808 Roundup 3 // Arnold x Lil Texas, Kaytranada, Iamusick, Nate Kodi

To start off this 808Roundup I thought I would throw in a recently released track from two of my favorite producers I've been listening to a lot of this summer. Both of these producers are from the MOD collective and really good at making intricate and rapper-friendly bass tracks. This stwo remix from the duo is a tropical, chilled-out club track. The pitchbent and reverb-laden synths remind me of something from Donkey Kong Country for the SNES mixed through a 00's R&B filter. The rhythm jumps between percussion-driven Angola influences and dirty dirty Cadillac music. Good for headphones or clubs. This will be out on HW&W.

Next up is the funkiest new producer I've heard in a minute. Kaytranada is from the electronic hotbed of Montreal and makes swingy, bouncey, and vibratoey groove tracks. As Summer is pretty much over at this point, this track is a good little last minute mood-lifter before the Fall comes crashing in. I really suggest you go listen to this guy's other stuff too.





And then we have Bondax, of course. These guys are super talented and super young, which I'm sure pisses off all sorts of melvin, old man producers. The cool thing about Bondax's tracks is how sophisticated and layered they are. They exist somewhere in that shadowy, yet growing grey area between R&B and UK bass music. They posted up this set on their soundcloud featuring all of their free goodies, so take advantage.

I also found this lil gem track by the good homie Nate Kodi and producer IAmusick. Short and sweet. This track starts off in a synthy landscape then drops down into a heavy drum section. 808 heavy one.



If you got bass-oriented goodness you think should be on a 808Roundup send me an email

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Some stuff I found this morning on soundcloud. I'll tend to do this alot.

This first track is by Mr. CARMACK, a producer who makes these sort of heavy drum-pattern hood anthem type tracks. The kind of stuff that would look great cued up to And1 mixtape or the battle scenes in Pacific Rim. These tracks aren't just dumb bangers though. There is a lot of crazy little sound effects and bits of complexity sprinkled through-out. Carmack's style is def sophisticated.




Here's an EP preview from another one of my favorite producers in the past year, 813. 813 really explores a whole range of blings, blips and bell sounds with straight-forward drum patterns. I don't like the T word when it comes to trying to classify this release, but it definitely appeals to the times.. albeit the production is really good and creative.



Another producer that I've listened to a lot in the past year is Obey City. With all the recent releases of his Astro Nautico label, it seems hard to imagine how productive he stays. This new EP from him I found on soundcloud the other day is a testament to this. Exploring all kinds of modern funk, 90's & 80's nostalgia, on-point, clubby drum-patterns and wavy synthlines, Melted Magic seems like the perfect name for this EP. I probably like the track "Intrigue" the most. It reminds me of an older Ginuwine/Timbaland-type track that had a baby with the Paper Mario soundtrack.



The last track I wanted to share was a dreamy little 808 track called "Aurora" by Sipp & Thomas White. Love the atmosphere and the little part that comes in around 2:17 before they let the drums come back.