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Rumpistol - Nebula

@faelow 

Purchase / Stream → https://listen.therustmusic.net/faelow-lumivora

We’ve been keeping a close eye on Faelow since the premiere of his debut Floating Underground EP, and in the five years since then, he’s shown remarkable artistic growth and vision. Having stayed the course of downtempo, scintillating electronic music throughout that time, there’s a certain polish that’s evident in both sound design and composition across his maturing catalog. To that end, The Rust is incredibly excited to host the first full length Faelow LP, Lumivora, as our 91st release.

In the wake of his widely lauded ambient set at The Rendezvous in 2024, Faelow had the ingredients for this album already in the works. Pushing these arrangements over the compositional finish line, he’s turned out 8 tracks with meandering and tempered gaits. Favoring detailed soundscapes over high-energy rollers, this release is populated with aqueous instrumentation and reverberant, subsurface percussion. Dialed in for both the stage and the home, Lumivora is a stand-out release that sets a bar standard for 2025’s potential additions in the landscape of melodically-rich electronic productions.

~ More from Faelow ~
 https://soundcloud.com/faelow
https://www.facebook.com/FaelowArt
https://www.instagram.com/faelowart/

Faelow - Lumivora

@gunkbeats

Purchase / Stream —> listen.therustmusic.net/now-thats-what-i-call-gunk

With the new year comes a slew of new beginnings, and for Josh Kipersztok and David Westbom, that means unveiling the start of their new co-produced GUNK project. Josh is near and dear to us here at The Rust under his Smigonaut moniker, and David’s reputation precedes him as the mind behind Asteroids and Earthquakes, so it should come as no surprise that we’re incredibly excited to host the premier of their first minted EP for our 92nd release. Combining their creative talents to explore a frenetic new direction, the fruits of their efforts are bared full in Now That’s What I Call GUNK.

Brolic, energetic, and brackish where it counts, Now That’s What I Call GUNK is injection-molded for the dancefloor. Meaty bass lines meet dense, percussive breakdowns for a vibe that punches above its weight class. Searing synthesis takes the spotlight for the EP, with every track tearing through the mudpie of patches on the ingredient list. It’s an engaging and fresh take on upbeat Neuro Hop, bringing sound design back into vogue through bodacious groove and production finesse. Available wherever good tunes are found, Now That’s What I Call GUNK is sure to stay in rotation throughout 2025 and beyond.

GUNK - Now That's What I Call Gunk!

Ancillary Tones & Isaac Tumor - Metacognition

@3420music
@wickers-portal
@hydroglyph
@rsrchchmcls
@backleftmusic
@wolfdmusic
@thebusinessmusic

Succeeding the release of their Tenacious EP from 2023, the Denver-based 3420 trio have been sourcing some outside assistance in reimagining the EP’s form and flavor. 

Tapping into friends new and old, they’ve had this collection of tunes thoroughly remixed into a fresh package that breathes new dynamics into an already lush blend. Channeling the skill sets of rsrch cmcls, Backleft, Hydroglyph, TheBusiness, and Wolf’d, the original overtones of jazz, dub, drum & bass, rock, and glitch hop prevail through the reinterpretations provided by this collection of friendly acts and artists.

Celebrating the second anniversary of the initial release of Tenacious, The Rust is excited to unveil the official Tenacious (Remixes) EP, continuing the aural journey that 3420 started with us two years ago.

3420 - Tenacious (Remixes)

Based out of Portland, Oregan, the producer and multi-instrumentalist Devin Kroes has spent the last six years and counting tapping into a variety of psybient styles across a choice collection of tracks. Ahead of his Breathe EP release through the Danktronics platform, the Rust was given the opportunity to premiere the effusive track “Bloom”, featuring the soul-drenched sax lines of ST4RFOX.

Wielding a pristine level of clarity and tonal balance, Kroes dances between lush vocal samples and vibrant layers of synthesis. Each passing phrase paints the next hue across the landscape of the song, building on additive arrangements and fleshing out the literal breath of the track. At high point of the musical narrative, ST4RFOX breaks into a spirited saxophone run that ties off “Bloom” with a proper resolution, leaving the track to fade out between ripples of waning chords. For fans of full-spectrum sound design and organic compositions, make sure you grab the full copy of Devin Kroes' Breathe EP when it drops on April 23 on all available platforms.

