So here’s the thing about ANDRÉUS—he got hooked on drumming because of Rock Band on the Wii. Honestly, that’s pretty perfect. Seven years old, banging away on the plastic drum kit with his brothers, and somewhere in there the music bug bit him hard enough that he’s now launching a record label with a dubstep track called “BAUOW.”
Red Set Records dropped its first release April 11, and they went with ANDRÉUS to do it. Bit of a gamble, really. New label, relatively new artist, pure dubstep in a scene that’s constantly shifting. But “BAUOW” hits hard enough that you get why they’re rolling the dice. It’s five minutes of color bass and heavy sound design, the kind of track that knows exactly what it wants to be.
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The whole journey started when ANDRÉUS’ older brother discovered Skrillex. He heard those tracks and just sat there thinking, how the hell does anyone make sounds like that? It’s the question every bedroom producer asks at some point, but most people don’t follow through. ANDRÉUS kept at it. Started taking drum lessons, met an instructor named Tarek who introduced him to Native Instruments Maschine, and suddenly the mystery started unraveling. Those impossible frequencies weren’t impossible after all—they just required the right tools and enough patience to figure them out.
He’s been releasing music since 2020. Started with “Anyone” and “Beyond,” moved into “Run It” and “Passenger 7” in 2021—that one got thousands of Spotify streams, which is decent traction when you’re building from nothing. Put out the “Showdown” EP in 2022. Each release showed growth, showed a producer learning his craft and refining his sound. Now there’s “BAUOW,” and it feels like the pieces are finally clicking into place.
When he sat down to make this track, ANDRÉUS wanted his first proper dubstep cut with color bass woven in. He pulled inspiration from Slushii and Affinity’s “Turn It Up VIP” and that Ace Aura and TYNAN collaboration “Stay.” Both tracks walk this line between aggression and melody, where the drops obliterate but there’s real musicality underneath. That’s what he was chasing with “BAUOW”—intensity that doesn’t sacrifice the surreal quality good dubstep can have. Something that hits your chest but also takes your head somewhere interesting.
ANDRÉUS works out of Olney, Maryland. Not LA, not Denver, nowhere near the UK dubstep scene. There’s something to that. When you’re outside the main hubs, you’re not constantly comparing yourself to every other producer in your city. You develop your own thing because you’re not swimming in the same influences and pressures as everyone else.
The track’s up everywhere now—Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music, YouTube. Red Set Records made sure the rollout covered all the bases. The foundation’s solid. “BAUOW” shows ANDRÉUS is ready. Time to see what he does with it.
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