads by Seven Lions to promote his upcoming EP (due October 16th)!  "She Was" takes a small step away from the big lovestep sound Jeff Montalvo ...

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Pretty Lights :: "The Hot Sh*t, Episode 46" Denver's very own Derek Vincent Smith aka Pretty Lights has issued another episode of his radio show on SoundCloud.  "The Hot Sh*t" is a consistently yummy electronic journey that takes the listener through forests full of bass trills and rambling rivers of harps, strings and trumpets.  Pretty Lights has always been leading the way for organic electronic vibes, and there a ...

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Justin Martin :: Ghettos and Gardens Remixes Vol. 1 Justin Martin has already gathered the respect of many in the course of his career and is one of the brightest shining stars on Dirtybird Records with the incredible, dare I say untouchable, label debut Ghettos and Gardens.  The French Fries trap remix of "Molokini" isn't bad by any means, but I can't help feeling a little cheated out of the dark, rowdy remix he COULD ...

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Guerilla Speakerz :: Holla EP The title track "Holla" seems to be the heavy-hitter, popping up all the way back in June when Baauer dropped a snippet of it on Diplo & Friends -- the track features some of the characteristic Trouble & Bass doom 'n' gloom before busting into a hyper-ratchet trap groove.  "Parool" and "Polaroid" are both speaker bruisers as well, with a grimy industrial edge ...

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KAW :: Swervoisier With all of the "trap" out there that touts itself as a new genre but continues to milk already overused Massive patches, it's refreshing to hear new trap releases that actually get dumb.  Getting dumb like velcro shoes dummy.  Like pass out adult diapers to everyone in the crowd, it's about to get that dumb in here.  KAW (like the sound a zooted owl makes) sent me their debut ...

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Beats Antique :: Contraption v.II There are two sides to every personality; one is extroverted – the face that boldly greets the world and attracts attention – and the other introverted – the part that waits patiently, silently enamored by the swells of imagination that occur below the surface.  The same is true of Beats Antique’s latest two-part album, Contraption.  While Contraption: Vo ...

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Various Artists :: Dusty Milk Crates Vol. 2 I came across this compilation the other day, a very heady slice of beat music compiled under Melbourne's Condensed Milk collective.  From their Bandcamp: "Condensed Milk has carefully selected a number of beat makers that we feel embody the essence of creativity outside of the status quo and represent a part of their city’s involvement in the beat movement."  Oisima&nbs ...

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Sunsquabi:: "Echoes" EP I’ll admit it; at first I was skeptical about a remix album by a live band. But upon hearing Sunsquabi’s new EP “Echoes”, whatever concerns I had went out the window and were replaced by gratitude that my speakers were worthy of the melodic but hard-hitting style that constitutes the genre that the group has aptly named ‘Hydrofunk’. Tracks like Sunsquabi’s version of ...

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Synthetic Epiphany :: Infinite Perspectives Rainy days mean lots of SoundCloud stalking, and awesome low-key dubstep are the best solution for a rainy day.  Burial used to be my go-to until I realized I don't like feeling that emotionally vulnerable every time it rains.  So here I was thinking "Maybe a little Mushroom Jazz" or something today" and I just happen to stumble into more melancholic garage/dubstep instead. &nb ...

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Onego :: Bukhanka Dreams LP I just caught the scent of a very interesting glitch project through Russian collective Fuselab.  From the first five seconds of their teaser for the upcoming LP Bukhanka Dreams, I can already tell this album is a mystical transport vehicle to the land of ice and snow.  Onego ("The Onego Project") is a collaboration is between two duos from Russia and Norway -- ADD (apparently also known ...

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BoomBaptist :: The Lost Files Vol. 3 As a thank you to fans, Austin hip-hop producer BoomBaptist is doing a series of "lost beats" that precede his 2009 beat tape.  Vol. 3 covers the time between 2006-2007 when BoomBaptist was still working on his little kiddie MPC -- he's now all grown up and working with MC's such as Guilty Simpson and Dibiase.  If this is your kind of thing, I HIGHLY recommend starting wit ...

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Amtrac :: Hey There Kiddo Mixtape I love the shit out of Amtrac.  But up until pretty recently, I've felt like I only had a few track to hold onto (free ones, anyway, you understand right?).  If Amtrac were a person, that person would be the unassuming shadow of a group of mutual friends -- they don't say much, but when they finally do open their mouth it becomes the classic quote of the night.I hope I'm not so ...

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heRobust :: Screw Loose EP I have been a steadfast believer in the potential of heRobust, one of few producers I can name that just "get" the "melodic" half of melodic bass music.  Many of you are probably (hopefully) familiar with the BUSTED remix of Flux Pavilion's "Bass Cannon" -- it's not only better than the original but far surpasses any other remix I've heard to date.  If that was your intro to heRobust and ...

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Surkin & Todd Edwards :: I Want You Back EP Two huge names collide as part of Sound Pellegrino's Crossover Series, an effort from the French label to fuse the seemingly different styles of producers around the world into a hybrid monster of studio science.  This one caught my eye immediately -- French electro minimalist Surkin with American garage pioneer (and killer vocalist) Todd Edwards come together for three amazing trac ...