Devin Kroes - Bloom (ft. ST4RFOX) [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]

@Ovoid

Over the past 10 years, Adam Westover, better known as Ovoid, has been creating symphonic musical adventures that span combine modern musicality with cutting-edge audio production and engineering. Psychedelic and mind bending, Ovoid’s music never disappoints; impossible to pass up and captivating in form, his compositions cultivate a distinct hallmark of the audiophile experience while bringing electrifying bass music to dance floors. As such, The Rust is honored to once again host his work, this time featuring the exclusive premiere of his track, “Desert Planet”, from his latest EP, Apocryphal. 

“Desert Planet” opens with elements of thick and decorative percussion. The cerebral LFOs dance in the background while building the melody with strums from a filtered guitar, and each embellished note elucidates deep echoes and fleshy reverb. Adam shines bright when incorporating many musical disciplines into his EPs; His creativity often radiates with nods to Eastern musical stylings and syncopated rhythms. He is constantly and dynamically evolving his tonal space and creating musical environments that conjure imagery of spaces that are both compressed and tight, and that explode into wide and galloping expanses of sound, and “Desert Planet” channels each of these distinct characteristics with ease. With the full release scheduled March 4th, the full release of Apocryphal is close on the coattails of this high-impact single.

Desert Planet

Ovoid - Desert Planet [EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE]

@grayskalebass

Searching for their stride in self-expression, the Detroit-based songwriter and producer Grayskale has been steadfastly exploring the wide array of bass music styles and rhythms across his time as a public-facing musician. With a clear attraction to clarity and structure, his humble catalog already displays a munificent bounty of production knowledge and compositional finesse. Consequently, The Rust is incredibly excited to premiere the namesake single to his forthcoming first album, String Theory.

“String Theory” is a distinctly narrative stroll, fusing a focused message with syncretic sound design. The first half of the track features a whimsical orator giving us the foundational argument of string theory, parallel to the gradual rise in chord progressions and swelling percussive rides in the background. At the track’s midway point, it cleverly dovetails into a staccato dance of pulsing low end and flighty melodies. At it’s apex, “String Theory” displays the blissful colorways capable when bass music is designed to be particularly rich in harmonics and fidelity, and has us eagerly awaiting the full dive into the String Theory LP.

String Theory

Grayskale - String Theory [EXCLUSIVE PREMEIRE]

@mantismash

Synchronizing the legendary compositional palates of Israeli electronic music and the contemporary design philosophies of forward thinking producers, MantisMash has been churning out a steady stream of psybient blends for well over a decade. With 7 major releases dotting the long arc of the project, and a clear appetite for sonic exploration, there’s little ground that he hasn’t covered in his own interpretation. Continuing that same gradual expansion of the MantisMash catalog, the syncretic Blisstorted EP covers a wide territory of fusions and rhythms.

Grounded in the lucid repetition of psydub and its fraternal siblings, Blisstorted brings breaks, neuro, drum and bass, and glitch-hop into a fresh focus, pulling classic arrangement hallmarks from each respective pool. With heavy emphasis on melody-driven songwriting and crystal clear mixing fundamentals, each of the five tracks hit the center mark for taste, novelty, and a consistent dance-floor mentality. Juicy mid-range synthesis meets crisp soprano tones and sharp percussive cuts in a medley that feels both at home in the MantisMash musical rolodex and like newfound territory for the long-time stalwart Producer. Pushing past the contemporary, often one-track paradigm, Blisstorted spares no ground covered in its expedition across style and impact, and should be sitting squarely at the top of your next crate-digging adventure. 


All tracks composed, produced and mixed by MantisMash (Natan Lenski)
Electric Sitar in Track 05 (Blisstorted) by Niko Sage

Cover Artwork by MantisVision Art & Design
www.facebook.com/MantisVisionArt
www.instagram.com/mantis.vision.art

Mastered by Itay Berger / aka Kukan Dub Lagan 
@ KukanTaiko Studio, Barcelona, Spain 
kukandublagan.com 
Info@feellifemusic.com

For booking requests: info@feellifemusic.com 

Some Links to Check Out: 
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/mantismash
Bandcamp: mantismash.bandcamp.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Mantismash
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7DWz1Cj7HZrwBs7kraQqAm
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC7cIl7fKv9i8lMnuY2JgRCw
feellifemusic.com

Blisstorted

MantisMash - Bass Gardens

MantisMash - Sparkleye

@crawdadsniper

Hailing from the D.C. area and falling back on a lifetime of experience behind the drum kit, Crawdad Sniper is a producer/DJ with a significant rhythmic bent. Already boasting a modest catalog of hip-shaking tunes and sprinkles of funkadelic electronic music, his latest collection of tracks fields sharp sound design and pocketed phasing with a polished profile. In a bid to start the new off with a righteous groove, The Rust is especially excited to host his newly minted EP, Squid Pro Quo.

