- SUBMISSIONS -

Here's this week's submission thanks to Certified Bass Records. 

BVDSHEDV dives into some futuristic and out of the box thinking bass productions. It's nice to hear something different these days!

Enjoy a taster of the new EP dropping on the 13th of May on Certified Bass Records.

 

- SUBMISSIONS -

Big Up Oski on the new EP

This kid is doing some big things, if you haven't heard his stuff, check it out and you'll wish you'd listened to his stuff a long time ago.

- MIX UP -

It's here. Released yesterday!

Excision's Shambhala 2016 mix.

If you like what you hear, you can purchase a lot of the tracks from this mix on his 2016 mix compilation under Rottun Records. Or just download the mix HERE

Enjoy

- MUSIC NEWS -

It's catch up time!

A lot has happened in the world of underground bass music in the last little while, so here's a very brief catch up.

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Never Say Die released a massive EP of remixes from Xilent's "Your System" album. 

Also under Never Say Die, Space Laces drops his new single, Bugbass!

 

Going back a little further, Virtual Riot's Chemistry EP Remixes are absolutely massive!
 

 

...and Hydraulix and Oski with Skirt Safari

- DISTORTION - QUINTUPLE HEADLINER -

What does quintuple mean?..  it means 5... Yes 5 Headliners in one night.

Dirtyphonics

Terravita

PhaseOne

Squanto

Code:Pandorum

and a stacked local line up.

It's Saturday the 3rd of Sept and it's at Manning Bar. Event info is HERE

Ticket's are HERE.  

See you there!!!

 

- SQUNTO EP -

Here we are with a pretty massive feature artist.

Squnto has been causing some pretty big waves on the bass music scene as of recent times. He's known for his huge mash ups and incredible sound design on his own tunes. He's just released a FREE, 4 track EP.

It's big and crunchy, go see for yourself! 
 

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ALSO.. Make sure you see him live on Sept 3rd in Sydney's Manning Bar along with Dirtyphonics, Terravita, PhaseOne and Code Pandorum. Details HERE   

- HUNGER EP -

Posij, where do I start?...

He's one of the more technical/techy producers in the wonderful world of bass music. It's quite difficult to put him into a "genre" bubble because he doesn't really stick to one style, he's just very talented at fitting as much bass as possible into a song . 

He's highly respected by producers like Noisia and is continuing to blow us away with his incredible sound design.

Enjoy Posij's new EP 

- MIX UP -

Here's a really cool mix that I found a little while ago. It's a double up with What So Not and Koan Sound. 

Enjoy! 

- THE HOTTEST CELEBRITY COUPLE IN BASS MUSIC -

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Datsik has been teasing us with this track for a while now. It's predicted to be one of the bigger bass releases of 2015. 

Teaming up with Hip Hop's mega star Snoop Dogg and releasing the record under Ultra was a smart move in my opinion, watch this track BLOW THE F*CK UP. 

#smokebomb  

- MATTER OF TIME -

He's one of Australia's top Dubstep producers hailing from Sydney. PhaseOne started at the bottom and is now releasing his music under one of the most reputable Bass labels out there, Firepower!

I managed to have a chat with PhaseOne this week just before the release of his newest EP "Matter Of Time" which is out NOW.

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Make sure you buy the album

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1. How and when did your musical journey start?

I've been a musician the majority of my life, dabbling in all sorts of instruments, but took the most interest in guitar, keyboard & drums. I played in many bands from age 16 till I was about 22. But I was always interested in production, which I started messing around with when I was 14 making shitty hip hop beats, then went on to writing, recording & producing in my own bands throughout my teens and also studied audio engineering. It wasn't until 2011-2012 when I started getting into electronic music and immediately wanted to delve into the production side.. Anyway 4 years later here we are :)

2. Tell us about you production set up, what DAW and pluggins to you like using?

My studio is pretty basic these days really, because I'm on the go quite frequently I need to take my laptop with me. I run Ableton and mostly use VST's such as Serum, Massive, Sylenth, as well as stock abelton plugins. I've also use an Apogee duet II and a rode NT2 mic for recording!

3.   Matter Of Time EP sound insanely huge!... How long have you been working on it and what were you main influences?

I had a release date set for this EP early in the year so always had a deadline to meet. It took me about 4 months roughly to get it all down (whilst doing other projects and remixes too). Main influences I suppose would be my love for metal, which I always try bring my past Influences into what I do now, but also keeping some melodic & atmospheric elements in there which I'm known for.

4.  Tell us about your recent international tour, what city couldn't get enough of PhaseOne?

Europe was amazing! One of the greatest experiences of my life. France have the strongest love for Dubstep, Paris was awesome, but Le Bikini in Toulouse (and I'm sure most people who have played there will tell you the same thing) is the best venue in all of EU. All the walls are treated and the sound system is insane, but the people there can't get enough bass music and are wild! By far my favourite show to date!

