Photo Gallery: Elements Music & Arts Festival 2022
Elements Music & Arts Festival descended on its new home for 2022 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, featuring a star-studded, genre-diverse lineup, including Fisher, Rezz, Zeds Dead, Claude Vonstroke, Liquid Stranger, Kaskade, SOFI TUKKER, and dozens of other acts. Striking stage design and a wide array of music styles took Elements to the next level. Check […]
Viral Tech House Producer AYYBO Drops Latest Single ‘MOVE LIKE THIS’
Hailing from Anaheim, California, rising tech house DJ and producer AYYBO releases his latest single “MOVE LIKE THIS” on Zeds Dead’s sublabel, Altered States. Since his elementary school days, Aaron Bonnema has been involved with using his creativity to bring his cinematography and design skills to life. Utilizing his growing TikTok page of over 16K […]
Claude VonStroke Reincarnates ‘Freaks & Beaks’ with Remix Album
DirtyBird Campout Counselor and record label boss man Claude VonStroke blesses the world of tech-funk house by releasing a special remix pack of the iconic Freaks & Beaks album that was released in 2020. Claude VonStroke selected these exciting new remixes himself and made sure to exemplify a fresh new approach to bass-driven funk from […]
Dynamic Duo RaeCola Reflect on Their Roots, Future of Ghetto Tech House
Electrifying the city of Chicago in the mid-1980s, the electronic genre “ghetto house” stylized an underground culture of club music that combined disco, synth music, 70s soul, and funk. The genre evolved to combine an impressive array of influences, eventually mixing techno and juke beats with heavy bass drops and the classic upbeat rhythms of […]
What So Not Reveals Why His New Album ‘Anomaly’ Might Be His Magnum Opus
By the time the internationally loved Australian producer Chris Emerson, better known as What So Not, was touring his 2018 debut album, Not All The Beautiful Things, he was already crafting his second record behind the scenes. His sophomore album, Anomaly, is set to drop on September 16, and in talking with MP3 MAG, Emerson […]
A Look Back at the Careers of Tastemakers Walker & Royce
Stemming from a background of widespread styles in dance music and years of evolving their eccentric sound to support it, Walker & Royce have crafted a striking name for themselves within the music industry. The dynamic duo recently delivered a summer season tune with a heavenly remix of Idris Muhammad’s 1977 disco classic, “Could Heaven […]
MLOTIK: From Humble Beginnings to Playing The Caverns
Polish Chicagoans Michal Mlot and Mariusz “Mario” Wac, better known as MLOTIK, come from a grungy background of underground UK dubstep and heavy metal. Being a part of Mind Warp Mgmt alongside Mersiv and Smoakland, it is evident that this duo is on the rise. More recently, they have provided support for Liquid Stranger, and […]
Funk-Fed FOOLiE Releases Sci-Fi House EP “The Reason” on Rule’s Don’t Apply
Providing an eccentric style of science fiction-altered house music, West Coast-based FOOLiE released his latest three-track EP, The Reason through Walker & Royce’s label, Rules Don’t Apply. The release admirably suits the idea of RDA as all three tracks are distinctive in their own way. Starting off with “The Reason,” the intro rides out with […]
Deadbeats Releases Stacked Label Compilation, We Are Deadbeats Vol. 5
In today’s electronic bass scene, there are numerous different collectives, labels, and groups that are all striving to make their mark in the music world. For those who know Deadbeats, the renowned record label headed by Zeds Dead, know that they release nothing short of bangers from established and up-and-coming artists for us all to […]
WaveCraft Collective’s Underground Bass Compilation: “Resurgence: Vol 1”
Heavy, dark, and hitting hard from every angle, Resurgence: Vol 1 is the first installment of an album series from the WaveCraft Collective. The album features six tracks, accumulated from different underground bass artists. Leet presents “Mystify,” a deep and slow build-up with lyrics by Brotha Nature, leaving the listener with lingering tones of dark […]