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SLANDER and Moody Good Drop Stacked Remix Package for “Heart Break”
Last year, SLANDER and Moody Good teamed up for their dubstep slammer “Heart Break,” which has now amassed over 1.2 million plays on Spotify. Almost a year later, they’ve released an 11-track remix package that’s packed to the brim with heat. SLANDER and Moody Good’s remix EP for “Heart Break” includes Never Say Die favorites Trampa and Ivory as well as newcomers Neonix, Akeos, Hukae, and more. Although “Heart Break” certainly hasn’t felt old or overplayed yet, each remix feels like an excellent refresh for the tune. While each rework is rooted within bass music, the package proves to be incredibly diverse. Moore Kismet‘s remix is an absolute standout, as their trap-influenced remix is the mos...
SVDDEN DEATH and SLANDER Collide on Neck-Snapping Single “Blood On Me”
Last week, SVDDEN DEATH and SLANDER announced the release date for their highly-anticipated collaboration, which they first premiered back in May. The day has finally come and “Blood On Me” is now available via the latter’s Gud Vibrations imprint. “Blood On Me” is an absolute juggernaut of a track, masterfully meshing SVDDEN DEATH’s signature bone-snapping bass and SLANDER’s unmistakable emotionality into one neck-breaking offering. The brighter elements of the tune are reminiscent of the former’s collab with Marshmello, “Crusade,” while still bringing plenty of originality to the table. While “Blood On Me” is heavier than most of SLANDER’s recent releases, longtime fans will be enamored by their return to b...
SVDDEN DEATH and SLANDER Announce Release Date of Dream Collab “Blood On Me”
An absolute flamethrower of a collab. SVDDEN DEATH and SLANDER took to Twitter today to announce the release date and title of their highly anticipated collaboration. Trap and dubstep fans will be thrilled to hear that “Blood On Me” is officially dropping next Friday, August 21st. Back in May 2020, the bass music linchpins performed a monster B2B set at a Bassrush livestream. Prior to the performance, SLANDER announced that they would be debuting the collaboration for the first time, sending their fanbase into a fever pitch. They also teased the project in April, hopping on Twitter to call on their fans to retweet if they wanted to hear the song. Needless to say, they received a collective and unequivocal “yes.” “Blood On Me” will arrive on SLANDER...
Illenium, Martin Garrix, More to Headline Escapade Music Festival 2021
Despite its delay into 2021, Escapade aims to return better than ever. After scrapping plans for a late 2020 edition, Escapade Music Festival has put forth a plan to return in 2021 bigger and better than ever. The Ottowa music festival had planned to host an event in September of this year, but due to ongoing mass event restrictions in Canada, Escapade has been pushed back to June of 2021. Despite the delay, there is still much to celebrate for Escapade fans. For starters, the festival has retained its original 2020 headliners for next year’s event, which include The Chainsmokers, Kaskade, Martin Garrix, and Illenium. View the original article to see embedded media. For those who choose to rollover their 2020 tickets into 2021, Escapade is providing an even bigger incentive—an extra ...
SLANDER Announce Launch of Their Own Space-Themed Music Festival After the Pandemic
As many local governments continue to navigate the painful process of reopening their nightlife and hospitality industries, many artists, promoters, venue owners, and music industry professionals are looking to the future. Enter SLANDER, the barnstorming future bass and dubstep duo who took to social media this morning to announce their plans of hosting their own “Melodic Bass Festival” after the COVID-19 pandemic. SLANDER took to Twitter to announce the fest, writing, “When the pandemic is over we’ll be starting our own Melodic Bass Festival!” They also said the festival’s theme will be “outer space” and called on fans to drop in with suggestions for the event’s official name and artists to book. They also said that whichever fan propos...
SLANDER Channel Heaven Trap Roots in New Collaboration with Jason Ross
SLANDER has joined Ophelia Records alumnus Jason Ross for a purifying new collaboration, “Better Than Heaven” featuring JT Roach. The densely melodic single is in alignment with SLANDER’s “heaven trap” roots, a niche sub-genre consisting of thumping trap 808’s and uplifting leads, which the duo themselves coined. The euphoric single achieves an apex that comes nothing short of befitting its title. Both SLANDER and Jason Ross have reputations for crafting leads that are larger than life and the producers’ combined force on “Better Than Heaven” is enough to leave listeners in a surrounding state of bliss. SLANDER strategically premiered the show-stopping track on one of the world’s biggest stages possi...
SLANDER Teases Soaring Upcoming Collab with Jason Ross, “Better Than Heaven”
SLANDER took to Twitter today to tease a forthcoming collab with Jason Ross, which is sounding like an absolute behemoth of a pre-summer future bass anthem. The single, titled “Better Than Heaven,” was initially revealed back in January sans a release date. SLANDER has now confirmed that the track will officially drop on May 29th, 2020. OG SLANDER fans will be thrilled to hear that the duo are dipping back into their “heaven trap” roots for the upcoming single, which is a soaring, (virtual) festival-ready melodic trap tune. The tweet’s video does a fantastic job of demonstrating the single’s unique production, which employs arpeggiated future bass chords and aching male vocals to lethal effect. Check out our early-2020 interview with Jason Ross...
Illenium Releases “ASCEND” Remix Package Featuring SLANDER, 3LAU, Snakehips, and More
ILLENIUM has released a remix package for his third album, ASCEND. The ASCEND remix album is a perfect blend of genres. Artists such as Drezo, Breathe Carolina, and Snakehips have reworked fan favorites into house heaters while the likes of WHIPPED CREAM, Blunts & Blondes, and Tisoki have given some tracks a healthy dose of bass. SLANDER, William Black, and ARMNHMR were amongst those who stuck with the floatier, future bass side of things. The package also contains a handful of previously released remixes, including Tiësto and Travis Barker‘s remixes of “Good Things Fall Apart (with Jon Bellion)” and Alan Walker‘s remix of “In Your Arms (with X Ambassadors).” Undoubtedly, ILLENIUM has selected a star-studded cast to remix his best works yet...
Illenium Announces Star-Studded “Ascend” Remix Album
Illenium just announced that his third album, Ascend, has been given the remix treatment in the form of a package that will be released at the end of the week. While the complete tracklist hasn’t been revealed, several artists have taken to Twitter to announce their part in the compilation. Leading the charge on Illenium’s powerhouse collaboration with Jon Bellion, “Good Things Fall Apart,” is the emphatic bass duo SLANDER. In the announcement post for the remix album, a clip of the lead single’s remix was shared. In addition to the upcoming SLANDER rework, William Black has also taken on the challenge of remixing “Good Things Fall Apart,” arguably one of 2019’s biggest electronic hits. Blunts & Bl...
SLANDER and SVDDEN DEATH Announce Epic B2B and New Collaboration
Fans of SLANDER and SVDDEN DEATH have a lot to look forward to this Saturday, May 2nd. The duo just announced they will be kicking off the Bassrush live stream with a special B2B performance at 8PM PST (11PM EST). If that wasn’t enough, during the stream they will be premiering their new collaboration for the first time ever live on SLANDER’s Twitch channel. The tandem first raised eyebrows when they shared a call to action for fans to retweet if they wanted a collab between the two revered bass music acts. After receiving 4.7K retweets, the result was an unequivocal “yes.” Based on the snippet shared on Twitter, fans should plan to stretch in preparation for the stream as necks and backs will be pushed to the extreme with this heavy-hitter.&nb...
Watch SVDDEN DEATH and SLANDER Debut Thunderous New Collab “Blood On Me”
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...
