Sach O throws tantrums not fits. At the top of the year, I wrote a post on an impressionable young man named Matthew Hiscock whose off-kilter beats, unlike most other unsolicited music I receive,  somehow managed to get into my iTunes playlist. To his credit, they were very good beats. Since then, Matthew has wisely […]

My horrible puns aside, Appleblim’s impact on Dubstep and bass music over the past few years has been immeasurable. While former Skull Disco partner Shackleton got the techno love and Villalobos remixes, Appleblim veered a course towards looser, funkier and slightly lighter terrain planting him firmly in bass music’s sonic center. Think of them as […]

Don’t get it twisted: any links to local MTL content on my part shouldn’t be construed as tokenism or back scratching. These days, I’m just as likely to be inspired by a local DJ throwing down tunes as the headliner he’s bringing in or the latest micro-genre to hit the net. Foodies love to talk […]

Our bass music posts here at PoW trend towards experimental shit. Whether it’s the underground LA sounds bubbling beneath the Hollywood glitz or broody London Gothstep abstract enough to make Q-Tip reach for a Rick Ross track, chances are we bump it. Thing is, we also bump straight up bangers. Montreal renaissance-woman Vilify knows a […]

With roots stretching back from first generation Jungle through Grime, Dubstep and now Future-Garage, it’s safe to say that Montreal Producer/DJ Intoccabile doesn’t need my cosign, not that that’ll stop me. Operating as the head of Fyutchaflex Recordings since 2001, all while playing countless gigs throughout the city, he’s recently moved towards a deep dub-techno […]