About a month ago, on May 4, 2024, Tiktok creator @grechofficial made a quick post in his car. He remarked about the person next to him “Listening to some sploinky ass music and was making him feel weird.” Who would’ve thought the sample would lead to an EDM single?
To no surprise, bassheads saw the Tiktok and sent it to their favorite producers. Inevitably, the modern master of deep-cut meme samples and one of the sploinkiest of them all, Subtronics got a hold of the video. Subtronics might have been the ideal bass artist to create a dubstep track from this viral video. He’s got a knack for giving the people what they want!
Subtronics has been staying busy this spring, playing mainstage at EDC Las Vegas, throwing the 4th annual Cyclops Rocks with two sold-out shows at Red Rocks Amphitheater, and headlining Forbidden Kingdom. Amazingly, he has made the time to produce and release “Sploinky Dub” featuring Grech. Subtronics and Grech understood the assignment and sploinky is the latest term to enter the EDM lexicon. Whatever weird womps and wubs you think of when describing bass music is precisely what it means to listen to sploinky music.
@Grechofficial went to TikTok recently and said, “I never thought the person in the car next to me listening to some sploinky ass music would have the impact on the EDM community that it did, but I just want to say I appreciate you for embracing the sploink. We have something very interesting coming up for you guys. I’m sure it’ll make you feel weird in all the right ways.”
Grab your pashminas and bucket hats and get ready for the sploinkiest of tunes. Subtronics has a packed schedule this summer including a handful of festival appearances including Electric Forest, HARD Summer, Elements, North Coast, S2O NY, Lost Lands and more. Now everyone can get sploinky, with the new tune streaming platforms and right at the top of our weekly New Music Friday playlist!
