This month’s chart brings songs from timeless acts like Thys and Two Fingers, modern bass staples including Crankdat, Virtual Riot, and Ray Volpe, as well as emerging names like Xerxes, Lord Genmu, and Malixe.
June’s chart has hard trap, hyperpop x dubstep crossover, festival bass, and some truly eclectic yet innovative ideas for what bass music can be.
There should be something for everyone on this chart, whether you’re an old head or still exploring what kind of electronic music you’re into.
Xerxes, an emerging bass music producer from the San Francisco Bay Area, has routinely been releasing incredible tracks and DJ sets.
In 2022, he seems unable to miss with each track he’s released. With Letting Go, he blends hard trap with jersey, with the song carried by a catchy vocal keep you hooked from beginning to end. Listen to the rest of his discography on his SoundCloud.
Three sound design heavyweights come together to make 505, a dancey bass ripper whose lead sound offers melodic percussion on top of a vibrant bassline keeps the song moving.
The song’s has a subtly spooky sound to it, which is expected given the artists behind this. If you want some of the wildest sound design in the space, look no further than Guilt Chip.
rSUN and WAYVE combined for an incredible track with Laced. The song has some funky Baauer sounding influenced percussion in the opening, but once the track’s full first drop comes, it’s off to the races.
A rhythm surefire to make anyone dance, this collaborative effort should not be slept on.
Shadow, a modern classic, gets a blistering remix from helloworld that pushes the limit of what the original could be turned into.
It also showcases Calivania’s vocals which still rings as euphoric and deep as ever. The crunching melodic bass sound design will make your head bop as you sing along to a timeless vocal.
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X&G bring us their latest track, SECA, as part of a two-track release that also includes their song ACES. With SECA, we’re given some seriously impressive sound design. The track doesn’t quite fall into a standard genre, blurring the lines between Trap, Dubstep, and Hip Hop.
It grows progresses nicely throughout the song, from combative beats, to melodic glitch verses, to a borderline ambient outro.
Regarded as one of the best underground DJs still currently touring, Derrick Carter has tour, produced, and worked with some of the biggest players and on the biggest stages of the world.
But you might not know it.
Because Derrick rarely gives extensive interviews, preferring to keep a low profile since his early rise to fam in the Chicago house scene in the 80s.
