An example I found this year was Chicago-based producer and composer Norfik’s Escape. A six-track EP that unboundedly explores the sonic characteristics of IDM, ambient, and club-ready jungle music while cohesively piecing these concepts together in a way that can only be described as liberating.
Read MoreJaylin Wade and Jordan Patterson —better known as producer and rapper duo J. Wade and Cloud Boy—released a sonically vivid and visually oriented project with their official full-length debut, The One Who Knocks.
Read MoreStaff writer Josue Olivares spotlight’s DJ Jalen’s most recent record “Rhythm and Bass.”
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