Amongst the ever-evolving waves of incoming talent in the North-Eastern US circuit, Undehfined has made quick gains in his compositional and production strides. He’s been hop-scotching across styles and tempos, and is quickly zeroing in on his lane of choice, bringing a tight hand of halftime synthesis and mean bass lines to the table. With the forthcoming release of his Anticipate EP right around the corner, The Rust is excited to host the premiere of its final track, “Trip Report (ft. Blue Carl)”.
Read MoreFaelow - Orbit [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]
With his focus clearly honed in on scintilla and liquidity in sound, Faelow has been sculpting away at his creative clay mound with dutiful intent; the last two years featured two well-rounded EP’s that showcased a well-developed talent for harmony in arrangement, and his increasingly gratuitous production chops are smoothing the edges around the crisp specificity of his compositions. As such, The Rust is incredibly excited to host the premiere of “Orbit”, off of the forthcoming Scyphozoa EP.
Read MoreReso X Rasp-5 - Steep Tech [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]
Lyrical hip-hop and raw electronic production have a key-turn relationship; The voice is the driving force atop the bedrock that is the track, and there’s virtually no limit to ways in which this relationship can and has been exploited with powerful effect. When it comes to bringing novelty into the equation, both Reso and Rasp-5 straddle a cutting-edged line with their individual projects. Combining their talents for a raw, trans-Atlantic sonic dive, The Rust is incredibly excited to host the premiere of their latest minted collaboration, “Steep Tech”.
Read MoreCharting New Territory with Nikki Nair and n goes to infinity
In the context of electronic music, crossing the sonic Rubicon to unite formerly disparate genres and styles has become a mark of high composition. Sitting squarely within that paradigm is Nikki Nair, an Atlanta-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, and audio engineer with a burgeoning appetite for weaving new threads between even the most incongruent of BPM’s. In an effort to concentrate his new personal discipline and exploration in production and composition, he’s launched n goes to infinity, a creative label with an expansive focus on music outside the comfortable lines of the traditional wheelhouse.
Read MoreGrayskale - String Theory [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]
Searching for their stride in self-expression, the Detroit-based songwriter and producer Grayskale has been steadfastly exploring the wide array of bass music styles and rhythms across his time as a public-facing musician. With a clear attraction to clarity and structure, his humble catalog already displays a munificent bounty of production knowledge and compositional finesse. Consequently, The Rust is incredibly excited to premiere the namesake single to his forthcoming first album, String Theory.
Read MoreInspect3r - Bop Socket [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]
Steamrolling through the Philadelphia community, and consequently making waves across the Northeastern circuit, Inspect3r has quickly become the go-to man for discerning DJ sets that span from cerebral, to punishing, to outright ludicrous. While his command on the decks carries his reputation with speed, his command in the studio is equally as audacious. With an eagerness to stake his claim and a skillset to match, The Rust felt it more than appropriate to premiere the titular track from his forthcoming EP, Bop Socket.
Read MoreSomatoast Displays Maturity in Composition with Creation is Creation LP
Somatoast is the working history of Mark Rubin’s musical evolution, charting a journey that has always been grounded in prodigious composition and instrumentalism. From Goop to Dreamhop Jazzytime, each of his releases turns the page on his musical exploits, bringing time-tested concepts on a collision course with uncharted territory. In a fashion true to his form, Somatoast has once again brought the vast surfeit of his ideas into a psychedelic melting pot, crafting a new and lucid brew; the Creation is Creation LP.
Read MoreMan From Sol & Nuan Sonar - Mycelial Cognitive Network [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]
Hovering in the orbit of hyperglitch and related genres, Man From Sol continues to develop his programming and production skills around extraordinarily novel interpretations of glitch music. Branching off from the calmer iterations of his sound and style, the forthcoming Bionetworks EP features his most abstract and verbose palette to date. In anticipation of this scintillating release, The Rust is proud to host the premiere an exclusive single ahead of the pack; “Mycelial Cognitive Network”.
Read MoreJonah Hodges - Comfortability Trap [Exclusive Premiere]
Textured and tranquil, measured and mysterious; Jonah Hodges is reproducing what sonic enthusiasts cherish most about his arrangements. Like watching waves crash upon a distant shoreline on a brisk morning, the snares, kicks, and 808’s are a persistent and pervasive center piece for Jonah's style. His music is refreshing and energetic with hints of a warming melody leaking out akin like steam from beneath a collared coat. As such, The Rust Music is proud to premier Jonah’s Hodges latest single, “Comfortability Trap”.
