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| Sep | 15 |
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It’s been a wild ride for TURRBOTAX residents Contakt and Mayster. While both producers have been part of running one of the most-lauded and eccentric monthly events in New York, they’ve also been hard at work making some serious bass-y business. Earlier in 2011, we were treated to Contakt’s debut release, Not Forgotten on the distinguished Local Action label. This time around on the all-encompassing Dutty Artz label, they bring us their newest output, Korak, which is a progressive stance on the sounds both Contakt and Mayster have been experiencing sonically on the floor as well as their own environments. Strong from start to finish, the EP is only a teaser of what’s to come from each producer. To celebrate its release –along with giving them an excuse to jam out some exclusive cuts– they’ve given URB a mix exclusive, thanks in big part to the lovely people at Dutty Artz. Peep the mix and tracklist down below.
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Supra1 & The Phantom
This week’s URB podcast comes from two special acts from the country of Poland. Both well-buzzed and well-versed in their respectful sounds. the duo of Supra1 and the man known as The Phantom are making quite a stir not just in Poland but worldwide as well. With Supra1 putting together solid releases for Brooklyn’s revered Trouble & Bass label as well as an upcoming project with fellow Polish producers Catz N’ Dogz, the duo is primed to keep progressing into something bigger and better as time goes on. The Phantom is a completely different story; as his newest self-titled EP is currently out on Senseless Records (along with a visually scintillating video for his tune “Connect The Dots“), he’s only begun to scratch the surface. With both acts providing fantastic sets at Unsound Festival 2010 in Krakow, they collaborated on this mix, 50/50 style to show their similar yet different tastes in all things bass. If you want to know what Poland sounds like from the underground, this is your best chance to hear it.
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An annual institution of experimental sounds in Barcelona, Sonar jumped the Atlantic this year and touched down in two of Chicago’s most elaborate settings this weekend for what organizers hope will be the first of an annual stateside showcase of the avant garde in the shaping of sound.
The free three-day event included several lectures and a selection of movies but performance was the focus and the festival was handed the keys to Chicago’s Millennium Park and the Frank Gehry-designed Pritzker Pavilion for the opening night concert on Thursday evening. Cloudy skies and the early arrival of fall temperatures might have tamped down the crowd numbers a bit, but did nothing to impact the performers on stage.
Plenty of lawn space and no shortage of seats in front of the stage were available as …
| Sep | 03 |
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The second annual Electric Zoo festival experience (provided by the lovely people at Made Event) is hitting New York City’s Randall’s Island once again this weekend and anyone who loves bass in their face is more than thrilled at this point. Sure we have the commercial big-name acts such as Armin, Benny Benassi and Major Lazer headlining the festivities, but what about the acts that are on the bill that aren’t plastered all over the Beatport charts and regurgitated by Jersey Shore culture? Here’s the five under-the-radar acts that you should check out at the Zoo. Picks after the jump.
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