We find that adding a little soul is extremely important, but let’s be honest, blues can really bum you out. With how privileged we are in the 21st century, soul and blues seem to be confined to a despondent time period reminding us of an unprogressive and backwards nation. Luckily we have John McCarten AKA Manic Focus to demonstrate the genre in a modern and positive way, allowing those of us who weren’t born in the 50’s to enjoy the extremely emotional creative outlet in an uplifting way.

The Chicago-based producer showcases electro-soul and glitch funk around the perfect mixing of post dubstep, hip-hop and r&b. If you like his remix of Krooked Drivers’ “Nothing Is Lonely,” make sure to check out his SoundCloud where he offers some really funky originals and remixes for free.

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#manicfocus #soul #blues #glitch #trap #postdubstep #eastcoast #funk #electronic #hiphop #r&b

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Tapping into the art of production mid-2013, Long Beach resident and junior in high school (yes, you read that right), has proven that his work is anything but what his name suggests, “Cavalier.”

With his first show last November, the kid is on his way to aligning with some of the biggest names in trap for 2015. It’s fascinating to see how kids who grew-up with the Internet at their fingertips are approaching art, production, and personal business endeavors at an extremely young age; but it may also be his age as the reason to why the kid wishes to remain relatively under-the-radar.

We are finally moving towards an age where talent is talent, no matter the source, and the Internet has allowed for these creatives to not only share their work, but has provided a platform for them to properly network and market themselves. Cavalier demonstrates how easy it is to form business relationships via communicating primarily through the Interwebs, mentioning that’s how he has been able to reach out and collaborate with other producers despite 6th period bells closing up his current reality.

“Wet behind the ears,” “too young,” “no resume,” – that shit doesn’t matter anymore as much as it pains us older kids to hear; the Internet is now your resume whether you like it or not. Dreams of staying cavalier by working as a producer/ghostwriter for big artists may be out of the question for this impressive young producer.

Feeling bossy? So are we:
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#cavalier #cavalierbeats #imsobossy #trap #rap #hiphop #dark #bass #westcoast

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Neck’s newest EP Can’t Get has completely caught our attention. Falling in love with his usage of Banks’ “Warm Water” in his release “I’ll Come Closer,” we were instantly hooked on his merge of futuristic and nostalgic sounds.

Culminating an intimate and dreamy soundscape around well-known originals, Neck’s extremely thoughtful style carries reverberate synths, forward-thinking baselines, and live instrument samples, evoking a playful and effortlessly sexy vibe. If you are into future bass with a classic twist, look no further than a turn of your head.

Peep “I’ll Come Closer” and grab the rest of Neck’s EP on his SoundCloud:
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#neck #cantget #ep #illcomeclose #banks #warmwater #jazz #future #bass #instrumental #electronic #soul

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I don’t know how King Kanye feels about remixes of his tracks; if he made them they are already perfect, right? West’s all-star attitude at the Grammys definitely served it’s purpose in creating a new, but all-too-familiar, buzz around him.

A newly reveled collective of 20 artists that go by the name of “Josh Pan” fans the flame by flattering Kanye’s top-40 hit, “Touch The Sky,” reintroducing the jazzy original as a bass motivated slapper.

Josh Pan as a collective only recently developed as he announced via twitter that his suggesting title and coy marketing had successfully deceived everyone into thinking there was one guy blasting out track, after track, tweeting, “We just want to thank you all for being apart of this social experiment”- juicy! Some producers who contribute to Josh Pan Collective are Harrison, Luca Lush, Madeaux, POLO, Cavalier, Whispa, Dirty Chocolate, Jai Wolf, Yung Bae, Y2K, Flamingosis, and Manila Killa.

Grab the massive collab’s Kanye remix and check out their page for more freebies:
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#joshpan #harrison #lucalush #madeaux #POLO #cavalier #whispa #dirtychocolate #jaiwolf #yungbae #Y2K #flamingosis #manilakilla #trap #touchthesky #remix #bass #eatcoast

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