The 5 Hottest Electronic Artists of 2009

It’s no secret that dubstep has been surfacing all over Toronto this year in clubs and popular cultural spots like The Social and Suba. Monarch and I chatted months ago about the inevitability of dubstep’s big break, and I’m happy it’s happening right now. The first one is no newbie making his big debut though. Rusko has over a dozen releases in his discography, and loads of remixes that have been the subject of blogger attention this, especially this year. He has some collaborations in the works, and is someone to watch this year.

Caspa

Same goes for Caspa. This guy is booked up for solid months, with few days off from the tour. He’ll be on the grind all over the UK, mainland Europe, and Japan through the summer. He just released a brand new album called Everybody’s Talking Nobody’s Listening, and will be doing more good work with artists like Rusko this year.

A1 Bassline

As a percentage of the total number of remixes I’ve listened to this year, the highest proportion probably belongs to A1 Bassline – both created by him and remixed by other people. He’s not quite the prolific tourer that the first two artists are this summer, but he’s busy and hopefully working hard on his production.

Jack Beats

Jack Beats has some huge brand power, and is getting attention from almost every popular artist – and not just the ones on Mad Decent and Dim Mak. Jack Beats remixes and bootlegs have been pouring out on to the blogs this year, and has a North American tour in late July and early August that I’m really excited for.

Herve

This artist finished a world tour last year as The Count of Count and Sinden, and has been hard at work lately on solo releases, huge remixes, and a full length release under Count and Sinden. He is a prolific producer that is going to have many more hot releases this year.

Rusko Myspace | Caspa Myspace | A1 Bassline Myspace | Jack Beats | Herve Myspace

Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone (Herve's See You At The Dub Parade Remix).mp3 Dynamite MC and Jack Beats - What - Original Mix.mp3 Little Boots - New In Town (A1 Bassline remix).mp3 Rusko - Biggest Chopper.mp3 TC - Where's My Money (Caspa Remix).mp3

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Tags: Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone (Herve's See You At The Dub Parade Remix), Dynamite MC and Jack Beats - What - Original Mix, Little Boots - New In Town (A1 Bassline remix), Rusko - Biggest Chopper, TC - Where's My Money (Caspa Remix)

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TheMonarch

16/05/2009

So many hard dudes, where’s the disco, where’s the prog, where’s the tech.
liam

16/05/2009

I’ve been browsing this blog for about a week now and it has totally begun to transform my musical tastes. Thanks for the great, current collection.
John

17/05/2009

@TheMonarch

Looks like Deadmau5 is running the tables on that front. Funny; he definitely pulled a bait-n-switch by starting off electro and then switching it up with prog house.

The only guy I take issue with is A1 Bassline; his stuff’s great, but GOD does it piss me off that he throws his own name into his mixes. It just seems really self-indulgent when I hear “A1 BASSLINE REMIX” right before the drop.

As for dubstep; I’m loving the shit out of it, but I worry that people are going too hard at it now. Every used-to-be-electro blog is covering dubstep; yet I think that it’s, in a way, similar to Baltimore club music: it’s amazing in small doses, but people can only take a similar rhythm pattern for so long before they write off the whole genre. It’s unfortunate because the content is great; I just hope it can whether the hangover/backlash.
Bmana

17/05/2009

I’m sayin:
Raffertie
GTronic
Kanji Kinetic
DJ Manaia
and you probably right about Jack Beats, 09 belongs to them already
DJ Cal

17/05/2009

@John Definitely agree with your analysis… Next up Disco House.
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26/05/2009

[...] 18. Rusko – Biggest Chopper [...]
Rico

26/05/2009

random but that Rusko tune samples Brandy “What About Us”.
Jones

27/05/2009

Deadmau5
Herve
Calvin Harris
Bloody Beetroots
Fake Blood
El Oso

30/05/2009

Skream
Caspa
Herve
Fake Blood
Foamo
CoMa

02/06/2009

Jack Beats , Herve , Caspa n Rusko AND Mau5

These guys been busy as hell past half year and I’m waiting for the NEW KISSY SELL OUT album and theres alot of decent features like This Kiss ft. Jack Beats!!