Tight, pinpoint percussion dominates the runtime of Squid Pro Quo, serving as the consistent foundation for his rhythmic and melodic arrangements. Taking clear advantage of his time as a drummer, it’s simultaneously the backbone and foreground of the EP, with each hit taking up generous sonic bandwidth. Each track flares with an alternate series of forward and laid back attitudes while keeping the focus squarely on kinetics; splices of throaty synthesis mingle with staccato lead lines and harmonized chord plucks, closing the distance between hard hitting neuro motifs and pronounced songwriting fundamentals. There’s an almost liquid quality to the EP’s engineering, producing a listening experience that is as hygienic as it is engaging, and betraying a significant dedication to cleanliness as well as design. For fans and appreciators of rhythmic inertia, funk motifs, and generous synthesis, Crawdad Sniper’s Squid Pro Quo is guaranteed to satisfy.

Squid Pro Quo

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crawdad sniper - Axolotl

@crawdadsniper

Hailing from the D.C. area and falling back on a lifetime of experience behind the drum kit, Crawdad Sniper is a producer/DJ with a significant rhythmic bent. Already boasting a modest catalog of hip-shaking tunes and sprinkles of funkadelic electronic music, his latest collection of tracks fields sharp sound design and pocketed phasing with a polished profile. In a bid to start the new off with a righteous groove, The Rust is especially excited to host his newly minted EP, Squid Pro Quo. 

Tight, pinpoint percussion dominates the runtime of Squid Pro Quo, serving as the consistent foundation for his rhythmic and melodic arrangements. Taking clear advantage of his time as a drummer, it’s simultaneously the backbone and foreground of the EP, with each hit taking up generous sonic bandwidth. Each track flares with an alternate series of forward and laid back attitudes while keeping the focus squarely on kinetics; splices of throaty synthesis mingle with staccato lead lines and harmonized chord plucks, closing the distance between hard hitting neuro motifs and pronounced songwriting fundamentals. There’s an almost liquid quality to the EP’s engineering, producing a listening experience that is as hygienic as it is engaging, and betraying a significant dedication to cleanliness as well as design. For fans and appreciators of rhythmic inertia, funk motifs, and generous synthesis, Crawdad Sniper’s Squid Pro Quo is guaranteed to satisfy.

crawdad sniper - Squid Pro Quo

Puzzled

Lost Balloon

Welcoming to The Rust Music management roster our newest addition, and long-time friend, pheel.

pheel., aka Philip Gallo, hails from the east coast and is currently residing in Denver. Since he moved in 2016, he has immersed himself in developing a unique perspective on bass music, drawing influences from a mixture or his roots as well as the local Colorado community. pheel. strives to take his audience on a sonic adventure with each set, guiding them through equal parts hip-hop and “bass music”. He pays respect to the classics of his youth simultaneously reimagining these tracks with modern production techniques and rumbling bass lines.

General inquiries: sean@therustmusic.net
Booking Inquiries: corey.pfaff@subdotmission.com

Track List:
Medley casa w/ wessanders & Esok
Malakai - Odd Views (pheel. flip)
Gaddy - One Room (pheel. flip)
Slums
Thought Process - Fanoodle (pheel. 2023 flip)
shhh
Ours Samplus - Family Guts (pheel. flip)
Trenches w/ wessanders & Esok ft. Questyon Mark, Rasp-5, Lucinda, LuFilthy

pheel. - 2023 Promo Mix

ENTANGLED MIND - LUCID LIVING • OUT MAY 21

Stream 'Orbit' on all platforms + full album pre-save here >>> https://listen.therustmusic.net/em-lucid-living

Read about the first single 'Orbit' on Electric Hawk here >>> https://theelectrichawk.com/entangled-mind-orbit-exclusive-premiere/ 

@entangled-mind

On the album: 'Lucid Living' is a vibrant and immersive journey through psychedelic bass and downtempo. In contrast to Entangled Mind's debut album, 'Eternal Motion' (2021), a more introspective and melancholic work, this latest offering explores new territory with confidence, finding the joy in moving through a dynamic experience of intricacies and peculiarities. 

At the heart of 'Lucid Living' lies a harmonious fusion of organic instrumentation and top-notch electronic production and sound design, as well as a notable emphasis on collaboration. Entangled Mind themself plays guitar, synths, handpan, bass, djembe, and shakers, as well as plentiful field recordings, making for a very personal soundscape. Further pushing possibilities through synergy with collaborators, and tapping in on additional musicians for features (listed below), each song is thoughtfully composed and differentiates itself from the last, while still flowing together as a fulfilling and cohesive experience. 

