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Re-Appropriating Pre-Hispanic Sounds with Mexico’s DJ Javier Estrada
Words, interview, and translation by Isabela Raygoza
Evolving to one of the most prolific Mexican producers of today, DJ Javier Estrada righteously holds the torch of...
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Edu K Asks the World to Do the Brega with a New EP!
The fact that global bass trends cycle from one undiscovered subculture to the next (today, Chicago juke! tomorrow, moombahsoul!) isn't a new breakthrough in popular...
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MIA Drops Teaser Mix For New Album
The internet orgasmed just a little bit today thanks to MIA, who teased her hotly anticipated new album with an 8-minute mix handmade for the Paris Fashion Week runway...
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Zuzuka Poderosa Is Ready To Show the World Her Beautiful Carioca Bass
Zuzuka Poderosa's bio is a lot like the story of global bass music itself. The Brazil-born, Brooklyn-based bass vocalist is inspired by baile funk but her music has...
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Queen of Tecnobrega: Gaby Amarantos
The album cover for Gaby Amarantos’ major-label debut, Treme, tells much of the story for her. She’s standing in front of a giant sound system covered in jungle foliage,...
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Frik-Out!
Name: Frikstailers (that’s Freak-stylers to you Anglo folk out there)
Where They’re From: Córdoba, Argentina
Genre: Electro-cumbia, global bass
Most Similar:...
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Gato Preto Cordially Invites You to the Global Bass Ball
Name: Gato Preto, Gata Misteriosa and Lee Bass
Where They’re From: Mozambique/Ghana/Portugal/Germany
When They Started: 2011
Sounds Like: Tropical bass smoothie...
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Zuzuka Poderosa’s Got A New Jam And It’s Psicodelic
New anything from Brooklyn-stationed baile funk/global bass empress Zuzuka Poderosa tends to put us in an altered state, but the Nego Moçambique remix of "Psicodelia"...
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Brazilian Bass Culture (& Beyond)!
For just about all of history, Brazil has produced some of the most compelling music on the planet. Right now, with the rapid growth of Brazil's economy, we're hearing...
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Native Creatives: 10 Artists Representing Indigenous Youth Worldwide
A Tribe Called Red/Photo courtesy of the artist
Starting October 30 and running through November 4, Aboriginal Music Week will go off in Winnipeg, Canada,...
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Global Bass Beatmaker Sarah Young Drops Second EP “The Chant”
Though it's hard to choose one word to describe dynamic global bass DJ Sarah Young, we'll settle with refreshing. Aside from the rare but ridiculously awesome sight of a...
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Thornato Stirs It All Together
Name: Thornato
Where He’s From: New York City
When He Started: 2009
Genre: Pan-awesome dance jams
Most Similar: Uproot Andy, Diplo
Sounds Like: 808s and...
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Musicians! Submit Your Joyful Noise To The Navidades Con Etoro Comp
It might seem a little early for Christmas but the holidays creep up sooner than you think and Etoro Records is getting ready. They're preparing their Navidades con...
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DJ Venus X: “I Like Strippers and I Like Reading Books”
Venus X is magical. One moment, she’s throwing a sweat-choked warehouse party full of vampiric superfreaks in an abandoned tortilla factory, the next, she’s providing...
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Schlachthofbronx Gives Away 7 Dirty Bass Edits
In celebration of reaching 15K Facebook fans, Munich bass duo Schlachthofbronx are are giving away seven edits of nasty global dancefloor ilk, along with some outliers...
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Electric Punanny: The Dance Party and Global Music Utopia Taking Over The World
By Kristie Bertucci
Strobe lights in an array of rainbow hues shimmy across exposed beams and gilded brick walls of the Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver, British...
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Viva La Virgen: Global Electro-Cumbia With Lasers
Name: Viva La Virgen
Where she’s from: Berlin, Germany/Malaga, Spain
Genre: Nu-Cumbia
When she started: 2011
Most Similar: Chancha Via Circuito, Isa...