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Apr13

DUB WAR: April 16th in NYC – Exclusive Preview Mix from Incyde (MP3)

An exclusive audible look into the upcoming event. 

The quintessential experimental bass bin that is Dub War is back again this week for another night that will shake your soul. Taking place at the confines of club Love, this week’s edition will feature UK-based dubstep-turned-funky don Geiom and NY-based garage beat artiste FaltyDL on the bill. Along with residents Joe Nice, Dave Q and Incyde, the night will be full of surprises from every which way and bass-fueled genre imaginable. To commemorate the upcoming event, Incyde, one of our favorite resident DJs (possibly ever) has put together an exclusive mix of upcoming releases, excellent dubs and material from the artists on the bill. Crank the sub to 11, it’s going to be a vivid journey of bass excellence. More info on the party, tracklist and download link below.

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Mar13

Internal Tulips – Mislead Into a Field by a Deformed Deer (Review)

Internal Tulips

Mislead Into a Field by a Deformed Deer

Released by Planet Mu


In a 2003 interview (one I conducted, one that never made it to print), infamous L.A. musician Brad Laner responded to a question about his then-brand of music-making techniques with, “It's always been about me making more spontaneous/non-pop song music, using whatever interesting technology I have around at any given time. Mostly (technology) exists as an excuse for me to learn new methods of working... it's my woodshed, basically.” A gleaning of his career – from the Birthday Party-esque Savage Republic to shimmering distortion maven with Medicine to plug-in-gutting drum ‘n’ fragmenter Electric Company to post-rocker with Christopher Willits and their North Valley Subconscious Orchestra – validates this statement; Laner has always operated with a “he mixes that with that?/hey, it works” style, forging adept, attractive work several degrees removed from and ahead of trends.

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Jan25

Sonic Router: Suburban Sine Wave Surfing (Video & MP3)

Dubstep Prospects in 2010 

For some, the start of a new year means a fresh start, a smattering of new beginnings and the welcome opportunity to suppress any previous personal woes and move on to better things. For others, though, it’s simply business as usual, whether it be another monochrome day in the rat race, another shunt against the omnipresent recession or another day spent at home pointlessly filing paperwork and eating yoghurt in your underpants.

The real beauty of 2010’s forthcoming operations for some dubstep labels, though, is the ability to disguise their fierce forward motion as regular operation.

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Dec22

Best Of ‘09: Top 10 Electronic Tracks (URB Contributor Mitch Strashnov) (Video)

An introspective and mind-numbing selection of the best electronic tracks of 2009. 

Anyone who comes to URB should know, we cover an extensive amount of music from every genre and subgenre. Things aren’t always easily to compile in lists, especially putting together “top ten” lists. Now try doing that with the generalization of a genre called “electronic music.” Some people still don’t know what the difference between techno and house is, and of course we’re here to provide the difference. But, we’re also here to show our appreciation to the tracks that have made us move, groove, bop, boom, and, most importantly, enjoy every second from the first beat to the last. It wasn’t easy, but it sure as hell was a journey. Welcome to my top ten electronic tracks of the year. Take a seat and crank the speakers to eleven: it’s a doozy of a read.

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Dec22

Sonic Router (Video & MP3)

Suburban Sine Wave Surfing 

As it stands right now, on the eve of 2010, bass music is a beautiful mess. Stretched and tortured by numerous influences and the possible avenues for producers to take, its become splintered but, in the same way the T1000 glooped back together in Terminator 2, it constantly manages to gel to its roots, evolving away from its half step/atmospherics in what seem more like ellipses than cycles. And whilst London remains somewhat of an epicentre for many of dubstep’s microcosms, other bubbles of ingenuity have sprung up around the globe with keen producers and promoters ready to move with the ethos of dubstep and put their own distinctive slant on the sound.

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