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Ever since my search for an Outtallectuals A to Z of Post-Dubstep, and stumbling across the symphonic dubstep based beauty of A Requiem for a New World, I’ve been hooked on the music AZEDIA makes. Then I came across the track Fathom and realised that this band can really work ...

A few weeks ago, I came across a blog post that talked about dubstep being dead. Not only did I disagree with it, the whole concept of genres dying seemed too obscure for me to understand. In 2013, as we stand, every single type of music ever created is still ...

The artists for this review article hail from Italy and produce music that is quite different from the electronic side of our coverage. After Slow Machete and Judy Kang, we are experimenting with bringing the rock/organic music back to our blog and we give you ‘Hey’ by Le Gros Ballon. ...

Here’s our first Drum n Bass guest mix contribution by a long time friend and contributor to our community, genius thinker and DJ Eugene Bann. Prepare for some seriously heavy and fast dnb. Outtallectuals Guest Mix #005: Eugene Bann ————————————————————————————— Support Artist: SoundCloud: @eugenebann Official website: http://www.eugenebann.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eugenebann Twitter: https://twitter.com/eugenebann YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/eugenebann88 Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/eugenebann ...

Guest Mix #004: Adala – Soundalyze Sessions 005 by Outtallectuals on Mixcloud Outtallectuals Guest Mix #004: Adala Soundalyze Sessions 005 Bio: Ardalan Zamani Mehr, also known as “Adala”, born in November 1988, has been a professional percussion player for many years, and started to produce in early 2011. His first official ...

Following up from our series of guest mixes, this week we have a new contribution from an artist who’s been under our radar for a few months. After being featured on our album Ethereality Vol.1, Canadian artist Kermode showed support for Outtallectuals in the form of this exclusive mix. The ...

11 carefully chosen tracks from Canada, Haiti, Iran, Nepal, New Caledonia, USA and UK that are pushing the boundaries of their genres and creating exciting new prospect for music. Organic/electronic cinematic fusion music by Kameronessi and Slow Machete, deep ethnic dubstep by Kermode and Zenstep and Koyö, ethnic trap goodness ...

Outtallectuals Guest Mix #002: H.E.A.R – High End Audio Ritual by Outtallectuals on Mixcloud ‘H.E.A.R means High End Audio Ritual and that is exactly what we try to reach with our events. We create spaces where the participants can interact with the whole event and through this really a feeling ...

Outtallectuals Guest Mix #001: Tentura – The Grid by Outtallectuals on Mixcloud Ader from Tentura has been a regular member of the forum for some time now and it was a natural choice and pleasure to have him make an exclusive psybient mix. Enjoy. For download and support go to: https://soundcloud.com/tentura ...

The artist chosen for the focus of this introduction and review is definitely different from any artist we have had before. This week we will be moving away from predominantly electronic music and opening the garden door to indie/alternative greatness. 30 seconds into the Slow Machete experience, you will understand ...

As many underground progressive communities would be, I was hesitant to write about a violin player who has worked with Lady Gaga. My first reaction was to doubtfully dismiss her material as mainstream poppy shambles but the grown up in me took control. Regardless of our personal opinions about Gaga ...

When we initiated this website, to start off the section of this blog we wrote an introductory article on The Algorithm and the release of his single Tr0jans, before the Polymorphic Code album was out. This group was a clear indication of musicians searching for omni-dimensional music and their formula ...

Thanks to Mujura for this artwork. Listen to the guest mix here.

What is a musician? Is someone who calls to prayer from his local mosque a musician? Are DJs musicians? What about parrots? Are sound engineers musicians? If a musician is not the master of a specific instrument? Too many questions about the technicality of what being a musician is. However, ...