Felicity - Phantom of the Dub

About a week ago, we introduced Felicity and his wicked bad "Cough Up The Dough," which received an equally wicked response. We're back with more from the upcoming producer tonight, a dubstep track called "Phantom of the Dub" that won Insomniac's Discovery Project: Escape From Wonderland! contest and earned him a spot at the Wide Awake Art Car Discovery Stage a few months back. It's a very impressive production indeed, a well deserved win in my opinion. Check it out below and be sure to pick up the free download.

WWW.SOUNDSOFFELICITY.COM

SMOG Presents: Joker + Plastician @ The Observatory OC 1/12/13 [Concert Review]

SMOG brought two of the UK’s finest producers to Southern California – Bristol’s Joker and Croydon’s Plastician – for a bass-filled evening at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA on Saturday, January 12. Newham Generals’ Footsie provided support along with Son of Kick and a back-to-back set from SMOG all-stars Kelly Dean and Pawn.

Badklaat & Coffi at Quality Control @ Beyond The Stars Palace 01/04 [Concert Review]

Photo credit: Nativity

Pickle Productions' Quality Control at Beyond the Stars Palace in Glendale, CA hosted last week the deep, heavy, and dirty sounds of Badklaat, Coffi, Megalodon, Sam XL, and more. With Pure Filth on the sound system, Quality Control was essentially (to me, at least) the dubstep event for those who have been looking for something not too experimental and out there but at the same time, also not too filthy and abrasive.

Hatcha at SMOG Sunday Night Sessions @ Los Globos 12/09 [Concert Review]

Hatcha, one of dubstep’s pioneers responsible for bringing the bass from the club to the airwaves, educated the LA crowd this past Sunday during SMOG’s monthly Sunday Night Sessions at Los Globos in Los Angeles with a selection of tunes that represented the best of yesterday’s and today’s dubstep music. Hogwash and Djunya warmed up the crowd with eclectic selections of bass music that got the crowd’s heads nodding and MC Kemst held it down on the mic for the evening.

SMOG Podcast 16 - Steady [DJ Mix + Tracklist]

SMOG Podcast 16 - Steady : Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud

SMOG crew representative Steady serves up a new year selection of the latest tracks from the SMOG camp. With tracks from favorites such as 12th Planet + Noad D + Kelly Dean you'll have the perfect introductory meal for your 2013 bass cravings. You can join the podcast and stream the mix here. Full tracklist down below...

Jon of Pickle Productions & Quality Control [Featured Interview + Upcoming Event]

Pickle Productions present: Quality Control w/ Badklaat + Coffi + Megalodon | Tickets | Info

It's a new year and we like to start things off with a fresh vibe for Dank Radio. With the growing emergence of bass music locally here in the Los Angeles/Orange County region some have begin to feel the need of more deep vibes and less of the tear up/mid-range dubstep that has been prominent. We love all types and vibes, but sometimes it's nice to listen to proper lower frequencies and meditate on some bass music. Cue in, Jon of Pickle Productions who's throwing his first Quality Control event this Friday with the following line up: Coffi [Monsters/Gentlemens Club/DubstepFM/UK] + Badklaat [Dubstar/Bassclash/UK] + 2Mex [The Visionaries] + MC Kemst [SMOG/Pure Filth] +SamXL [Pure Filth] + Pavarotti b2b DJ Stax + Blankface b2b Maze Dubs and sound provided by Pure Filth. It's going to be a great way to start this year of fresh so let's take a few minutes to find out who's behind it all...

Dank Radio - Kali Yuga feat. Manni Dee [UK] (Live Broadcast 12.15.12)

Dank Radio - Kali Yuga feat. Manni Dee [UK] (Live Broadcast 12.15.12) by Dank Radio on Mixcloud

Beatmaster4000s Opening Mantra:

Melodiesinfonie - Positive Vibes

Melodiesinfonie - Spaziergange in der Natur

Big Boi - She Said Okay

The Jet Age of Tomorrow - Green Stars

813 - 360

Daedelus - Anticipation (featuring Om'mas Keith)

Yancey Boys - The Throwaway (feat Frank Nitt)

Flying Lotus - Untitled #7

Submotion Orchestra - It's Not Me, It's You

Manni Dee's Featured Message::

Manni Dee - Heavy On The Eyelid

Dawn Day Dawn Night - Voodoo Vibe

DJ Eskilate - Ice (Slick Shoota Remix)

Kuhn - Slim Beach (Phillip D Kick Remix)

Mykki Blanco - Haze Boogie Life

DJ Rashad - CCP

Falcons - Vroom

Addison Groove - Footcrab (Rashad & Spinn Remix)

Falcons - Shoulder Lean

Deft - Drop It Low

Om Unit - Traum

Deft - Illicit Fantasy

Manni Dee - Heatwave

Manni Dee - Fundamentals

Machinedrum - Whatnot

Blur - Optigan 1

Nativity's Never Ending Meditation:::

