The follow up of last year’s “Monsters Vol. 3” it’s finally here and Josh Gard, better known as Figure, will not let his fans down. “Monsters Vol. 4” it’s a little bit more atmospheric and dark, but maybe a little bit less aggressive and contorted as the previous release. Still, this is another classic “horror epics”, and eventually will grind you down before you even notice.
The atmosphere is fabulous throughout! The “Deaths Gospel” intro is suggestive and scary like a graveyard at midnight while the following “The Crypt feat. Khadfi Dub” explode in your speakers. It’s a perfect mix of post-industrial heaviness and contorted dub/EDM. “Center of Hell” continues in the same direction, contortions and drops are mixed up with solid synth riffs and powerful dance beats. “Nightmares” slow down only to be even more heavy and menacing. Love the psycho piano in it. “The Giant Eyeball” start with a kind of 8-bit/pinball feel, but turns into a real monster. Noisy and contorted it’s like an extreme space trip merged with a horror story. “The Blob” is a classy dubstep/drumstep butchery, the intense beat throughout it’s colored by noisy and contorted layers and synths. Read more Figure – Monsters Vol. 4 (2013) ›

Zardonic is one of the real bad-asses of the actual dubstep scene. If you’re looking for heavy basses and contorted, noisy synths, killer beats and total intensity, Zardonic is definitively one artist to consider. Ready to st Europe on fire, Zardonic release a new EP and gives away 3 tracks.
Those who have followed any previous releases should be aware by now that Zardonic settles for nothing short of greatness. On the verge of celebrating 10 years of creating bass explosions in 2014 with his unique blend of Metal, Industrial, Bass Music, and EDM, he’s prepared, yet again, to return to the old continent in an 18 stop crusade he calls Europa Beyond Bass: Tour 2013*”. And if his previously released “Far Beyond Bass” 2013 remix album wasn’t enough to tear down European expectations, he’s built an entire arsenal of dancefloor weaponry around the once free track, ‘Restless Slumber’. Read more Zardonic Tours Europe, releases new EP and gives away 3 tracks! ›

Grammy award winning super producer Rob Fusari is back. After an impressive showing by the Indaba community in the last producer challenge, Rob is back to source more material for his up and coming artist Cary Nokey. Cary’s music is described as “high intensity electronic dance music intersecting with emotionally charged rock, a hybrid of grit and glam.”
Take the a cappellas to “Super Glam” and “Sweet Disaster” to produce something amazing. Your production should be true to the content of the songs. We’re looking for upbeat and energetic.
Take the a cappella to Read more Rob Fusari is back to Indaba with producer challange ›

Hosted by Remix Comps, the Christopher Paul remix contest is open worldwide to entrants who are aged 13 or older. Remixes can be posted publicly online but downloads should be disabled until after the winner has been announced. Remixes can not be distributed for sale without the permission from Christopher Paul.
Tempo: 175 BPM, Key: D, Genre: Alternative, Pop, Rock.
The grand prize winner will receive Sony Vegas Pro 12 software ($599 value), A certificate for $40 from Soundtrack Loops and release on the Official Everyday Remixed EP. Two runners-up will also be included on the EP. All winners will also have the opportunity to remix future Christopher Paul tracks.
The remix pack can be downloaded Read more Christopher Paul Remix Contest ›

The pre-album rumors were talking about “a darker and more atmospheric record”, some mentioning the name of Pink Floyd and even label the new songs “progressive rock”. Well, the glory days of the grunge are long gone now and Pearl Jam probably reaching out for a larger audience. Last time, “Backspacer” in 2009 was pretty much a disappointment for me, so, honestly I did not had any expectation from them this time. I admit, the idea of a “darker and more atmospheric record” not really thrilled me. “Ten” is still one of my favorite all-time rock albums and it’s definitively one of the most alive and kicking albums ever produced. Pearl Jam ever since failed to live up to that debut album, although delivered several great songs and a few good albums, on the other hand it’s also true, after their ’94 “Vitalogy” never really convinced me anymore with any of their albums.
“Lightning Bolt” start pretty convincing with the energy full trio of “Getaway”, “Mind Your Manners”, respectively the darker, but still kicking “My Father’ S Son”. Read more Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt (2013) ›

It’s an art to know when to stop, when to retire. Mr. Gabriel miss that moment. And don’t get me wrong, I love Peter Gabriel from their Genesis debut “From Genesis to Revelation” in 1969 up till “Up” in 2002. “Scratch My Back” in 2010 was an interesting experiment and I was looking for this announced “vice versa” type of album where the covered artists of “Scratch My Back” will re-literate their versions on some Gabriel favorites. Meanwhile we had “New Blood” in 2011, an album consists of orchestral re-recordings of various tracks from throughout Gabriel’s career. An interesting experiment, but honestly, not ground breaking and not so interesting as I expected to be. Originally, Gabriel planned on re-recording the songs with home-made instruments, which sound much more interesting then a classic symphonic re-arrangement, but that idea was dropped because Gabriel didn’t “find the range and tone of expression available in existing instruments”.
“I’ll Scratch Yours” kind of eviscerate totally the life and nerve from the original recordings and serve us some pale, lifeless, diluted, tasteless, “dried up and dead” versions of those magic and unforgettable songs. Imagine that you’re in a completely dark room drinking a quality, strong scotch and someone switch-up your glass and you’re expecting that strong taste of scotch, but instead you got served with lemonade. Read more Peter Gabriel – And I’ll Scratch Yours (2013) ›

This is a massive sounding experiment where kraut and blues rock meets free jazz. Fire! incorporates saxophonist Mats Gustafsson of The Thing (and many more other projects), drummer Andreas Werliin (of Time Is a Mountain, Tonbruket, Wildbirds & Peacedrums) and basist Johan Berthling. “Without Noticing” it’s their third full-length album, the previous “Unreleased?” was released in 2011 and rocked my world.
This time we’ve got 7 tracks where on rock solid rhythmic bases and heavy bass lines Gustafsson can improvise wildly. This is a hypnotic and spectacular mixture of edge-cutting jazz and dense psychedelia. And probably not many people would imagine that a saxophone can be that aggressive! Read more Fire! – Without Noticing (2013) ›