Rusted Rhythms Vol. 50 - Nestra [Live From The Brooklyn Mirage]
Soaring into Brooklyn at terminal velocity from the Mile High City of Denver, Nestra's performance at BK Mirage landed in the dead center of a 12 hour marathon cutting-edge dance floor music. Known as an impeccable selector and DJ in her home city, it's no surprise that she hit the decks with extreme prejudice. After being boots on the ground ourselves for the ensuing frenzy, we're incredibly excited to host Nestra's recorded set in posterity as the 50th edition of Rusted Rhythms.
Stepping squarely out of the boundaries of her contemporaries sharing the stage, Nestra's hour in the spotlight featured a whiplash cocktail of breakbeat, house, and a dash of psybient attitude. The frenetic rhythms and the driving low end featured throughout the mix come from a deep well of talent, including the likes of Nikki Nair, Guau, and Sam Binga, with each track burning serious rubber out of each successive transition. For beat freaks in the mood for a percussive hailstorm with moxie to boot, look no further than Rusted Rhythms Vol. 50.
Artwork by Ayla Alvarez
Rusted Rhythms Vol. 42 - Okeh Bosque
Amidst the sea of contemporary platforms for eclectic electronic music, VALE and Forest Biz maintain a steady position at the forefront of the pack. Both entities have spent the last several years in service of especially fluid styles, showcasing a brazen form of creativity bereft of boundaries; everything from Garage to Neuro, Trip-hop to Glitch-hop, organic to synthesized, and every flavor and texture in between.
With such clear parallels between both labels, it should come as no surprise that a faceless concept act by the name of Okeh Bosque is a collaborative project between them, showcasing not just the novel individuality of each respective catalog, but going the distance to educate rhythm junkies on the complexities of high-powered, matrixed bass music mixes. In celebration of this newly minted bridge between contemporary operations, The Rust is excited to present Rusted Rhythms Vol. 42, curated by the Okeh Bosque duo. For fans of either label and appreciators of cutting-edge electronic music, this edition of Rusted Rhythms should be priority number one on your evolving listening list.
Rusted Rhythms Vol. 28 - backpack
Jazz-infused 140 bpm system music has been monopolizing our attention for some time now. Philadelphia-based producer/DJ backpack is obsessed with the music, too, and for the 28th installment of Rusted Rhythms he’s strung together a one-hour mix full of this emerging left field sound.
Jazz-infused 140 bpm system music has been monopolizing our attention for some time now. Philadelphia-based producer/DJ backpack is obsessed with the music, too, and for the 28th installment of Rusted Rhythms he’s strung together a one-hour mix full of this emerging left field sound. He displays a discerning ear for selecting the sound and a strong hand for mixing it. Selections include tracks from Chord Marauders residents Jafu and Geode, as well as a buffet of selections from the innovative Smallprint Recordings imprint based in Brighton, UK. In addition to these top-of-class choices, Rusted Rhythms Vol. 28 offers perhaps the largest amount of original backpack music existing in one place to date. Each cut is weighty and impressive, including collaborations with other Philadelphia-based producers wiseyoungfool and 5AM which represents stylistic fusions. It’s not all system music, though. Stick around until the end to hear backpack round out the mix in style with tunes rooted in hip-hop, including one true classic.
Tracklist
Blicka - Loading Screen
Sun - You
Khromi - Dressed In Camo
Jafu - Capturing the Storm VIP
Kadet P - Cloudy Eyes and Bright Words
Samba - Stripes
Ternion Sound - Nicky P
Eva808 - Psycho Sushi
J:Kenzo - Cross Polarity
Geode - Lark Ascending
Dillard & Subtle Mind - Temporal
backpack - Wither
backpack - Delirium
backpack - Eventually
backpack & Zejibo - Desolation
backpack & wiseyoungfool - Orchestral Harmonics
backpack & 5AM - Off Beat Style
Goth-Trad - Born to Know
Escapism Refuge - Dent
Submotion Orchestra - Forever
Traces - Nature
Zejiboo - part_2_
Krimson - Dr Green
5AM - Peace Mode
Danny Breaks - The Jellyfish
Flamingosis Hidden Attraction
Rusted Rhythms Vol. 24 - Dillard
Rusted Rhythms are all about showcasing the beat to one’s personal drum, and Dillard spares no expense in taking us on a ride through his world of omnidirectional system music. Summoning the power and versatility of the 140bpm kingdom, this rocky mountain bruiser locks in a 50-minute long sub-weight melee.
