Searchl1te Exclusive Mix / Free Tune / Interview on Dubscription
There are few folks working as diligently, not to mention irreverently, to push fresh bass music ethos as Chicago-based producer, dj, radio host, and educator Ryan Searchl1te. The good folks at...
View ArticleDark Side Of The “Moomb” / HEAT from Serbia’s Neki Stranac
Neki Stranac from Belgrade is hitting on all cylinders with this wicked Moombahcore Mixtape. Neki Stranac – The Dark Side of the Moomb by NEKI STRANAC I have not written extensively about Moombahton...
View ArticleGeneration Bass Presents: Sabbo “Deepaton”
Sabbo is an extremely talented producer from the Soulico crew out of Tel-Aviv. Last summer we journeyed to the Wailing Wall together in Jerusalem. I don’t know what he prayed for, but he has certainly...
View ArticleSymbiz – Who Cares??….It’s Dubstep!
I’ll tell you why you should care… 1) This track BANGS overall by itself. The dynamics hit you on many different frequencies. 2) There is an instrumental breakdown in the middle that really lets you...
View ArticleThe TRUE Power Of Music
Modern day economics may have succeeded in marginalizing the importance of music, and thereby musicians… but if you watch this clip you will see that it is undeniable where we stand in the lineup....
View ArticleHear Ye: I Take Messages Like This As Validation
I don’t post every one I get… But I REALLY appreciate each and every one of them Hi, last Friday i finished my new promomix for a party series that i do. And it starts with “here comes the bass”...
View Article“Divine Inspiration” Live / Practice
Working out the kinks behind the scenes with a live band. I have played with The Drastics for a while now. The song is “Divine Inspiration” (Produced By The Bumps) My 10 Year old kid took the iPad...
View ArticleTime Has Come
To make waaayyy out Reggae I look waaayyy outside the genre. I LOVE this video. Crazy azz screaming, wayward clocks and probably lots of LSD… Only music can slow down time. I could write a whole novel...
View ArticleBuy Music & Help Someone Get Open Heart Surgery…(!)
Proceeds from the purchase of this EP will go to help with the medical bills of Dave Tipper. He has mastered some project for several of us at any given point in time. Tomorrow he undergoes heart...
View ArticleWhat Is Electro Reggae?
Electro Reggae No one seems to know… but I feel like we are at the point where a definitive answer should be given. We all know that Dancehall music is electronic by nature… but it didn’t start out...
View ArticleNEW MUSIC: “Come Alive” Produced By BIONIK & MC ZULU
This may seem like somewhat of a paradox, with me dressed like a member of the living dead, singing a track called “Come Alive”, but there’s a very good reason for it. I have been working on some...
View ArticleNEW MUSIC: “One In A Million” Added to “Love Machine” (Album In Progress)
Love Machine started out with the best of intentions… I was going to make an album full of Love Songs… Then life happened. What that really means is the tracklist was making me SICK TO MY STOMACH! I...
View ArticlePaying Tribute to Pete Seeger and Pete DJ Jones
The world of music lost two icons in the past week or so… Pete Seeger, a true activist badass who used Folk music to make a statement of nonviolent resistance to oppression. He is the one who...
View ArticleMC Juakali’s New Album: “Feathers Too Bright”
When Dubstep made its way to the United States… The very first place where the music could be heard live was “Dub War” in New York. Beginning in 2005 the monthly session was all the rage, with people...
View ArticlePsalm One’s New Album – Hologram Kizzie / Hug Life
Chicago is a crazy music scene. It doesn’t matter what kind of genre, someone is here representing it on a worldwide level. Even though the city is terminally bereft of the business conduits that one...
View ArticleReggae Music Worldwide: The Dancehall Scene In…. RUSSIA?!
I have a few friends in Russia who are doing some interesting things. Most notable among them is DJ Chuck Upbeat, who creates wicked Global Bass music. His sound structures are often based on the music...
View ArticleLiquid Stranger’s New Video: “The Gargon…” Raising the Bar!
I think it’s spelled Gargon because of the Jamaican pronunciation of Gorgon. Not sure, I didn’t check. but I saw this as an exclusive over on TheUntz.com and had to re-post it. The video contains the...
View ArticleSimmer Down Sound: Important For Chicago’s Reggae Scene
Before I start I have to give props to Papa G’s Reggae nights at Subterranean (As of this writing every Thursday), and also the legendary Slacky J with the Reggae Vibes crew. These are Chicago...
View ArticleJah Orah & KD Assassin ft. MC923 – It’s Not The Same
California-bred Jah Orah is one of those modern day MCs that fall into the category of “communicators”. He is a rapper who is more than proficient singing Reggae in full-on Yardie ‘patois’ dialect. (In...
View ArticleSounds To Check For: ALO WALA – CityBoy EP
“Mr. Minister….. How you ‘nyam’ so much (?)” ALO WALA hits us with a new song which simultaneously questions the disproportionate allocation of wealth, highlights corruption and makes you break out...
View Article