5. How did you get involved with firepower records?

FP are great with supporting upcoming artists, they're always taking on new names. I simply just submitted my demo (my first EP) which they loved and picked up. I was so impressed by the labels efforts and promo that I've been putting out all my original releases with them.

6. PhaseOne's top 5 tracks to play right now...

- My remix of Rot, still always gets the best reaction, and love playing it out!

- Machinery by Virtual Riot hits hard

- The QUEST remix of 'Alien' by D&F + VR

- Some of the new Barely Alive tunes from their new album, 'Scoop' being my favourite to play out!

- Algo's 'Wild' is a pretty dope tune to play too!

7. If you have to spend a year of your life in an isle of a grocery store, which one would it be?

Confectionary! I'm actually addicted to chocolate haha

9. Out of all the tracks you've written, which was the most fun to write?

Would have to be Rot, purely because it was an honour working with the stems of one of my favourite bands!

10. And finally, whats next for PhaseOne???

EP comes out Oct 30, and will be doing a bit of an Aussie tour off the back of the release. Besides that I'm constantly writing new music, and hope to get overseas again next year!

- INFUSION MIX - SHAMBHALA EDITION -

The Liquid Stranger has a new mix out. This time it's his set at our all time favorite music festival, Shambhala. 

Go grab it!

- RECESS BY SKRILLEX -

Now I think everyone will agree with me when I say... It's been a long time coming!

Yup, thats right!

Skrillex's new album is finished and will be out for you to buy in a week(March 17th to be exact).

There are a hell of a lot of mixed feelings being thrown around on social media about this album.

My opinion is...

IT'S FUCKING AWESOME!

Check it out here and I will put up the buy link as soon as it hits the stores!

- THE WEEKLY MIX SESSION -

For this weeks mixes I've grabbed a jackin' style dance floor mix by Jack Beats which is great for a New Years Eve party. And also a heavy Drum n Bass and Trappy mix by Blog Wars

 

 

Have a fun and safe NYE where ever you are hopefully filled with great Bass Music.

 Peace and Love from Dubstep Democracy

- LET IT ROLL -

LET IT ROLL.

To all the Drum n Bass heads out there, he's one to check out.

15,000 people in Czech Republic going crazy at a massive Drum n' Bass festival. Don't take my word for it, watch this video! 

- A CHAT WITH DODGE AND FUSKI -

DODGE AND FUSKI

This week I was lucky enough to have a chat with UK Dubstep heavyweights Dodge and Fuski. I've been dying to catch up with these guys for the past year so I was stoked to get the interview. I love their individual production style and their music has shitloads of personality.

Ladies and Gents

Dodge and Fuski

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1. Dodge, tell us how your career as a producer started. Has it always been bass music for you guys?

I started making questionable hiphop in college about 10 years ago, while Fuski started making tunes on a Casio keyboard at the age of around 13, performing sellout shows to his parents in the living room. Bass music has always been a passion of ours but not our only love.

 

2. I heard a rumour of a slight name change for you guys, can you tell us what exactly is happening with that?

We've simply shortened it to DNF. Although we're still Dodge & Fuski, we're diversifying our sound and wish to move away from solely being known as dub step producers. 

 

3. Describe your sound in 3 words...

That's a difficult question as our sound has changed so much throughout the existence of Dodge & Fuski / DNF. As there was never really a 'lead' producer and there were always 2 of us to doing our own thing I think it's quite hard to coin what the 'Dodge & Fuski sound' really is… 

 

4. This is a question for both of you individually... If you had to eat one cuisine for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?

Somebody told us once you could survive on just Guiness.

 

5. Music production time. What software and VST's are you using to design your sound?

Mainly massive and fabfilter plugins (totally unpredictable we know). We've been using Cubase for years as we were taught at a college for blind people and Cubase was the only sequencer they had that had text to speech functionality and we've stuck with it since.

 

6. Who do you guys listen to for inspiration?

At the moment, a lot of old American hiphop like classic Premier tracks

 
7. What artist/band/DJ, dead or alive, would you give anything to see live?

There's one that stands out in James Brown who is a stand out. Otherwise Mediks :)

 
8. What is this news I've heard about you guys kicking off a new record label project?

We started Disciple Recordings earlier this year as a joint venture with the label to which we're signed-Never Say Die as a way to start diversifying our sound. It's going amazingly well considering how many releases we've had and we can't believe some of the people we've had involved so far (and to come)...

 

9. Dodge and Fuski's current top 5 tracks...

Astronaut - Pinball
Pretty much everything by MUST DIE
Skism - Elixir VIP
The McMash Clan - Rain
Krewella - Alive (Pegboard Nerds remix)

10. And finally... Whats next for Dodge and Fuski???

We'll be touring a lot more in the coming year, starting off with North America in September. Our next single is a collab with Culprate which is coming out on the 9th September which will be accompanied by a music video we're really excited about. That'll be followed up by an EP towards the end of the year featuring some fantastic remixes from top artists.
We've also done a few remixes ourselves and are working on more sample CDs. We haven't forgotten about the production tutorials either….