Embracing entropy and a limitless nature, the album serves as a testament to the boundless creativity and expressive potential, and embodies what it means to live more lucidly in this ever-evolving world that we’re all entangled in.

Co-written + handpan by Amy Naylor.
Didgeridoo by R!llo.

Mastered by Itay Berger / aka Kukan Dub Lagan at Kukan Dub Mastering, Barcelona, Spain 
kukandublagan.com 
Info@feellifemusic.com 

Artwork by Vibrational Perspectives

Lucid Living

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Entangled Mind & Amy Naylor - Orbit (feat. R!llo) [The Electric Hawk Premiere]

@pheel518 
@rasp-5
@wessanderssays
@lufilthy
@isaac-t-y
@lulu-judson

Production by pheel., Wessanders, & ESOK.
Vocals by Rasp-5, LuFilthy, Ohmizzu, & Lucinda

Trenches (Single)

Buy / Stream / Video

pheel. x Rasp-5 x Wessanders x LuFilthy x ESOK x Lucinda x Ohmizzu – Trenches

Reviving our RUSTMIX series with the second installation curated by Malakai // @malakaimusic and recorded live at Reflections Music and Arts Festival in Ontario, Canada! The 90-minute mix features a selection of tracks from The Rust Music catalog throughout the years, spanning styles from Drum & Bass and Halftime chonkers, to etherial Downtempo and Trip Hop (track list in comments).

If you’re in Denver don’t miss Malakai at The Black Box THIS FRIDAY (10/18) alongside Craftal, Hoopla and callmenikkip! 

Thanks for listening everyone - if you like what you hear, check out our full catalog on Bandcamp or on our website 💫

Track List:
5AM - Onward
5AM - Balance Beam
Wessanders - Sensation Station
Wassuop - Schlorp
5AM - Blessin’ It
Tygris - Docile
Smigonaut - Gut Check
callmenikkip - full
Felix Ando - Just On Time
crawdad sniper - Axolotl
Mantismash - Android’s Temple
Craftal - Feenk
Sortof Vague - Dot 2 Dot
dela Moon - Dreamstate Transmission
Jonah Hodges x Phydra - Pufferfish
VCTRE & Smigonaut - TicTac
Tygris - Stay
wAgAwAgA - Parallel Hypotheses
Beatroots - Sevenspiration
Entangled Mind - Orbit
Rhizomorphic - Cake Badder
Mantismash - Sparkleye
relativity lounge - hermetic
relativity lounge - caustic
relativity lounge - masonite
Ovoid - Vapor Eyes VIP
Sheesh - Sonar
Maxfield - Feisty Mallard
Zonra - Marina
Rumpistol - The Tower Eclipse
Zonra - Eke (wintermix)
Easyjack - Ferric Suite
Malakai - Through Mossflower Wood
Entangled Mind - A Sunny Spot

<<< More from The Rust Music >>>
https://www.therustmusic.net
https://therustmusic.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/therust
https://open.spotify.com/user/yw7m8hl0v2gx5cmvwgun9lc24
https://www.youtube.com/therustmusic
https://discord.gg/NNM5TGeEub
https://www.facebook.com/therustmusic
http://instagram.com/therustmusic
http://twitter.com/therustmusic

The Rust Website

RUSTMIX002: Curated by Malakai

We’re incredibly excited to announce the next addition to The Rust Music’s in-house roster; the Illinois-based producer Andrew Cariola will be joining the team under his Chez moniker, bringing his signature style straight to the heart of our label. Channeling grooves and hues that carry the Glitch-Hop torch into audio modernity, he has a particular flair for hitting where it counts, bringing dance-floors to life through choice notation and frenetic energy. In celebration of this outstanding roster addition, we’re delighted to host the latest Chez mix, almost entirely filled with unreleased flips and evolving WIPs. For fans of up-beat, energetic bass music with plenty of rhythmic finesse, Chez is sure to continue delivering a steady stream of potent tunes.

Chez - ID 
Chez - stepping on the beach (Flip)
Chez & Sqonk - ID
Chez & Optik Sound - ID
Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Chez Flip)
Chez- ID
Chez - ID
Chez - ID
Chez & Humandala - ID
Levity - Flip it remix (Chez ft. pheel.)
Chez & Crawdad Sniper - ID
Chez - Yahoo
Migos- Walk it like I talk it (Chez Flip)
Charli 2na - coming thru (Chez Flip)
Chez - ID 
Chez & Tripp st. - ID
Chez & Manfish - ID

Artwork by @notgoodtee

Chez Touch Vol. 3 (Unreleased WIPs & Flips)

Smigonaut - Up To Here

Timeboxed

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Smigonaut - Spaghetti Police

@3420music

3420, a three-piece live electronic act from Denver and one of our newest additions to the agency roster, has graced the airwaves with a new 30-minute mix for 2025. Having formed in college in 2019, the group has spent the better part of the last decade honing a style, sound, and live show uniquely their own. They continue to push forward, rooted in the principles of live instrumentation and high-fidelity sound design on and off the dance floor.