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STS9 :: "Sympathy for the Devil" Live Axe the Winery Download :: Saratoga, CA :: 8.23.12 STS9 treated their fans to some pretty incredible jams this past weekend at The Winery in Saratoga, CA, bringing about one of the better Axe the Cables sets since they debuted in late December of '09.  Although Tribe has accumulated a following for their newer, more electro-heavy direction, there has also been disappointment among some their more loyal followers; but the A ...

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Hollidayrain :: UFO Track Selections This Colorado native and CU graduate has quickly become one of the hottest sensations out of our neck of the woods here in Boulder.  In an attempt to break down genre boundaries of electronic music, Hollidayrain fuses progressive melodies from Europe with the edgier, more chaotic sounds found here state-side.  While charting numerous times on Beatport's Top 100, churning out official rem ...

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Demure :: Kill The Silence House hero John Dahlback has just released a free thirteen-track release under a new alter ego: Demure.  Dahlback is a producer of many different names and has already done plenty of side projects and collabs, so it comes as no surprise there's another to add to the list.  But unlike the sounds he created under aliases like Huggotron and Jetboy, th ...

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Little People :: Unreleased Bits and Pieces pt. 2 Unreleased Bits and Pieces pt.2 may not be the new Little People album Laurent Clerc has been talking about for far too long, but it's definitely enough to keep my faith alive and my interest rebooted in this masterful London-based producer.  The name has less to do with the vertically challenged and more to do with children, "little" people likely an abbreviated way to say "pe ...

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AMB :: "Starsky and Glitch" / "Damn Hot" Ambrus Deak, a Hungarian producer who goes by AMB, makes it clear on his website he is not a "plonker."  Urban Dictionary tells me that a "plonker" is someone who is always drunk on cheap wine, and if that's the case, I plonk occasionally and would never fault someone for it.  But even if AMB was smashed on Carlo Rossi 24/7 it still wouldn't change the fact that I am all about his t ...

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I/O :: Isolation I'm feeling huge potential in this newest release from New York vocalist I/O.  One year after releasing 8 Bit Love, a promising collection of mellow synth-pop, I/O has significantly refined the sound and produced 10 of the 12 tracks on Isolation.I'm not sure "banger" is an appropriate descriptor, but these tracks go hard.  They go hard in the most harmless, acces ...

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Visitor :: "RNB" Judging by the clamor online for this new EP, these guys are either (a) lazy (b) meticulous, or (c) enjoy the hell out of making people writhe in agony for new Visitor tracks.  Now that they seem slightly more serious than last year (when I was somewhat blindly bumping their track "Love"), I'm hopping on this bandwagon just in time to watch the good music pour fourth like liquid sta ...

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Zeds Dead :: "The Living Dead" (Featuring Omar LinX) There's a new EP from Zeds Dead out on Beatport today, once again featuring Omar LinX bringing that hip-hop swagger to the robotic amp monster that seems to stomp around every time Zeds Dead is near.  The tracks feature the usual electronic trills, lazer bootster shots of sound and maintains the general whomp-spanking rhythms that will keep a crowd violently thrashing for hours. &nb ...

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K Theory :: Welcome to K Theory K THEORY is right at the cusp of a big breakthrough.  Admittedly it's a group I didn't put much investment into until this point (aside from knowing they sent singles to #2 and #5 on the Beatport Top 100 Glitch-Hop Charts, and apparently found support from Gareth Emery of all people!).  It took a debut album for me to really see the power in this California duo's corner -- ...

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UMEK :: Corridor To Jungle EP This guy has to be one of the most underrated veterans in the scene right now.  UMEK just dropped his new EP "Corridor To Jungle" yesterday that makes any tech-house fan dance in their seat.  This two song release delivers you some proper house just in time for the weekend.The rolling bassline in "Corridor To Jungle" is perfectly timed with his housey drum and percussion wor ...

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CheatCode :: "Select Start" While frolicking through music festivals, at times you might feel bombarded by people trying to promote their own beats. This was true for me this past weekend when I attended Camp Bisco however, I was grateful to attain this weeks post from just that. "Select Start" is a debute EP for CheatCode a bass music producer from the East Coast. The EP displays an array of unique dubstep tracks displaying ...

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Robotic Pirate Monkey :: Colors in Disguise Remixes Very pleased to announce that Robotic Pirate Monkey's Colors in Disguise is getting a facelift with a lot of local love.  Contributions from Knight Riderz, SunSquabi, Crushendo, heRobust, Unlimited Gravity, Papa Skunk, Fisk and many more make this hefty remix pack.  Regardless of whether you are an RPM fan or not, this is absolutely worth a download for ...

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verb Track Selection Add this to the list of indicators that Future Trap is on the rise... verb (pronounced Ad-Verb) is an independent American producer specializing in super-futuristic ghetto music, bass for your cybernetic face.  While I wasn't able to find out much besides the fact that he's opened for acts like Gaudi, Araab Muzik, Love and Light, and Lazer Sword, it is clear that his productions have the boo ...

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Onra :: Deep In The Night Earlier this week, Onra released the five-track EP Deep In The Night through Fool's Gold.  It's a logical connection for the French producer, who was on some next-level shit with his Chinioseries albums (built from sampling Chinese pop records of the 60's, 70's and 80's).  The result is some of the boldest beats I've ever heard.But Onra has another side to his production.  He's ...

