We’ve never mentioned it before, but if you’re fellin the stuff you find lying around here, there’s more of it lurking in other corners of the web. For a deeper look into the music of New York – particularly in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick – you can find some steyels on BushwickBK.com. Recent writing at that outlet includes coverage of a party with Munchi and DJ Still Life, a blog post about some new beats by Mikey Dubs, and an article about a charity trying to bring music to a local public school. Then there’s Dubspot, where you’ll find more in depth looks at current electronic artists like a piece on Ramadanman, an interview with A Made Up Sound, and a spotlight on Brainfeeder. CS blurbs are also on Twitter and Facebook. There’s even more, but that’s a secret. (Photo by Tomasz Kaluzny.)

Technology has created a new cultural supercontinent and mixtapes like this are the embodiment of its citizens. Pacheko is one of those artists who’s always taking steps in new directions, and this excursion into tropical bass is a welcome one. This mix travels from moombahton to kwaito to UK funky to mixtures of all of that and more. Like most in his Abstractor camp, the dubstep is present but diverse, and although he revs up the chainsaw occasionally, he’s sure to include the deeper sounds. Tracklist after the jump or on SoundCloud. (Image by Alex Varanese.)

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The sweet ghost of Sugar Minott echos on with Ticklah‘s dub version of his latest Liondub45 release, “Praise His Name”. No one ever broke Minott’s spirit, and his message lives through tracks like these, rolling in and out like a warm mist. An endless variety of dubbed pace makers keep the rhythm alongside minimal keyboard melodies, tiny polyrhythms, and those placeless, ringing vocal memories. Cop the full quality on Juno, where you can also grab the new Liondub record, a Noah D remix of Beenie Man and Fambo’s “Rum & Redbull“. (Image by John Mark Herskind.)

The Empresarios only use cumbia as a launching point for “Cumbia“, and they feel no inclination to accept the limits of genre. A large band is easily imaginable as their leaning beat is assisted by a rhythmic guitar, an insistent cowbell, virtuoso triangles, accordian stabs and a deep bassline groove. Conga rolls frequently act as signals for new melodic elements but also serve as their own feature, too. The melodies are created with bright pianos, breezy guitars and haunted whistles. The Entrepreneurs with a Pixação logo hail from the District of Columbia, and the album that “Cumbia” comes from, Sabor Tropical, drops next week on Fort Knox Recordings. Another track from the LP, “Pereo Intenso”, is available for free download at the group’s web site. With this new year, we’d like to expand our focus to include more East Coast artists. (Painting by Revok and Ceaze.)

Rubbery kicks and deep droplets wander at a comfortable pace with the sun of warbly, time blind keys on their backs. A glittering, excited synth and ballooning drums startle their dreamy state. But the two influence each other and travel on with a woody, carefree gallop accompanied by effected flutishness and scrambled vocals. The sunny warbles return, punctuated by the occasional burst of the glittered discord and a newly prominent diced female voice. Gerry Read‘s traveling Patterns found their way with the help of Get Some UK, who introduced them to the Dark Arx. (Image by Discorat.)