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![Beats Antique Rings in 10 years with ‘Shadowbox’ [Artist Interview & Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BA-3.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Beats Antique is back with an album that spanned the Earth in search of the sound for its creation, an album built upon the sound that they have spent forming together and then explored in a way that can only come after ten years of production and mastery. The name of the album is Shadowbox, and in […]
![GRiZ takes us on the Funkiest Journey yet with new LP ‘Good Will Prevail’ + ONE week until Red Rocks! [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GWP.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The funk master GRiZ just released his newest LP Good Will Prevail on his label All Good Records and all we can do is yell out a huge ‘FUNK YEAH!’ The thirteen song journey of funk features the best of the best and we promise that you will not be able to stop listening to this […]
![DRRTYWULVZ Hits Us With First Full Length Album, ‘Ah Yes’ via Street Ritual [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/drrtywulvz.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The first full length album to come from DRRTYWULVZ, ‘Ah Yes’ is sure to please fans progressive electronic music. Building on a style he already honed in on and with even cleaner sound yet, the album takes the listener on quite the satisfying journey. ‘This One’ gets things started with some Tipper-esque alien vibes carried […]
![Resonant Language Releases New EP ‘Fractal Technician’ [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/resonantlanguage.jpg?resize=600%2C355&ssl=1)
Electronic
Resonant Language clearly spends more time behind his computer screen than most. In just a few years his sound has filled out as fast as one could hope, always staying true to making music that pushes boundaries without ever committing to any genre full on. As he creates what I suppose you could call jazz […]
![Psymbionic X Esseks Present ‘Static’ Via Gravitas Recordings [New Release]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/psymbionicesseks.jpg?resize=480%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The latest track from a collaboration between two of our favorite bass hungry producers is the perfect grimy addition to your end of summer rotation. Psymbionic and Esseks come together on ‘Static’ to create an auditory journey that tickles your ear with weird synths, odd rhythms and some ratchet bass to ice the cake. Since […]
Electronic
With the season growing colder more and more each day, we decided to compose a list of ten Summer Sizzlers who ignited this summer with stealthy beats and overall killer talent. Handpicked by our contributors from different regions of the States, this list is comprised of musical artists that had an unstoppable summer. Whether it be festival […]
![Lydia Violet Premieres Moving Single “Keep Her Safe” Off New Album ‘Already Free’ Out 9/23 [Song Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
“Keep Her Safe,” the debut single from the Berkeley, CA-based singer/songwriter/violinist Lydia Violet, arrives at a cultural tipping point. The moment has never been more ripe nor ready for feminine protest music, and there’s a new artist on the scene to deliver a rallying cry. As the human race struggles with both awakening and regressing, and our […]
![Fruition Announces NYE Portland Dates + New Live Video Of “The Meaning” [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13923580_1053674624719744_1231241625617709094_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
Fruition just announced even more tour dates rolling all the way through November and ending with what’s bound to be the best way to spend NYE in Portland, Oregon, with three nights at the Wonder Ballroom (last time’s fruitiness @ the Wonder). The band will travel extensively this tour and join greats Greensky Bluegrass for a few […]
![Lafa Taylor Releases New Collab with Aabo + Music Video ‘Turn My Music Up’ [New Release + Music Video]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/lafa.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The latest from joker Lafa Taylor has us stepping into the world of his never ending shenanigans, this time involving his incessant desire to make everyone dance. As we jump between jail house scenes to hospital rooms to an airplane flying 30,000 feet in the air, there’s no way to resist the groove when Lafa’s […]
![Lettuce Take You To ‘Crush’ Land + Sounds Like A Party Tour [Video + Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/a5cc2e_fd2b03a3eab74ccfafd78222f53759aemv2_d_2000_2667_s_2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Funk
It is no joke when we say the Lettuce crew is on straight fire right now…and have been for about twenty years. These legends have brought a diversity and vigor to the classic funk sound that equally matches their soulful and effortless groove, infused with a mastery of hip-hop inspired beats and feel-good, get down jams. Since their fourth […]