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Lockah :: When U Stop Feeling Like A Weirdo & Become A Threat *Long sigh* Another day, another stellar Jeffree's release.  This time we've got new sounds from Scottish producer Lockah and a four-track EP of emotive tunes wandering between 8-bit, trap and garage.  They really do defy a quick genre label, and though I expect these songs are a little too intimate to make it into the average rager's party playlist, I definitely believe L ...

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BioLogic :: Lucid Dreams Our Boulder homie BioLogic (Dustin Chernick) is unfortunately now our Seattle homie after returning home post-graduation, but I'm proud to at least have the opportunity to share with you his debut full-length album Lucid Dreams.  Twelve tracks of sly rhymes and some very top-notch beats coming from a casually talented MC, Lucid Dreams proves it won't be long before this kid fin ...

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Clams Casino :: Instrumental Mixtape 2 Clams Casino, the left-winged leader of the movement Lil B has dubbed "Based Music", has dropped his 2nd volume of instrumentals this week.  The 24-year-old producer from New Jersey has blazed tracks for A$AP Rocky, Lil B, Soulja Boy, Squadda B, Mac Miller, and most notably has been releasing his instrumentals for free download the past year.  Along with this mixtape, he has released Ins ...

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Vaiper Despotin :: Butt Can Click EP Time to clue you in to a Lithuanian producer and all-around genial character from Renegades of Bump and Despotin' Fam: a man known as Vaiper Despotin who has stolen our attention with an incredibly gifted EP of originals and remixes.<a href="http://renegadesofbump.bandcamp.com/album/butt-can-click-ep">Butt Can Click EP by Vaiper Despotin</a> Been holding onto this relea ...

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Nicolas Jaar :: BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix Nicolas Jaar, an American-Chilean musical phenom who currently studies at Brown University has just been featured on BBC Radio 1.  His essential mix is a 2 hour multi-dimensional musical journey that took me places music has never taken me before.  He is a master at placing sounds exactly where he wants you to hear them. This creates an effect that literally gives life to the music. &nbs ...

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Minnesota :: Astral Projections EP Minnesota's Astral Projections EP is here, three stylish tracks meant to blast you straight out of body and mind.  We got a peek at the track "Astral Projections" from the Astral Projection mix posted a while back (which reached nearly 30,000 SoundCloud plays since then), but now it looks like he was hiding his ace as "Stardust" is starting to attract a lot of attention. & ...

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Dirtwire :: DIRTWIRE With the continued progress of the technology used in creating  dance music, digital synthesis is more natural than natural sound itself.  This is doing absolute wonders for electronic genres, but it leaves much of the music released without that deep-in-your-soul organic feeling that is only possible with live instruments. Luckily for us, David Satori of Beats Antique and Evan Fraser o ...

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Lightning in a Bottle Part II: Lightning in a Bottle 2012 Playlist Now that some of our friends have left for Symbiosis and are on their way to a crazy solar eclipse dance party, we are reminded that Lightning in a Bottle and a life-changing weekend is just around the corner.  If you saw our post on LiB's 2012 headliners or generally know what's up, the epic-ness of this event should be crystal clear. In preparation, we scouted the lineu ...

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Nicky Romero & ZROQ :: WTF!? [[Official Video Teaser]] Easily this years most remarkable success story in the continually flourishing EDM community has to be the inexorable Dutch force that is Nicky Romero.  Since the dawn of 2012, the young phenomenon has not only unveiled an extensive and notable list of productions and remixes -- including his collaborations with French icon David Guetta and the man behind Levels, Avicii himself -- but if ...

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Vanilla :: Soft Focus British producer Vanilla may be shy to reveal much about himself/herself but quick to open up to soul-bearing beats. He/she released a new beat tape a few days ago entitled Soft Focus, the follow-up to the equally soulful High Life and released nearly on its anniversary.  Part two of Vanilla's soul-inspired beat tape series, Soft Focus presents 27 more smoo ...

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Turing Machine :: What Is The Meaning Of What After years of silence and holdbacks, Turing Machine is finally back with a new album.  What Is The Meaning Of What - out 5/8 via Temporary Residence - is seven tracks of hypnotic dance rock that challenge to keep their dance rock buzz as alive as ever. Not only is this the first release since their critically acclaimed album Zwei released eight years ago, but it's also the last m ...

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Far Arden Recordings :: 200 Likes EP Manhattan-based Far Arden Recordings is celebrating a milestone, albeit a very small one.  The 200 Likes EP celebrates exactly that.  Some bloganistas and industry types may sniff at it, like "I go out for sushi and 200 people like it on Facebook" kind of style, but Far Arden is popping the cork on this purple skweee bottle of champagne. <a href="http://farardenrecordings.bandcam ...

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Jakwob :: The Prize James Edward Jacob, the London producer we all know as Jakwob, has stolen our attention this weekend with The Prize, ten tracks that are a big move forward for someone who was among the first-generation dubsteppers to break through here in Boulder.  Jakwob may not have been too visible once the dubstep invasion really took hold, but damned if he wasn't the first to kill it with ...

