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There is something special about Datsik. Sure, he has sick beats and a great label but there is still something more to him that separates him from everybody else in the EDM game. This past weekend I got to find out a whole lot more about Datsik—real name Troy Beetles—and his attitude about music and the scene at Snowball Music Festival in Winter Park, Colorado...

Firepower Records has released a free banger in the form of a collaboration with Dallas based DJ/producers AFK and Spenca. The normally bass heavy duo get street with some dirty trap for a remix of Nari & Milani’s “Atom.” The 808s hit you hard in this one, but not as hard as the rolling bass in the drop, giving the original track a completely new aggressive makeover...

Datsik’s heavy bass has sent shockwaves through the EDM scene this year and now he is taking his face melting live set on the road with his current FIREPOWER tour. Complete with trippy custom visuals by V Squared Labs for the “Vortex” DJ performance, the FIREPOWER tour is the perfect mixture of dark gritty dubstep with some mind altering visuals that will blow you away...

AFK and Protohype combined their bass blasting powers together and came up with an intense dubstep remix to Cash Out’s song “Cashin’ Out”. Rapstep has been taken to the fullest level with a drop at :54 seconds that brings all of the filthiness that you would expect from these two...

Faces will not spared in EDM drummer, Coop3rdrumm3r’s face melting remix of Crizzly and AFK’s bass heavy remix to “Chain Hang Low” by Jibbs. His talents peak new heights when a huge helping of bass is served up in the song, and he picks up pace filling up the room with some serious percussion...

Dubstep pioneer Datsik is amassing an army with his record label Firepower, where he infiltrates electronic music with an arsenal of club-razing tracks. Now Datsik will be sharing his unique sound and vision with North America with his Firepower Records tour, which with will specialize in incisive, infectious and incendiary art...

It's Friday and you know what that means, "2am Track Of The Week" time!! Making his first appearance ever on elektro is AFK, a duo from Dallas, Texas consisting of Droopy (Jimmy Blythe) & Royal Highnuss (Kyle Nuss), with the track "Ripper...