Mazde

With a future-bass discography that incorporates pop-laden melodies with percussive ingenuity, Germany&#39;s <a href="spotify:artist:60ELFqAhwT7jwRKJV6Rgfx" data-name="Mazde">Mazde</a> holds his own by producing track after track of emotionally evocative music. He first blew up when YouTube tastemaker SuicideSheep premiered his remix of <a href="spotify:artist:6nS5roXSAGhTGr34W6n7Et" data-name="Disclosure">Disclosure</a>&#39;s &#34;<a href="spotify:album:3m0H2eOOCrYNUtdtYjzqI8" data-name="Help Me Lose My Mind">Help Me Lose My Mind</a>&#34;, which has since garnered nearly 90 million views. He followed up with the collaborative EP <a href="spotify:album:0AlG3dTDaUdYlxR1Cr5RRd" data-name="Mazde X LissA">Mazde X LissA</a>, which earned accolades from THUMP, DUMMY, Clash and more.

A versatile artist that derives inspiration from left and right, <a href="spotify:artist:60ELFqAhwT7jwRKJV6Rgfx" data-name="Mazde">Mazde</a>&#39;s official remix of <a href="spotify:artist:5Pb27ujIyYb33zBqVysBkj" data-name="RÜFÜS DU SOL">RÜFÜS DU SOL</a> &#34;<a href="spotify:track:0CmKlk0wzBRrKkk9fD2ZKg" data-name="Say a Prayer for Me">Say a Prayer for Me</a>&#34; showcased his penchant for future bass underlined with subdued percussive elements and mellow synth work, amassing a million streams on Soundcloud and Spotify. After achieving a HypeM #1 with his 2016 single &#34;<a href="spotify:album:0R7KoIFpzJ2dAwOQJCpZ2l" data-name="Neverland">Neverland</a>&#34; featuring Rhode Island rapper <a href="spotify:artist:4489Zgs4RNq2ZtSh3UnOxZ" data-name="Khary">Khary</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:60ELFqAhwT7jwRKJV6Rgfx" data-name="Mazde">Mazde</a> finished the year on a strong note, releasing &#34;<a href="spotify:album:29sCK92b97dG8MR5Ppqrel" data-name="Wicked Winds">Wicked Winds</a>&#34;. Keeping the momentum, this spring he remixed <a href="spotify:artist:4CTKqs11Zgsv8EZTVzx764" data-name="Lemaitre">Lemaitre</a>&#39;s &#34;<a href="spotify:album:5Lo0zDnPc1CcXNkBoTleYs" data-name="Playing To Lose">Playing To Lose</a>”, a seemingly minimalistic song driven by a haunting bassline and emboldened by otherworldly plucks.

<a href="spotify:artist:60ELFqAhwT7jwRKJV6Rgfx" data-name="Mazde">Mazde</a>&#39;s newest release is a collaboration with long-time musical partner <a href="spotify:artist:6aAestjbtEbALwyIYPg8Na" data-name="LissA">LissA</a>. Following a slew of joint hits over the past few years including <a href="spotify:track:5vg6lgIJMt0y1Ty0GwIRhb" data-name="Battas">Battas</a>, <a href="spotify:track:76CBb85eTCXXdkBjR8Vqf7" data-name="Zimt">Zimt</a> and <a href="spotify:track:6b5M5dmQuEq5Nzad8AgP3D" data-name="390">390</a>, the Berlin-based pair now reconvene for what is arguably their finest alliance to date, combining gently chugging synths and arpeggiated harmonies with <a href="spotify:artist:6aAestjbtEbALwyIYPg8Na" data-name="LissA">LissA</a>&#39;s unmistakably fragile vocals to devastating effect.