What a wonderful Lucidity! Beautiful weather, beautiful people . . . such is Santa Barbara every single day. We hope you are almost fully recovered from dancing in the dust all weekend, and if you aren’t, you have another week to get those legs in check before we see you all again at our Dirtybird take over alumni weekend!

Not even trying to front, we already miss Lucidity, like, a lot. Let’s take a second and reminisce with a track from a favorite artist last weekend, Defunk.

If you were unable to make it to the main stage Saturday at 11PM, condolences to you. Canadian producer / DJ, DeFunk took the sea of dancers by the hips for a little bump n’ grind, working the crowd with the funkiest glitched-out hip-hop tracks. Taking a glance around mid-groove, everyone was not only dancing, but there were stuck in an ear-to-ear smile, seemingly unable to be still.

Give a funk all weekend long with a free download of Defunk’s “Harder Faster” originally by funk pioneers, Daft Punk and keep it groovy AF.

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#defunk #funk #groove #bass #glitch #bass #reggae #future #hiphop #rap #soul 

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There is nothing vanilla about this sweetened up edit of Erykah Badu’s “On & On.”

UK producer, Vanilla, ensures that he keeps the sass in soul with his sexy AF rendition of the praised songstress’ funky original. Granted, Badu already has established herself as neo soul extraordinaire for decades running now; us over 20 year-olds grew up with Badu in the 90’s and, man, was she fucking it for funk, soul, and r&b from a modern woman’s perspective. Strong, bold, and not afraid to make her presence known, Badu toppings to Vanilla are sure to please.

Vanilla maintains what Badu established: soul, and adds an electronic panache. If you are into disco, soul, funk, and r&b, Vanilla keeps it real, classic, and smooth.

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#vanilla #vanillabeats #erykahbadu #on&on #onandon  #soul #funk #jazz #neosoul #soul #hiphop #sexy #remix #edit

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Initially featured separately on our blog, and now as a collaboration, producers KRNE and Cavalier link-up from two of California’s bay cities, Oakland in the North and Long Beach in the South, for an in-your-face trap track sampling “Bad Girls,” originally by badass lyricist and vocalist, MIA.

We fell in love with Bay Area artist, KRNE instantly, with his synthy trap numbers gloating unexpected progressions and somewhat sinister twist and turns. For those who love constantly digging for music, KRNE is one to follow- consistently releasing new tracks, showing that more is more doesn’t mean that you have to stifle on production qualtiy.

Cavalier is relatively new to us, hitting our radar upon discovering he is an artist comprising the elusive “Josh Pan” project. Impressively young, Cavalier is another tenacious producer who is not shy to give out a steady stream of traptastic downloads for free.

Check out how these two impressive bass producers work together in “Hands Tied”:
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#KRNE #cavalier #handstied #badgirls #MIA #trap #bass #westcoast #bayarea #longbeach #oakland

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If you read our write-up linked to our exclusive mix with with SLC duo, Xian and Gaszia AKA X&G, you should have been waiting on the edge of your seat for their new tracks they projected to be released early on in 2015.

Point blank: we loved what X&G delivered and have been wanting more. The mix was completely seamless and filled with tracks that you wanted to Shazam and download immediately, but couldn’t, because most of them were unreleased X&G originals; much like this future bass original X&G wonder, “4AM.” Going to get really personal, this straight up is my favorite track on their Music is Love mix, and really, is there no better feeling then finding out your favorite track on the mix is actually an original by it’s creator? If you can both successfully DJ AND produce banging-ass originals, your on top in my book.

Released through TrapDoor Records, this one will get you in the f*cking mood:
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#x&g #xandg #xian #gaszia #trapdoorrecords #4am #sexy #trap #future #bass #nujazz #chill

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Soulection vibes goin’ up on a Tuesday with J-Louis’ remix of “Let’s Escape” originally by Abraham Blue.

The early 20-something producer from Los Angeles began making beats on his iPhone a few years ago. Now, member of Soulection, J-Louis’ music is city-inspired and full of soul. His jazzy influence is perfect for the record label that has established itself as the source for easy-listening bass music.

If you like his sound, be sure to follow his social media links below as he is consistently releasing free downloads for his fans to enjoy.

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#jlouis #abrahamblue #letsescape #soulection #jazz #soul #funk #bass #chill #trap

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This Thursday’s throwback track is brought to you by production duo, Kiings. Consisting of Sean Foran & Chris Siegel, the Wisconsin boys focus on future and electronic soul music.

Today, we are taking you all the way back to their first track on their SoundCloud page entitled, “Explain Myself.” Though the track is a couple years old, the 2 Kiings stay consistent with their current style, evoking a romantic feeling within their music by featuring positively beautiful vocals over playful, but never overpowering, bass-fowrard electronica.

We’ll let the track do the rest of the talking:
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#kiings #explainmyself #future #futurebass #soul #electronic #electronica #bass #tbt

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Sending love and lots-o-bass from Virginia, producer Saaj has been making waves in the “new r&b” community with his fresh perspective on a genre that has, in our book, always been cool.

Putting out relatively hard-hitting, dance electro just a year ago, his newest work is more relaxed; perfect for the original r&b lover who is open to a bit more bass. Saaj does not simply sample a pre-exisiting track (in fact, most of his newer work features smaller vocalists); he creates his own rhythm and blues stylized more modernly than what you heard in the 90’s and early 00’s.

Check Saaj’s usage of JT’s “What Goes Around” and some badass synth work in his latest release, “Karma”:

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#saaj #justintimberlake #karma #trap #electronic #r&b #bass #piano #newr&b

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