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Trap Music Pioneer UZ Is Remastering His Iconic Tracks and Selling Them As NFTs
It’s 2012. SoundCloud is the biggest thing in music since the iPod. UZ, Baauer, Flosstradamus and HU₵₵I are dropping the craziest songs you’ve ever heard. You show your friends and become an aux legend. Life is good. Before SoundCloud’s broken business model drove artists away like bad breath, it was the epicenter of electronic music discovery. And the advent of trap music on the platform led to the genre’s explosion—with UZ’s fabled “Trap Shit” series serving as ground zero. Considered a pioneering trap artist, UZ was emblematic of the golden era of SoundCloud, when bedroom producers could scrap together 808s and a simple chord progression and blow up overnight. Just ask RL Grime, who abandoned his mainstream dance music alias, Clockwork, after th...
UZ’s Quality Goods Records Shares Hard-Hitting “QGRC-005” Compilation
Starting off 2021 on an explosive note, UZ’s Quality Goods Records imprint has just dropped its 5th compilation installment, a 9-track showcase of the underground’s finest. Featuring forward-thinking productions by the likes of Abimanyu, Caracal, Match Point, MSFT, Runnit and more, the entire tracklist was been handpicked by UZ himself, who is still buzzing off the success of his third and final album Trinity, which came out in late 2020. Filled with mind-bending sound design, trippy melodies and glitchy effects, QGRC-005 is a wild ride from the get-go. Abimanyu and Caracal combine ethereal melodies with gritty bass in “lil chill” and “Odyssey” respectively, while anti., MSFT and bd hbt bring together psychedelic sound design and minimal arrangements on “world” and “tes...
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UZ Opens Up About His Final Album “Trinity,” Getting Sober, and the Future of Trap Music [Interview]
Operating behind a black and gold mask while dishing out forward-thinking trap beats over the past decade, enigmatic producer UZ has undoubtedly managed to craft his own style, solidifying himself as a true electronic music trailblazer. After achieving viral success in 2012 with his “Trap Shit” series on Diplo’s Mad Decent imprint, UZ took his bass-heavy sound to stages around the world, developed his own Quality Goods Records label, and established himself as an underground legend. It was in 2017 when, alongside the release of his debut album Layers, UZ decided to take off the mask, revealing himself as the two-time DMC winning DJ Troubl, as well as enigmatic UK house producer Plezier. A massive moment for UZ, Layers was followed up by 2018’s The Rebirth, when t...
UZ and Oski Collide On Two-Track Quality Goods EP “Freezer”
Quality Goods Records, run by trap icon UZ, has established itself as a prominent label within the bass world in recent years. Apart from releasing the OG’s music, QGR has helped catapult the careers of massively talented producers such as Ian Munro, sumthin sumthin and Oski, among others, the latter of whom has collaborated with UZ to release a two-track EP called Freezer. It has been more than 3 years since the two talented artists worked on music together, when they released “Inferno” with Craze, which was featured in UZ’s debut album Layers. Judging by the quality UZ and Oski can craft when working side by side, fans should definitely be excited to hear another two tracks nicely packaged by the forward-thinking producers. Freezer is an highly creative combination of...
UZ’s Quality Goods Records Launches New “Quality Vibes” Series with ELK and Chris Dogzout’s “Omelet”
Within the past years, Quality Goods Records has been providing the electronic music world with some of the most unique bass music gems out there. Spearheaded by trap legend UZ, the tastemaker imprint has released music by the likes of GANZ, Ian Munro, Rome In Silver, sumthin sumthin and many more while cementing its name as a leading force within bass music. Quality Goods Records is now exploring a new direction with its latest release series, “Quality Vibes.” In an effort to shine the spotlight on artists who create more melodic and laid-back music, “Quality Vibes” is set to put the focus on storytelling rather than energetic buildups and gritty drops. The first release from the series is “Omelet,” a collaboration between producers ELK and Ch...
