Kastle

Let me introduce to you Kastle, one of the most promising fresh artists of the bass-heavy electronic music scene. Barrett Richards was born and raised in Pittsburgh, UK. After listening to hiphop in the early years, he was influenced by deep dubstep. He started learning guitar and piano at the age of 12. The musical spirit has made a great work since then.

Unlike a lot of artists, Barrett has a degree in audio engineering. The powerful combo of his talent and love for electronic music created a whole new sound. A sound we like a lot. The best feature of his music is having both the playful bass that eats a room, and intelligent sounds and vocals. Altogether, these highly emotional, original, and sampled vocals are a key element to Kastle’s sound. He uses former hiphop and soul records for his tracks. “I grew up on hiphop, and sampling is considered an art form, It’s becoming more and more fun to dig through old records and find obscure samples.” He says. A professional artist, who takes his work seriously. You can tell, he enjoys what he does.

About the name Kastle: "The name itself implies a fortress, a personal space that is used to cultivate the love of hiphop and fuse it with the magnetizing effect that dubstep, garage and bass-heavy music has had on Barrett and, really, the various communities of underground electronic music."

Straight out of the gates Kastle has garnished strong media attention along with plays on BBC Radio. His fresh and unique production work has also seen him working with big labels such as Ministry Of Sound. He has lent his production chops to rework artists such as Example, and The Glitch Mob. With so much accomplished in such a short time, it is clear that not even the sky is the limit for the future of Kastle.

I recommend you to download all the free stuff from his website. Until then, here are some awesome tracks from his Soundcloud profile, right for your pleasure.

So You by Kastle As We Move (Kastle Remix) by Kastle Dance Alone (Kastle Remix) by Kastle

Fracture Design: Wildlife

Egor Tucsin was born in a small russian town called Tyumen, but is currently living in Budapest, Hungary. In his childhood melodies were everywhere as his father was a huge fan of music, also the neighbor played the piano all the time, hearing the instrument was an instant love for Egor. He got his first synthesizer as a present when he was 12 years old and he started messing around with it. Ever since he gets his inspiration from the most beautiful city at night, Budapest.

Wildlife by Fracture Design

Emalkay

This is some really crazy, head banging music from Birmingham's finest, Emalkay. Yesterday, I had the pleasure to experience it on OSG13, in Budapest. Martin Knowles works with warped, future bass drones, epic strings and huge drops. He released his debut album, Eclipse in 2011.

His music captured the interest of such prominent dubsteppers as Benga, and received major support from acts such as Scratch Perverts. Give him your love too.

Dirtyloud: Kill Humans

Dirtyloud is an electro project from Brazil, formed by Marcus Campos and Eduardo Nascimento. Their productions stroll among many dance music genres, but progressive electro, house and trance are the main roots. Since their first releases Dirtyloud pledges a place among the major electro players worldwide. Happy first birthday to this sick banger. Attention, this is dirty and loud.

Kill Humans by Dirtyloud

Benga

Already in his fifteenth year of making music, Benga is one of the first dubstep producers from the times when the style was emerging. He wandered into Big Apple record shop where they were amused and gave the cocky teenager a shot at spinning there. That's how it all got started.

After seeing his prodigious talents, they signed him to Big Apple Records. Over the next few years, Adegbenga and his friend Oliver Jones’s creations could be heard at the shop. Since his acclaimed album Diary Of An Afro Warrior, Benga has propelled club music in many directions. There’s always bass, but he refuses to be limited by a sound or scene. Benga has done big business with subterranean basslines, evocative instrumentation and undeniable choruses, placing him in the upper echelons of producer remixers working right now. “They can call it whatever they wanna call it, I'm not afraid to say that my music is dubstep. I've always made this mental music and I made it accessible. I love to use hooks because I grew up listening to Michael Jackson, real music. That's why I made music in the first place.” He insists.

