Like A Storm / Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi

I'm not a fan of online bands that do weird montage-y covers of pop songs because I tend to dislike what they end up doing with the song; it's usually just 'ok'. That said, I would like to make a distinction between this group and the ones I mentioned above. Although Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi do make montage videos of them playing the various parts of a song and overlap them and all that, their covers are really well done and very clever (musically speaking). And the DIY aspect of their act comes through their music in an effective way. I think that because they have more or less taken the aforementioned route, that they've been pretty much ignored. Here they've made a great video/recording for their original song "Like A Storm". Featuring a simple structure, nice vocals, and killer live DnB drumming! Take the time to appreciate this (esp. if you live in New England and are also experiencing this crazy weather).

You Know / Burnkane

Burnkane is not your average Dnb-gone-dubstep producer.  Hailing from Scotland, Burnkane spent time in a boathouse studio perfect the art of sound engineering and has created an incredible, new world of audio.  Recordings and samples of bowed instruments put through outer-worldly processes create the core of most of his work along with beautiful arrangements.  Burnkane has definitely enhanced the world of dub for me.

Innocence / Nero

This winter I had the opportunity to see one half of the infamous dubstep duo perform at Webster Hall in NYC.  It was an incredible experience and by far the craziest dubstep performance I've witnessed thus far (joining the mosh pit there was a lot different than it's been in the past..).  I got to hear and watch "Innocence" be performed live and only recently did I discover that the track has an epic AMV (Anime Music Video) compiled of clips from the early 90s anime Cyber City Oedo 808.  Admittedly, I had no idea there was a whole category to this stuff! I feel like this is something that could be way overdone in a bad way, very quickly.  Oh well. The video for "Innocence" is great!


Nero are drum and bass and dubstep producers Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray from the United Kingdom.

What You Talking About!? (feat. Ms. Dynamite) / Redlight

Total banger put out by the new project of UK DnB producer Clipz featuring fellow UK hip-hop artist, Ms. Dynamite.

Cover Me (Dillinja Mix) / Björk

This remix of "Cover Me' by Björk was given the original DnB treatment of the day.  "Cover Me (Dillinja Mix)" is from the Björk remix album Telegram (1996), featuring almost all the remixes from her previous album, Post.  It has been one of my favorite DnB tunes since I was a kid.


Björk Guðmundsdóttir is a world renown Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, music producer, and occasional actress, whose work includes six solo albums and two film soundtracks.  Dillinja is a prolific jungle and DnB DJ and producer from Brixton in South London.

Move (Drumstep Mix) / Figure and Will Bailey

Dumstep: you've probably started listening to it without even realizing what it was.  It's a new* sub-genre of dubstep combining drum and bass beats with a distinct half tempo emphasis while maintaing all of the characteristic, bass goodness of dubstep.  "Move (Drumstep Mix)" is one of my favorite examples yet. Great mix featuring vocal samples from Slim Thug's  "I Ain't Heard of That".  Will Bailey (pictured) is a DJ/Producer from Birmingham, UK. Figure is Josh Gard, bass music producer from the Midwest.   


Listen and download the full version of this song below, for free!

Figure and Will Bailey - Move (Drumstep Mix) by Figure

*Dubstep is already a DnB influenced genre. The difference is the 'amount' of genuine, fast DnB breakbeats that are being used in the track.  Most dubstep artists have included beats that would be considered drumstep in their tracks for awhile..