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Paper Diamond :: Wavesight EP Our homie Alex Botwin is back with the next evolution of the Paper Diamond sound.  When we caught up with him at Ultra Music Festival, he hinted that PD was on the verge of something big.  The Wavesight EP is that big news, a huge step forward not only because he's confidently striding forward but also because doing so has caught Mad Decent's attention and s ...

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M|O|D :: M|O|D II M|O|D Music is on fire, a Boston collective that's only been at it for a month and has already caught the attention of tastemakers like Mad Decent and Live For The Funk.  And that was just their first compilation: Volume Two is now ready for consumption, and it's everything we expected from the promising new future-trap collective. REWROTE's "Koola" immediately caught our ear ...

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Hype Jones :: Vocal EP A little while ago I posted about Hype Jones and his LoveStep Remix of Michael Jackson's 'Maria.'  Now Hype has taken his talents in a completely different direction with the release of his Vocal EP, consisting entirely of his own tracks, some remixed, some originals. The first track on the EP, 'You Are the Only One' sounds Elton John/Tiny Dancer-esque in the best way possible.  T ...

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Outlier Recordings :: Outsourced Compilation Vol. 6 Brooklyn-based Outlier Recordings has put out the sixth installment of their Outsourced Compilation, gathering UFO favorites heRobust, DAILON, and yahnLOOKEpicard along with a mob of new faces.  Twenty-one songs can be yours for a single dollar, and if you are a fan of the beat scene or good chillout sessions this is one that is worth your time. <a href="http://outlierrecordings.bandc ...

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Become a Part of the UFO Team Greetings to UFO fans from the past, present, and future:We hope that you enjoy the work that we put into making UnifiedFunkOption.com happen.  Most of you (maybe all of you) share our passion for music and the culture that surrounds it.  We are truly doing everything possible to bring you relevant content and help you develop a deeper connection to the scene, and we are always looking f ...

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CloZee :: Jafumpt T / Eyes In Eyes We're proud to bring you something far out of the ordinary today, a French producer and classical guitarist names Chloé Herry.  CloZee is the name of the project, combining glitch and dubstep with the warm sounds of acoustic strings. She gained some popularity on YouTube by posting guitar covers of popular electronic songs, but last month she dropped an utterly gorgeous debut EP o ...

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Blameful Isles :: Bound to Ohra Urban Waves Records is our favorite underground discovery after we found Je$u$.  We didn't expect that the next day we'd stumble upon the newest member of the UW family, Swedish producer Daniel Israelson aka Honks Burry .  With "Bound To Ohra" he's introducing his new project, Blameful Isles which is a fresh take on jazzy trip-hop with a mindful edge. <a href="http ...

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SIMPLETON :: Sympathetic Chords Missoula-based SIMPLETON (Sam Forslund) has caught our attention with a four-track release of psy-crunk bass music.  Missoula, Montana isn't a complete ghost town in terms of music (you'd be surprised), but it appears like we've stumbled on someone that even Montanans may not know yet.  What we are certain of, however, is that the Colorado bass scene would totally welcome his style. < ...

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Je$u$ :: XII Apostles Jesus spent a lot of time chilling, of this there is no doubt.  If there were such a thing as a record player in Bibical Jerusalem, Jesus probably would have brought one out to the middle of the desert and said "My flock, here we shall sit and listen to this album beginning to end," and his apostles came before him as they were instructed, and sat around like fucking G's and chilled to this s ...

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Marquee Mag presents WEST WATER OUTLAWS @ The Fox Theater :: 5.9.12 Dirty  roadhouse rock and roll is back, and it doesn't matter whether you’re on board or not because the West Water Outlaws are coming through.  On May 9th, Marquee Magazine will be presenting West Water Outlaws with Na’an Stop and Branded Bandits at the Fox Theater in Boulder, CO, and there's no doubt we will be there to witness a post-finals Wednesday night of glorio ...

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Get Ready For Axwell and Madeon Tomorrow is gonna be a huge one, folks: Axwell and Madeon are about to take over.  In preparation for tomorrows festivities at The Ogden Theater, we would like to present our most anticipated songs for the two main acts as a primer for the show. First up : Axwell This is a classic Axwell song that you'd have to be crazy not to love. Axwell :: Nothing But Love 4 You ((Original Mix)) Next up ...

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Etnik :: VINO EP We found a great release making the internet rounds that comes from a 19-year-old techno master: Etnik, a German producer who is bringing his native land's birthright back to EDM.  The Vino EP is three original tracks of surgically-precise speaker busters, with remixes from the likes of Borussia, Rynecologist and NT89. Head over to Trashbags to download the 6-track EP for ...

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Andrea :: Bedtime Stories EP Parisian producer Andrea has just dropped an EP of hypnotizing garage tunes entitled the Bedtime Stories EP.  Two original tracks and five remixes of "Work The Middle" are yours for free, and just like the title promises, they can certainly help to unwind your mind late at night. <a href="http://andrea.bandcamp.com/album/bedtime-stories-ep">Bedtime Stories EP by Andrea< ...

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#ReGENERATION Documentary Screening in San Francisco :: ((Thursday, 4/19)) #ReGENERATION, the documentary film produced by Anonymous Content & Engine 7 Films, and featuring music by STS9, makes its Bay Area debut for one night only on Thursday April 19th, the evening before STS9 plays Oakland, CA’s Fox Theater.  Doors are at 7:00pm and the screening starts at 7:30PM sharp, followed by a Q & A with Director Phillip Montgomery, Producer Matt DeRoss an ...