There's a perceptible difference between the oldschool tracks and the new ones, his style changed, it got a bit more electro and less dubstep, he uses more drums, vocals and synths and less bass. It's up to you, which one you prefer. If I had to choose, it would be oldschool. Funny, bright, charismatic, and like all genius musicians, a bit mad, Benga’s enigmatic personality shines both behind the decks and within his music anyway. Give him your love on his website.

Since those early days of Big Apple, Benga has worked with great artists, remixed Example and The Prodigy and performed quite literally all over the world. It’s pretty much actual fact that you need to book a day off life after experiencing a Benga set. “Crowdsurfing in the London Eye, that was a good one.” He laughs of his exuberant, energetic approach. “It was nothing we ever planned to do. It was just natural for me and Skream to get smashed before a show. I was turning up to places and people were telling me I was more rock and roll than rock and rollers.” He says.

Alongside Artwork and Skream, Benga formed Magnetic Man and signed to Sony Columbia. Their self-titled debut featured an eclectic roster of vocalists including artists like Katy B and John Legend and won the trio fans from all around the world. Now signed as a solo artist to Sony Columbia, Benga is ready to take his sound even further with his new album, Chapter 2.

Smack Your Bitch Up by Benga Midnight by Benga I Will Never Change by Benga

SBTRKT

SBTRKT, correctly pronounced as subtract is the stage name and project of Aaron Jerome, a musician and producer from London, UK. SBTRKT began his career in a club called Plastic People. He has remixed songs by artists such as Radiohead, Modeselektor, Basement Jaxx, Mark Ronson, Underworld and Goldie, and has released singles and a self-titled album.

His music is the mixture of shiny vocals with tight, accelerated textures steeped deep in a glorious combination of electronic genres like dubstep and house. The infectious rhythms, unbridled energy and astounding curation from the man in the mask creates a whole new phenomenon.

The name is an alias used to support the concept of anonymity. "I'd rather not talk about myself as a person, and let the music speak for itself. The name SBTRKT is me taking myself away from that whole process. I'm not a social person, so having to talk to someone to make them play a record is not something I want to do. It's more about giving them a record as an anonymous person and seeing whether they like it or not. If they play it, they play it." He says.

SBTRKT refers also to the live musical duo of Aaron and his frequent collaborator Sampha. Their live show consists of Jerome utilizing electronic and acoustic drums alongside triggering samples and using a mixing desk, with Sampha playing keyboards, trigging vocal loops and singing. You can read more about their live performances on this website.

Signal Path: Crossing The Rubicon

Signal Path bends musical genres and deep melodic ideas around a core of unrelenting rhythm and massive low-end. They create a depth and intricacy of sound that becomes more commanding every time it’s heard, and by blending live instrumentation into their production they create a live experience that is as beautiful as it is intense.

Ryan Burnett, Damon Metzner and Matt Schumacher continues to create powerful studio work and wildly popular live shows throughout the US. The Denver based band's new release features remixes mashed up with their unique take on electronic music. Artists featured include Zola Jesus, The Roots, Active Child, Skrillex, Austra, Cults, Asap Rocky and Modeselektor. My absolute favourite Signal track, Crossing The Rubicon is from the album called Souls Unswayed.

Crossing The Rubicon by Signal Path

Gemini

Gemini is a young electronic musician from Leicester, UK. His real name is Thomas Slinger, and he is an incredibly talented artist who has found his niche in his respective genre by releasing a slew of consistently impressive tracks with a desire to continually change up his style and always create something new.

He has been going real hard in the paint these last few years, while constantly improving and honing in on his sonic signature since he dropped the monumental debut song called Blue. Gemini has since released the groundbreaking synth-heavy Graduation, and collaborated with Feed Me.

Thomas Slinger’s skills as a piano player and background in classical music are prominent in every single song as he maintains a logical structure and flowing melody in a genre that is known for being chaotic and disorderly. "Dubstep is an incredible and exciting new genre that has a long way to go. There are untouched waters that are to be explored, I intend to do just that." He says in an interview. Also, he never smiles, that’s an important part of his trademark.

