ATRIP delivers with a bass-house cut that straddles the line between trap and frenetic house with slight riddim vibes.
[House/Bass:] Beat Like – ATRIP
Popular producer ATRIP has done it again with “Beat Like”, a house tune filled with bass, and eccentric yet coordinated aural madness. Familiar rhythm structures for the artist enjoy some bass house treatment while still retaining the zany sounds and samples that characterize ATRIP’s music. His songs are very Joyride-esque, you’d swear they were brothers. House vocal samples along with some trappy snares and distorted synths phase shift to a trap section in the latter half of the track.
Shufflers will love this one with it’s very snappy beat and easy to pick up rhythm.
Bass House producer Jay Dunham delivers a deeply ambient banger to start off 2019.
[Bass House/Dark House:] Never Come Down – Jay Dunham. Courtesy of Deep Obelisk
Bass house producer, Jay Dunham, has come out with a banger to start 2019 off right. Complete with plenty of bass, G-House rap verses and the ambient grandiosity of dark house. Released with Armada Music and Klash records this banger is one for the underground house clubs.
Learn more about Jay Dunham on his social media sites:
Bass house trio BROHUG remixes Kanye West & Lil Pump’s “I Love It”
[Bass House/Rap:] I Love It (BROHUG Remix) – Kanye West & Lil’ Pump
Bass house gurus BROHUG have done it again with a massive remix of Kanye West and Lil’ Pump’s “I Love It.” The popular trio perfectly meld the sounds of Rap and G-House with their signature bass house sound. Loud, noisy, full of energy and made for going crazy to, by the first drop the track is a floor filler.
A slick interlude with funky basslines after the drop smoothly mixes with Lil’ Pump’s bars and more relaxed raps as compared to Kanye and the overall energy of the song. Right after, it’s back to another heavy drop this time accentuated by horns and industrial sounds. This remix certainly improves upon the original.
Chris Lorenzo & Taiki Nulight’s “Never Say Never (ft. Dread MC” is a floor filler packed with bass.
[Bass House/G-House:] Never Say Never (feat. Dread MC) – Taiki Nulight & Chris Lorenzo
Never Say Never is a power packed bass house hit
They say never say never, they say never say never
Can’t control me, can’t control, cannot say nothing to me
I’m just free to do whatever,
They say never say never
In preparing for my upcoming review on Taiki Nulight’s “Murky Manor” I stumbled across he and fellow label mate Chris Lorenzo’s “Never Say Never” featuring Dread MC.
Released as part of the Night Bass series from their label head, AC Slater, the track is a power packed hit.
This is because from start to finish, the energy is strong with this one. Starting off with the vocals and a simple, steady rhythm, vocals They say never say never, a mysterious synth begins in the background before bass comes cascading down after the first verse. By then your head is already bobbing and your feet already shuffling.
The grimy bass line, telling us to never say never is incredibly catchy and satisfying
This is dirty bass-house at it’s core, with maybe a slight touch of UK Garage. The grimy bass line is accentuated by the male and female vocals telling us to “never say never.” It’s incredibly catchy and at a satisfying six minutes, doesn’t leave you wishing there was more or thinking it’s too short.
Three minutes in, a breakdown occurs letting the dancefloor catch it’s breath before quickly picking back up with a boom, “cack” rhythm. This is for dancefloors, underground house clubs and fans of bass.
BROHUG’s latest track “In My Hands” combines their signature sound with dance, disco house vocals and plenty of energy.
[Dance/Bass-House:] In My Hand – BROHUG
BROHUG does it yet again with their latest track, “In My Hand,” a satisfying blend of Disco house like vocals with their signature bass house sound.
The DJ trio seems to almost come up with unique ways to present their tunes and even drops that sounds the same still come across completely different. Not an easy accomplishment. BROHUG songs always energize, are face-melting or just plain raw in the best possible ways.
Check out their YouTube page and label page for more.
Kaskade’s “Tight” featuring Madge blends elements of dance house, tech house and the soft, sultry vocals Kaskade is known for.
[Dance/House:] Tight (feat. Madge) – Kaskade
In the club all night, see the end of the light
And you’re gonna do it right, if you keep it real
Keep it tight
American DJ legend and House producer Kaskade has had a very good year. Doing plenty of tours and appearing at festivals all across the nation, the past few years have definitely been Kaskade’s best for him.
“Tight” featuring songstress Madge conveys the efforts and progress Kaskade has made as an artist. The dance-house tune, with tech-house influences, is reminiscent of old-school Kaskade with soft, sultry vocals but the “drop” and bouncy sounds of this track are definitely “new-school” Kaskade.
At this point, whether an artist is good or validated when they return to, reference or completely abandon their original sound is a debate old as time. Some artists are lauded for never changing, some become bigger than they ever could’ve been before in changing up their sound, and yet others try to straddle a fine line between these two spectrums.
Check out the music video for Kaskade’s “Tight” above, directed by Will Kindrick and produced by Utah-born, but now in L.A. band “Sego.”
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