STARKEY

"Starkey’s productions brilliantly ride the jagged line between hip-hop, grime, and dubstep, so it’s exciting to get a glimpse of the musical peers he thinks are creating similar sounds. As long as you can handle the ride, Starkbass is a superb mix" — XLR8R

PJ Geissinger combines his love of classical music with modern bass music to deliver a distinct, panoramic sound that stands out from the current wealth of electronic music producers. His dramatic compositional skills, complimented by grade 8 piano and a day job lecturing in musical theory and production at the University of Philadelphia, make Starkey not only a formidable force in the underground scene, but also earmark him as a potential super producer of the future.

Starkey is yet another example of what the streets of Philadelphia can create; his sound hits hard and is littered with subsonic bass and colourful audio frequencies. Grime, dubstep, hip-hop, ambient and more are all blended into his own ‘street bass’ genre, with a frightening attention to detail and hard lean towards a space age aesthetic.

“Starkey's style is rich with crossover potential....” — pitchfork

iLL.GATES

Toronto-born San Francisco-based producer, performer and educator ill.Gates has had a long and lavish career in music. DJing since his earliest teenaged years, .Gates has established a global fan base and enjoys an increasing reputation as dynamic, definitive and decisive EDM artist. ill.Gates is rising steadily up the ranks through his many collaborate releases with such industry heavyweights as Datsik, Bassnectar, Ana Sia, Opiuo, T.O.B., Vibesquad, Mimosa and more.

Touring regularly across the globe, monumental ill.Gates sets at signal festivals like Burning Man, Shambhala and WEMF are memorable experiences and favourite events among fans and DJs alike.

Crushing charts and detonating dancefloors with such colossal collaborative tracks as the Bassnectar Timestretch and Divergent Spectrum releases, ill.Gates receives extensive amounts of appreciation and praise from some of the leading artists in the electronic music setting. These commanding accomplishments and capital achievements make ill.Gates’ both a sought-after producer as well as a celebrated mentor to some of the baddest names in the bass music scene.

NASTYNASTY

California’s NastyNasty has established his own abstract take on contemporary bass music and defined himself as one of North Americas most unique producers. A heavy helping of heartfelt vocal trickery and melodic sensibility accompany heavy drums and brow-raising bass sounds to construct songs that both stand as listening pieces as well dance-floor wizardry.