B-Sides and Kompany Come Together to Remix RL Grime’s “Reims”

RL Grime had been relatively quiet for most of the last year, however, he returned with “Reims” earlier this month and he did not disappoint. Upon the release of the Trap God’s latest original, his fans rejoiced, meanwhile producers got to work.

Another Los Angeles boy, B-Sides, and his dawg Kompany killed it with their release, teaming up to flip the f*ck out of “Reims” for what has been the best remix I’ve heard so far. The original was a future bass banger, but damn… the Kompany and B-Sides remix turned to a non-stop nast number. It’s an absolutely filthy trap remix, blending dubstep production among other electronic elements to bring the original to a new level of grime.

Listen to Kompany and B-Sides remix “Reims” by RL Grime below, as well as the other tracks on this week’s best new music from up and comers playlist — featuring 25 tracks you need to hear and curated by EDM Sauce’s finest!

RL Grime’s Continued Influence on Trap Production

By 2017, RL Grime had already established himself as one of trap music’s defining voices, and “Reims” continued that trajectory with the kind of atmospheric, future-bass-inflected production that made his originals so frequently requested for remix treatment by other producers. Tracks in his catalog carried a distinct melodic identity that made them appealing raw material for remixers looking to showcase their own arrangement skills while still working within a recognizable framework that fans of the original would immediately connect with.

Two LA Producers Finding Their Collaborative Voice

Kompany and B-Sides teaming up reflected the close-knit nature of the Los Angeles bass music scene during this period, where producers frequently crossed paths at the same shows and studio sessions and eventually found natural creative partnerships. Rather than simply splitting a remix down the middle, the two brought complementary strengths to “Reims,” combining Kompany’s increasingly recognized dubstep sound design with B-Sides’ own production sensibility to create something that stood apart from the dozens of other unofficial remixes competing for attention in the same release window.

Curated Playlists as Blog-Era Discovery Tools

The reference to EDM Sauce’s own weekly “up and comers” playlist highlights how music blogs in this era functioned as curators as much as reporters, aggregating dozens of new tracks into a single digestible package for readers who did not have time to sift through SoundCloud’s constant stream of new uploads themselves. For an unofficial remix like this one, without a major label’s marketing budget behind it, inclusion in a trusted outlet’s weekly roundup was often the difference between reaching a few hundred listeners and reaching a genuinely wide audience actively looking for new bass music.

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