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Let's take a step back and survey our surroundings, shall we? The past few years has been dominated by electronic music. Period. It doesn't matter what you seen on TV,…
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Madlib, Blu, & M.E.D – The Burgundy
When a collaborative EP from Madlib, Blu, and M.E.D falls into your lap, you might know what you're getting into. Both rappers have worked with Madlib in the past as…
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Gold Fields – Black Sun
For the past decade, rock bands playing dance music have been a dime-a-dozen. From the early onset of Death from Above 1979 and The Killers on the rock-leaning side to the later, more house-influenced Cut…
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heRobust – Busted House EP
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to combine house and trap?” Hayden Kramer, better known as HeRobust posted this on his Facebook yesterday. It’s an intriguing thought to ponder…
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Various Artists – This Is Dubstep 2013 [Album Review]
"This Is Dubstep" (TID) is the grown-up, more legitimate, genre-specific version of those NOW CDs that were exhausted the day they came out. There, I said it. NOW sucks. Along with…
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Cultfever – Animals
Brooklyn electropop duo Cultfever has set their sights on a 2013 takeover. First stop: a new 7" single, Animals, dropping physically on March 6th, out now electronically. Their first set of new music…
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7L & Esoteric and Inspectah Deck – CZARFACE
Before The RZA scored a Quentin Tarantino classic, before Method Man starred in a couple stoner comedies, before Ghostface Killa played himself on 30 Rock—twice, when the solo endeavors of the…
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Mano Le Tough – Changing Days
I'm still reeling a bit from compiling and consuming last year's "best of" lists, and one realization that always strikes during this process is that you've accidentally ignored everything that…
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Seba – Identity
The first time I heard Swedish drum ‘n’ bass producer and DJ Seba (aka Forme, Sebastian Ahrenberg), I was instantly hooked. The track “Move On (Dub)”, produced in 2005 alongside Paradox,…
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The M Machine – Metropolis Pt. II
The rise to fame has been fast and mysterious for the San Francisco electronic trio known as The M Machine. Only last year did they drop Metropolis Pt. I, their…
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Art Department – Social Experiment 003
In just a few years, Canadian producers Johnny White and Kenny Glasgow have garnered a following that many hope to achieve in a lifetime of producing. Under their musical moniker…
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The Underachievers – Indigoism
Very much a part of the current storm of overwhelmingly talented New York rap crews, recent Brainfeeder (care of Flying Lotus) signees, The Underachievers have managed to fly well above the clouds with…
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