Whethan revives festival nostalgia on ‘WAREHOUSE.WAVS2’: Listen

As festival season reaches full intensity, Whethan is continuing his aggressive return to bass music with the release of “WAREHOUSE.WAVS2,” the second installment of his rapidly growing remix series arriving exclusively on SoundCloud ahead of his highly anticipated appearance at EDC Las Vegas’ bassPOD stage this Sunday.

Built around the edits and flips currently defining Whethan’s live performances, “WAREHOUSE.WAVS2” feels less like a traditional release and more like a direct snapshot of the chaos unfolding inside Whethan’s current sets. Pulling from dubstep, trap, hardcore, and warehouse-inspired bass music, the tape transforms a wide range of nostalgic rap cuts, internet anthems, and dance classics into high-impact festival weapons designed for massive systems and late-night crowds.

Among the project’s biggest moments is Whethan and Dennett’s explosive rework of A$AP Rocky’s “Distorted Records,” taking the already abrasive TESTING opener and pushing it fully into destructive bass territory. He also revives Breathe Carolina’s iconic crossover hit “Blackout,” turning the early-2010s emo-electronic anthem into a modern-day rave weapon while preserving the emotional energy that made the original such a defining festival-era record.

Throughout the tape, Whethan leans heavily into internet culture and Southern rap nostalgia. Viral rapper EsDeeKid’s “4raws” receives a frantic bass overhaul, while classics including Huey’s “Pop, Lock & Drop It,” Rich Boy’s “Throw Some D’s,” and Yung Joc’s “It’s Goin Down” are reimagined through distorted drops, massive low-end, and chaotic live-ready production. Blog-era crossover records also make an appearance, including flips of “Beamer, Benz or Bentley” by Lloyd Banks and Juelz Santana alongside a bass-heavy remix of “23” by Mike WiLL Made-It, Miley Cyrus, and Juicy J. Elsewhere, Whethan revisits dance music history with his remix of Kaskade’s “Move For Me,” preserving the emotional core of the progressive house classic while reshaping it for today’s bass scene. His remix of Turnstile’s “BIRDS” pushes even further into hardcore influence, reflecting the growing collision between heavy alternative music and modern bass culture.

One of the tape’s more nostalgic moments arrives through Whethan’s remix of “Vans” by The Pack, channeling the DIY energy of the late-2000s blog and skate-era internet movement that heavily influenced an entire generation of online music discovery. The release arrives during a major resurgence for Whethan, who has spent the past year re-establishing himself within bass music culture. That momentum has already translated into sold-out shows across Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Denver, alongside growing demand for underground pop-ups and after-hours performances nationwide.