IKONIKA: COMING UP FOR AERO
Far from retro, she's dragged us into a new digital dimension. We talk pop, reshaping history and optimistic futures with one of the world's most forward-thinking producers...
Dubstep
SUMMER SOUNDTRACKS
When Mr Benn leaves his house at 52 Festive Road, possibly wearing a black suit and bowler hat, he enters his studio via a magic door. But how does he decide which outfit supplied by a shopkeeper he is going to try on today? “It depends what I have planned for the studio that day,”
SAMPLE TANK: PATCHWORKS LOGIC ES 2 DUBSTEP BASS
Loopmasters' 'Patchworx Dubstep Bass' is a collection of bass sounds for use with Logic’s ES2 soft synth.
SKREAM CALLS TIME ON DUBSTEP
An interview with an unlikely source of dance music wisdom has revealed that Skream recent DJ set for RBMA alongside Plastician and Mala was his last wearing dubstep colours.
NERO TO PLAY GLOBAL GATHERING
Following last week's phase two line up announcement for Global Gathering 2013, the Stratford Upon Avon based festival today added Nero to the line up.
VITAL LABEL: STUDIO ROCKERS
This months vital label
KTN: THE REST IS NOISE
Kill The Noise is the versatile LA-based producer and Skrillex affiliate set to dominate the largest of venues in 2013...
SEVEN LIONS: HEAR ME ROAR
Californian producer Jeff Montalvo, aka Seven Lions, has merged trance sonics with dubstep beats 'n' drops to forge his own deadly, big room subjugating sound — and he's poised to roar into the upper echelons of dance royalty in 2013...
PREMIERE: NOISIA DOPE D.O.D.
Holland's Dope D.O.D, the lyrically flamboyant trio of MC Dope Rotten, Jay Reaper and Skits Vicious, have teamed up with their home town d&b and dubstep buddies Noisia to release their first collaborated single 'Rocket'.
Having supported the likes of Snoop Dogg, Limp Bizkit and American metal band Korn you would be right in suspecting Dope D.O.D are not accustomed to a soft touch.
Q&A: SKREAM
As you’ve doubtless heard, dubstep is dead in the water. Cursed with a lethal mix of commercial success, mass popularity, a huge internet presence, countless sold out raves, the scene is, as any fool can tell, totally knackered. Somebody needs to pause and tell Skream this quick, because from where he’s standing, the world has never looked better. Currently on a short solo tour of the States, the man who describes himself as having “dubstep as my blood group” has been gleefully pushing the boundaries of the sound, chopping up half speed snare smashes and bully boy basslines with taut explosions of house, disco and techno, knowing full well that rather than destroying the scene he loves, he’s blowing it wide open.
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