Hubble Bubble by FreQ Nasty feat. Chris Munky & MARF

If you happen to find yourself dancing under a full moon at an ambient juke rave in rural Wales celebrating the pagan rites of Spring, this is the tune you will want to hear. Equally at home in a wonked-out bass music club as a twilight gathering of sage-toting witches, this otherworldly slice of folk-meets-halftime-jungle induces lysergic reveries and yet still manages to hold the dancefloor’s attention. Hubble Bubble’s musical galaxy is sparsely populated with taught, angular amen cuts, slow-motion 808 kick drums, and hypnotic mantra-esque whispers that are time-stretched around heartily plucked Arabic string motifs. MARF’s gothic storytelling of a dalliance gone wrong orbits discordant sine waves creating an intriguing and unsettling combination. Wicca-step? Neo Soul-stice? Whatever you call it, we hope this won’t be the last we hear of this trio of sonic conjurors.

FreQ Nasty (AKA Darin McFadyen) lives at the intersection of music, technology & meditation. A pioneer of the Breakbeat and Bass music genres, he has collaborated with Santogold co-producing her breakout hit ‘Creator’ with Switch, EDM legend Bassnectar, UK hip-hop champion MC Roots Manuva, and founding fathers of rap music The legendary Watts Prophets.

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