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Producer Factory: Purchase a track to step up your career

Want to become a world-famous producer but lack the talent and motivation to make your own tunes? No problem. Thanks to Producerfactory you can just buy them instead. That’s right, you can just sit on your fat, lazy ass and buy someone else’s work in order to, as the site boasts,“sell it as your own”. Coach potatoes everywhere rejoice, now[...]

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Son of Kick interview: Shoot People EP, opening for Mobb Deep and peeing in the sink

Good afternoon, Son of Kick. Just had a little taster of your forthcoming ‘Shoot People’ EP. The release title is quite blunt. What’s the story behind this EP? Do you need some help for aggression? Hello B.E, no, aggression is something I left behind a long time ago. I release it all in my music and at my shows. Although the[...]

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Suspicious Stench interview: Shutdown, collaborating with Flowdan and renting posh properties to smack heads and whores

Greetings fellas! Almost a year after unveiling, you’re finally ready to serve up ‘Shutdown’ on Screwloose which dropped on Monday. Tell us how you came to collaborating on this release? Suspect: Me and Stench made this track in his studio together probably was around a year ago now. We sat on it for a while then heard Flowdan was interested[...]

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K100 interview: Faceless EP, how knowledge of instruments advance production and being molested by witches

Top o the mornin’ Tony! The ‘Faceless’ EP has just landed on Prime Volta. The opening track, ‘Atom’, is a well balanced mix of melodic leads and sawtooth wobbly bits. How were the initial ideas laid out into the arranger? I use Ableton Live 9 which personally I think is amazing for a fast workflow. Everything that I do basically[...]

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Release of the week: V/A – Tectonic Plates Vol 4

Manipulating the traditional essence of the word ‘Dubstep’ has been Tectonic’s core ethos since its inception in 2005; in 2013 that evolution has been expanded to its absolute limit. The fourth in the label’s renowned Plates series has more in common with the loosely-coined ‘Bass’ umbrella and UK House terms than the clear ‘Dubstep’ alignment of those early releases from[...]

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Essential selection: April 2013

This April has been a healthy one for bass music. Bass Explorer takes a look at the standout releases the month had to offer. Kove – Gone / Airlock Kove, the seasoned Sussex producer returns to RAM with a the beautifully crafted double sided release ‘Gone’ / ‘Airlock’. With it’s stunningly crafted atmospheric vibe, ‘Gone’ was sure to become one[...]

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MaxNRG interview: Hide Away My Heart EP, loyalty to Technique Recordings and playing with the 909

MaxNRG has seen huge success over his time with the mighty Technique Recordings. Now, the Ukrainian is preparing to unleash ‘Hide Away My Heart’, so we caught up with him to find out more. Greetings MaxNRG! You’re ready to drop the fresh EP, ‘Hide Away My Heart’ on none other than Technique Recordings which hits digital shelves on the 12th[...]