Will Grand Alliance Music’s NUMINOUS Compilation Lead to a Festival Takeover?
thatDROP » Downtempo
by Bobby Lally
3M ago
The Grand Alliance Music’s sound aligns becoming more clear as their debut compilation continues, showcasing this era’s best bass music. The artists here have really spent time in the lab, cooking up something refreshing and captivating that binds together in abstract ways, offering a journey through bass music well-worthy of a festival stage takeover. Grand Alliance Music shares on the new compilation, “Given the resources, friends and connections available to this artist driven label, this compilation is an honest attempt to embody the essence of the labels core vision; to unite diverse voic ..read more
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Artist Spotlight: Melodic Deep Duo Tuba Twooz, Setting the Bar
thatDROP » Downtempo
by Bobby Lally
7M ago
Tucked within the deep melodic and organic tapestries of dance music is a vital selection of records that set the bar for live electronic projects with productions that blur the lines of acoustic and electronic from a duo that reigns from western to eastern Europe, Tuba Twooz. Tuba Twooz To introduce the highly immersed, often masked duo we present Tuba Twooz’ drip dreams remix of Kayne Grace‘s ‘Strangers’ that is being aired around the world, availabl as a free download.  Other productions from Tuba have landed on Guy J‘s Lost & Found, Sabo’s Sol Selectas, Booka Shade, DJ T., and M ..read more
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The Gobi Desert Collective’s Heavy-Rolling and Mystic Archive
thatDROP » Downtempo
by Bobby Lally
7M ago
An Antwerp, Belgium based DJ and Producer duo Sam and Jens, launch organic house and downtempo records under their moniker Gobi Desert Collective on established scene setting labels such as, Cafe De Anatolia, Art Lives Music, Elebated Records, WAYU Records and Alpas Records. The Gobi Desert Collective works with artist such as Bregt Coussement, DJ Phellix and Railiands on Earth to illustrate and sonify the Gobi Desert state-of-mind. photo credit Sandrine Emmanuelle Catris The Gobi Desert lies across Southern Mongolia And Northwestern China, one of the most least densely populated regions of t ..read more
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Panda Pr1me Talks Kicking off Mix Series for Soulestial Carnival and thatDROP
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by Bobby Lally
1y ago
“A closet DJ at heart, Panda Pr1me cut his teeth by DJ’ing at his and his friends’ parties, often with sets lasting nearly 10 hours. This epic journey from a trippy deep tech mind-bending experience after sundown straight through to soaring and uplifting sunrise sets has solidified his eclectic diversity. His inherent skill in track selection might only be matched by his ability to steer a party in the direction of his choosing. From deep house, deep tech, tech house, techno, minimal, dub, to chillout, Panda is well-versed in it all. Dan has been making his name known in the scene from gigs to ..read more
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Meet Rigo Ros and Journey Through “The Rise & The Abyss”
thatDROP » Downtempo
by Emily Makarewicz
1y ago
Rigo Ros hails from Zurich, Switzerland, and creates soothing, futuristic, and ambient electro tracks that incorporate elements of lo-fi, dub, electronica, and glitch hop. Formerly in a metal band, Rigo draws inspiration from many eclectic sources to create minimalistic bass driven music that also incorporates sound waves below 100Hz. Rigo Ros explains in his biography that his atmospheric music filled with intoxicating rhythms will relax you, relieve pain, and support your hypothalamus (brain functions involved in both sleep and emotional activity). He claims that the music made in his manufa ..read more
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Just Seven Months After Open-Heart Surgery Lost Desert is Back on All Day I Dream
thatDROP » Downtempo
by Editorial Staff
1y ago
Following an open-heart surgery procedure just seven months ago, Lost Desert makes his highly celebrated return to the All Day I Dream imprint to release Lost Desert & Friends III, the third installment of the iconic EP series. The four track EP features collaborations with label head Lee Burridge, Junior Akwety, and Madraas and Sofiya Nzau, before Lost Desert closes the body of work with a very special solo composition. At the end of 2022, Lost Desert was forced to put music on hold in order to address some serious health challenges, and underwent an open-heart surgery procedure. There w ..read more
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Berlin Downtempo Artist, Luca Musto Shares on Wholesome Release and Underground Scene
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by Bobby Lally
1y ago
Luca Musto rolls out the second single off his forthcoming, storystelling LP, Nice Place, Bad Intentions. ‘Infiltrate’ is a wholesome downtempo single weaved together with blues influence with the Cologne based guitarist Simon Bahr, laying down the blues guitar licks and unconventional chord transitions which fuses perfectly with Luca’s classic structure of electronic music.  We asked Luca Musto, What are you trying to infiltrate with your new release? The message get’s revealed when hearing the full album I guess, then it’ll make sense. I don’t want to tease too much, but – on the album ..read more
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A Piece of LA’s Underground: Soulestial Carnival’s Capriaquarius Ball
thatDROP » Downtempo
by Bobby Lally
1y ago
Last month Soulestial Carnival‘s, Capriaquarius Ball made it until 7am at an undisclosed location in downtown Los Angeles with an international lineup that is at the foundation of dance music. The ball was DJ’d by the Founder of Deep House LA and NCTRNL Records, Sarkis Mikael, Rumors Ibiza resident and All Day I Dream artist, Dead Tones,  Cafe De Anatolia‘s and Lump Record‘s DJ Aranava, a live set from female Iranian DJ Saterishamiran complimented instrumentally by LA’s Atusa Amaɳi, Soulestial Carnival resident Josh Kwon and afro house leader, DJ Stevage. The Burner energy was well alive ..read more
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Loch Raven Shares on Chillwave, Deep House Release ‘Disappear’ and Tells Story
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by Bobby Lally
1y ago
To sonify your persona is a mission of most music producers, a talent Loch Raven is harnessing quickly while putting out a signature chillwave, deep house sound this past year. The Baltimore based artist’s latest production, ‘Disappear’ features a stunning vocalist, Shauni, and continues channeling the journey of being a human experiencing both the lifegiving and sometimes harsh elements of the natural world. Creating an experience with his music, Loch Raven takes notes out of Odezsa and G Jones‘ book, which can be heard especially in the panning technique used for ‘Disappear’. With panning, t ..read more
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The Return of Swedish House Mafia: “Lifetime” Featuring Ty Dolla $ign and 070 Shake
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by Emily Makarewicz
1y ago
Ominous rumbling sounds of wind swirl in waves around us from the onset of Swedish House Mafia‘s “Lifetime” featuring Ty Dolla $ign & 070 Shake, making me wonder are we in a frozen tundra, a dusty desert, or in the middle of a tumultuous ocean sea about to capsize in a fishing vessel. Just as a frightening low electronic frequency starts to rise in pitch from the depths of hell and I begin to feel scared and alone, the track takes a sharp turn and is overtaken by a friendly sounding tremolo on a string instrument like the one used in the iconic theme song to “Doctor Zhivago”. Its deliberat ..read more
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