As another year comes to a close it's about that time for us here at RTT to recap on what we know best: the top trap records of 2014. Trap music continued to captivate and astound dance music audiences from around the world this past year, not only skyrocketing in popularity but opening the door for progressive offshoot genres like future bass and hybrid trap. While OG trap … [Read more...]
Turn Up for the Holidays w/ the Xmas Edition of Diplo & Friends
Tis the season for holiday music and this week's Christmas edition of Diplo & Friends is full of trapped out Christmas cheer. For the mix, Diplo enlisted his Mad Decent partner in crime Paul Devro to throw together a massive two hour mix. From using various holiday samples like "damn Blitzen where'd you find this?" to festive songs from RL Grime, DJ Snake, Ookay and more, … [Read more...]
What So Not Are Poised To Rule 2015
2014 was quite the year for What So Not. Both Flume and Emoh Instead catapulted themselves further into the minds and ears of fans all over the world. After finishing their 2013 with a bang by releasing a fantastic music video for their smash hit "Jaguar," news hit that Skrillex and Flume were hitting the studio. They supposedly finished up a track during Holy Ship, but we've … [Read more...]
Listen to a 3 Hour Mix by Jack U, RL Grime, What So Not, & Carmada
If you didn't know, Stereosonic has been rocking Australia the past week with massive shows all over Australia. After the traveling festival finished, Nina Las Vegas invited Skrillex to do a show with her on her Triple J radio show. He decided to bring along his friends Diplo, RL Grime, What So Not, and Carmada (LDRU + Yahtzel) to make it a show that you absolutely can not … [Read more...]
Preview: RL Grime + Lunice + Branchez @ Republic Nola 12/14
If you happen to be in New Orleans next week, there's an almost endless list of reasons why you should catch the trap god RL Grime throw down at Republic. The other day we posted RL dropping an amazing Baauer edit of 'Tell Me,' which promptly went viral - this and other unreleased bangers will no doubt be abundant next Sunday. With support from both Lunice (half of the … [Read more...]
Listen to RL Grime drop Baauer’s edit of “Tell Me”
Ladies and Gentlemen, it's officially Grime season. After dropping perhaps his most highly-anticipated Halloween mix yet as well as debut LP VOID RL is on a tear running through the US city by city on the VOID tour, destroying venues left and right with his high-energy and cohesive trap sets. With the plethora of unreleased music at RL's disposal, it's no surprise that grainy … [Read more...]
RTT’s Top 10 Tracks of the Month: November
In a brand new installment the Run the Trap crew is bringing you the best of the best each month, featuring 10 of our favorite songs and remixes for your listening pleasure. From RL Grime and Big Sean's massive "Kingpin" record to Someonehad2doit's groovy Kanye house flip, November was a great month for new tunes. ODESZA remixed Slow Magic and Skrillex and Zomboy hopped on a … [Read more...]
RL Grime Speaks on the Lack of Authenticity in ‘EDM’ + More in Recent Interview
RL Grime aka Henry Steinway has been one of the rising talents in the dance music scene over the past two+ years, gaining a huge amount of popularity for his dark and technical "trap music" remixes and original releases. Steinway recently sat down with Billboard in a recent interview to discuss the journey he's undergone to get to where he is now, where he sees himself going, … [Read more...]
