Dance music today. KIDS today. It’s all Skrillex [wub wub wub]. Or it’s that awful song about the guy who “w-w-w-w-work[s] OUT” that’s supposed to sound “tongue-in-cheek” but is just an endless blitz of douchebombs. People, we all know this schlock isn’t the future of dance music. So, what is? Could it be… new wave electronic dabke? What’s a new wave electronic dabke, you ask? Well, envision Omar Souleyman locked in a recording studio with Duran Duran. Nah, scratch that. Just imagine Omar Souleyman-style jams, as he’s the maestro with whom most Westerners ...

The French boogie maestro, Onra teams up with the Fool’s Gold Record family to release a new EP, “Deep In The Night” which is out June 12. “L.O.V.E.” is the first cut off the EP and is definitely an Onra boogie filled tune that will not disappoint. Groove on.

Beatsmith Terry Urban in association with Acclaim Magazine present this 5-track shorty titled SBTRIGGY , combining sounds from an eclectic but intriguing couple in SBTRKT & Iggy Azalea.  Urban's been a maestro in fusing alternative sounds form something on-point, recently with MOM-recipient   Born Ready To Die ( Lana Del Rey x Biggie ).  Stream / download below, and read some more on the project further down. Download: SBTRIGGY   <p>&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://acclaimmagazine.bandcamp.com/album/sbtriggy"&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;SBTRIGGY by Terry Urban, Presented By ACCLAIM Magazine&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;</p> Terry Urban & Acclaim Magazine our proud to present SBTRIGGY. Combining the music of SBTRKT and Acclaim’s issue 26 ...

It’s been quite sometime since we’ve heard from this musical maestro known as A.Chal. The purveyor of mind-blowing visuals and genre bending mixes shares with us an impressive new ensemble today titled “Paid in Full.” It opens up with the infamous Killa Cam quote from his acting debut on “Paid in Full” with a Trina [...]

El maestro del sitar Subroto Roychowdhury busca acercar a España la música raga, tradicional de la India.  Leer .  Escuchar

Poland’s OFF Festival boasts one of the most diverse and enigmatic lineups around with their punk icons, cult artists and hottest up-and-coming bands - the cheap booze and ticket prices is just an extra. Joining Iggy and the Stooges and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and more at the growing festival includes the masked avant-garde hip hop maestro DOOM, who has worked in different projects with acts such as Madlib, Danger Mouse and Jneiro Jarel, and is regarded as one of the strongest presences in hip hop today. You can read our interview with DOOM in this month’s issue ...

My inbox is overflowing - I have no idea how I'm going to get all this 2012 good music to your delectable ears! So I'm doing a whole bunch of multiple artist posts (see Tenzenmen post here as an example of what I mean). I could just list releases, post a song, move on. So much easier too! But that is NOT how I do things here at Sonic Masala. So this week I aim to catch up on all the recent and upcoming releases from label favourite Thrill Jockey , starting with these three lovelies. Jon Porras is more ...

Jarle Bernhoft was introduced to American audiences via an appearance on the Ellen show last year, but the Norweigan musical maestro has been taking Northern Europe by storm for a few years now. With a total of four albums under...

Next Tuesday, May 29th will see the release of Felix Cartal‘s ‘Black To White’ remix EP on Dim Mak Records, featuring new renditions from Angger Dimas, Clockwork, and The Loops of Fury. Today, Felix has been kind enough to give us an exclusive listen to the remix from Indonesian Big Room maestro, Angger Dimas, in which... Continue + Comment

It's been a good while since the Chilean-German techno shaman Ricardo Villalobos has released any new solo work. After 2007's Fabric 35 , a seamless mix of all original material, and the following year's spate of releases — two EPs and an album for Perlon and, on his own Sei Es Drum label, "Enfants," a 17-minute, choir-sampling epic that became a runaway underground hit — it seems like the creative well dried up for a while...

#Discovery is a collection of handpicked artists that best represent the world of R&B;/Soul music. They are the next wave of artists to make their splash into the stream of music, and is our ongoing commitment to provide our readers with fresh artistic point of views in the world of music. All we ask now is.. Are you ready to for your #Discovery ? Click on the featured artist below to get to know them a bit more and download the mixtape for free! And if you're interested check out our first installment of the #Discovery serie s that ...

Hip-Hop maestro El-P 's latest album Cancer for Cure is now available to stream here , by way of Rolling Stone. The hip-hop icon's new album is very good, solid all-around and definitely worth the wait after five long years. He has been busy lately, also producing Killer Mike 's newest album R.A.P. Music which I'm a big personal fan of along with other projects. Click the link above and be sure to pick it up when it becomes available next week.

It’s been a long time coming, but it seems UK synthpop maestro Grum (born Graeme Shepherd) is finally ready to come out of hiding, and he comes bearing gifts. In less than a month, he has released three massive remixes that share a common full-on synthesizer, big room style. Perfect way to start the weekend! … Continue reading »

Welcome to the second edition of ' Behind The Art ', which has been taken over by writer Stuart Fowkes. He explores the latest work by Amon Tobin, Gunning For Tamar, Kogumaza, Sleepy Sun & more. If you have any suggestions for us, please send them to hello@thefourohfive.com . Amon Tobin – Amon Tobin (box set, Ninja Tune, released May 2012) Amon Tobin has always been an artist who takes the most meticulous care over how his music fits in with its accompanying artwork and visuals, so how do you go about developing that kind of vision as a designer? His latest release ...

El maestro indio censura que el Teatro Real de Madrid reciba una mayor asignación de los Presupuestos que el Palau de les Arts.  Leer