After releasing their 'Tenacious' EP with The Rust in 2023, we were thrilled to hear what they’ve been cooking up since—and we’re confident you will be too. Featuring a range of unreleased tracks, a handful of VIPs and collaborations with other Rust artists that highlight their eclectic and dynamic discography, this new mix is one you’ll want to revisit again and again. 

Sit back, turn it up, and enjoy the ride!

Booking Inquiries: sean@therustmusic.net
General Inquiries: andrew@sixstarrecords.com

Music by 3420
Artwork by OZWVLD

Track List:
3420 & Tygris - ID
pheel. & 3420 - ID
3420 - Lurkin VIP
3420 - ID
3420 - Terps VIP
StrykerSteele - Puzzle Box
3420 - Tenacious (Hydroglyph Remix)
3420 - Chillthy VIP
3420 & Samso - Sound
3420 & Wickers Portal - ID
3420 - ID
3420 & Osis - ID
Glutey - ID
Tygris & 3420 - ID
3420 - ID

~ More from 3420 ~
@3420music
https://3420music.bandcamp.com/
instagram.com/3420music 
https://twitter.com/3420music
https://www.facebook.com/3420music
https://youtube.com/@Music-vz1bv

Book 3420

3420 | 2025 Promo Mix

@faelow 

Purchase / Stream → https://listen.therustmusic.net/faelow-lumivora

We’ve been keeping a close eye on Faelow since the premiere of his debut Floating Underground EP, and in the five years since then, he’s shown remarkable artistic growth and vision. Having stayed the course of downtempo, scintillating electronic music throughout that time, there’s a certain polish that’s evident in both sound design and composition across his maturing catalog. To that end, The Rust is incredibly excited to host the first full length Faelow LP, Lumivora, as our 91st release.

In the wake of his widely lauded ambient set at The Rendezvous in 2024, Faelow had the ingredients for this album already in the works. Pushing these arrangements over the compositional finish line, he’s turned out 8 tracks with meandering and tempered gaits. There’s no explosive resolutions or high-energy rollers, leaving behind kinetics in favor of aqueous instrumentation and reverberant, subsurface percussion. Dialed in for both the stage and the home, Lumivora is a stand-out release that sets a bar standard for 2025’s potential additions in the landscape of melodically-rich electronic productions.

~ More from Faelow ~
 https://soundcloud.com/faelow
https://www.facebook.com/FaelowArt
https://www.instagram.com/faelowart/

Lumivora

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Faelow - Bloom Again

Faelow - Murky Rays

Faelow - Dark Sparkle

Stream / Purchase

Faelow - Diatom Dreams

Faelow - Glorious Abyss

Metacognition

Ancillary Tones & Isaac Tumor - Microcrystalline

Ancillary Tones & Isaac Tumor - Ambivalent State

@bellsworth & @isaac-tumor 

Combining cross-atlantic talents throughout their active years, the Israel-based Isaac Tumor and US-based Ancillary Tones both come from backgrounds in eclectic beats music and electronic productions. What separates them apart from the pack is the clarity and depth to their compositions, eschewing the old methods of “cut first, clean later” in favor of hygienic mixdowns and clear motifs. Consequently, it’s also what had us hooked on their latest collection of collaborative experiments and compositions, so we couldn’t be more excited to host the premiere of their Metacognition LP as our latest release.

Straight from the jump, the word that comes to mind is “lush”; the tempos vary from slow-churning to brisk in their stride, but the palette of tones throughout every track underpins the warmth and dynamics to their sound design and layering choices. Generous bits of foley dance throughout the album’s backdrop, taking playful shape against pocketed percussion and one-off licks. Where tracks like “Dust on the Scales”, “Plateau”, and the opening “Microcrystalline” take the steady downtempo path, twisting brooding and vibrant synthesis atop brackish beats, “Ambivalent State”, and the album’s closer “Arbelito” push a jolt of energy into the mood, bringing the overall vibe and bpm to a brisk dance floor swing. Between all of that rests the homegrown trip-hop fusion that marks the discographies of both individual contributors. Found wherever good tunes call home, Metacognition has the instant appeal of longevity, with so many nooks, crannies, and sonic crevices to explore, and we couldn’t be more satisfied to brand it as the Rust Music’s 93rd label release.

