So, you know the Future right?

It’s a prefix that’s been heavily employed over the past year or so. There’s “Future Bass”, “Future Soul”, “Future Garage”, “Future Funk” and plain old “Future”. Sometimes it also gets called “Chill Trap” depending on who’s selling it to you. Chief exponents (for me) would be Mr Carmack, Troyboi, Just A Gent, Grant Bowtie, Hegemon and YK. There are loads more and I’m sure I’m missing someone important, so I’m sorry if your reading this and thinking, hey, what about me?

Now, as much as I like (what I perceive to be the style of) Future, I’m not quite so sure it’s really a new genre. I think I see it’s current form borne of the work of Hudson Mohawke, Daft Punk and producers like  Flosstradamus. But, you could go back further with the influence of Timbaland with his double time fills and minor chords. In fact there also S.O.S. Band type 70’s Jazz Funk in there too as well as the whole influence of practically all dance music since the birth of modern electronic music in the 80’s. So House, Garage, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass, Dubstep, Broken Beat, Detoit Techno, Euro Hardfloor, Dirty South and later Genre’s like Juke and Footwork are all represented here. It’s influence is the culmination of 30 years or so of great dance music.

It is also interesting how the music is presented, with blog behemoths like EDM.com and Thissongissick.com being the main pushers and more or less controlling what’s up and what’s not. So it ain’t new and if it really is the future, then we shouldn’t have heard it yet, surely? Wouldn’t time fold in on it’s self or something equally disastrous. It’s a paradox!

To me, Fuse by Hudson Mohawke from five years ago, sort of provides the blueprint for Future Bass:

Here’s a few of my fave “Future” tunes from the past year or so:

And now here’s some fresh shizzle!

Yes Matey! Time to get on one.

Welcome Globalistas, help yourself to our latest free release. A slice of Acid nastiness from Arena. Beleza…

Oi Funkeiros.

As you know, we love to keep one eye on the Brazilian Global Bass fraternity, so here is another selection of Baile Funk and Favela Bass bangers. Beleza…

Oi Globalistas!

This edition of our mixtape series comes from one of Brazil’s busiest DJs, Nedu Lopes. Nedu was introduced to us by our good buddy, Funk na Caixa’s Renato M2, so many thanks to him for that. Nedu’s laying down a Trap map in this tape, with a dose of Miami Bass nastiness, which as you know was the original template for early Baile Funk. To find out more about Nedu check out his website at: nedulopes.com

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TRACKLIST:

01 – Vic Mensa feat. Meridian Dan – Down on my luck (The HeavyTrackerz remix)
02 – Wiz Khalifa feat. Tyga – We dem boyz (Hol up) (Remix)
03 – Drake – Trophies (Aryay remix)
04 – Tincup – Critics
05 – Carnage feat. Migos – Bricks
06 – Ice Cube feat. Redfoo & 2 Chainz – Drop girl (UZ remix)
07 – P Reign feat. Drake & Future – DnF (eSenTRIK remix)
08 – Cage The Elephant – Take it or leave it (Nebbra remix)
09 – Flume & Chet Faker – Drop the game (Maxx Baer re-think)
10 – Tommie Sunshine feat. The Partysquad – Alright (Tropkillaz bootleg)
11 – Jack U (Skrillex + Diplo) feat. Kiesza – Take u there
12 – Aryay – The Lawnmower (BRAAP remix)
13 – Infuze & Bot – Analog ting
14 – KillaGraham – Ice cream anthem
15 – Rashid e Kamau – R&K
16 – The Procussions – Track 10
17 – Thefaded. – Google these hoes
18 – Zeds Dead – Dead Price (feat. Sean Price)
19 – Ape Drums feat. Vybz Kartel – Worl’ boss
20 – Iggy Azalea – Fancy (Frankenstein Heds edit)
21 – Yellow Claw – DKNY
22 – Beauty Brain – Veneno (Tropkillaz remix)
23 – Busta Rhymes – Touch it (Mercy remix)
24 – Iggy Azalea – Animal noise
25 – Gregor Salto and Wiwek – On your mark
26 – Pirate Jams – Happy days
27 – Stanton Warriors feat. Eboi – Jerk that (Dustin Hulton remix)
28 – Rob Analyze feat. Sarah Jane – Run it
29 – Young Thug – Stoner (Crookers remix)
30 – Plump DJs – Roll dope rhymes
31 – Basement Jaxx – Never say never (Jochen Simms extended mix)

Yes Globalistas!

Today sees the release of our 2nd “Double A” and the man responsible is none other than Parisian beat juggler Rafael Aragon. Just like Global Bass, Rafael is a blend of Latino and Arabic and this cocktail of influence has been reflected in his music. This one reaches even further east, exploring the sounds of Asia, taking you on a steamy journey through the soundscape of Bhangra verses Moombahton, or “Bhangraton” as Rafael calls it. Raf also teams up on “Punjabi Bhangra” with Venezuela’s excellent Global Bass producer Tropikore. For more Tropikore freshness, just click on his name.

As well as this release, Rafael has even knocked up a Bhangraton mixtape for you to enjoy. So, download the EP on us and be sure to check out Raf’s mixtape. Beleza…

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And here is Raf’s Bhangraton mixtape:

Ahoy DITH fans!

The German bruderschaft that is Symbiz return with their Thursday giveaway feature. This time in association with Soulforce Records. The boys have stuck to their ragga roots on this one, however it’s much more Global Bass than their usual Dubstepish Dancehall flavour, incorporating Twerk vibes and Moombahton beats. I’m looking forward to Thursdays!

Yes Funk fans.

We like to keep a special eye on the producers in Rio and Sao Paulo and when some new (to us) and interesting cats turn up, we like to share our discoveries with you. So here are a couple of Funkeiros you may not have come across yet. Both pushing the sound forward. Both innovating.

First up, 3 bangers from Rio’s Yuri Martins DJ. Dope…

And now Italo Carvalho aka Detona Funk, who hails from Sao Paulo:

Oi Globalistas!

Our growing collection of mixtapes from our fave Global Bass DJs from around the world continues with Paulista, Golden Kong. For a while in Brazil, music has been quite an insular affair, with most music being heard being native to Brazil. So where everybody else has assimilated Brazilian underground bass music, the traffic was generally one way. But in the last year or so we’ve seen a raft of young producers really embracing the idea of Global Bass. These include Asshake, Dorly, Leo Justi and today’s mixtape provider, Golden Kong. As always, we asked GK to tell us a little about himself and this is what he said:

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