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Tom Noble :: Dancing Hard Remixes Tom Noble is an L.A.-based producer with a dedicated ear for rare disco and funk.  "Dancing Hard" is straight feel-good disco vibes, no bullshit. Buy the two tracks from Clone Records here. The minimix above previews two remixes of Noble's "Dancing Hard," a track taken from his debut album Liger Vision.  Both versions are stripped-down, non-quantized funk with a tasteful ...

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Checkers :: Leisure Sports EP Denver-based producer Checkers just dropped his debut release this week, a four-track EP that solidifies his part in the new DIRTY // CLEAN crew as the member on permanent vacation. <a href="http://checkers.bandcamp.com/album/leisure-sports-ep">Leisure Sports EP by checkers</a>   Maybe it's just the album art (which resembles something familiar) that makes us think of this ...

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Ghetto Funk Presents :: Some DJ We've got a funky one, folks.  Some DJ isn't just some DJ, he's a London producer (named Dan Chorlton) who just hooked it up with four party-rocking breakbeat tracks that taps into modern dubstep/electro territory. All four tracks are solid breakbeat gold -- there's even a drum & bass track thrown in for good measure.  "Fetto Ghunk" is the one that stood out at first, with pretty c ...

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Lollapalooza Announces Line-up In emphaticically strange fashion, C3 Presents released the 2012 Lollapalooza line-up via Youtube.  Lolla has always been one of the most diverse, accessible festivals in the US, and this year is no exception as far as being a buffet of artists.  Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, and... is Black Sabbath really headlining?  From Bassnectar to The Shins, The Weeknd to Franz ...

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Samples :: Chill Works Vol. 3 Boulder homie Ben Samples is back with another installment in the Chill Works series.  We gotta show love for everything Sample-d, and couldn't be more proud as we watch him blow up to a national level, but Vol. 3 takes the producer further into the realm of calm and clarity as he's increasingly known for bro-ing hard in the paint. <a href="http://samples.bandcamp. ...

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Tipper :: Puzzle Dust EP With around a dozen albums out within a fifteen-year career, and anywhere between producing one of the first EDM albums made specifically for surround-sound or creating the world's loudest car, Tipper is no less than a bass maestro. He's made breakbeat and hip-hop albums before (Tip-Hop is especially well done), but the Puzzle Dust EP is a return to his true identity.  No one can d ...

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Drvg Cvltvre :: Something Borrowed, Something Blue (Remixes and Edits) DRVG CVLTVRE is the nom de guerre for Vincent Koreman, who used to work under the alias RA-X, recording records for labels like KK, Bunker, Kommando 6 and his own Angelmaker records. DRVG CVLTVRE's music is slow, doomy disco and house, with lots of focus on hypnotic repetition and percussion. Links: Drvg Cvltvre :: SoundCloud Drvg Cvltvre :: Facebook ...

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WALA :: Kalikutta WALA is a San Franciscan and Burning Man veteran who makes some outstanding psy-world grooves.  We wish we had the foresight to catch her at a Re:Creation event at Cervantes last January, since it doesn't look like she's coming back to town any time soon.  However, right at a time when we were hungry for some soul-filling psychedelia, we stumble upon WALA and the release we were loo ...

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Gemini :: Fire Inside EP If you are even remotely familiar with Gemini, you already know that the 21-year old producer from Leeds knows how to go hard.  Right now he's on tour with KOAN Sound, and that, if anything, is indicative that Thomas Slinger (awesome last name) has his sights set on the horizion. Slinger has done amazing things within the span of a year, ever since his Blue EP took the dubstep worl ...

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Gramatik :: #digitalfreedom Word is buzzing around that Gramatik is second in line for the PLM throne. We've been in support of the rise of Jasarvic the Crunk, and just when we thought there weren't enough crazy releases bouncing around the blogosphere today, we get hit with Gramatik's next big move to the top: #digitalfreedom.Download the 6-track album for free from Pretty Lights Music or support Gramati ...

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VibeSquaD :: Ruthless Rabbit ((Single Pack)) VibeSquaD is on some next-level shit with his Orphan Alien material. Yesterday, our man Aaron Holstein dropped a piece from the second installment to the Orphan Alien collection, a set of songs driven by Aaron's processed vocals and an updated pair of robot ears. We were very pleased to post his remix pack a while back, but "Ruthless Rabbit" is another animal entirely. <a href="http://vibe ...

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Minnesota :: Astral Projection Mix Christian Bauhofer is at it again. Our post on "Jetstream" received a lot of attention, but his new "Astral Projection Mix" is one full hour of Minnesotan goodness and has received enormous amounts of attention in the last 24 hours alone. Minnesota :: Astral Projection Mix Minnesota knows how to bring purple to new heights and promptly toss it back to Earth.  "To The Floor" is a massive track ...

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The Do LaB Announces Full Coachella Lineup In preparation of the highly-anticipated two weekend-long Coachella Music Festival, The Do LaB has released their lineup of artists to perform at the festival.  Stacked with some of the most talented underground artists, The Do LaB's contribution to Coachella is clearly colossal. Here's the scoop: Week 1 LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE / CHRISB.&nbs ...

