If you are an electronic music producer, a dance music tastemaker, or even a pop music hit maker, even faking it like you are making it (it being music), and you haven't dreamt of pairing your music with that of the illustrious Mark Johns, you are doing something SERIOUSLY wrong. If you don't know who she is, you are doing everything seriously wrong. Literally, … [Read more...]
Sweater Beats & Mark Johns Team Up for a Killer Kanye West Cover
Everyone's favorite watermelon Mark Johns has continued her string of amazing tracks by teaming up with Sweater Beats to take on Kanye West's All Day. If this is your first interaction with Mark Johns you need to check out her cover of Jay Z and Kanye as well her track 5 South with Alexander Lewis and Brasstracks. "All Day" sees her move in a slightly different direction … [Read more...]
Moving Castle Vol. 004
Moving Castle is the hot buzz right now gathering tons of support from Skrillex and just before music week at SXSW kicks off they've dropped their fourth compilation. The 14 track compilation features all the people you would expect like Manila Killa, Mark Johns, AObeats, and Hunt For The Breeze as well as some new faces like Treehaus, ELOQ, and Chet Porter. The whole … [Read more...]
Too Future. Thursdays Moving Castle Edition (Vol. 43)
Last year something special popped up into our Soundcloud feeds and took us by storm. The Moving Castle collective dropped their debut compilation and we at Run The Trap couldn't get enough of it. Fast forward a year and Moving Castle are the hot thing. Their collaborative shirts with Boogie Made have been seen donning the backs of artists like Cashmere Cat, Skrillex, and … [Read more...]
Mark Johns – 5 South (Prod. Alexander Lewis) Ft. Brasstracks
Mark Johns is certainly making a name for herself so far in 2015. Whether she's singing in French or Skrillex is selecting her track as one of his favorites, her impeccable work makes for tracks that you'll have on repeat for awhile. Her latest body of work sees her team up with Alexander Lewis and Brasstracks for a single that blends future bass, club and trap elements. Keep … [Read more...]
Too Future. Thursdays Vol. 40
Our 40th edition of Too Future. Thursdays is packed with countless vibey, gems from the past few weeks. Hip-hop tracks this week come from Vic Mensa, Cobe Jones, and Skizzy Mars. Providing our future bass fix this week we have SteLouse, Pusher, Joker + Zak Abel, Arman Cekin, KRNE, SYRE, XVII, Neo Fresco and more. Our house music this week comes from Speaker of the House, … [Read more...]
Mark Johns – In Paris (Prod. Sable)
Run The Trap readers should already be familiar with Mark Johns. Whether she's (yes Mark Johns is a she) singing in French for her Moving Castle crew or teaming up with Y//2//K for a stellar single "White Wine" you know she's going to be bringing soulful vocals that take tracks to another level. Today she dropped off her first single "In Paris" that was produced by Aussie star … [Read more...]
Moving Castle Vol. 003 [Free DL]
If you're still unfamiliar with the amazing Moving Castle collective you're doing something wrong. Boasting a stacked roster of talented artists and producers from around the world (including RTT writer Mark Johns!), the progressive label has quickly found themselves at the forefront of the budding 'future' genre we've all come to love. With 12 brand new originals and remixes, … [Read more...]