Rusted Rhythms are all about showcasing the beat to one’s personal drum, and Dillard spares no expense in taking us on a ride through his world of omnidirectional system music. Summoning the power and versatility of the 140bpm kingdom, this rocky mountain bruiser locks in a 50-minute long sub-weight melee. The enclosed Dillard productions and collaborations are a testament to the myriad musical aesthetics that he finds inspiration in. Featured amongst the list of selectors are the likes of Jafu, Substrata, Geode, Atyya, and Prophet, honoring the magnanimity of similar low-end veterans. This is an homage to the dungeon dwellers and nightcrawlers amongst us. Do not turn off your sound system until you’ve properly rinsed Rusted Rhythms 24.
Tracklist
Dillard - Target Soundboy
B9 & Jafu - Zephyr Night
Hajimari - Absence ft. Sora
Teffa - Phase One
Dillard - Essence
Dillard & Subtle Mind - This
Subtle Mind - Cheifin
Substrata & Caba - Zygote
Mercy & Geode - Dreams of Hate
Dillard - 0742
Atyya & Dillard - Eon
Hebbe - B-side Dub
Dillard & DMVU - Llunga
Dillard - 26ING
DPRNTDRP - Ghori
Teffa - phone tapes
Arta - phased breathing
Iyakuh & Pathwey - Woju Nawate
Prophet - Paradox
Samba - Tssss
DMVU & Dillard - Leann Rok
Dillard - Waved
Dillard - Unfolding
Ian Ewing - Cereus - (Freud’s Midnight Snack Remix)
Rusted Rhythms Vol. 12 - Freud
As the founder of Portugal-based digital label Substruct, Freud is well acquainted with delicately gorgeous music.
As the founder of Portugal-based digital label Substruct, Freud is well acquainted with delicately gorgeous music. This edition of Rusted Rhythms features a 45-minute excavation into the depths of ethereal bass music. Freud's collection of tunes touches upon lo-fi hip-hop, garage, and some delightfully jazzy dubstep. A bittersweet assemblage of cavernous soundscapes, the mix evokes feelings of tranquility, introspection and nostalgia, in the finest way possible. Perfect for a lonely Sunday or a walk through the winter snow. We hope you enjoy, and stay chooned for more from Freud.
Tracklist
Harris Cole - Goodbye
Hm Surf - I Flunked This Semester
Matas & Edo Lee - Frost Feat. Sara Ronson
Ian Ewing - Noh Life
CYGN - L O V E
vbnd - We Go On Infinitely
Un, deux, abattoir - Got the goings off coming on
Ødyssee - k o f f i e
Dusty - Haze
Tennyson - 7AM
Jafu - Gettin’ Low
B9 & Dillard - Len
CIrcula - Dizzy
Khromi - Horizons
Hitman - Listen Dis
Mercy - Breadcrumb
Raw Flakes - Amazonia
Fanso - Espuma
Harris Cole & Ian Ewing - Mistakes/Regret/Forgivness
Rusted Rhythms Vol. 5 - Fox vs. Conscious Pilot
Just over a year ago I had the pleasure of attending The Tsunami Bass Experience’s HzOfHorrors halloween show. Before that night, I hadn’t heard of Conscious Pilot, and I left talking about him.
