Jackplug Blog Posts

September 28, 2016 / Uncategorized

Probably the hardest part of going through the daily bulk of track submissions is listening to down tempo songs. The slow stuff just takes longer to listen to, in order to really hear if it’s something worth putting on replay.…

September 28, 2016 / Bass

Throughout the past few months Dutch producer Julian Calor has been handing out a surprising batch of his own productions through Soundcloud/Toneden. Even if you’re not a fan of the Hardwell/Revealed big room sound, Revealed-signee Calor is worth adding to…

September 28, 2016 / House

Very much digging this piano loop. Could very well be something out of a ‘Grant Nelson’ or ‘Rasmus Faber’-like sample bank. That is if this is actually a sample. Might just as well be a Midi-based sequence, or even a…

September 16, 2016 / Other
September 15, 2016 / Funk

There’s just something very classy about this track by Cloudchord. Some sort of mellow buying-either-jewelry-or-MDMA kind of vibe. ‘Golden XO’ does seem like a fitting title. It’s the latest production by Cloudchord. He’s received support by Of Monsters and Men…

September 15, 2016 / Funk

There’s a certain sense of laziness when yet another producers puts a few simple house beats under yet another singer-songwriter. It feels boring, as if a beatmaker is merely hitching a ride on someone else’s creativity. It’s pretty lame, and…

September 14, 2016 / Bass
September 14, 2016 / House

Probably what it would’ve sounded like if Pharrell Williams got into music early enough to join Madonna in an eighties/nineties vogueing frenzy. But instead of that, this is a rather housey 2016 track by Camino 84. And a good one…