The reason we haven’t featured Girl Unit in our “Feature Artists” section until now is because, frankly, we thought everyone already knew. However, after this weekend at Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, we figured we would remind you. Night Slugs’ Girl Unit is one of the best in the world right now fusing elements of Hip Hop, UK Bass, Acid House, Dubstep and just about anything else you can dance to. Not only did he destroy the dancefloor on Saturday night, but I got a chance to hang with him at WNYU radio and listen to some new unreleased tracks.

Saturday night was the RINSED @ BEMF: Fade to Mind Showcase with RINSED (Blacky II and me), Total Freedom, Kingdom, Nguzunguzu, and Girl Unit. The entire night was phenomenal, however the plateau of the evening was easily Phillip Gamble aka Girl Unit’s set. He played some new tunes that were absolutely mental as well as some all-time favorites. The evening, of course culminated with Wut which, if you’ve ever seen Phil play before, was rewinded half way through for maximum effect. When I asked him when to expect a new release, he assured me some new tunes were dropping early next year, hopefully by the end of January. On Monday night, I hung out at Natalie Kelapire’s Get Down, a weekly radio show on WNYU, to watch Phil do it all over again. The show was amazing and it was archived right here for your enjoyment. Fast forward a bit to get to the set, and make sure you have sufficient bass. Also Village Voice did a proper interview with him that you should definitely check out.

-Dan Wender