Ravenscoon’s Hard-Earned Journey to Sobriety, Inner Peace
As any person who has attained it will tell you, success does not come easily. This is certainly true for Paul Conversano, better known by his stage name Ravenscoon, who has fought more than his fair share of demons in becoming a beloved producer and national touring artist. He sat down with MP3 MAG to […]
Nostalgix on Building a Universe in Music
Emerging house artist Nostalgix says her moniker chose her before she ever touched a DJ controller. From a young age, she knew she wanted to sing, rap, and pursue music. In fact, she bases her discography on the nostalgic music she listened to when growing up in Iran. At home, her parents played Persian artists, […]
TRUTH: Celebrating a Decade of Deep Dark & Dangerous
On May 24th, 2022, the legendary dubstep duo known as TRUTH celebrated an incredible milestone: the 10-year anniversary of announcing the creation of Deep Dark & Dangerous (DDD). What started as a party series to bring deeper and darker styles of dubstep and forward-thinking music to the United States grew into a full-fledged label and […]
From the gRLL to the cHLL, kLL sMTH Takes Collaboration to the Next Level
What do you get when you combine a seemingly neverending cast of eager DJs, an array of grills and barbequed foods, and top-tier vibes? The result is the newest endeavor from Kristoffer Edland, known by bass and glitch-hop music fans as kLL sMTH, with arguably his most collaborative one yet: gRLL sMTH, the backyard-barbeque, summertime-nostalgia-inducing […]
Mantra Sounds Poetically Brings ‘The 7 Deadly Sins’ to Life
Bass producer Mantra Sounds, aka Giana Rifici, has been blasting venues on the East Coast with her experimental sounds and poetry for the past few years now, sharing stages with artists like G Jones and Khiva, and Shades, all while producing her own work. Rifici is hitting the stage full force in 2022, fully devoted […]
Liquid Stranger on Finding BALANCE in Life & Music
“Music has been a part of my life ever since I was born. I’ve even been told that I was crawling to the piano as a baby, before I could really talk or sit up.” While many artists can date their history with music back to their childhood, electronic music sensation and WAKAAN founder Martin […]
QRTR’s Fresh, Ethereal Dive Into Dance Music
“Representation is everything. I would have not gotten into dance music if I didn’t see other women DJing and producing dance music.” These words come from electronic artist and soothing dance music extraordinaire, Meagan Rodriguez, otherwise known as QRTR. Music flows through Rodriguez figuratively, and quite literally. The Brooklyn-based artist noted that her half Puerto-Rican, […]
Self Love and Powerful Purpose — Inside Moore Kismet’s Beautiful, Chaotic Universe
The common tropes of adolescence — after-school sports, all-nighters spent studying, hours-long gaming sessions — have a nostalgic sentiment when viewed from the high perch of adulthood. Occasionally, though, dreamers like Omar Davis, also known as Moore Kismet, making some serious waves in the electronic music industry, exchange those core memories with national tours and […]
New Music, Classic Sounds: Kumarion Paves The Way for the Next Wave of Drum and Bass
The COVID-19 pandemic allowed artists to take a break from the norm and experiment with new sounds and ideas, and Seattle-born producer Omar Kadmiri, also known as Kumarion, was no different. His experiment, the bass-heavy, sultry single, “Want It” came out of left field in 2020 and the results blew the socks off of electronic […]
Disco Fan to Burning Man Sensation: Öona Dahl Chronicles Her Musical Evolution
Öona Dahl grew up enveloped in a cloud of disco. From attending shows in her youth to pleading with her mom to stay awake to listen to more music, the adoration for the art translated itself into a fruitful career. “There was always music being played in the house,” Dahl shared. “She wasn’t a musician […]