Harlem Shake

Brooklyn-based Baauer is a 22-year-old DJ/producer who makes house music that sounds like hip-hop. Released on Mad Decent imprint Jeffrees, Harlem Shake is a bamboozling combination of sonar synths and snares, woven together with a lion`s roar sample and warped vocals urging you to "Do the Harlem Shake." I`s practically screaming for someone to rap over it–just imagine A$AP Rocky’s sugary flow or Azealia Banks` gunfire rhymes on top of this one. Accompanying Harlem Shake is the marimba-driven "Yaow!" a beat so tropical it makes sense that Diplo is a fan.

Baauer has been dabbling in electronic music for the past few years as Cap`nHarry, and started making hip-hop influenced bass music under his current moniker around 8 months ago. Part of the Trouble and Bass party collective, Baauer`s internet bio describes him as "hip-hop born from the internet." This seems to fit – if Glasgow and Atlanta made a musical lovechild, it’d be Baauer.

Accordingly, Baauer cites the raw energy of southern hip-hop as inspiration, which realizes itself in his trap-heavy beats.