Crim / Dmitry Avxentyev

Four new recordings from bass and hip-hop producers touch upon the issue of standards. Worried by the growing popularity - and falling quality - of much bass music, these artists ponder a need for new values or virtues.

Mako Records (Moscow) and Sub-Line (Yekaterinburg) are a couple of labels specializing in bass music, grime, and/or dubstep. Within those styles - and between the labels - a common worldview starts to take shape.