Just over a year ago I had the pleasure of attending The Tsunami Bass Experience’s HzOfHorrors halloween show. I went with the intention of seeing Nomine & Sam Binga, two names I was already familiar - before that night, I hadn’t heard of Conscious Pilot. I was so excited for the first two, and I left talking about Conscious Pilot. His set was one of the most captivating and mesmerizingly heavy collection of tracks i’d experienced live before, and to top it all off, Tsunami Bass had installed a Bass floor contraption that quite literally shook you to the bone. You could quite literally feel the music. I left wanting more, and wound up interacting with CP online in an attempt to find out what songs i’d heard the night before. Now, one year later, I’m happy to announce that CP, aka Patrick Forster, has recorded a b2b mix with his buddy Fox for me to release through The Rust. It’s a collection of all unreleased, original tracks from both artists, and was recorded in Conscious Pilot’s home studio. It’s an hour worth of madness, and it illustrates so brilliantly why I enjoyed that show so much. Both artists find such an exceptional balance between the deep and the heavy. There’s some straight up bone-crunchers in there, but theres also a handful of smoother tunes to space out to. The mix is quite a magnificent ride, and i’m incredibly excited to share it with you. The mix premiered on Conscious Pilot’s sub.fm show, and is available to download here.
I hope you enjoy it. Stay chooned, folks.
Conscious Pilot: Soundcloud / Facebook / Twitter / Reverb Nation / Mixcloud
Fox: Official / Soundcloud
Tracklist
Fox - Limbo [unreleased]
Dragonette - My Legs (Fox Remix) [Feral Sound]
ARtroniks - Extinction (Fox Remix) [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Brute Creation [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Bombing Science [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Dreadmill VIP [unreleased]
BunZer0 - In The Zone (Fox Remix) [unreleased]
Fox - Undeniable Dub [unreleased]
Fox - Critical Dub [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Bullshit [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Playing With Fire [unreleased]
Fox - Redolence [unreleased]
Fox - Redolence (VIP) [unreleased]
Tool - Disgustipated (Fox Remix) [unreleased]
Fox & GMAK - Angry Man [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Jamaican Me Vibrate [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Perceptive Conductor [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Fighting Chants VIP [unreleased]
Fox & Sinerise - Whisper [unreleased]
Fox - Wintermute [Zip Sound Recordings]
Fox - Chthonic [Feral Sound]
Conscious Pilot - Brute Creation - Creep n00m RMX [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Brute Creation - ARtroniks RMX [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - Brute Creation - Fox RMX [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot & Hulk - The Sybian [unreleased]
Conscious Pilot - That's Dangerous [unreleased]
???? [unreleased]
Fox - Like I Never Left [unreleased]
Fox - Touch [unreleased]
Rusted Rhythms Vol. 3 - Shanti
This mix is super special not only for The Rust and myself, but also for Shanti, who is not only an incredibly passionate producer and DJ, but a close friend as well.
This mix is super special not only for The Rust and myself, but also for Shanti, who is not only an incredibly passionate producer and DJ, but a close friend as well. This intimate mix includes a slue of released, unreleased, and forthcoming tunes from not only Shanti, but a host of his personal friends... So it's sure to be something remarkable. The mix features a delicate and precise weaving of psychedelia and the deepest of the dubstep into a glorious union of aural tranquility. Shanti is no stranger to undulation ... this mix is both a fantastic addition to the artists repertoire and the perfect introduction to what he's all about. Don't sleep on this one and stay chooned for more from Shanti!
Tracklist
Blind Jazz - Biome
Almost - Drew's Theory & Buca Florist (Forthcoming)
The Western Keys - Drew's Theory & Shanti (Forthcoming)
Kyushu to Hokkaido - Drew's Theory (Forthcoming)
Mellow Lagoon - Shanti (Forthcoming)
Pastiche - Trashbat
Transparent - Bliss. (Craft remix)
Knee Skills - Gerwin
Trust Your Feelings - Gerwin
East VIPR - Raynor (Toka Remix)
Yellow Moon - Kercha
Pinch of Fault - Menik
Entanglement - Dillard
Waiting for You - Autodream
Riku's Demise - Shanti ft. Sponce
Archangel - Burial (Asa & Sorrow Remix) (Unreleased)
Speedball2 - Burial (Asa & Sorrow Remix) (Unreleased)