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Snakehips and EARTHGANG are no strangers to collaboration. The EDM duo and hip-hop imprint first joined forces on “Run It Up” in June of 2021 and then again on “Sometimes…” last year.“Our sounds complement each other really well,” EARTHGANG’s DocturDot shared, though all four SNAKEGANG members attribute the group’s creative cohesion, most of all, to its “energy.”With a simple mandate of having fun at the forefront of their process, the duo of duos has collided yet again – this time, on their first-ever EP, SNAKEGANG VOL. 1. The five-track project’s rollout kicked off with the Sinead Harnett-featuring “Been A Minute…,” which is now joined by more hybrid-genre cuts “Intro (if u down),” “The Remedy,” “GLIMMER,” and “Bounce.”Snakehips’ Oliver Lee and James Carter sat down with EARTHGANG’s John...

Hypebeast is conducting a series of conversations with producers to learn more about the oftentimes overlooked musicians behind the mixers. What do “Location” by Playboi Carti, Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa’s “The Count” and French Montana’s “Shot Caller” all have in common?They all begin with the infamous, instantly recognizable “La Musica de Harry Fraud” introduction.“That was honestly a gift from Mother Earth,” laughs Fraud, recalling the makings of his memorable and meme-able tag.One of Fraud’s friends was in the studio sound engineering for Dominican artist Phoenicia, prompting Fraud to request that Phoenicia “talk some sh*t about me” on the mic to potentially use as a skit on his own album. “Right when I heard her say that phrase I knew that it was more than just a skit.”Having grown up i...

After a decade of making music as Overmono, brothers Tom and Ed Russell may have struck dance music renown, but after those long nights (and early mornings) spent playing raves, they still prefer a quieter way of life. In 2023, the DJ duo of Tom and Ed Russell made their Coachella debut and a month later, they released their seemingly long overdue debut album, Good Lies. A US and Europe-traversing tour followed, along with a Boiler Room set performed as part of Manchester’s cult-favorite club series, The Warehouse Project.As each rave wraps, Tom heads back to Devon – a seaside county about two hours from Bath – while Ed retreats to Bristol. The brothers were both living in London, their apartments just minutes away, when Overmono was born in 2015. Tom, who is 10 years Ed’s senior, bought a...

While the life of John Summit is a loud one – filled with plenty of sold-out arenas, Las Vegas day parties and headlining festival sets – it’s also got its fair share of silence.“I’ll be on stage performing in front of 100,000 people and then 30 minutes later I’m in a silent hotel room by myself in the dark,” Summit shares. “It’s comfort and it’s chaos.”Comfort in Chaos, fittingly, is the name of Summit’s just-released debut album, which arrives a few weeks after his sold-out Madison Square Garden show, in which the DJ played three sets and opened for himself with an intimate throwback set.Many of the set’s standout tracks stem from Summit’s solid string of singles from the past four years, which solidified him as a key player in the new era of electronic music. “Deep End” went viral on Ti...

Since signing to Top Dawg Entertainment in 2019, Zacari has been methodical with his releases, scattering singles and visuals while dropping just one EP, 2019’s Run Wild Run Free. Now, however, it’s time for the genre-bending talent to make his formal debut on his first studio album: Bliss.“I’ve spent so many years trying to nail this sound,” he says of the long-awaited LP, which took him roughly five years to perfect. “I spent years searching for stories and sounds, and right now just felt like the right time to put it out into the world.”In addition to his hunt for the perfect personal sound over the past years, the self-described “lone wolf” has also been tapped as a contributor on many other TDE artists’ projects, including Isaiah Rashad’s The Sun's Tirade, Ab-Soul’s Do What Thou Wilt....