Future Classic « Rager Onions

Unfortunately, due to the disheartening fact that 123Mrk has left us without any new releases in quite some time now, we have not been able to properly introduce you to our favorite producer of the increasingly popular genre, Future Garage (Future Bass). Most notably in America, this genre of electronic music is gaining a lot of speed as its counterpoint style, Dubstep, is slowly becoming a thing of the past.

It’s kind of funny actually, it only took America an additional two or three years to catch up with the electronic dance music trends that had already taken deep root in the rest of the world (Europe/Australia). We are predicting that Future Garage, or Future Bass, whatever you want to call it, is going to be HUGE in the old US of A. This particular musical motif, that outrightly stands against and rejects the increasingly watered down dubstep scene, combines several musical aspects that we Americans seem to already dig.

Future music is a bit hard to describe really, but we will do our best. We believe that Americans will immediately fall in love with this type of music because they absolutely LOVE Hip-Hop, Rap and R&B. Utilizing the chilled-out and soulful downtempo aura of these musical predecessors, Future producers apply a particular touch to make a track their own.

This may include “re-pitched vocals” (probably the first thing you will notice), “soft leads with a round attack, subbass or square wave bass with a modulating filter” (source: Wiki) and classic, finely tuned snare drum/high hat arrangements. In fact, many remixes of the Future Garage flavor typically choose an original Hip-Hop or R&B track to restyle.

This next artist classifies his production style as “Future Garage Post Dubstep Hip Hop Electro,” so yeah. It’s a bit complicated to say the least.

However, without any further ado, we bring to you his Highness, the Future Bass legend, 123Mrk with his latest EP release, “Versatile/Secret Secret.”

While your at it…

It would certainly appear as if signing to OWSLA was in Chris and Harley’s best interest as their past two releases, “Touched” and “Jaguar”, have accumulated nearly one million listens on SoundCloud in less than a month (with countless other views on other various social media platforms, like YouTube). In fact, their most recent release, which dropped today, has already accumulated 150K views as of 3:30 PM CST. The sheer size of these numbers are no coincidence however. This collaborative duo, What So Not, between Harley Streten (the Future Sensation) of Flume and Chris Emerson of Emoh, is a match made in heaven.

The self-proclaimed voice of the A.D.D. generation, What So Not specializes in their own form of futuristic, Afro-beat and trap influenced productions. Their sound is utterly pure, unique and nothing short of progressive. As we have mentioned previously, Trap music needs an artist(s) to breathe fresh air into an increasingly stale genre. The young Australian producer, Harley Streten of Flume, has been redefining electronic music as we know it for the past few years. With the help of Chris Emerson and Skrillex (of OWSLA), this group is the future of American Trap Music.

What So Not was formulated in late twenty eleven with the release of their first EP 7 Dollar Bill. Gaining attention from artists like Boys Noize, the tandem of producers proceeded to continue their take on Hip-Hop/R&B influenced EDM. In 2012, the duos remix to Major Lazer was popularized by some of the biggest names in electronic music including trap-phenoms Flosstradamus, Nero, and Diplo.

But it is specifically these last two jams by What So Not that have really got us all hot and bothered so to speak. The most recent release, “Jaguar” is the future of trap music as we know it. If you disagree, we feel sorry for you. We would just like to let the songs do the talking, however. So, without further ado, here we go.