Rl Grime
EDM.com’s Best of 2020: Performances
This year, the team at EDM.com is proud to publish four installments of “Best of 2020” coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers, and Songs. With no venues to perform at in 2020, it seemed at times as if artists simply blindfolded their eyes, threw a dart at a map, and travelled to places to perform—locations that are usually pipe dreams. However, due to the dogged fury of COVID-19 and the surge of streaming, these pie-in-the-sky destinations became the new norm for DJs who wanted to connect with fans in the absence of tours. To honor their creativity and seminal influences on the live music industry, we’ve recognized ten of the year’s best performances in dance music. RÜFÜS DU SOL Live from Joshua Tree Filmed in late 2019 and released in ...
Watch This Drummer Crush a Live Cover of RL Grime’s Trap Classic “Core”
Ever since its release back in 2014, RL Grime‘s “Core” has remained a trap music classic. It is crystallized in the genre’s lore as one of its most groundbreaking and popular tracks, and one that still inspires artists to this day. “Core” has now received a monster live cover from drummer Calvin Kurt, who reworked the track with a raw and raucous flip. To add a little flair, Kurt also interlaced some spacey visuals to go along with his rendition, which is symbolic of an artist with a clear and unadulterated love of music. You can check out Kurt’s rendition of “Core” below and watch his many other covers via his YouTube channel. He has covered artists across the genre spectrum, but EDM seems to be a source of inspiration, evidenced by ra...
RL Grime’s 2020 Halloween Mix Doubles as a Quasi-Horror Film
RL Grime has finally unveiled the 9th edition of his annual Halloween mix, and it may have been the most memorable yet. The electrifying set was streamed live and paired with a dazzling live visual spectacle featuring zombies, hellbent robots, and bizarre monsters. It all started with the introduction, which RL Grime always uses to pull a rabbit out of his hat. This year, the trap music kingpin recruited none other than T-Pain, who handled intro duties with a Halloween-themed freestyle to the melody of his global hit “Buy U a Drank.” We like to think this little rendezvous may lead to a collaboration. What follows is RL Grime’s typical flurry of mind-bending bass music, highlighting the next wave of producers to usher in a new age of trap. Some of the track...
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RL Grime is Streaming His 2020 Halloween Mix [WATCH LIVE]
Here we go. RL Grime is livestreaming his hotly anticipated 2020 Halloween mix. Take a minute to think about what kind of trap and bass mayhem RL Grime is about to unload after many months of quarantining. You can rest assured knowing the mad scientist has cooked up some crazy potions in the lab, which he’s been itching all year to drop in this mix. You can tune into the stream below, which officially kicks off in one hour at 5PM PT (8PM ET). FOLLOW RL GRIME: Facebook: facebook.com/RLGrimeTwitter: twitter.com/RLGRIMEInstagram: instagram.com/rlgrimeSpotify: spoti.fi/3hKdCfc
T-Pain Teases Potential Collaboration with RL Grime
Back in 2015, RL Grime tweeted that T-Pain “predicted everything.” However, we don’t think anyone, including the famed “Can’t Believe It” singer, could’ve predicted a collab between the two. Fast-forward to today, when T-Pain took to Twitter to tease a collaboration with RL Grime, who remains one of the most profile producers in trap music. T-Pain was cryptic in his word choice, only writing, “I killed it bro.” RL Grime’s annual Halloween mix is approaching, of course, so fans can hold out hope that T-Pain contributed either to the introduction or an entirely new track. Just like our friends over at Your EDM, we are hyped. It’s a long shot, but we’re going to go ahead and imagine they made a song in a mansion in W...
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Whethan Breaks Down Every Track from His Debut Album “Fantasy,” Out Today [Exclusive]
As of today, Whethan‘s fans can now rest easy, knowing the long-anticipated release of his debut album has finally come to fruition. Out today via Atlantic Records, FANTASY is the type of album you didn’t even know you were missing until it arrived, making it well worth the nearly yearlong wait we’ve endured since its announcement. Comprised of 15 tracks of pure fun, FANTASY acutely blends Whethan’s quirky avant-electronica sound with the perfect punch of retro pop and rock undertones, making it the perfect display of talent and creativity for the young producer. Each song comes paired with its own visualizer, lyric video or music video, released this morning via YouTube. From the infectiously happy sounds of “Clouds” featuring The W...