I took the liberty of putting here some of his serotonin heightening remixes of artists like Ed Sheeran and Lana Del Rey from his Soundcloud, they're all worth listening to. Well done, Thomas.

Fire Inside (feat. Greta Svabo Bech) by Gemini You Need Me (Gemini Remix) by Gemini Born To Die (Gemini Remix) by Gemini

Enigma Dubz: You Make Me Feel

James Vine's passion for bass and underground sounds has driven him in the dubstep scene, but he's also influenced by life and emotion, so the music he creates can variate from dark and heavy basslines to atmospheric synths, soundscapes and acoustic work. You Make Me Feel is an airy song with energizing vocals.

You Make Me Feel by Enigma Dubz

Sabrepulse

Sabrepulse is Ashley Charles, a London based musician with a passion for creating diverse electronic music using old and new technology. He has performed over 100 shows to crowds in the USA, Japan, Europe and South America.

He's very famous in the chiptune section of electronic music. If you're new to this genre, here is a short explanation: "Chiptune is synthesized electronic music often produced with the sound chips of vintage computers and video game consoles, as well as with other methods such as emulation."

He became one of those artists whom you can clearly feel the effects of dubstep. His releases are differing tempos, and even slightly experimental time signatures on occasion. In Sabrepulse's newest music the songs flow nice together. I would say that it got closer to conventional electronic dance music. Sabrepulse has done a great job incorporating some other subgenres of electronic music into his work. He has made a massive step forward.

These tracks are from his fresh release called First Crush. Arcanine is my personal favourite, its leading part up to the drop is fantastic. You can read more about him and his live performances here.

Amtrac

Born and raised in a small town in eastern Kentucky, Caleb Cornett spent much of his childhood banging on his small keyboard and strumming his first notes on guitar. It was then that he realized he had found his niche, his own form of self-expression.

A decade later, 23 year old Caleb is now known to the world as Amtrac, a musical pioneer on the forefront of USA’s exploding dance music scene. Kentucky’s own dance music star has been a trailblazer for electronic music in his region, and amuses large crowds from the stage with his talent.

Now breaking onto the festival circuit, he is traveling the nation and receiving worldwide recognition. Based in Miami, you can find Amtrac making music full time and lighting up dance floors and festival stages coast to coast. You can listen to his work here or here. Also, I would suggest listening to his fresh release, Came Along.

Mimosa

Blissfully unconcerned with a world obsessed with categorization as a means of definition, Tigran Mkhitaryan crafts music for its own sake, defying expectations with genre bending soundscapes. Hailing from San Francisco and currently residing in Los Angeles, he began producing at the tender age of 17. Blessed with an abundance of talent and an ear for sonic experimentation, this guy has quickly developed a name for himself.

Ever ambitious and constantly in search of new avenues to explore, Mimosa recently formed his own record label, False Idol Musik. Thus far, the results have been staggering. The tracks are rare and beautiful, full spectrum sonic brushstrokes hovering in the ether. Mimosa's trademark sound is a clash between beautiful swirling synths, hiphop inspired piano hooks, beats and an excellent use of bass drops. Tigran's fresh release called Sanctuary works as one cohesive whole piece of work that finds him immersed in rhythm, encompassing and centered around something deep. However the album carries an authenticity by which his aesthetic appreciation of the origin of sound is fused with layers of various styles and textures. You should definitely listen to Sanctuary, which clearly constitutes the concept of high quality electronic music.

“I’m steering away from aggressive tones, but at the same time trying to find different avenues to get the same crowd response that a big bass drop would get.” He says. I agree with the audience complaining about dubstep going way too simple, bass-oriented and mainstream, so I appreciate this statement. You can get informed about Tigran on his website.

