Last month we had released our very first very well received NADA BRAHMA MIX by ANUJ RASTOGI. To continue the awesomeness, this month we have MANEESH the TWISTER (Surya Dub, Dub Mission) from San Francisco with a fantastic dub influence set called ‘Nada Brahma Asian Dub & Bass Mix‘. MANEESH the TWISTER is founder of [...]

Born and raised in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) was an unfocused pupil of classical piano. However, she has come to use this background to create vast textural soundscapes by utilizing live instruments, percussion, digital manipulation, and dusty vinyl. Through the creation of beats, she is able to fuse vintage [...]

1. TaTvA Kundalini – Track 3: Peter Kat (Original Mix) (8:32) -  EP Love in Mono (2012, Chill Om Records)
2. Arjun Vagale – Track 1: Danger Mouse (8:03) – EP Danger Mouse  (2012,  Trapez Ltd.)
3. Arjun Vagale – Track 3: Shaken Bake (Remix) (7:54) – EP Shaken Bake (2011, Frequenza)
4. Engine Earz Experiment – Track: 1644 mastered DevilMidnight (long version  -  remix) (4:13) (2012)
5. Engine EarZ Experiment – Track: EngineEarZExperiment’s Channel (4:44) (2012)
6. Kush Arora -  Track 4: Kush Arora feat. Bongo Chilli  -  Wine Mek Me See You (Kush Arora Bashy Remix) (4:51) -  The Dread Bass Chronicles (remixed) (2011)
7. Kush Arora -  Track 6: Kush Arora feat. Warrior Queen  -  Making Money (Clean Edit) (3:40) -  The Dread Bass Chronicles (remixed) (2011)
8. DJ Pinju (Patrick Puthoor) – Track 2: Spice (4:04) – EP MAD INDIAN (2011, Bombay Boogie Records)
9. DJ Pinju (Patrick Puthoor) – Track 6: Machete (3:48) – EP MAD INDIAN (2011, Bombay Boogie Records)
10. DJ KeralaBoy (Sherry Kzhukandayil) – Track: WorldBeats Mix (BigFM) (14:51) (2011)
11. DJ KeralaBoy (Sherry Kzhukandayil) – Track 1: india!MixSession (Vol.1) (14:28) – India!MixSession (Vol. 1-3) (2011)
12.  Najma Akhtar - Track 2: Miskatonic (3:10) – CD Vivid (2002, Second Sight)
13. Najma Akhtar - Track 3: Ghoom Charakhana (Talvin Singh Future Sound of India Mix) (6:33) – CD It’s a Triple Earth (1996, triple earth)

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The Friends Of Friends pair talk on camera to Dubspot regarding their respective musical upbringings on the west coast, and drop into the New York production school for a Logic session.

Considering that this track's release was back in September and leaders in dubstep had their hands on it for some time before that, we may be a little late in honoring this tune. Still, this is a track that’s become a part of a revolution in the bass scene that is well worthy of reaching back to highlight. Still collecting spins while most of its peers fall into dusty bins, Dismantle’s debut with "Computation" has become one of the highlights of N-Type’s Wheel & Deal label. Its use of new sounds and elements in bass production has exposed many of the dubstep allegiance to a new world of crowd-pleasing alternatives to garden-variety wobble.

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Trance fans are in for a treat. The only trance producer to make it into our top ten in 2011, Gareth Emery, has posted his Boxing Day set in its five-hour entirety on his official YouTube page. Yes, you read that correctly, five hours of hands-in-the-air, synth-tastic Garuda glory for your listening pleasure. (Who knew it was even possible to post five-hour videos?) Check out the set above and see what's new from Gareth, one of the great rising stars of trance, here.

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Having recently represented Beatport over in Japan, Berlin-based techno producer Objekt has been making waves in the underground electronic community. From his BBC mix to his SBTRKT remix, Objekt is definitely an artist to watch in 2012. His forthcoming EP on Hessle Audio typifies his dark, brooding fusion of techno and bass music; check back this Monday, February 6, when the record comes out. As for the video above, we have no idea what it's supposed to mean.

