CD and vinyl mastering studio for hire helmed by friend and associate Ed Hickey. Anyone who knows a thing or two about quality audio can recognize the great work coming from Ed and Bassnode in general.

Killer DJ, blogger, podcaster and more... Mr. Joshua is the genuine article. A fellow Samurai.fm contributor as well so be sure to check out his awesome monthly internet radio chronicles.

Ruling Chicago-based selector and personal friend with whom I collaborate on the 'Bad Meaning Good' and 'We Can Work It Out' events.

Friend, collaborator and all things considered, possibly the best DJ I know. Catch the two of us for Bo' Selecta! on Saturday nights at Evilolive.

Chi or die... This friend, collaborator and DJ par excellence is a name to watch now and in the future. Production, DJing, label biz... The world is his.

Personal friends and ex-roommates... These dudes really need no introduction. Party-rocking the world over. Expect more big things from these folks in the future.

Run by super producer extraordinaire and age-old personal friend Salva, Frite Nite is a website, digi-label and super awesome creative outpost to keep your eye on.

Blog in conjunction with mine and Zebo's weekly Wednesday night house sessions at Berlin in Chicago

Friend and incredibly talented, Mac-certified make-up artist living in Chicago.

SF-based friend and all-around super rad individual making waves in the fashion world, talking about all sorts of cool shit and being a general, all-around kick ass lady.

Super-talented Chicago DJ/beatmaker who's been pumping fresh material out of his studio for over a decade now.

Home to Chicago-based DJ/Producer Chrissy Murderbot. Catch him making global DJ appearances or releasing fresh product on either of his Dead Homies and Sleazetone imprints.

Friend, world-class graffiti artist and painter with whom I've had the pleasure to collaborate.

Blog operated by DJ, promoter and all-around-awesome-dude David Bruno. Check his and Mr. Blair's monthly 'People Don't Dance No More' party in NYC for elite disco badness.

Friends and ex-bandmates currently located in L.A with a refreshing and always expertly-produced take on the electronic pop template.

Counted among the shortlist of my very favorite record labels of all time, having spanned roughly 3 decades of incredible music with releases by the likes of Cocteau Twins, Pixies, Stereolab, Blonde Redhead and many, many more.

Seriously talented and multi-faceted, Berlin-based producer extraordinaire. A huge production influence of mine as producers of recent years go.

Baltimore-based dream-pop indie act on Carpark who can count me among their many fans.

New York based indie act who've churned out transcendent material for more than a decade now. One of my favorite bands in the business.

UK imprint helmed by the James Holden with a penchant for pretty, fx-laden and often psych-oriented techno and more. ALWAYS quality products from the packaging through the music itself.

Beloved Scottish pop act and recent 4AD singing of whom I'm a huge fan.

Renown musician, DJ and vintage record digger of the highest order, Mr. Holmes has created a vastly underappreciated body of work that grows increasingly impressive with each subsequent release.

World-class UK electronic music imprint with a serious hankering for left-of-center, analog synthesizer weirdness and other general musical bad-assery.

America's most consistently diverse, eclectic and brilliant record label. Creating a legacy that should endure for decades to come.

Easily one of my favorite Producer/DJ's in the world who also happens to write an often hilarious and always-eloquent blog on a huge range of fascinating subjects.

Andy Votel's Finders Keepers imprint unearths some of the coolest, most singularly underground and subversive recordings of years past.

Home to some of my very favorite techno and house acts around the globe. ALWAYS forward-thinking contemporary club sounds coming from these folks out of Germany.

The single greatest American electronic music imprints of the past decade? One could certainly make that argument.

Ex-employer of yours truly and one of the last remaining American distributors to focus almost exclusively on dance music product. Sign up for their mail order list to stay up on new releases from the major dance music suppliers from all over the world.

Kode 9's uncompromising label is home to some of the UK's most stunning and original sounds. Always quality material coming from these folks.

Personal website and weblog of DJ/Producer and Border Community head James Holden.

Possibly my favorite current radio show on the net... This dude has an unfathomably cool and left-leaning collection of obscurities from all over the globe. Rockabilly and primitive American rock oddities VS. contemporary electronic music and hip hop? Yes, please.

French electronic-pop act led by Anthony Gonzalez and one of my favorite current acts in the world, of any variety.

Renown music blog with a reputation for both consistently interesting musical content and the wide-reaching blessings of the music industry on the strength of their refusal to promote music without an artist's permission.

Something like the CNN of techno, Resident Advisor is a one-stop for all current happenings in the world of underground electronic music and is one of my favorite web destinations.

The UK/Japan-based internet radio stalwart hosts not only my own 'Kaleidoscope' show but also an enormous wealth of other amazing musical content that spans the globe.

Absolutely killer web/radio/club-based and long-running radio program associated with the mighty Ninja Tune label. Always a real benchmark of skill and programming for DJ's all over the world to aspire toward.

Something like the dubstep scene's elder-statesmen, Tempa have been at the forefront of dubstep's evolution since day one, releasing dozens of classic recordings along the way.

Home to the inimitable Avalanches... Perhaps my single biggest DJ inspiration to date. Also the artists behind 'Since I Left You,' one of the finest recordings in the history of sample-based music.

Consistently among my very favorite producers worldwide, Trentemoller is always 10 steps ahead of the game and always producing beautiful and punishing tunes.

Wicked, hyper-eclectic and long-running French label helmed by Gilb'r and I:Cube. Home to Chateau Flight, Joakim and some of Daft Punk's earliest recordings.

Graphic designer with a catalog of work spanning well over two decades of great and iconic imagery.

No introduction needed here... The illustrator/graphic artist whose 'Space Monkeys' have become some of this generation of artists' most iconic and recognizable images.

Consistently amusing and awesome graphics coming from this Miami-based graphic designer/illustrator. Be sure to check out the hilarious clothing collection as well.

Canadian illustration superstar whose work has been made visible in nearly every major media outlet imaginable.

One of my favorite artists on the planet. His work is alternately stunning, beautiful and terrifying; often all within one individual piece. This guy rules.

Ubiquitous Cali-based artist with an incredible and singularly amazing body of work.

Prolific and talented New York/Australia-based illustrator and artist. Be sure to check the online store for all manner of humorous and creative materials for sale.

Art & culture magazine with both a ubiquitous presence and altogether unrivaled sense of graphic bad-assery.

Absolutely wicked, visually-inclined blog that posts what is possibly the single most inspiring source of imagery I've found on the internet. Art, fashion, graphics, photography... Whatever. It all looks great.

Super talented and prolific graphic designer out of Australia who's work I really admire.

Wicked and cartoonish illustrator with consistently great visual output.

Always humorous and crude illustrator who never seems to run out of great ideas. Great stuff.

Global graphic design collective with great and increasingly visible work in print and various other media.

Amazing, Korea-born but Brooklyn-based painter/artist whose work resembles expressionist artists like Gustav Klimpt and Egon Schiele.

Among my very favorite illustrators currently at work and like myself, an ex-Lawrence, Kansas resident.