The states traditionally get a flood of great dj's and producers looking to play for cheap after everyone's annual Miami trip every March.

Some upcoming dates indicate that this year is no different.

On March 26, Mean Red Productions bring wobble king Caspa, and Afro-warrior Benga, to Webster Hall. Having these two aggressive dubsteppers on a bill together makes sense; they're the biggest names in the 'mainstream' of dubstep. Add Hudson Mohawke, the class president of the 'wonky' sound, with his smeared out, psychedelic take on hip hop, doing a Live PA, and the night seriously heats up.

On March 30, Le Poisson Rouge presents two of the most influential, respected, and innovative names in bass music.

Kode 9 defined the dubstep sound with his seminal label, Hyperdub. Kode 9 has inhabited a post-dubstep world since at least 2008, when I showed up to his set at NYC's Winter Garden on my birthday, expecting to hear a dubstep set and getting UK Funky upside my head instead. The last year or more of Hyperdub's releases and Kode 9's sets have reflected this shift; tracks like Joker's 'Digidesign' and Kode 9's own 'Black Sun' reference dubstep, but are exploring unique paths out of the scene at the same time. Expect a bass exploration in the purest sense of the word.

Flying Lotus has taken the world by storm since his NY debut at Percussion Lab way back in the day. Playing across genres and tempos is nothing for FlyLo; you get the sense by listening to his productions and dj sets that staying within the lines is just not in his program. He's been reviewed by the The New Yorker, and is opening for (and recording with) Thom Yorke this year, so this night's gonna be a treat.

If these guys are hitting New York, it's likely they'll be in your town soon too. Check their myspace pages and let us know!

See you on the dancefloor!

Last week, I noticed that one of Atlanta's more adventurous promoters, Heat, announced an upcoming Roska date - 4/8/10 at Lava Lounge. I checked Roska's Myspace for a New York date, and at the time, there wasn't one.

I've been digging Roska's XLR8R mix a bunch lately, and loving the garage/funky house style that Roska jocks for a while, so I was disappointed.

Thanks to Trouble and Bass I'm gonna get my fix.

Posted on Dubstepforum earlier this week, this night promises to be epic.

See you on the dancefloor.

The Single

Look forward to some new content and contributors on the blog in the coming weeks. We are dedicated to making this space a go-to for people in the know and wanting to be in the know about electronic music worldwide.

To kick this sort of new phase off, we're taking a look at a collaboration between one of the icons and pillars of the scene, Amon Tobin, and one of Percussion Lab's early favorites, Eskmo.

The project is called Eskamon, and is based around a seriers of field recordings these two sonic alchemists conducted together.

The first single is called 'Fine Objects' and comes out 4/5/10 on Eskmo's Ancestor imprint.

Here's what the site has to say: ESKAMON is the new collaboration project between Amon Tobin (Ninja Tune) & Eskmo (Warp, Planet Mu). “Fine Objects” is the first single by the duo that’s set for release on Eskmo’s own imprint “Ancestor.”

“Fine Objects” is the result of the pair’s unique take on sonic exploration and the manipulation of field recordings. From the onset, the two went out with a recorder, gathering sounds from around the house, yard and studio. Material recorded out of the studio included sounds from a parking garage elevator, a broken harp and the droning tones from a discarded piano. These were combined with more home-centric sounds to form the central theme to the song. With lumbering alien bass and intentionally dry, off-kilter percussion, “Objects” quickly grew into it’s own symbolic representation of taking “odd pieces” and allowing them to grow into something a bit more “refined and ablaze.”

But what does it sound like? Eskmo's trademark psychedlic tearout bass serves as the track's anchor, while eerie atmospherics and granular smears typical of Amon haunt the background. It falls almost directly in between these two producer's well known styles. So far we only have the short clip available at Ancestor.com, but the headnodder in me is intrigued.

Listen to 'Fine Objects' here.

The Remix

Last year, Evol Intent's Knick teamed up with dnb producer Ewun for a little mashup side project called Ludachrist. Slamming NWA up against Pink Floyd and introducing Dire Straits to Lil John at gunpoint, BANGFEST VOLUME 1 showed off the duo's OCD production esthetic and baller attitude.

Ludachrist is back with a Major Lazer remix this week, popping up on the Mad Decent blog. Pon de Foley pairs Major Lazer's summer 2009 dancefloor staple Pon De Floor with Axle F, the Beverly Hills Cop theme song. The resulting tune is a hilariously on point banger that's both funny and danceable.

We're glad these guys are bringing humor to their remixes; it's all too easy to forget that this is dance music, not rocket science. Now GET DOWN.

We'll be featuring a mix by Primus Luta in the coming weeks, part of his "Vanguard Series". Interesting from both an interactive and educational perspective, the mix spans a decade worth of genres and vibes. The ambitious four part series begins today. Stay tuned for the final installment, featured here on Percussion Lab, March 16th.

Here's a little bit about what Primus Luta has to say about the mix:

"To borrow from Me’Shell Ndegé Ocello, this is an anthroplogical mix, compiled at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. The goal was to capture the changing sound of music. A change that draws no lines of division. It is bound to no genre, no social group, global not regional. In a constant state of flux, it will only continue to evolve and grow. All of these mixes were done live using the custom application scrtch developed in Plogue Bidule for the Monome and Stribe Duo. There are some who are threatened by this type of change. They wish to deny it, holding to the comfort zones of the past. Then there are the others. The Vanguard. Those who see the potential and thrive. This series brings together over 125 artists, each in their own way charting a path on this new musical frontier. Listen carefully and take notes because indeed, this is the sound of tomorrow, today."