RL Grime Announces Release Date of 2020 Halloween Mix and Twitch Rebroadcasts of Old Episodes
Who says Halloween can’t be a monthlong affair? Trap music and future bass star RL Grime, whose annual October mixes have become a fan-favorite tradition, has announced Twitch rebroadcasts of all his past Halloween-themed episodes. The series will culminate on Thursday, October 29th, when he will unveil the 9th iteration of the mix show, which is bound to be packed with unreleased IDs. It will be interesting for fans of RL Grime to see the evolution of the mixes from 2012 until now. Trap and bass music sure has changed a lot since in terms of sound design, popular artists, and overall style. To put the timeframe into perspective, his 2012 Halloween mix featured TNGHT‘s “R U Ready,” Thugli‘s “What Happened,” and Baauer‘s remix o...
RL Grime Announces 9th Halloween Mix is Approaching
Every Halloween since 2012, RL Grime has released an absolutely monster mix. What started out as an innocuous SoundCloud upload has now turned into a bona fide tradition, and one that fans look forward to all yearlong. The series has become a staple of his brand. Packed to the brim with unreleased IDs, RL Grime’s Halloween mixes represent a glimpse into the future of trap and bass music. Considering the notion that he receives countless demos over the course of the year, it’s safe to say that he uses the October mix as an all-out showcase of music by his electronic counterparts. He also is known to sprinkle in unreleased music of his own, so fans can certainly look forward to some new potions the mad scientist has cooked up in the lab over the course of the lockdown p...
Listen to the Debut Compilation from RL Grime’s Sable Valley Imprint
Early last year, RL Grime launched his Sable Valley imprint, which has since featured releases from artists such as Juelz, Montell2099, ALRT, and many more. After dropping a teaser mix earlier this week, he has now released his first label compilation entitled Sable Valley Summer Vol. 1. Sable Valley Summer Vol. 1 is overflowing with talent, much of which RL Grime has showcased in the past. Knock2, Cozway, Lemay, Kumarion, and more young guns have all been included in this 15-track collection. As we know from the label’s previous releases, Sable Valley has consistently signed artists that push the envelope and this compilation is no exception. RL Grime sets the tone for the record from the get-go with his highly anticipated collaboration with Whet...
Listen to RL Grime’s Preview Mix of Forthcoming Sable Valley Compilation, Including Whethan Collab
The compilation will feature his highly anticipated collaboration with Whethan, “Outta Here.” Sable Valley is ready to take back the summer with a smashing debut compilation album. After some initial teasing, the face of the flourishing bass music imprint, RL Grime, has finally let listeners see what’s under the hood of the upcoming Sable Valley Summer Vol. 1. The nonstop fifteen minute video preview bares all as a mix of Sable Valley veterans and newcomers alike scroll across the car radio display. After dropping “Ambush” on the label late last year, Cozway is back with the wonky, quick-cutting trap single “Don’t Worry.” He joins other familiar returning faces such as Knock2, whose standout single “Gems”...
RL Grime Announces 15-Track Sable Valley Summer Compilation Due Out Next Month
RL Grime has declared this a Sable Valley summer with a forthcoming compilation due out next month. The “UCLA” producer and label head dropped a teaser for Sable Valley Summer Vol. 1, a record set to featuring a trove of talent from the producer’s rapidly expanding imprint. The compilation’s teaser video features a car radio display that suggests the project is likely to be packed with at least fifteen tracks. As the van cruises through the desert terrain with a cooling system seemingly on its last leg, there’s clearly no room for subtlety here—Sable Valley is planning on bringing the heat. RL Grime’s Sable Valley imprint was established at the beginning of 2019 and has since grown into a tastemaker in the bass music space. With contrib...
Confirmed: UCLA Students Can’t Get Enough of RL Grime’s “UCLA”
RL Grime‘s single “UCLA” is entrenched as the de facto anthem of The University of California, Los Angeles. “UCLA,” which appears on the trap kingpin’s seminal sophomore album Nova, effectively etched its name in university lore since its ballyhooed summer 2018 release. The track’s intoxicating, technically pristine production and velvety vocals courtesy of Atlanta rapper 24hrs reverberate through virtually every single tailgate, mixer, sporting event, and frat party on the university’s campus, sending harmonic ripples of camaraderie through everyone that hears it. The song’s intrinsically rapturous sound, which is rooted in future bass, lends to an uplifting and euphoric ethos, which is something college students desperately ...
