Subtronics‘ gripping rise to the upper echelon of electronic music will soon take a giant leap forward. The renowned bass music producer and Cyclops Recordings label head has announced that his he is currently writing his debut album. Subtronics shared the news in a tweet yesterday, March 9th, divulging that he’s been working on the project “for the last few months.” Check out the announcement below. At the time of this article’s publication, Subtronics is yet to announce the release date or title of his long-awaited debut album. However, he cautioned his fans to be patient in a follow-up tweet, saying that “it’s going to take a while” due to the gravity of the release. Thanks in part to his genre-bending production, which seems to push the envelop...
Dubstep fans looking to bang their head into the new year just received a helping hand from one of the most popular YouTube channels in the dubstep scene, who has dropped their list of the top uploads of 2020. Since its inception in 2009, UKF Dubstep has kept a pulse on the scene, shining a light on the most heavy-hitting and forward-thinking songs the genre has to offer. Their new list, which contains the 32 most viewed uploads in 2020 in bracket form, is a who’s who of dubstep’s finest. Included in the list are Excision and Downlink‘s “Resistance,” Zeds Dead and REZZ‘s “Into the Abyss,” Au5‘s “Alien Weapon,” and Effin‘s “Cheese,” among others. And what would a dubstep list be without Virtual Rio...
Earlier this year, Chicago based dubstep duo Azgard introduced headbangers to their maker with the Enforcer EP. Now, they’re back with a new five-track release on Phunk Junk Records that’s sure to soar to even greater heights. The Primordial EP packs enough punch to put Mjolnir to shame. Azgard’s relentlessly crushing bass and hard-hitting drums are a dubstep aficionado’s delight, consistently present on each track. But that doesn’t mean that each song doesn’t have a unique identity within the release. “Get Some (feat. Jamo),” the EP’s opening track, sets the stage for the rest of Primordial with a staggeringly heavy 2020 dubstep sound complete with hip-hop inspired vocal work. The title track b...
SLANDER and SVDDEN DEATH today offered up a teaser of their forthcoming collaboration, which is not for the faint of heart. SLANDER took to Twitter to share the title of the thunderous bass tune, “Blood On Me,” as well as a short clip of its build and drop. After announcing the collab on Twitter last week, the two dubstep and trap heavyweights linked up for a monster B2B set during the recent Bassrush livestream and debuted the single. Elements of both SVDDEN DEATH and SLANDER’s respective sounds are present in “Blood On Me.” You can hear the vicious, metallic drop patches of the former meld seamlessly with the orchestral strings of the latter, both of which coalesce into a forward-thinking bass single that fans are undoubtedly clamoring for. As of the ti...