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Ready to play with music? Beatport has a brand-new selection of pre-cut music packs now available for Mashbox, the app that lets you mash-up your favorite dance music and pop songs on your iPad. This week, we bring you a selection of house and tech house from some of the underground's finest, with a little techno for good measure: Double 99's "Ripgroove" (Skint), Robert Dietz' "Pandemic" (Cadenza), Noir's "Found Out" feat. Richard Davies (Noir Music), Martin Eyerer's "Bells A Go" (Kling Klong), and Pan-Pot's "Captain My Captain" (Mobilee). To download the tracks to Mashbox, just open up the app in your iPad and go to the Marketplace, where you'll find all the content available for the app. (If you don't yet have Mashbox, get it at the iTunes app store here.) Our growing catalog of exclusive, pre-cut music packs includes hits from Fatboy Slim, Josh Wink, Danny Tenaglia, Guy Gerber, Tiësto vs. Diplo feat. Busta Rhymes, Funkagenda & Big Ed, and much more. Read on to check out audio samples of the tracks.

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The time has come! Festival season has begun, and artists in every genre are lining up dates in cities around the world. Our man Bassnectar is not immune to the lure of the open road. The festival veteran is scheduled for a massive, four-month block of dates, touching three continents during the first two months alone. The Vava Voom Tour with VibeSquaD kicks off in April after several dates for Bassnectar at places like Miami's Ultra Music Festival and Brazil's Lollapalooza. As a bonus to the tour news, Bassnectar's camp has given us a video recap of last year's festivities--consider it a teaser for what's in store.

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Bristol’s Al Tourettes returns with the new track "Inventing," lifted from his forthcoming EP on Sneaker Social Club. With pulsating, stabbing basslines, vibrant oscillating waveforms and some killer beats, it's Tourettes to a "T." The video itself is just as creative, blending together images of biological experiments, naked women, and outdated technological machinery. Rumors are rife that Al Tourettes will one day be affiliated with Warp Records, and with this record, as well as his previous on Aus and Apple Pips, it’s easy to see why.

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Zeds Dead members Hooks and DC started their journey as the instrumental hip-hop crew Mass Productions. After one album under their former title, the two eventually morphed into one of Canada's biggest electronic music exports. Tight production and a sense for formulas that work the crowd into frenzy have turned their name into one of the most buzzed-about names on the net. And offline, when Zeds Dead struck out on their 2010 Let There Be Bass tour, they pulled massive crowds of (Zeds) Deadheads, packing feverish fans at shows all over North America. Celebrating their latest release on Inspected Records, the Adrenaline EP has been a successful highlight of what the group does best, reaching the number one album slot on Beatport after its debut over a week ago. We bring you a special look into the guys that make Zeds Dead such a success.

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oOoOO (Christopher Dexter Greenspan) is one of the core artists on 2011's hotly tipped Tri Angle Records; he and the label are both known for dark, brooding electronic music that takes cues from ambient, hip-hop, dubstep and goth. (The style was known for a time as "witch house," but we're going to put the kibosh on that term right here and now.) This spring, oOoOO drops a follow-up to 2010's oOoOO EP titled Our Love Is Hurting Us, and this free download, provided by the fine folks at Stereogum, certainly grabbed our attention—it's foreboding, haunting and hazy electro-pop at its finest. You can pick up the first single from the album, "NoWayBack feat. Butterclock," here. If you're in Berlin, you can catch oOoOO performing live tonight at alongside Tri Angle's Holy Other and Balam Acab and Planet Mu's Kuedo; the show, a part of the Club Transmediale festival, kicks off at 21:00 at Berghain. See here for details.

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In this week's selection of our editors' Must Hear tracks, you'll find that we're experimenting with the format a bit. In addition to charts for genres like tech house, progressive house, dubstep, etc., you'll find a brand-new category, Club Tracks, to showcase the burgeoning crossover between electro house, progressive and pop; we've also added a chart for hard dance, and fleshed out our funk/R&B category with some classic disco. Read on to check 'em all out.

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