The Rust Music - RUST100
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About RUST100
At the height of 2017, The Rust Music took on its second, present life as a music label, publication, and event promotion company. With little more than gumption and a vision, nearly 9 years of dedication turned into the extraordinary honor of hosting 99 EPs and LPs from a global variety of producers, musicians, and creatives. Now, just shy of our 9 year anniversary, we're ecstatic to unveil our 100th label release: RUST100, compiled in celebration of this milestone.
At 45 tracks, this compilation represents a plurality of our close friends, family, associates, and contemporaries that have thrown their weight in with our operation at some point through the last decade. Stretching from downtempo and trip-hop motifs to modern bass music, garage, and beyond, every composition feels like another cornerstone in the foundation of The Rust’s overall palette. The cast of characters we had the privilege to tap for this compilation is nothing short of a dream team, featuring the likes of Chalky and Seppa, Primate, Easyjack, Zonra, parkbreezy, and another 40 or so members of our extended universe of sound.
Whether you're just tuning into The Rust Music for the first time, or you've been with us since our nascent days on Brooklyn rooftops, RUST100 is the next definitive source for our collective grooves and hues in electronic music, and we can't wait for you to dive in.
Credits
Compiled by Malakai Linden
Artwork by Alex Carro
Design by Malakai Linden
All music was composed and produced by the credited artist(s) unless otherwise noted.
Mastering by Adam Ovoid (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13, 18, 21, 24, 28, 31), Joshua Kipersztok (34, 43), Malakai Linden (17), & Sandy Finlayson (8, 23, 45). All other tracks were self mastered or organized by the artist.
Maxfield - Boondoggle
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Track List:
Splintering (emerge)
Feisty Mallard
Mocktopus
Eating Worms
Includes:
4-track EP
Direct download in .mp3 format + links to hi-res formats
Comfort colors t-shirt printed direct-to-garment, available in Black and Granite colorways. Designed by Sofi Rami.
Limited time pre-order open thru December 21. Ships early January.
Purchase includes digital download of Maxfield’s Boondoggle EP.
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Independent Trading Co. brand hoodie available in Black with white screen printing. Designed by Sofi Rami.
Limited time pre-order open thru December 21. Ships early January.
Purchase includes digital download of Maxfield’s Boondoggle EP.
For our final release of 2023, we’re pleased to present the newest work from Boston based producer and close friend of The Rust, Maxfield – a 4-track uptempo EP titled Boondoggle. This release continues his testament to versatility, blending acoustic instrumentation with mechanical sound design – exemplifying the depth of his understanding of the craft through extraordinary musicality and creative mind.
Maxfield's repertoire covers a wide range of grooves and emotional landscapes, and a formal release from the high-energy end of the spectrum is long overdue. Boondoggle draws inspiration not only from dance floor energy, but also from the world of animals and nature – the mind-crushing awesomeness of which is enough to send even the strongest of us into a verklempt tizzy.
Mastered by Adam Ovoid
Artwork & design by Kyle Harrington
Follow Maxfield on: Facebook, Instagram, Soundcloud
Listen on: Streaming platforms
Maxfield - Just Beyond The Horizon
Art: Duncan Hatch
After the release of Just Beneath The Surface via Colony Productions, Maxfield caps off his ambitious two-part EP with a riveting triumvirate of tracks in Just Beyond The Horizon.
Parsing through splayed out drum lines, shredded low end, and precision harmonies, this handful of tunes channels a visceral weight across the frequency spectrum. Bold, brazen cuts of rock solid low end belay around sharp downbeats and buoyant cross rhythms, laying down the bedrock for juiced up leads and a potpourri of stereophonic glitches and artifacts.
It's more than just a capstone to a poignant project; it's the natural evolution of Maxfield's audio hemisphere in real time, revealing the cumulative skill sets and musical wisdom behind the Maxfield experience.
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The Rust Music - Auburn Etch [VA]
The Rust Music is honored to present our third compilation, Auburn Etch. Departing from the variable genres of our previous Oxidized compilations, this collection of music is a full service package of brolic and boisterous bass music. We’re tapping into the global reservoir of talent for this release, presenting producers from the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, and Australia.
Featuring high-octane rhythms, visceral sound design, brutish breakdowns, and break-neck musical phrasing, each track on this compilation represents a one-inch-punch of high fidelity audio production. Danny Grooves, Rumpistol, and Easyjack have lent their production wizardry and impeccable rhythm to the compilation, anchoring a release that showcases the unhindered skillsets of 5AM, Maxfield, Wessanders, and a host of other young-blooded producers with a tenable ferocity for meticulously processed synthesis.
Auburn Etch is a necessity in the catalog of any discerning audiophile. It’s full of those sonic sensations that are fondly familiar, and those that are new and boundary breaking.
Art: Max Burstein
Maxfield & WESSANDERS - Tacos Al Pastor
Jake Maxfield aka Maxfield and Kai Felsman aka Wessanders from Boston, Massachusetts team up on Tacos Al Pastor, an exhilarating two-track EP. The project possesses fundamentally unorthodox songwriting, with two cuts - “Tacos” and “In Tulum” - that cut unique paths and leave room for sonic surprises.
Both producers flex impressive sound design many times over, offering weighty, gravitational basslines that are juxtaposed with a spread of delicate glitches. Both of the tracks are sewn together with fine-tuned percussion that is progressive but accessible.
Tacos Al Pastor comes on the heels of Maxfield's stellar Sonorous EP, and for Wessanders it follows his crunchy Christmas Miracle Mini Mix. We hope you enjoy this listen and stay chooned for more.
Art: Jake Clarke