Jets - Lock Lock Key Key

Kahn - Dread

Joker & Ginz - Dread

Kryptic Minds - The Divide

Flying Lotus - See Thru To U (feat. Erykah Badu)

Bok Bok - Charisma Theme (Bok's Own Remix)

Teeth - Percolator Meme (Lazer Sword Remix)

Gullfisk - Move Me (Commodore 69 Remix)

Woz - Fustraightin

Debian Blak - Hawks & Spies ft. Neo Joshua (Diasonic Remix)

Jacques Greene - Ready

Willy Joy & Smalltown DJs - Wicked (Ardalan Remix)

Kill Frenzy - Titsss (Original Mix)

Four Tet - 128 Harps

Chris James feat. Ria Moran - Song For Her (Audiojack's Dub for Ra)

Jets - In Her City

Justin Jay - Femme Fatale (Original Mix)

Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #3

Julio Bashmore - Batty Knee Dance (Original Mix)

M Constant - Us Tempenauts (Moduloktopus Remix)

Nativity

Dank Radio - Antares A (Live Broadcast 12.01.12)

Dank Radio - Antares A (Live Broadcast 12.01.12) by Dank Radio on Mixcloud

Nativity Greets the Stars:

Captain Murphy - The Killing Joke (Instrumental)

Captain Murphy - Between Friends Ft. Earl Sweatshirt (Prod. Flying Lotus)

Teebs feat. Austin Peralta - LSP

Groundislava - Suicide Mission ft. Baths

Bobby Tank - Vanquish (Kid Kanevil Remix)

Thundercat - Daylight

Bambounou - Challenger

Fabricated's Dubstep History Lesson::

TC - Where's My Money (Caspa Remix)

The Others - Africa VIP

Rusko - Jahova

Caspa - Cockney Violin

The Bug - Poison Dart

Benga - Night

Zomby - Aquafresh

L-Wiz - Girl From Codeine City

Unitz - The Drop

Distance - V (Pinch Remix)

Skream - Wobble That Gut (Skreamizm Vol. 4)

Benga - 26 Bsslines

Skream - Midnight Request Line

Jazzsteppa - One

The Qemists - Dem Na Like Me feat. Wiley (Subscape Dub)

Rusko - Go Go Gadget

Doctor P - Sweet Shop

Horsepower Productions - When You Hold Me (Version Mix)

Nativity's Message from Centaurus:::

Joker & Ginz - Purple City

Kryptic Minds - Rule Of Language

Druid Cloak - Heart Of The Wild

Bobby Tank - Needin Me

Woz - Zylo

Zoé Zoe - Church

Boys Noize & Erol Alkan - Avalanche

Braiden - Belfry Tower

George FitzGerald - Every Inch (Original Mix)

Duke Dumont - Thunder Clap (Original Mix)

Kry Wolf & Claude VonStroke - Turbosteppa

Jacques Greene - Dakou (Digital Exclusive)

Maceo Plex - Stay High Baby (Original Mix)

BamBounou - Orbiting

Alice Russell - Heartbreaker (Live Acoustic)

- Nativity

Chestplate US Tour [Distance, Tunnidge, District] at SMOG Sunday Night Sessions @ Los Globos 11/18 [Concert Review]

The Chestplate sound took over the SMOG Sunday Night Sessions at Los Globos in Los Angeles on November 18^th, filling the dimly lit and crowded club with the dark and twisted basslines that Chestplate has become notorious for. The cold, dark November evening set the tone and mood for the whole night, reflecting the cold, dark vibes of the Chestplate sound.

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (fabricated's dubstep bootleg edit) [Free Download]

Kendrick Lamar : Official | fabricated :: Soundcloud

Our resident infrasonics master of all things bass has been feeling Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) lately. So much so that he decided to do his own edit to fit his sets even more so. He debuted the track this past weekend during Dank Radio's 2nd Annual Bassgiving and now we're sharing it with all of you to stream // download // share // play for your neighbors // include in your dj sets // spin while you're getting drank with that person you just met at the bar/club // etc. If you're a dj and want a hi-quality lossless version of the track feel free to hit up fabricated directly at fabricatedbass@gmail.com.



Nativity

Dank Radio - Bassgiving feat. District (Live Broadcast 11.17.12)

Dank Radio - Bassgiving feat. District (Live Broadcast 11.17.12) by Dank Radio

Kode9 - SMOG Sunday Night Sessions @ Los Globos 09/16 [Concert Review]

Kode9 on the decks – Photo credit: Regal D

Hyperdub head honcho Kode9 played to a very eager and crowded Los Globos on September 16th for SMOG's monthly Sunday Night Sessions. The man responsible for the success of many artists (i.e. Zomby and Burial) came out to LA to play out a very eclectic selection of bass music across a wide variety of bass music genres/subgenres and tempos.

