Zomby’s 8-bit grooves are some of the few that I can get behind. The jumpy vocal samples on “Labyrinth” and the ominous, meandering “Trap Door” are high points. Also peep his awesome album Dedication from earlier this year.

Listen to Nothing here.

Whatsoever.

Jonwayne owes just as much to Koji Kondo as he does to the beat scene and not just for his surface level video game references. “King” is built on top of classic Nintendo boss level gloom. But not the boss fight itself — “King” summons the ominous tones of the dungeon/level that precedes the final showdown. Anyone who has played Ocarina of Time knows what I’m talking about. “King” will appear on The Death of Andrew EP, which drops October 25.

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Chinatown-based production duo NGUZUNGUZU add some cacophony to Sleep Over’s “Romantic Streams.”

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It’s hard to reconcile Freddie Gibbs’ far flung collaborations with the fact that he’s signed to Young Jeezy. Still, Gibbs is more than comfortable on the electronic track.

Huge and achingly sad. The solitary drum is what really takes it to another place. Irish duo Solar Bears posted a download link in the comments of their SoundCloud page.

Blawan’s remix of Beastie Respond’s “Syncopy” is, um, huge. Excuse me while I find a neck brace.

Listen to the rest of the EP after the break.

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Baroque meets dub on The Bug’s remix of The Kills’ “Satellite.” Epic intonations to fill an arena. Or a cathedral. Watch the video for the original below.

L.V. take the best parts of Jahcoozi’s not-so interesting original (below) and creates a high powered dub remix with exceedingly groovy bass.

I’m still taking baby steps with this dubstep stuff, but I dig this. Lex NV (whoever that is) uses disembodied voices and an ambient orchestra to create an epic beat that’s more accessible than some harsher, mechanical sounding stuff.

Download: Lex NV – Broken Sunrise

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