In a fresh change of pace today we bring you self-proclaimed “Unicorn Disco” producers Ride The Universe and their debut single “A Little Better”. A collaboration between LA-based Leisure Council and Germany’s Digitalfoxglove, Ride The Universe make booty shaking electro disco concoctions with a swagger all their own. Boasting of having “actual musicians in their outfit alongside DJs and producers” comes off a bit pretentious but they make up for it by promising to deliver a “dump truck full of synth funk” to your front door. Give a listen to their latest track and cross your fingers for their debut EP to drop later this year!

What is the sound of one hand clapping? This age old paradox may have just been solved. UK glitch hop newcomers KOAN Sound are coming correct with a fresh new production style that causes neck breaking head bobs and body thrashing. With a wicked swing to their step and negative space synth wobbles these guys make the kind of funk that wipes your mind clean, leaving you in a state of musical zen. Perhaps that’s why they call themselves KOAN Sound.

A Koan is a puzzling, often paradoxical statement or story, used in Zen Buddhism as an aid to meditation and a means of gaining spiritual awakening. Rather than meditate, these UK boys want you to thrash yourself to enlightenment. Be sure to support yet another amazing release on the OWSLA label by picking up their sophomore EP “Funk Blaster” here and catch them on their US tour with fellow young buck Gemini when they rage through a town near you this spring.

KOAN Sound – The Edge

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Bonus Download: KOAN Sound – Meanwhile In The Future (Craze’s Loc’d Out Remix)

Koan Sound – Meanwhile In The Future (Craze Loc’d Out Remix)

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Skrillex’s label OWSLA is unquestionably at the cutting edge of the EDM scene. With MASSIVE releases out almost every day by the new school’s top artists, anyone searching for the next major sound has a surefire place to look. The latest release is another top notch collaboration between giants Kill The Noise and Datsik. This is another impressive example of the way that genres are truly blurred nowadays with a progressive build, 4 on the floor electro house bass lines and drums at the drop and some futuristic dubstep wobbles thrown in for good measure. Really it doesn’t matter anymore. When your mind is getting blown by these guys, genres and tempos simply melt away. This one is some quality shit and we encourage you to support OWSLA on Beatport here to keep the bangers flowing for a long time in the future. Even the album artwork on this track is amazing with these two icons battling head to skull. That’s sick.

Kill The Noise & Datsik – Lightspeed

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Bonus Download: Datsik’s Ultra Music Festival Mix

Datsik -UMF Radio Mix

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