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Ancillary Tones & Isaac Tumor - Circular Logic

Ancillary Tones & Isaac Tumor - Dust On The Scales

Ancillary Tones & Isaac Tumor - ever4ever

@rumpistol

Purchase / Stream / Vinyl -> https://listen.therustmusic.net/rumpistol-nebula

On the list of recurrent Rust favorites, Rumpistol has kept us enamored with his compositions for the entirety of our label’s active years. A musician and producer of remarkable vision and professionalism, each successive Rumpistol release has gradually unveiled more and more of the story hidden in sound, playing out more like a musical drama than just a catalog. Consequently, Nebula is much more than just an album: 

The LP is inspired along two mingled fronts, being both a testament and a love letter to the waning awe that the Space Race (and its implications) imbued amongst the many peoples of the world, while also being designed with an implicit focus on the results on stage. Nebula’s arrangements work in tandem with these ideas, combining jazz, classical motifs, and modern electronic music, utilizing an array of both vintage and contemporary tones, synthesis, and compositional approaches to channel the all-encompassing wonder of the cosmos. Its pacing is entirely unlike the more dance-oriented offerings in the Rumpistol discography, replacing frenetic energy with the draw of tempered, introspective listening. Explicitly recorded and designed alongside a cast of instrumentalists and visual designers, the record is the next logical step in Rumpistol’s recent grounding in his consistent live ensemble, breaking out of the traditional molds that tend to keep producers narrowed to a single lane. Naturally, for The Rust’s upcoming 95th release, we can think of no more perfect a match than the Nebula LP.

The first single we’d like to share from the album is titled Stargazer—an effusive ode to a more pensive listening experience, the track is light as a feather, though not for lack of body. Legato flutes, meandering arpeggios, and hypnotic drum shuffles populate the runtime of the track in a slow dovetail, gradually giving way to a percussive, production-heavy back half. So much breathing room is achieved within a space that feels distinctly layered to its fullest. It highlights not just the impressive engineering that allows Rumpistol’s work to shine; it puts on display the mature, measured control he has as a composer and arranger, marrying sonic fullness to rich dynamic range in a way that refreshes the palette in real time. With much more in the cannon prior to the full release of Nebula, ‘Stargazer’ is just the first step on the road to Rumpistol’s latest nested narrative.

Nebula

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Rumpistol - Stargazer

Rumpistol - Alpha Centauri

Rumpistol - Tralfamadore

Rumpistol - Ascension

@rumpistol

Purchase / Stream / Vinyl / NYC Release Show -> listen.therustmusic.net/rumpistol-nebula

On the list of recurrent Rust favorites, Rumpistol has kept us enamored with his compositions for the entirety of our label’s active years. A musician and producer of remarkable vision and professionalism, each successive Rumpistol release has gradually unveiled more and more of the story hidden in sound, playing out more like a musical drama than just a catalog. Consequently, Nebula is much more than just an album:

The LP is inspired along two mingled fronts, being both a testament and a love letter to the waning awe that the Space Race (and its implications) imbued amongst the many peoples of the world, while also being designed with an implicit focus on the results on stage. Nebula’s arrangements work in tandem with these ideas, combining jazz, classical motifs, and modern electronic music, utilizing an array of both vintage and contemporary tones, synthesis, and compositional approaches to channel the all-encompassing wonder of the cosmos. Its pacing is entirely unlike the more dance-oriented offerings in the Rumpistol discography, replacing frenetic energy with the draw of tempered, introspective listening. Explicitly recorded and designed alongside a cast of instrumentalists and visual designers, the record is the next logical step in Rumpistol’s recent grounding in his consistent live ensemble, breaking out of the traditional molds that tend to keep producers narrowed to a single lane. Naturally, for The Rust’s upcoming 95th release, we can think of no more perfect a match than the Nebula LP.

Rumpistol - Above The Horizon

@rumpistol 

Rumpistol Earth Week Giveaway → https://www.therustmusic.net/earth-day 
Prizes: vinyl, tickets & more 

Purchase / Stream / Vinyl / More -> listen.therustmusic.net/rumpistol-nebula

On the list of recurrent Rust favorites, Rumpistol has kept us enamored with his compositions for the entirety of our label’s active years. A musician and producer of remarkable vision and professionalism, each successive Rumpistol release has gradually unveiled more and more of the story hidden in sound, playing out more like a musical drama than just a catalog. Consequently, Nebula is much more than just an album:

