If you're a fan of our love trap series then you should be familiar with ODESZA. They are an instrumental hip hop duo out of Seattle that had a massive year in 2013. They went on tour with Emancipator, Michal Menert, and Pretty Lights, as well as they had a highly successful release with their My Friends Never Die EP. These guys are primed for a big 2014 so be sure to keep tabs … [Read more...]
Howls x B Lewis – 001
Back in December, Ta-Ku let us in on a little secret. He and Kit Pop had created a side project named Howls and that we would be hearing something from them soon. Well today was the lucky day that we got to hear the debut of this bass music focused duo in the form of a single titled 001. A collaboration with B Lewis, this 808 heavy song gives us a little taste of what we can … [Read more...]
Breakout Artists of 2013
2013 was a big year for both Run The Trap and Trap Music, 100BPM Twerk Music, club music and related genres as a whole. We've put together a list of some of our favorite artists that killed it on all fronts this year. Note that none of these artists started first making music in 2013, rather they had a big year and were able to gain a significant amount of traction (and our … [Read more...]
The Top 15 Love Trap Songs of 2013
Happy Holidays! Prepare for the sexiest compilation of Love Trap/Future tunes on the blogosphere. Genre's are irrelevant here at RTT, so to start off the Top 15 he have one of the sexiest voices in the game, BANKS. And Snakehips comes through with this glorious remix of the her track "Warm Water" with the original production by T.E.E.D. Next we got Lindsay Lowend's track "GT40" … [Read more...]
The Best Free Album & EP Releases of 2013
Without a doubt, 2013 has been a spectacularly eventful year for electronic music. Though we've watched certain sounds fall from grace (sorry dubstep, RIP for now), we've really entered into a transitional period that's allowing for some incredible and unique producers to make their way into the public spotlight; all made possible, of course, thanks to the internet. The … [Read more...]
Ta-ku – Drive Slow, Homie Pt. II
Following the success of Drive Slow, Homie, Hypetrack and Ta-Ku have teamed up again to bring us Drive Slow, Homie Pt. II. This 40 minute mix is full of unreleased tunes from Ta-Ku, Penthouse Penthouse, Mr. Carmack and others. We recently named Ta-Ku one of 5+ producers killing it from Australia, and this mix helps to show why. You can stream Ta-Ku - Drive Slow, Homie Pt. … [Read more...]
Soulection – Thank You [Free DL]
If you've been keeping up with our amazing Lovetrap Series, you're most certainly heard of the Soulection crew. This international assortment of beatmakers have been gaining a lot of support as of late thanks in part to the efforts of JoeKay, the co-founder of Soulection (along with Andre Power), who has been dominating the airwaves in Southern California with his Saturday … [Read more...]
Aussies are taking over. 5+ Australian Producers Killing it Right Now
Over the course of this past year we at Run The Trap have noticed a trend in what we, as well as others, were listening to. And more importantly what music we found ourselves playing on repeat time and time again. Music produced by Australian talent was taking over all of our playlists.. On our opinion, some of the highest quality, unique and innovative electronic dance … [Read more...]