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Ital Tek :: The Planet EP Ital Tek (Alan Myson) is back with a spectacular release, The Planet EP, a four-song album that takes the trending sounds of juke into an absolutely psychedelic realm of spacial tones.  Check out this minimix to get a taste of the EP and introduce yourself to this Brighton producer. <a href="http://italtek.bandcamp.com/album/the-planet-ep">The Planet EP by Ital Tek&l ...

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DEAD CAT Bounce :: Solution EP Dead C∆T Bounce (Antoine Lanneluc & Filippo Gorla) is an up-and-coming French-Italian duo with a taste for classical grime.  Now based in Luxembourg, they seem to have a well-versed education in European electro.  Today they released an EP including "Solution" and remixes by Dubsidia, Callum B. & Linius, Twitch and Telmini. DEAD C∆T Bounce ...

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Zeds Dead and Omar LinX :: Victor Omar LinX and Zeds Dead paired up for a free release that finally sees full form today.  Another heater coming from Mad Decent's Jeffree's sub-label,  Victor plays out like an Omar LinX mixtape, exclusively featuring Zeds Dead tracks and classics like "Rude Boy" and their remix of "Eyes on Fire." The Zeds/Omar combo seems to be meant to be -- Omar brings the underlying d ...

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Cherub Releases New Music Video for "Hold Me" (ft. Dominic Lalli) Damn, we love these guys.  The dynamic indie-aficionados Cherub have just released a bangin' new music video for their chillingly awesome and inspiring song "Hold Me" (ft. Dominic Lalli)... and we've got it for you right here.  Filled with the positive energy that absolutely screams Cherub, this music video seriously brings us back to the magic of their live performances, leaving ...

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OWSLA Presents Free Treats Vol. 2 ((HUGE exclusives from KOAN Sound, 12th Planet, Porter Robinson and more!)) MASSIVE goodie bag dropped today from OWSLA, a 19-track compilation that is filled to the brim with good stuff.  It's not entirely clear that "Vol. 1" ever officially came out, but it hardly matters -- have you ever heard "Beatport" and "1 gigabyte FREE" in the same sentence? The KOAN Sound track drew our attention to the release, a reliably huge track featuring that most hi-tech KOAN "sound ...

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Treasure Fingers :: Rooftop Revival Remix Pack Is it coincidence that today we're bringing you a summery Treasure Fingers remix pack and busting out our Birkenstocks for the first time this year?  We don't think Mr. Fingers has the power of climate control, but things definitely now seem a little bit warmer in this part of the universe. Treasure Fingers :: Rooftop Revival Along with TF's original "Rooftop Revival," a bright but uncharact ...

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BOATS :: Bleaving We are excited to present some new tuneage to you today from a brand-new Oakland-based collective named Dollops, who were kind enough to send us a very courteous message the other day that was packing some very inviting music. Their homie BOATS is a multi-instrumentalist in the collective that has gone through a few name changes but is gaining a reputation within Oakland's beat scene.  We ca ...

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RE:CREATION ft. Up Until Now (with David Murphy of STS9), Archnemesis, Fisk and Ableminds They've never let us down before, and now RE:CREATION is back at Cervantes tonight with artists Up Until Now (with David Murphy of STS9), Archnemesis, Fisk (of Fresh2Death) and Ableminds.  This is bound to be a full evening of electronic funk, with both Up Until Now and Archnemesis known for their organic take on electronic instrumentation and a live show that pushed this ...

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Flosstradamus :: Total Recall EP Chicago duo Flosstradamus recently put out a very exciting three-song EP through Mad Decent's underground talent-seeker Jeffree's.  The duo, consisting of famed Midwestern juke-dance heroes Josh Young and Curt Cameruci, aren't new to the scene themselves; however, the Total Recall EP is a very fresh combination of sounds we can't say we've ever heard be ...

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Starscape Announces Full Lineup Well folks, we are more than excited to highlight the Starscape Music Festival Lineup in Baltimore, MD taking place Saturday, June 9, 2012. This lineup definitely has something for everyone; with genres ranging from house to dubstep to trance all the way to jam. It's only a one-night festival, but the amount of artists they manage to book is incredible. Notably, the popular dubstep band (we say ba ...

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Munchi :: Moombahtonista The debut album has been a long time coming from moombahton maestro Munchi.  After years of rocking Soundcloud with acclaimed tracks and taking the helm of more than one subgenre, now the innovator has been picked up by Mad Decent and gains even more traction in the scene as Moombahtonista is earns hype as a landmark release.  It's really too early to say Moombahtonista&nb ...

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Gregori Klosman :: Bootleg Pack 2012 Vol. 1 Gregori Klosman is a DJ powerhouse hailing from France.  He has taken an unlikely route to producing, one very similar to Deadmau5.  Gregori was once a data processor till he gave it up to follow his dream and enrolled in a sound design school.  Ever since being discovered in a Paris club he has taken his talents to another level.  We have already covered his remix of ...

