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2562 aka A Made Up Sound “XLR8R Podcast”
Over the past few years, Dutch producer Dave Huismans (a.k.a. 2562) has carved himself a solid niche in the murky territory that sits between the worlds of dubstep and techno. While he’s best known for his heady, low-end explorations, he Read more »

Forgotten Treasure: Count Bass D “Dwight Spitz LP” (2002)
Wow talk about an overlooked record. This was on my “t0-listen” pile for a while and I just got around to listening to it this week and it is a very strong one. For fans of those conceptual Dangerdoom, Madvillain, Read more »

Alaclair Ensemble vs Onra “Rock Rien Du Tout / Send Me Your Love”
I’ve been bugging Kenlo and Maybe Watson for this for about 3 months now and finally it landed in my inbox! The boys from Alaclair Ensemble have so much love for my good homie, French beatmaker ONRA that they had Read more »

Future Classic: Dibiase “Sound Palace”
Nowadays it’s easy to get lost in the sea of “beat” producers. Seems there are 10 new producers putting out beat tapes so it becomes increasingly difficult to separate the generic stuff from the real shit. Fortunately, with Dibia$e it’s not too Read more »

Forgotten Treasure: Phat Kat “Don’t Nobody Care About Us” (Prod. by J Dilla)
It’s Jay Dee‘s birthday so the “Forgotten Treasure” of the day had to be a Dilla joint of course! I wanted to do a personal top 7 of my favorite Dilla beats but I guess that’ll have to wait til’ Read more »