Last week, one of the young leaders of LA's "beat scene" and Alpha Pup signee Great Dane released his third full-length album (self-titled) and we instantly fell in love with the organic, forward thinking style Great Dane has developed over the last few years. We were lucky enough to get in touch with him between tours to ask a few questions and premiere his first video for … [Read more...]
Great Dane – Great Dane LP
The LA beat scene has been getting a lot of attention these last few years with the unexpected popularity of Flying Lotus and now the wide-spread success of Soulection. Though it gets classified under a single name, the beat scene represents a wide array of underground producers and sounds that form a patchwork not dissimilar to that which you'll find blanketing many aspects of … [Read more...]
Gaslamp Killer and Elliphant Featured in New Ipad Commercial
LA's very own Gaslamp Killer and Mad Decent's Elliphant were tapped for Apple's most recent commercial which features the two composing and performing a song using only Ipads. GLK has been utilizing the Ipad in electronic music for years now and according to Rolling Stone, he apparently had no idea apple even had him on the radar (it goes to show... do your thing! You never … [Read more...]
Great Dane – i took her to the bay wit me + Show 7/12 @ The Mint
Los Angeles has a lot to offer... weed, women, weather and MUSIC. Today Great Dane, who affiliates with both Team Supreme and the Daddy Kevy Kev's Alpha Pup records, released crunchy bootleg of Chris Brown's Loyal that's absolutely dripping with that unique LA beat scene feel we can't get enough of. I'm particularly fond of the textures used (esp. those wind-chimes, man!) in … [Read more...]
Spotlight: Team Supreme
Los Angeles. The city of angeles. Home of the endless summer, real OG kush, and the most diverse music scene in the world. Los Angeles is different from most other cities in both its scale and design: the sprawling city is made up of literally hundreds of unique neighborhoods connected by a life-giving network of freeways; the circulatory system of the city. People from all … [Read more...]
Equator Club – Can I Get A Hit EP + Exploded Drawing Chicago
The homie Equator Club of Them Flavors has an all new 3 track EP out and he's giving it away for free! Entitled Can I Get A Hit, the EP features EC's original version of Can I Get A Hit plus two remixes by Ballast and Jayko. The original track has a warm, analog tech-house feel (somewhat reminiscent of Bart B More, no?) and is something I would expect to hear in a slightly … [Read more...]
Trap Evolved: The Future of Trap Music
Today is the anniversary of Bauuer's "Harlem Shake" release through Mad Decent and it’s abundantly clear that trap music has made an impression on the EDM community; particularly in the US where it’s been hailed as “the new moombahton” and even “the new dubstep.” But where is trap music really headed? Certainly at this point it’s gained as much if not more notoriety than … [Read more...]
