West London dubstep producers Kidnappa and DRT are a double threat in more ways than one: not only do they collaborate on the explosive work of 16 Bit, but they have managed to capture the two sides of dubstep that often butt heads. On remixes like Joanna Newsom’s “Shallow” (peep my best of dubstep in [...]

2009 saw the rise of many great things… “tweets,” Tiger Woods’ hard-on, and to my great horror, that god-forsaken Twilight saga. But perhaps no rise was as great as that of the mighty dubstep, with legendary producer Skream attaining gold record status and guys like Rusko and Caspa blowing up over here in the formerly [...]

If you were listening to electronica in 2006, you most likely heard a reverberating dancefloor banger with rhythmic bass and playful cascading blips by the name of “Who’s Afraid of Detroit?” Inspired by his hometown, Claude VonStroke (aka Barclay Crenshaw) was rocketed to the highest of the minimal/deep house elite, with “Who’s Afraid?” and its [...]