J:Kenzo - J:Kenzo [Album Release]

Digital: Bleep // Physical (CD): Juno
Preorder 2x12": Rough Trade

J:Kenzo's self-titled album on the pioneering dubstep label Tempa was released this past Monday, September 24 as a CD and digital download (and as far as I know, the double 12" vinyl is available for preorder on Rough Trade).

Goldenvoice and Recess U Present: Rusko + TOKiMONSTA @ Club Nokia 9/20/12 [Ticket Giveaway]

 

Goldenvoice + Recess U Present: Rusko + TOKiMONSTA @ CLUB NOKIA

Big ups to Subflo [Radiobomb] for helping us lock down this special birthday present for you all. As you've noticed we're celebrating 7 years on FM Radio this month. We've been giving away tickets left and right to say thank you for your support through the years. This Thursday Goldenvoice + Recess U Present: Rusko + TOKiMONSTA @ CLUB NOKIA [18+ to party | 21+ to drink]. We have TWO pairs of tickets to giveaway*. Look down below to enter to win.

Singularity - Breathe EP (Stream + Download)

Singularity is the young 20-year old San Francisco producer also know as Kyle Trewartha. The music he makes spans a variety of genres including Moombahton, Dubstep, Electro, House, and Glitch-Hop. All done very well with a sort of signature Singularity sound. He released his latest EP, "Breathe", this week in a very cool way, dropping one track Monday, another Tuesday, one yesterday, and the final one today. Here is the release schedule and the tracks, all of which are free downloads...

Breathe (MOOMBAHTON) – Monday
Pulse (DUBSTEP) – Tuesday
Crave (ELECTRO) – Wednesday
Fracture (GLITCH HOP) – Thursday



There's a ton of additional music on his SoundCloud. If you're feeling this, I suggest you head over there.

Kode 9 - SMOG Sunday Night Sessions @ Los Globos 09/16 [Upcoming Event]

Kode 9, founder of the legendary UK label Hyperdub, will be headlining this month's SMOG Sunday Night Sessions on September 16, 2012 at Los Globos in Los Angeles with support from LA-based producer Salva [Frite Nite] and Vancouver's Kuma [The Konspiracy Group, Immerse Records].

Kode 9 is responsible for starting up the record label responsible for launching Burial's career and releasing some of the pioneering sounds in dubstep and bass music in general. Hyperdub has seen releases from forward-thinking producers like Mala, Flying Lotus, Quarta330, and Ikonika.

Far East Movement ft. Tyga (KDrew Remix)

It's definitely been a good year for KDrew out of New Jersey (this latter part I just learned I think explains most of his promo pics with his shirt off). As a Dubstep producer, he's certainly earned his name with his massive, well-received remixes of Adventure Club, Zedd, and Taryn Manning, to name a few. Yesterday he dropped another huge remix, and this time he's taken on Far East Movement and Tyga's hit "Dirty Bass". Take a listen to the track below and also go behind the scenes of his remixing process.

#throwbackthursdays Rusko - Jahova

This massive anthem was probably THE first dubstep song I ever heard, and probably THE dubstep song that got me hooked to the sound several years ago. And I think that this tune just fits in with the summer vibes and the grimey, humid weather that has been blanketing Southern California the past couple of weeks now.

This had to be the song, at least when I first heard dubstep, that people had to (or at least, should have had to) know. When I first got into dubstep, this song had that whole "If you haven't heard 'Jahova' and you say you listen to dubstep, then you don't listen to dubstep" kind of impact. And I know there's a whole lot of political issues nowadays of what defines "dubstep," but that's for another day. But there's no denying that this song was and still made a huge impact on the dubstep scene today.

Enjoy!

-fabricated

P.S. Rusko, if you ever read this, PLEASE play Jahova at the next gig you have in Southern California. I was bummed that you didn't play it at the Palladium show NOR did you play it at EDC this year :(

#throwbackthursdays Benga & Coki - Night [Music Video]

So I just recently picked up the vinyl 12" single of "Night" with "Emotions" and "Drumz West" on the B-side at Amoeba Music in Hollywood a few weeks ago, and I thought I'd share this just because this was one of the first few dubstep songs I heard when I first got into it a few years ago.

The music video's a bit weird for me, but this anthem is still in rotation in many bass music DJ sets and has become a staple in the scene. The song was released on Benga's debut album Diary of an Afro Warrior on Tempa in 2008 and many of the sounds in that album can still be heard today in many of his more recent tracks and collaborations, especially with Magnetic Man.

Enjoy!

-fabricated

Emalkay @ SMOG Presents: Turbulence 07/20 [Concert Review]

SMOG has been on fire lately with all the latest events this past summer. From booking the Digital Mystikz [DMZ] (aka Coki & Mala) at the SMOG Sunday Sessions to Emalkay [Dub Police] for this show – in the same month – SMOG's events have just been getting better and more diverse with each upcoming month.