One of our favorite LA producers, Daedelus, drops a new free EP for the Scion AV Project titled Looking Ocean. Known to his mum as Alfred Darlington, Daedulus is a layering master, expertly crafting tracks that range from the downright terrifying to the beautifully exquisite, releasing tracks for some of the best labels on earth (Ninja […]

DJ Muggs hooks up New York lifestyle label Mishka with a 5-track mixtape, Sound Clash Business, which is out today on Mishka Records. The  man behind the legendary Soul Assassin clique — including of course Cypress Hill — shows a great variety in his EP, centering from his dark hip hop sound and venturing out into […]

You know Trap music is hitting a certain tipping point when NPR is addressing it, but we ain’t hating (besides, we love NPR). Capitalizing on the minimal awesome bassiness of the sound is enigmatic producer UZ, who prefers if very little is known about him — he’d rather speak through his tunes than his words. […]

Scotland’s Lockah on Diplo’s Jeffrees Mad Decent sub-label fucks with the beat (mainly New Orleans Bounce and Trap music); his debut EP When U Stop Feeling Like a Weirdo & Become a Threat is in line for a post-dubstep take-over. Hailing from Aberdeen, Scotland (think cheap beer…) Lockah is part of the Tuff Wax scene responsible for artists like Yoin […]

It seems that the Vampire Weekend men don’t stop. From side projects to collaborations to features on said side projects, they’re clearly meant to make music. Bassist Chris Baio has been DJing for some time, playing shows in Paris and Seoul, and will have a set at Hard Summer this year too. Today, Sunburn, Baio’s […]

OFWGKTA star — and one-half of MellowHype — the man known as Hodgy Beats dropped a new untitled collection of beats this weekend. The rapper/producer’s EP credits production from Three Six Mafia’s Juicy J, The Alchemist, Thelonious Martin, Flying Lotus and more. Give a listen to 2 of the tracks below (“Lately” by Flying Lotus […]

21 year-old Atlanta-based beat machine and hip-hop hybrid producer ForteBowie decided to take on Iggy Azalea’s Ignorant Art EP — which you can download HERE in its original form — and remixed five of the tracks. Of course he opted for “PU$$Y” and “My World“, as well as 3 lesser know songs from the Australia-via-Los […]

Escondido-via-Oakland producer Shortcircles — the latest signee off Los Angeles label Plug Research — released his eponymous debut EP this week. He claims influence by artists the likes of Four Tet, Teebs, Floating Points, DJ Shadow and a “a plethora of 50’s jazz records,” so you can sort of get where his music’s coming from. […]