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Ginger Shinobi Presents MoombahDeep Volume 1 Ginger Shinobi, who we assume is a silent and freckled assassin, has put together another moombah-related mix for his family at Broken Drum Records.  After a wild Thursday night that left the UFO team a little scrambled, we find ourselves perfectly in the mood for some deep-inhalation low-key funk and we're relieved to have stumbled upon "MoombahDeep Volume 1." Moombahton sits right on the lip ...

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STS9 Announces Next Great Cycle Spectacle ...And so it continues!! Having recently played a five night New Years Run at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Great Cycle Spectacles shows in Denver and Chicago, as well as Mayan Holidaze in Mexico with the Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, Big Gigantic, The Polish Ambassador and Lance Herbstrong, the STS9 fam is taking a little bit of time to relax... but not for long. Yesterday, the band announced th ...

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DAILON :: "As The Veil Dissolves" San Francisco's DAILON is a reliable source of head-feeding instrumentalism, and his newest beat tape, As The Veil Dissolves, is a generous offering of relaxation.  The release is eleven tracks of laid-back psychedelia and hazy beatmaking, and though each cut is sedated under heavy swells of bass and 8-bit explosions of chords, there's no doubt that the best of them bang hard and could definitel ...

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OMG & Shockwave :: "Code-X" Released just this past weekend, here comes a huge and free EP from the dubstep sounds of OMG & Shockwave.  Hailing from our own United States, are these two incredible producers who are masters of dubstep, drum and bass, electro house, and drumstep.  Code-X is seven sick tracks of dubstep, glitch hop, moombahton, and electro house; this EP really does it all.  It's also free, so to get it ...

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Ghetto Funk Presents CMC & Silenta Ghetto Funk dug some classic-sounding tracks out of German breakbeat duo CMC & Silenta, and I say god DAMN do they pop.  It may not have the hyper low-end that you have come to expect from a typical UFO post, but... wait, there's no reason for an apology here.  All four of these tracks are funky fire, definitely inspired by old-school breakbeat funk that sounds like more than a few tracks I ...

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ProJect Aspect Remix Packs It feels like yesterday when we first met Jay Jaramillo, a.k.a. ProJect Aspect and one of Colorado's wunderkind bass producers.  That fabled night was at a DJ battle at Cervantes' Other Side, and among some pretty stiff competition fighting to be the most "live" DJ of the pack, JJ emerged the clear favorite with a next-level "Night By Night" remix and a Grinch-sized grin on his face. So it's no ...

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SunSquabi :: Catastrophic EP & UFO.TV Release One of Boulder's big up-and-coming bass bands SunSquabi has just put out a defining release, Catastrophic. The seven-song release finds the young band coming to terms with their rapid repute, defining a sound, and making a stand for themselves as a force to reckon with. Within a minute of putting on our headphones, the Ratatat influence leapt out immediately.  Therefore it was no surprise to s ...

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Bedrockk :: Get Born Name your price on Bandcamp. Bedrockk's "Get Born" is an exciting development in the Denver scene, the duo of Dave Marquess and Phil Swain who are creating new possibilites for the bass scene.  We sense a hint of Southern rock thrown into the lush "Streets Are Shinin'" and "Fuzzy Things," which both sound like Tom Petty's ketamine nightmare, or at least smoking a jeffrey with him before pett ...

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Dark Sky and The Boogaloo Crew A profound moment of realization hit us this week when we discovered Dark Sky and The Boogaloo Crew were the same group (plus a new member).  Both make deep garage-y cuts that are full of cool (like Miles Davis cool, not "this song is really cool"), and it all makes sense in perfect 20/20 hindsight that the two are the same.  We're not trying to make this sound like news, since "Dark Sky" has b ...

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Levitate Festival Gonna Get You High (Rusko, DJ Shadow, Paper Diamond, and Pictureplane) Right up there with New Year's Eve, 4/20 is a time when you can absolutely count on big artists and big events coming to town.  4/20 might as well be NYE... everyone stands in a giant crowd and counts down from 10 together, and then the next day, everyone swears off fast food.  The only difference is that kissing and shouting are exchanged with inhaling and coughing. Levitate Festival ...

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Hardwell :: 2012 Bootleg Pack In the days before Hardwell (Tiesto’s 23-year old protégé) surpassed 100k followers on twitter, he promised us a big release of his own personal bootlegs.  Today, my friends, was that day of reckoning.  This major release is a massive collection of 19 top-notch Bootlegs and Mash-Ups, and compiles beats from Dada Life & NERVO, Zedd & Afrojack, and Swedish House Mafia & Quilinez. ...

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Snubluck :: The Flying Machine Homestyle beatloaf, delivered straight from the oven to your ears and thighs.  The Flying Machine is a dizzying six-track release from Denver-based Corey English, a.k.a. Snubluck, that you must hear.  The melody for "Fox" is killer, perfect for whistling to yourself on a sunny day.  Snubluck also flaunts a great grasp of how to make downtempo hype music, and anyone who was a fan of our Gem Dro ...

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BioLogic :: New Boulder Hip-Hop It's time to switch things up a bit around here.  We just tuned in to BioLogic, a Boulder MC and CU student named Dustin Chernick who has over the past year been quietly been racking up solid rhymes and collaborations with some top-notch international producers. Originally from Seattle, it's easy to hear how entrenched his flow is in the smooth and philosophic nature of Seattle hip-hop.  "Hip-H ...