The LP is inspired along two mingled fronts, being both a testament and a love letter to the waning awe that the Space Race (and its implications) imbued amongst the many peoples of the world, while also being designed with an implicit focus on the results on stage. Nebula’s arrangements work in tandem with these ideas, combining jazz, classical motifs, and modern electronic music, utilizing an array of both vintage and contemporary tones, synthesis, and compositional approaches to channel the all-encompassing wonder of the cosmos. Its pacing is entirely unlike the more dance-oriented offerings in the Rumpistol discography, replacing frenetic energy with the draw of tempered, introspective listening. Explicitly recorded and designed alongside a cast of instrumentalists and visual designers, the record is the next logical step in Rumpistol’s recent grounding in his consistent live ensemble, breaking out of the traditional molds that tend to keep producers narrowed to a single lane. Naturally, for The Rust’s upcoming 95th release, we can think of no more perfect a match than the Nebula LP.

Rumpistol - Pale Blue Dot

Rumpistol - Celestial Awe

@gunkbeats

With the new year comes a slew of new beginnings, and for Josh Kipersztok and David Westbom, that means unveiling the start of their new co-produced GUNK project. Josh is near and dear to us here at The Rust under his Smigonaut moniker, and David’s reputation precedes him as the mind behind Asteroids and Earthquakes, so it should come as no surprise that we’re incredibly excited to host the premier of their first minted EP for our 92nd release. Combining their creative talents to explore a frenetic new direction, the fruits of their efforts are bared full in Now That’s What I Call GUNK.

Brolic, energetic, and brackish where it counts, Now That’s What I Call GUNK is injection-molded for the dancefloor. Meaty bass lines meet dense, percussive breakdowns for a vibe that punches above its weight class. Searing synthesis takes the spotlight for the EP, with every track tearing through the mudpie of patches on the ingredient list. It’s an engaging and fresh take on upbeat Neuro Hop, bringing sound design back into vogue through bodacious groove and production finesse. Available wherever good tunes are found, Now That’s What I Call GUNK is sure to stay in rotation throughout 2025 and beyond.

Now That's What I Call Gunk!

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GUNK - Under The Big Top

GUNK - Gunkin' Donuts

@gunkbeats

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With the new year comes a slew of new beginnings, and for Josh Kipersztok and David Westbom, that means unveiling the start of their new co-produced GUNK project. Josh is near and dear to us here at The Rust under his Smigonaut moniker, and David’s reputation precedes him as the mind behind Asteroids and Earthquakes, so it should come as no surprise that we’re incredibly excited to host the premier of their first minted EP for our 92nd release. Combining their creative talents to explore a frenetic new direction, the fruits of their efforts are bared full in Now That’s What I Call GUNK.

Brolic, energetic, and brackish where it counts, Now That’s What I Call GUNK is injection-molded for the dancefloor. Meaty bass lines meet dense, percussive breakdowns for a vibe that punches above its weight class. Searing synthesis takes the spotlight for the EP, with every track tearing through the mudpie of patches on the ingredient list. It’s an engaging and fresh take on upbeat Neuro Hop, bringing sound design back into vogue through bodacious groove and production finesse. Available wherever good tunes are found, Now That’s What I Call GUNK is sure to stay in rotation throughout 2025 and beyond.

Now That's What I Call Gunk

GUNK - Sewer Stomp

GUNK - Hoodie

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Tenacious (Remixes)

3420 - Siphonophore (Wolf'd Remix)

3420 - Racing Through My Mind (TheBusiness. Remix)

3420 - Tenacious (Hydroglyph Remix)

3420 x Wicker's Portal - Switchcraft (Backleft Remix)

3420 - Nardis (rsrch chmcls Remix)

@tsimba
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Purchase the compilation here: therustmusic.bandcamp.com/album/auburn-etch

The Rust Music is honored to present our third compilation, Auburn Etch. Departing from the variable genres of our previous Oxidized compilations, this collection of music is a full service package of brolic and boisterous bass music. We’re tapping into the global reservoir of talent for this release, presenting producers from the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, and Australia.

Featuring high-octane rhythms, visceral sound design, brutish breakdowns, and break-neck musical phrasing, each track on this compilation represents a one-inch-punch of high fidelity  audio production. Danny Grooves, Rumpistol, and Easyjack have lent their production wizardry and impeccable rhythm to the compilation, anchoring a release that showcases the unhindered skillsets of 5AM, Maxfield, Wessanders, and a host of other young-blooded producers with a tenable ferocity for meticulously processed synthesis. 

Auburn Etch is a necessity in the catalog of any discerning audiophile. It’s full of those sonic sensations that are fondly familiar, and those that are new and boundary breaking.

