We write about what we listen to. Release reviews, festival live reports, artist discoveries we follow closely. No quota, no imposed editorial calendar.
Festival
ADE 2026: our pick of the events you shouldn't miss. Sammy Virji, Rampage x Monstercat, Interplanetary Criminal.
A thousand events, two hundred venues, five nights. The bass roadmap we'd have built for the 30th Amsterdam Dance Event.
Festival
Worried About Henry at Drumsheds: Wilkinson and 40+ acts across three rooms.
The UK's biggest drum & bass promoter takes back the old Edmonton IKEA for eleven hours of sound. We are crossing the Channel.
Live Report
Family Piknik 2026, fifteen years at home. Two days at the Parc des Expositions.
Armand Van Helden playing nothing but hits, Hysta bringing the Hard Stage to its knees, Blond:ish as the revelation, Rebekah to finish deep in the red.
Live Report
Sónar 2026 — the Saturday zapping video. nimino, The Prodigy, Dom Dolla, Amelie Lens, filmed from the inside.
Second night, same zapping mode. From nimino's sunlit house to Amelie Lens' AURA, part 2 of 2 is now online.
Live Report
Sónar 2026 — the Friday zapping video. Skepta, Kelis, Sammy Virji, filmed from the inside.
We switch channels between the stages, the crowd and everything in between. Part 1 of 2, the Saturday zapping is now online.
Festival
Les Plages Électroniques 2026 — DJ Snake, Martin Garrix, Interplanetary Criminal. 20 years, feet in the water.
Over 70 artists, 5 stages, three days on the Palais des Festivals beach. The anniversary edition, and we fully intend to be there.
Festival
Family Piknik 2026 — Armand van Helden, Etienne de Crécy, Blond:ish. 15 years, at home.
Over 60 artists, 3 stages, two days at the Parc des Expositions. Our hometown festival turns 15, and we fully intend to be there.
Live Report
Sónar 2026, Barcelona. The festival trusted us to cover it, and we're telling you everything.
Two days at Fira Gran Via: RIRIA tearing up the SonarLab, Nimino finally seen live, The Prodigy closing Saturday. A weekend to remember.
Release
Dropout Marsh — What Remains out on Contre Jour Records. UK Garage from the South of France.
5 tracks balancing nocturnal tension, adrenaline peaks and post-rave melancholy. The Contre Jour Records founder plants his sound deep in UK underground culture.
Release
Skrillex — SOMA dropped at midnight. 13 tracks, 42 minutes. Here's what it sounds like.
Feid, ISOxo, Chris Lake, Young Miko, Blawan. A global palette between dubstep, Latin bass and club music. We spent the night with the album.
Live Report
Habstrakt drops his full Trabendo live. Asdek too. The night of 21 March, on repeat.
Two months after the Lineage Tour, the full sets are on YouTube. Two videos, one night of Parisian bass music.
Discovery
Skrillex announces SOMA — 13 tracks, FEID, ISOxo, Chris Lake. And the Contra collective.
Full tracklist revealed via Instagram Story. Latin influences, Jamaican riddim as the closer. No date yet, but the framework is set.
Release
Never Say Die Vol. 7 — SKisM closes the curtain on 15 years of bass music.
100 tracks, 90 minutes, and one line that says it all: "This is the last Never Say Die mix." Unreleased tracks that will never come out.
Discovery
dunne — "pretty computer music" from Brooklyn. Her latest release prima is worth hearing now.
71,000 monthly listeners, zero promo, zero label. dunne is building something quiet and solid.
Release
Skrillex & ISOxo — Smoke. The "Killers" ID finally drops, with Cristale and TeeZandos.
Awaited since 2022 as a festival ID, the track is here. OWSLA / Atlantic. It delivered.
Festival
Sónar 2026 — Sammy Virji, Goldie b2b Doc Scott, The Prodigy. We got our tickets.
98 artists, 5 stages, three days in Barcelona. Here's our programme and why we didn't hesitate long.
Live Report
Sammy Virji at Ally Pally — 10,000 people, sold out, and a surprise B2B with Barry Can't Swim
Alexandra Palace sold out on Friday night. Cops and Robbers feat. Skepta as opener, pyrotechnics, and a surprise in the middle of the crowd we didn't see coming.
Live Report
Habstrakt Lineage Tour — An unreleased Elmyx x Jacknife, Tonton Habby in the building: a night under the sign of Bass House
Habstrakt brings Elmyx and Asdek for his Lineage Tour at Le Trabendo. Elmyx drops an unreleased with Jacknife, Habstrakt plays Chicken Soup x Skrillex. We stayed until the end.
Live Report
Sammy Virji at Le Phantom — Nostalgia played at the right time, in the right room. We'll remember this one.
Calypso, Unsho, Noge, then Sammy Virji at 11:30pm. A night built from start to finish, with one moment — Nostalgia — we won't forget anytime soon.