Definitely excited about this one! UpNorth Music + Arts Festival is one of the coolest new boutique festivals around! Located in Copemish, MI on August 18 - 20, this weekend is packed full of some of our favorite artists who we've supported for years, as well as a brilliant group of fresh up-and-comers .... we're swooning! The amazing team at UpNorth has been gracious enough to place some weekend passes in our hot little hands, and we would like to give them to you! Enter below for a chance to spend a summer weekend filled with all the vibes with a pair of passes to UpNorth! See you there!
Dubstep
BUZZZMIX VOL. 39 - PHAM
Original Mix, Mixtape, Buzzzmix MixtapeComment15 seconds into this I got the goosebumps! Pham has been one of those emerging artists we've been looking after over the past year who's been blowing our minds with his super sexy and soulful tracks. Today we are psyched to release this new Buzzzmix Vol. 39 featuring this yung Polish producer, and it's packed full of all the future feels. Pham is also one of our featured artists at our upcoming SXSW show GET BUZZZED in Austin - March 15-18. We were so excited to have him, he's playing two days - you can check out the line-up HERE! Start your day of the right way and grab a download of Buzzzmix Vol. 39 - Pham HERE!
WET PAINT & APRISKAH - MISS YOU
Music, Original MixCommentOMG finally - Thanksgiving break is here! For me, this means I get to work from home or my parents house - because taking a whole day off is pretty much impossible in my world. So, I'm going to be totally catchin' all y'all up with all the new tracks I've been listening to .... starting with this heater from Wet Paint & Apriskah. Not gonna lie .... Canadians feel dat bass in a big way, just another reason to love them. I used to think it was nothin' but super nice white people and tundra like weather in Canada .... oh how American of me! Their new track "Miss You" is huge - I'm getting all the future dub feels and yummy bass with this one! You can swoop a free download HERE!
PHANTOM SAGE - AWAY (FT. BYNDY)
Music, Original MixCommentWe’ve heard a few different styles from Phantom Sage and this time it seems they wanted to blur the lines a bit and hit us with a progressive dubstep tune. ‘Away’ starts off pretty chill with a lot of echoing vocals, but soon enough it starts building up and preparing you for the awesome drop. This track makes me think of Flume and Rocket having a love child and i can’t get enough of it. This song is beginning to gain traction and for all the right reasons, take a listen below and go check out these guys’ Soundcloud, you won’t regret it.
FOX STEVENSON - ROCKET
Music, Original MixCommentFox Stevenson is known for bringing us awesome dubstep hits, and with his new single ‘Rocket’ he absolutely hits it out of the park! This new track features a distorted riff that’ll have you up on your feet before you’ve even realized. After the first drop it’s hard imagine where else he could go, but somehow the second drop is even more hardcore than the first! This banger is the kind of heavy dubstep that you just can’t stop listening to. If you don’t already go and follow Fox Stevenson on Soundcloud, cause he never fails to drop awesome tracks.
EGZOD FT. CAITI PATTON - KEEP YOURSELF AWAY
Music, Original MixCommentIf it's one thing I've learned about myself over the years, it's that I'm a sucker for melodic dubstep. No matter how much time flies and how many new genres come into the picture, there's just something about it that makes me want to vibe out. EGZOD, a brand new up and comer from France, released his newest song "Keep Yourself Away" featuring Caiti Patton, and it reminds a lot of something MitiS or Adventure Club would do, with a fresh twist. While it's the first time I've heard of both artists, I can almost guarantee we'll see some more promising material moving forward.
L D R U - NEXT TO YOU (THE REMIXES)
Music, RemixCommentOne of the sweetest baby angels I ever met is my homie L D R U. It's been over a year since we've been together - and I am 100% missing his positive vibes and brilliant spirit. 1/2 of OSWLA duo Carmada - this Aussie legend has been crushing the L D R U solo project this year something fierce. With a platinum selling record of "Keeping Score" and a massive tour through Australia - you could say he's winning. He'll be playing some shows in the states on the Slander & NGHTMRE Gud Vibrations tour - however no west coast dates announced yet. The remixes for "Next To You" dropped a few days back via Audiopaxx + Ultra, and they've put up to delicious tracks - a deep house gem by Kyle Watson and a big bass banger by Barely Alive & Virtual Riot. You can swoop these and peep the others via iTunes HERE!
5 & A DIME - LOUD (ORIGINAL MIX)
Music, Original MixCommentI don't always post tracks like this, but this morning .... this is definitely my current feels! I have not left for the office just yet, but I know I am in for a day of everlasting frustration & anxiety ... so it feels most appropriate to start things off by getting fuckin low and throwing some trap arms! Philly producer 5 & A Dime drops his new original mix "Loud" for all the dubstep and bass house feels. It's dirty, it's aggressive, and lives up to its name .....loud! I just put the volume at 10 and blasted .... the neighbors are gonna be pissed! You can grab a free download HERE!
DILLON FRANCIS & NGHTMRE - NEED YOU
Music, Original MixCommentWell this is a hell of a way to get my Friday started. You may have seen this hit the interwebs yesterday, but I'm still getting buck wild for this collaboration of the most epic proportions! Dillon has firmly secured himself a pretty sweet spot in dance music history and NGHTMRE is quickly on his way to the same at a super young age. "Need You" is a moomba-esque, grimy, dubby concoction with top notch sound design. The decline after the first drop is admirably melodic, something I would expect from these two and the build features a major lazor-esque rasta vocal that turns this track into overdrive. We definitely now have a certified festival anthem primed and ready to go for this summer. Expect to hear this get played...a lot. You can download on iTunes here.