We love breakbeats. Breaks of all sorts. Florida, Funky, Nu Skool, 2-step, Jungle, whatever — as long as there’s a breakbeat, we’re happy. So we commissioned one of our favorite breakbeat DJs — London’s Rhythm Method — to prep for us a LIAS exclusive one-hour mixture of some of his favorite vintage breaks. The Disassociates […]

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. […]

Last winter we brought you The Magician’s Magic Tape Five mixtape, and then a little while later his BEAN mixtape he did in collaboration with oki-ni. Well we’ve obviously missed a couple (or more) mixtapes in the interim, because this week Stephen Fasano — he of ex-Aeroplane fame — is now up to his Magic […]

Trouble & Bass was tapped by the Scion A/V series for their latest release — an EP compiling some of the label’s best acts [download the EP HERE]. We caught Trouble & Bass label founder Drop the Lime this past Tuesday at the “Check Your Ponytail!2″ party when he brought his brand new rockabilly-meets-dance live […]

A former half of Aeroplane (along with remaining member Vito DeLuca), The Magician — aka Stephen Fasano — has taken the sounds of the 80s and teleported them to the future. But not the 80s of robotic rhythms and beats, more so the 80s of Talk Talk, Culture Club and Human League — a timeframe […]

Friday November 13th could be your lucky day—if you’re in the LA area and into the amazing works of Mikal Jessie Hameed aka M11X. The Ronin Gallery (1924 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90026) should provide a fun night of art and sounds for M11X’s interactive audio experience. Pretty amazing how guy brings beats, […]