Ancient Machines has something seldom seen in dubstep, a catchy melody. As far as bass music goes, it’s right after having a killer drop, but isn’t all that focused on, at least from what I’ve heard. Minnesota, however, has kept up his melodic tunes in his latest release, Ancient Machines, with three tracks that got a catch with a little finesse – especially “Breathe”.. but best drop goes to “Hold Up”.
So hit up the SoundCloud player below and buy ’em if ya like ’em (fair asking price too).
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Kicking off DOSVEC’s upcoming dubstep // mashup mixtape, DIFF – set to release late next month – we’ve got a swagged-out mashup of Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci” and Flux Pavilion’s “I Can’t Stop”. This shit hits from the top and swags to the bottom with a grimey mix of the two.
The only issue I’ve got with the mashup is it uses the censored version of Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci”. So if you listenin in Kreayshawn, hit us up with the uncensored so we can get this shit straight proper.
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I don’t hear enough wobble remixes of reggae music, but Diplo just dropped a remix of Mavado’s “Delilah” with just enough wobble for this reggae pophall star.
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Not a real fan of the first track, but from there it’s nothin but glitchy goodness. DCarls’ Flavorhythm EP is a smooth blend of glitch hop, dubstep and straight up shit to rage to. Unlike a lot of the dubstep I’ve been digging around in, Dcarls puts a catch to his electro-finesse without losing that grimey dubstep nonsense we’ve all some of us have grown to love.
Can’t wait for more from this dude and the Simplify Recordings, big tings.
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There’s one “hawt” theme throughout this track (I’m really lackin’ in creativity right now). Good samples used and quality production – nothin new for Mashup-Germany. Though, it’s 95 degrees here, so just about anything is gonna “make me sweat”.
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The Maryland native, Logic, may be unknown to many at the moment but that soon will change. With a flow of a hungry artist and the backing of the same group that brought up Tayyib Ali, he is sure to be buzzing on the internet in no time.
His first big unveiling comes with his music video for “Mind of Logic” featuring the beautiful Camille Michelle Gray on the hook. The instrumental has the qualities of a hit similar to B.o.B’s “Nothin On You” but faster paced. My favorite part of the song goes to the chorus perfectly executed by Camille. Borrowing lines from Kid Cudi’s […]
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Not enough dubstep touches on the highs, but thankfully Minnesota provides us with just that. “Sun Burst” is a bass driven set with what sounds like bowl hitting bumps along the way. My favorite thang, however, goes to those electro-guitar sounding licks that play throughout – they complement the bass so well.
Side note, Minnesota put up cover art for something soon to come on his Facebook (also pictured above), Ancient Machines – anyone know what that is EP possibly
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The next in line for PL’s 2011 remixes goes to a ‘country dub hop’ remix of John Denver’s “Country Road”. With hard hitting wobbles and glitch hop galore, it’s just another standard PL remix… fortunately that standard is faarrr beyond the rest.
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I think I’ve heard just about enough “Lights” remixes, but I gotta post it when the gettins good. Plus, it’s from the everlicious White Pandas.
This time round they mashup Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” & Dave Darell’s “Children”. I still gotta give first dibs to DOSVEC for mashing up “Children” with One Republic’s “Apologize”, but this still hits very, very hard
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“Inspire” takes from some of the best sports speeches in film history and sets it against a backdrop of melodic dubstep that’s “inspiring” to say the least. The speeches get a little hokey at times, especially the “Friday Night Lights” speech – I’ve heard too many renditions – but the instrumentals more than make up for ’em.
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