Three-Peat is our feature spanning genres and labels to bring you three select releases from the past – whether the past month or the past year – that still deserve your attention. 1. Haleek Maul – Oxyconteen Haleek Maul‘s debut EP, “Oxyconteen”, strikes a wonderful balance between the weed-smoke fogginess of so-called “cloud rap” and genuine, bleak […]
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Here’s one we’ve been waiting to share for a while: Brooklyn trio Archie Pelago’s filmed mix for Mary Anne Hobbs was one of the most captivating things we’ve seen in a minute, and we’ve been hoping since that they would one day grace the pages here. They produce together as a group and perform live, with […]
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Over the last few months Isaac Tichauer has given his listeners something brilliant. Not only has he spent the summer with the likes of Flight Facilities, Goldroom, and Todd Terje, he also made a 9-track album (1 hour and 13 seconds worth of listening) of beautifully atmospheric, majestic, and at times even tribal house music. […]
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When Omarion signed to Maybach Music earlier this year, we heard a lot of jokers talking smack, hinting at the former B2K frontman’s irrelevance. Sorry, but if you’ve never lost your shit to “Ice Box” in the club, you really have not experienced the true meaning of “YOLO.” Regardless, Maybach O has released a free […]
Read moreGrinch came to our attention in the beginning of this year with the release “Chapter 1” on his imprint Grinch Productions. Since its inception in 2011, the label has been an outlet for the work of him as well as his close friends. His 2012 release was indebted as much to dubstep as techno and […]
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Over the last ten years, trap music has been leading a life of its own within rap circles: though the developments in production and rap style have seen a lot of changes over time, the genre is still making headway and remains fortifying, all while rejecting the idea of being bound to just one era […]
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Just ‘cause it’s been almost six months since the last NSMIX, don’t think Bok Bok and the rest of the slugs are slowing down one bit. Fresh off the heels of the amazing “Live Set @ Heaven” from Girl Unit and Bok Bok, NSMIX002 comes to us from L-Vis 1990. The producer recently moved from London […]
Read more“It is what it is, to paraphrase Derrick May.” is Steve Bicknell’s modest way of defining Lost, point final. Starting out in the early nineties, the Lost warehouse parties in London have become a singular event for both its visitors and the artists playing, becoming so closely associated with the forefront of techno and the emergence of new artists […]
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“Ya should be glad I pushed my mixtape back,” is a line from Mykki Blanco’s “Join My Militia” and it’s the truth – we are. Mykki is the feminine alter ego of Michael David Quattlebaum, the New York based poet, lyricist, and rapper. It’s been a hectic year for her full of collaborations and studio […]
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Three-Peat is our feature spanning genres and labels to bring you three select releases from the past – whether the past month or the past year – that still deserve your attention. 1. MCMLXXXVII – Work EP Two years ago MCMLXXXVII pressed up their “Work EP” and disappeared into the ether. It left quite the impression, as it is […]
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We can forgive Soulja Boy for taking a while to figure out his sound. He has been famous since he was seventeen, and has spent much of his career swaggerjacking everyone from Gucci Mane to Lil B. He teamed up with some of the rappers in the Chicago drill scene for his Juice II mixtape […]
Read moreHuerco S. is someone that we’re predicting to be on tip of a lot people’s tongues by the end of next year. He’s a Kansas City based artist that’s nonchalant without being dismissive and excited at prospect of more people listening to and enjoying his music. In the last two years his name’s been associated […]
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