Playlist
Zeds Dead Essentials
Apple Music Dance
Tracks: 1768:43
Joyriding along the seam between EDM, pop and hip-hop.
Updated Aug 5, 2020
Tracks 17
- 1Northern Lights3:34
- 2We Are Deadbeats (Vol. 4)3:42
- 3Northern Lights3:38
- 4Rudeboy - EP2:44
- 5Somewhere Else4:44
- 6Into The Abyss - Single4:05
- 7Where the Wild Things Are - Single4:59
- 8Northern Lights3:51
- 9Northern Lights3:45
- 105 Years of Big Beat4:07
- 11The Added Fat EP4:36
- 12Ultra Music Festival 20153:38
- 13Northern Lights4:18
- 14Somewhere Else3:59
- 15This Is Dubstep Anthems3:32
- 16Spinnin Sessions Miami 20154:43
- 17Northern Lights4:39
About this playlist
In the ‘10s, as boundaries blurred between EDM, hip-hop and pop, Toronto's Zeds Dead arrived to make the most of those porous borders. Hybrid to the core, the early single "Rude Boy" marries classic boom-bap breaks with ragga samples and serrated dubstep bass. Fast forward to 2016 and "Blame", a collaboration with Diplo and the singer Elliphant that juggles jump-up rhythms with indie-rock production touches and a tinge of tropical house's re-pitched vocals. At the other end of the spectrum, the Oliver Heldens collaboration "You Know" is a punchy future-garage showstopper, proof of the duo's house prowess.