It’s clear that his versatility as an artist goes hand in hand with his refusal to be tied down by any particular sound or style. I’ll say it again, because it bears repeating, Mimosa has rare values worth listening to.

Sanctuary by Mimosa Ice Box by Mimosa Lullabyte by Mimosa

Vibesquad: Shine

Aaron Holstein knows how to slay a crowd with his killer dubstep beats and lots of heavy bass. Don't forget to grab a free download of this track.

Shine by Vibesquad

Adventure Club

Adventure Club released some fresh tracks, so I decided to post some of their best clubstep music, including the new ones.

Bassnectar: Lights

Bassnectar is easily one of the top names in dubstep around the globe right now, and this is one of his best remixes, enough said.

Lights (Bassnectar Remix) by Bassnectar

Cryptex

Hailing from Los Angeles, Tyler Chase is making more than just hell of massive bass drops. Cryptex is a teenager glitch producer, whose dense rhythms and evocative electronic music have earned wide acclaim and dedicated followers in a remarkably brief period of time.

The son of two radio industry professionals, Cryptex grew up listening to hiphop, and discovered glitch hop after moving to Los Angeles. He was drawn to the genre’s unlimited potential to express emotion and relay a story, especially the unique, post-digital edginess of glitch music. After listening to everything he could find, he began producing his own remixes and original songs. He realised soon, there was no turning back from this. The world of electronic music absorbed him.

With strong influences from The Glitch Mob, Emancipator and Bassnectar, Tyler is captivated by the endless variety of sounds that can be created. It’s a truly limitless palette, where he can turn the familiar into the unknown and transform the unwanted into the irresistible.

Combined with an amazing rhythmic complexity, Cryptex never fails to be surprising and exhilarating. His reglitches are fulfilling my daily dose of awesomeness. You can get further information about him on this website. Also, don't miss out on his new release, Isolated Incidents. This stuff is serious, I mean really. Absolutely great future ahead this kid.

What You Talking About (Cryptex Reglitch) by Cryptex Headlock (Cryptex Reglitch) by Cryptex Heart Anthem (Cryptex Reglitch) by Cryptex

Matta: Release The Freq

Matta comprises of producers Andy Brookes and James Wilson. I think linking this video is far the best way to promote their music, enjoy. And don't forget switching to 720p, as always.

Moxix: Excuse Me

Excuse me for dropping some fresh Moxix on you this fine thursday afternoon. With a spacey groove and some high-powered distortion, this track just seems to melt your speakers and set the club in motion.

Excuse Me by Moxix

Feed Me

Feed Me is an alter ego of beloved musical genius, Jon Gooch. After a school friend introduced Jon to the world of dubstep, he began experimenting with software to create his own music. His beats are large and expansive, his lines are jagged, chopped up and run through a battle ground of distortion and synths. In fact, synths play a huge part in his tracks. He also released work under the names Spor, and Unicron. Spor may be the most familiar to you.

Jon Gooch's electro house side project, Feed Me has been rather successful. He released new stuff like Feed Me's Big Adventure, Feed Me's Escape From Electric Mountain containing tracks like Cloudburn, Talk To Me, One Click Headshot and Pink Lady. He gained new friends and fans.

"I'm currently enjoying a bit more diversity and creative freedom under the Feed Me alias, which is allowing me to explore a lot more visually orientated ideas as well as less genre constraint." He says. I suppose there’s some degree of satisfaction at knowing what to expect from a Feed Me release, and its obvious that he is doing everything in his powers to appease his new fans, but a lot of people agree, that Spor's creativity and intelligence has been reduced to simplicity and predictability. His music could be described as glitchy and fidgety, but albeit extremely easy to listen to electro house, that can be thick with elements of dubstep, but with an overwhelming sense of danceability. I think it's a wrong approach to jumble the work of his alter egos, the audience has to accept the difference between bass-heavy, glitchy dance music and electronica.

Here is a short advertising video about him while performing live. If Jon aroused your interest, visit him here or here.