Read MoreNavigatorz and Maya Elise mingle talents in Characters
Denver-based producers Vinja and Sortof Vague joined forces with Maya Elise to craft something out of their ordinary gambit. The group last week released a new EP, Character, a four track collection that features a Mystic State and DJ MADD remix of their title track. The jazzy and soulful vocal track, “Character”, has an explorative dubstep backbone and a covid inspired background
Read Morenot yes and Their Aversion to Formality and Formula
Amongst the incoming generation of artists having finally found their bite, not yes exemplifies the modern paradigm of electronic production; there are no hard boundaries, no clearly defined destinations, and unbridled compositional freedom. There’s a refreshing whim to their choice of direction, and the result is a fast-growing, dynamic catalog that takes us through virtually every space in low-end territory.
Read MoreSeppa Takes a Turn For The Nuevo with Meliora EP
Following on the heels of his Boosted/Forked dual release, and dropping just ahead of his long-awaited and much anticipated return stateside this November, Seppa’s latest record is arguably some of his most developed and distinctive productions to date; the Meliora EP reshapes the image of Seppa normally beholden to the purely vicious and weighty end of the bass music spectrum.
Read MoreA Brief Conversation With NYC's Blockhead
Across the span of the last three decades, Trip-Hop has gone from being the niche, extant musical trials of underground and bedroom producers to dominating a demonstrable slice of the global listening bandwidth. Blockhead is, by most measures, one of the most accessed, successful, and consistent names in the genre, placing him squarely in the center of Trip-hop's past, present, and future.
Read MoreAirstrike & Lyndon Jarr - Inside Your Mind [Exclusive Premiere]
Dialing in on the relationship between impact and groove, Airstrike and Lyndon Jarr bring their assortment of individual strengths and flavors to the table in The Rust’s latest premiere, “Inside Your Mind”. Both undeniably potent composers in their own right, the duo’s collaboration is just one piece to the larger package of Sublimate Records’ Reclamation VA Compilation.
Read MoreGetting Acquainted With The Magic of June Jam
We had the opportunity to poke around behind the curtain of June Jam’s celebrated operation, and get a clearer picture ahead of this weekend’s coming festivities.
Read MoreSpoonbill - Bushwrangle [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]
Across the last 15 years and running, the music of Spoonbill has been a veritable soundtrack to audiophiles, psychonauts, revelers, and unsuspecting fans in waiting across the globe. The hallmarks of his compositional gait are impossible to miss, with his accentuated synthesis, playful sampling, and commanding arrangements. His 2019 LP Canopy saw the exploration of powerful, emotive themes and songwriting, and in the heavy anticipation of the release of his subsequent Ultraniche EP through Addic.Tech Records, The Rust is incredibly honored to host the exclusive premiere of the track “Bushwrangle”.
Read MoreJoro Dudovski - STRANGERS [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]
With a notable bent for sculpted noise and homogenous blends, Joro Dudovski is at the forefront of an emergent fusion of precision engineering and freeform arrangements, taking advantage of compositional risks every step of the way. In anticipation of the Sanctuary Collective release of his upcoming Color Oscillations EP, the Rust is incredibly excited to host the exclusive premiere of “STRANGERS”.
Read MoreSylph Upends Expectations with Snakeskin EP
This is not your older brother's psy-trance; When it comes to reimagining the closing the distance between psybient and disparate genres, Sylph is spearheading that research one release at a time. Her latest EP, Snakeskin, exudes the classic style and fortified production that has come to mark her project, exploring the relationship between the somatic and psychological hemispheres of perspective through a matrixed web of composition and texture.
Read MoreHudson Lee Advances Sonic Narrative With Reflex Angle LP
With every subsequent release, Hudson Lee adds another layer to the matryoshka sphere that surrounds his catalog. He’s has managed to transform what was once a collection of high-powered, somewhat isolated tracks, folding them into a narrative undergoing metamorphosis; the release of Reflex Angle showcases a clear transformation in his songwriting process, fusing the very best of his sound design exploits with effusive and outstanding compositions.
Read MoreAnalog Adventures: A Conversation with Subphylum and Channel.3
The emergence and subsequent domination of digital tech in the world of audio and visual production is, by all measures, the standard across those deeply intertwined industries. In spite of this, or rather as a result of the increasing novelization of pre-digital A/V tech, a die-hard community of DIY enthusiasts, tech purists, and artists interested in anything out of the zeitgeist have coalesced around the collection and use analog music and visual production equipment. In order to get a better understanding of the complexities under the hoods of these interlocking analog adventures, The Rust took advantage of the opportunity to pose some succinct questions to Subphylum and Channel.3, two NYC artists taking full advantage of analog tech.
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