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Lucky Date Download Dump If you weren't caught up on Lucky Date's catalog, you should be now.  The Chi-town rocker just liberated 36 of his tracks, and now is the time to play catch-up.  There's plenty of listening to be had here, so we won't waste any time and let you get right to it. Lucky Date will be in Denver on both Feb. 16th and 17th alongside Excision. ...

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Liquid Stranger :: The Wetware Warfare EP AAAwwww YeeeEEEEAAAHHH. Liquid Stranger bringin' da RUCKUS with a new EP released yesterday.  The best dubstep invariably does one thing correctly: fostering unholy paranoia.  Wetware Warfare has just the right balance between crunch and space to make this happen, and our favorite, "Crush Groove," is like the paranoia of smiling and being afraid you don't understand why. Liquid Stranger wil ...

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Knowa Knowone :: "Champagne and Kittens" Oakland-based glitch rocker Knowa Knowone just dropped a hot one today: Champagne and Kittens is a nine-track album that heralds back to the kind of West-Coast glitch sound that started it all for the genre. "Fresh from a sold-out run on the Turkish wedding circuit (ed. note: that exists?), and rocking flip flops in Brazil, Knowa's new EP is a tribute to hyphy hedonism and booty-shaking psychede ...

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Various Artists :: Gem Drops Two We can always count on Dropping Gems to hook it up with forward-thinking producers and spacious, intellectually-chilled tracks.  Gem Drops Two follows up on the trend with the same headspace 808's and a brand-new set of producers. Some of the tracks start with a jolt of broken-beat energy right from the start, but more of them take their time to build up into a groove.  There really isn't a si ...

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Samples :: Chill Works Vol. 2 We're glad we saw a Facebook post yesterday from Ben Samples to remind everyone about Chill Works Vol. 2, a release from back in August that followed up a solid Vol 1.  As Malbec establishes Samples as a national crunk interest and marks his move into the Old Tacoma family alongside Eliot Lipp, "chill" seems like something Samples has outpaced. But it isn't easy to make good chill music.  DJ' ...

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THiCK CHiCK Drops New EP The dynamic duo (or trio, with the addition of their live drummer) that makes up THiCK CHiCK began in sweaty and overpacked college house parties, and went after any opportunity they could find to play... now, the boys are regularly booking shows between Boulder, Denver, Breckenridge, Vail and Aspen, and are currently making moves to kick off an East Coast mini-tour.  These kids are going hard to ...

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Crushendo :: Drop Logic EP Minimix Many of you Boulder kids probably already heard that our homies Slim Thugz are now Crushendo.  Shedding their old name but keeping that shiny reptilian skin that helped propel Slim Thugz into their own category of music (literally; the duo lays claim to coining IBM, or intelligent bass music), Crushendo is still making sure that melodic bass jams remain Colorado's chief export. They may have ...

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SunSquabi :: Unnamed EP Sampler One of UFO’s local favorites seriously turning heads around town, SunSquabi consists of guitarist Kevin Donohue, bassist Andrew Clymer, and drummer Chris Anderson.  These boys have made a serious statement around Colorado: they want more.  Though the members of the band are among the most down-to-earth musicians in town, by no means does it mean that their dreams of success are subtle: SunSqua ...

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Paper Diamond Remixes The Weeknd The Weeknd's "Echo of Silence" has been the latest cow to fall into the river of remix-hungry piranhas. Abel Tesfaye's powerful voice has clearly been pretty drool-inducing for producers everywhere, and Paper Diamond (Alex Botwin) has given the downtrodden, love-weary "Same Old Song" some hefty electronic reassurance. The Weeknd :: "Same Old Song" (Paper Diamond Remix) [audio http://unifiedfun ...

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VibeSquaD Refixes Boulder local VibeSquaD (Aaron Holstein) is not your typical DJ. Aaron's live performances, coupled with a vibrationally captivating atmosphere, create some pretty funky bass-tacular music... on top of that, his sampling is on point, and he will have you dancing like you never have before. If you're heading to one of his unforgettable sets, don't forget your space boots and hula hoops because you' ...

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Minnesota :: "Jetstream" Guess where Minnesota (Christian Bauhofer) is from? You wouldn't know it from his havoc-wreaking West Coast bass jams, but oh for sure, he's from Minnesota, you betcha! Bauhofer has come forth as an artist everyone wants to have a piece of: he plays alongside MartyParty as one-half of DeathStar, and has reportedly been in contact with Bassnectar for at least one confirmed release. With a ...

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heRobust :: Labcoat Mix Atlanta seems to have had a burst into the beat scene lately, and heRobust (Hayden Kramer) has put out a podcast to prove it.  Released through beat brokers Lab Coat, this mix has a few new heRobust tracks from his album due this month, Morning After (download his latest, Albumin, here). The mix also features other Atlanta production talent: P Villa, Time Wharp, REKchampa, Divine Interface, Moi ...

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MartyParty :: "Just Because of You" If you’ve had the pleasure of seeing MartyParty live, then you know exactly what he does: RAGE.  The rawness of the energy brought to the table by this dynamo of a man is only matched by his carefree attitude.  Shattering the dance floor while wielding a bottle of Jameson in one hand and a stiff middle finger in the other, this dude knows how to party.Party hearty with M ...