New bass music forum, WHITELBL, to become ‘dedicated place for the community to exist’ \u00b7 News \u27cb RA<\/title><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\"\/><meta name=\"description\" content=\""I'm just really excited to see how this grows," founder skxllflower told RA.\"\/><link rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/83283\"\/><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New bass music forum, WHITELBL, to become 'dedicated place for the community to exist' \u00b7 News \u27cb RA\"\/><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""I'm just really excited to see how this grows," founder skxllflower told RA.\"\/><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/83283\"\/><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\"\/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.ra.co\/images\/news\/2025\/whitelbl.png\"\/><link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/83283\"\/><meta name=\"next-head-count\" content=\"31\"\/><link rel=\"apple-touch-icon\" sizes=\"180x180\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/apple-touch-icon.png\"\/><link rel=\"icon\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/favicon.svg\"\/><link rel=\"icon\" type=\"image\/png\" sizes=\"32x32\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/favicon-32x32.png\"\/><link rel=\"icon\" type=\"image\/png\" sizes=\"16x16\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/favicon-16x16.png\"\/><link rel=\"mask-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/safari-pinned-tab.svg\" color=\"#ff4848\"\/><link rel=\"manifest\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/static\/site.webmanifest\"\/><meta name=\"apple-mobile-web-app-title\" content=\"Resident Advisor\"\/><meta name=\"application-name\" content=\"Resident Advisor\"\/><meta name=\"msapplication-TileColor\" content=\"#ff4848\"\/><meta name=\"theme-color\" content=\"#000000\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/z.moatads.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/z.moatads.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/adservice.google.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/adservice.google.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/adservice.google.co.uk\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/adservice.google.co.uk\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.googletagservices.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.googletagservices.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google-analytics.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google-analytics.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/tpc.googlesyndication.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/tpc.googlesyndication.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\"\/><link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\"\/><link rel=\"dns-prefetch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\"\/><link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/_next\/static\/css\/c5292e209934da98.css\" as=\"style\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/_next\/static\/css\/c5292e209934da98.css\" data-n-g=\"\"\/><noscript data-n-css=\"\"\/><\/head><body id=\"wp_automatic_ReadabilityBody\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"__next\">\n<div class=\"DefaultLayout__Container-sc-1k0r57y-0 kXCqqi layoutContainer\" data-testid=\"layoutContainer\">\n<header\/>\n<section data-tracking-id=\"news-detail-bar\" class=\"Section__StyledSection-sc-1smdbhi-0 iMoCha\"\/>\n<section data-tracking-id=\"news-article\" class=\"Section__StyledSection-sc-1smdbhi-0 elYREK\">\n<div class=\"Layout-sc-1rwgres-0 ddXYFK\">\n<ul class=\"Grid__GridStyled-sc-si5izk-0 jDLXQE grid\">\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iugREN\"\/>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 bGnrTR\"><span color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 CmsContent__StyledText-sc-1s0tuo4-0 dHbEva jjFEXj\">“I’m just really excited to see how this grows,” founder skxllflower told RA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iEOQQR\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 dDKClb\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-abq4qd-0 Alignment-sc-1405w7f-0 dtgzXA lafiII\"><span color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 CmsContent__StyledText-sc-1s0tuo4-0 jeSXW jjFEXj\">A new bass music forum has been launched. <\/p>\n<p>Drawing inspiration from the legendary Dubstep Forum, as well as chiptune-focused discussion boards like 8bc and chipmusic.org, WHITELBL hopes to become a “dedicated place for the community to exist,” according to founder skxllflower. The New York-based artist believes that the contemporary club scene is lacking a platform of this nature, where likeminded music lovers can chat, ask technical questions and share events. <\/p>\n<p>“I’m tired of missing out on releases, tired of seeing friends post wonderful tune ideas to Twitter just to get viewership penalised for posting at the wrong hour or not including the right keywords,” he told <i>Resident Advisor<\/i>. “I really feel like we need a place to go without distractions. When I’m online with a purpose, I don’t need to see politicians and influencers in the same place I’m trying to talk about dubstep, and I knew I couldn’t be the only one that felt that way.”<\/p>\n<p>Since opening to the public earlier this month, WHITELBL has hit the ground running. The forum already boasts more than 350 active members, 115 threads and 1,000-plus posts, covering everything from the best soulful drum & bass tracks and “hot music takes” to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/coki\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/coki\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/coki\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/coki\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">Coki<\/span><\/a>‘s new EP on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/record-label.aspx?id=1040\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/record-label.aspx?id=1040\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/record-label.aspx?id=1040\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/record-label.aspx?id=1040\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">Tempa<\/span><\/a>. But for now, skxllflower is keeping his feet on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>“Even I don’t know what to expect from WHITELBL,” he said. “I hope it continues to stay active and growing, I hope that it lives up to the aspirations I have for it, to become that centralised hang-out space for producers, listeners and DJs, but at the end of the day, that’s up to the community. All I can do is try to provide the tools necessary for it to grow that way, and it’s my job to make it as frictionless as possible for the community to take it wherever it’s headed.”<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/whitelbl.forum\/\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/whitelbl.forum\/\" target=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/whitelbl.forum\/\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/whitelbl.forum\/\" target=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">Browse<\/span><\/a> WHITELBL, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/features\/3771\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/features\/3771\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\"><span href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/features\/3771\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/features\/3771\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"primary\" font-weight=\"normal\" class=\"Text-sc-wks9sf-0 Link__StyledLink-sc-1huefnz-0 gwxxDe kdgimZ\">revisit<\/span><\/a> our feature on Dubstep Forum.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iAZnAz\"\/>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 kqMgJp\"\/><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ra.co \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New bass music forum, WHITELBL, to become ‘dedicated place for the community to exist’ \u00b7 News \u27cb RA “I’m just really excited to see how this grows,” founder skxllflower told RA. 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