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  • 2013

    Sport by Simon Bird Beatmaker, music experimentalist, and Swans cover artist Simon Bird has a new album he dropped back in December titled Sport. The dude’s tracks are incredibly long for what basically feels like oddball beats and instrumentals; however, he justifies the 10-minute lengths with plenty of progression,

  • 2013

    Electronic music producer Bonobo drops a new track titled “Cirrus,” and beefs it up with some oddly edited visuals via the video above. The dude’s got a new LP dropping on Ninja Tune at the start of April, and the title of that will be the North Borders. If

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    After just a handful of listens, I’m convinced this recently surfaced track from Just Blaze and Baauer has potential to be the banger of the year. this track features touches of wobbling bass, exciting drops, and head-crushing rhythms that are just begging to be turned up to the loudest

  • Nosaj Thing’s sophomore album still has the soft, quaint sounds fans have enjoyed previously from California producer Jason Chung, but with a serious decline in the hip hop vibes that radiated so boldly off of 2009’s Drift. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2013

    Beatmeister Lapalux is going to be releasing his debut full-length album on Brainfeeder this March. The title: Nostalchic. He’s seen fit to release a track from the album for streaming, too. “Guuurl” is a spacey, synth-wrapped piece of seduction. Like the title of the album implies, there’s a

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    Starkey is the latest purveyor of bass and bangers on Civil Music. His latest album is out now, and it’s title is Orbits. The label has seen fit to stream the whole thing on YouTube, and “Dystopia” is a true stand-out thanks to its trap-style hi-hats, massive kicks, and

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    Beatmusic collective M|O|D has a new EP of tracks out featuring cuts from all five of the group’s members, and the styles on here are pretty versatile. C.Z. brings a funky future garage cut, and Lil TExAS brings a forward-thinking banner that samples the trademark vocal

  • 2012

    Captain Murphy’s debut project is pretty impressive, and boats some of the best hip hop production you’ll hear this year. The most glaring issue that faces this project into the future: Lyrics. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    Detroit drummer and producer Karriem Riggins releases a video for the Alone Together track “Summer Madness,” which actually features a few other instrumental moments from his latest album, too. Check a review of the LP right here. /via/

  • 2012

    Download: Hot Sugar- Midimurder I was wondering when this guy was gonna get some significant notice! Beatmusic producer Nick Koenig, a.k.a. Hot Sugar, has been putting together some pretty colorful, vibrant, and hyper-sweet instrumentals for a while now. However, most of what I’ve heard from him hasn’