Auburn Etch

tsimba - Two Stretch

@vctre
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@smigonaut
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Purchase the compilation here: therustmusic.bandcamp.com/album/auburn-etch

The Rust Music is honored to present our third compilation, Auburn Etch. Departing from the variable genres of our previous Oxidized compilations, this collection of music is a full service package of brolic and boisterous bass music. We’re tapping into the global reservoir of talent for this release, presenting producers from the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, and Australia.

Featuring high-octane rhythms, visceral sound design, brutish breakdowns, and break-neck musical phrasing, each track on this compilation represents a one-inch-punch of high fidelity  audio production. Danny Grooves, Rumpistol, and Easyjack have lent their production wizardry and impeccable rhythm to the compilation, anchoring a release that showcases the unhindered skillsets of 5AM, Maxfield, Wessanders, and a host of other young-blooded producers with a tenable ferocity for meticulously processed synthesis. 

Auburn Etch is a necessity in the catalog of any discerning audiophile. It’s full of those sonic sensations that are fondly familiar, and those that are new and boundary breaking.

TicTac

VCTRE & Smigonaut - TicTac

@rumpistol

Music from the Danish producer Jens Christiansen aka Rumpistol has never been conventional. It was his ability to create experimental yet accessible electronic music that first earned him notoriety over a decade ago. Now, a new five-track collection called In My Room finds the producer leaning ever further into that absence of orthodoxy. In My Room takes artistic risk and combines threads from many electronic styles. It showcases non-linear songwriting, bold textures, and uninhibited array of sonic material. Yet despite Rumpistol’s endless tinkering and flirtations with the edge, In My Room still offers a deeply comforting listening experience.

Tempos and moods are fluid throughout this release, but the common denominator is a sense of wonder. The sort of wonder surrounding something ultimate and grand that we can’t quite grasp, yet we know is out there. The sort of wonder that surfaces when we’re lost in thought alone in our room. Rumpistol can fit so many distinct, disparate sounds into his music without creating a crowded mix. Each element has room to breathe. In My Room offers another great example of this dynamic.

In the past several years, Jens has been working with his jazz and world fusion supergroup Kalaha, and maneuvering through the United States’ bass music circuit. The sounds of these two different worlds appear to have heavily influenced In My Room, and as such, it represents a new evolution of Rumpistol’s music.

In My Room

Rumpistol - Isla De Pascua ft. Bwoy De Bhajan

Morning Coffee ( @pheel. x @parkbreezy)

For our 38th installment of the Rusted Rhythms series, Rust family favorites pheel. and parkbreezy have resurrected their Featherbed set to showcase loads of original tracks and a few choice flips and remixes. Co-founders of the all.Lo label, and the brains behind the Morning Coffee project, these two producer/dj's have their fingers on the pulse of trip-hop's many varieties, creating their signature blends through an infusion head-nod fundamentals with ample servings of saturated bass weight.

Right from the jump, they zero in on the vibe of the hour, delivering smooth cuts of collaged melodies and brackish drum breaks. Their own individual styles meet at the nexus of broken beats and juiced-up sub frequencies, balancing the high of a listening experience with the pull of a physical experience. They were even gracious enough to mix in a Groovsauce track, courtesy of their live project with Thought Process. Through and through, Rusted Rhythms Vol. 38 is a gift to both heads in the know and new fans alike, with the simple assurance that you'll be coming back for more as soon as you finish your first serving.


Tracklist:

pheel. - Nothing Gold Can Stay 
parkbreezy - Trash Can
Eugene McDaniels - Cherry Stones (Morning Coffee flip)
Grover Washington - Knucklehead (Morning Coffee flip)
parkbreezy x Talex - Dreamstate 
parkbreezy - Vanilla Bean 
pheel. x Fowl Play - Archive 
pheel. x Zone Drums - Skutter 
parkbreezy x pheel. - Tower of Jewels 
parkbreezy x Wasabi Jackson - Cream 
Lords Of The Underground - Chief Rocka (pheel. x Thought Process flip)
parkbreezy - Julie London - parkbreezy
parkbreezy - Zonin Out 
parkbreezy - 2fast (VIP)
pheel. x Tygris - Stanley Wash-O-Matic 4000 
Groovsauce - Repurposed
pheel. - That’s Bad 
pheel. - Noop Snooter VIP 
parkbreezy x Thought Process - Diggin 
parkbreezy x pheel - Thank u Jeff 
parkbreezy - Jazzercise 95
pheel. x parkbreezy - Sweeper
parkbreezy x pheel. - Another One

Rusted Rhythms Volume 38

Rusted Rhythms Vol. 38 - Morning Coffee [Live from The Featherbed Sessions]

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