Deep in the lab The Flying Skulls have spent the last year and a half putting together a crunked out ‘post-dubstep‘ album specifically for 1320 Records which spans a wide breadth of West Coast styles, aptly named ‘West Coast Bass.‘  The ten track album includes songs that pay tribute to styles from Dub, Downtempo, IDM, Ambient, Dre-inspired beats, and yes even dubstep, and is chock full of the kind of irreverent lyrics and interludes that have made The Flying Skulls favorites in the underground electronic music scene.

The first pre-release from the album, “Beats by the Pound” includes funky, pitched down Mellotron and bass stabs from Philly band Lotus, old school jazz influenced choruses by Audio Angel, ripping verses by Cardiff Wales bad-boy Mudmowth over a track flavored with Steely Dan inspired electric guitar by Bender and robot sounds by Stevie Dubs.

This track marks the Flying Skulls’ third collaboration with Lotus, and second collaboration with Welsh MC Mudmowth, “Mud recorded these verses while in Cardiff, but last time I heard from him he was down in Indonesia living the good life,” said executive producer J.Tonal, “It’s fun to work with Mud on a track with the Lotus guys, their sense of melody is great, and we get to have Angel as the icing on top, sick!”

The Skulls second studio album, “West Coast Bass” is due out Oct 25 on 1320 Records.

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