Beatportal has a nice artist feature on bass-child Bassnectar. Conveniently, his ‘Coza Frenzy’ tour makes a stop in Indy on April 8…
Is there a more evocative name in all of electronic dance music than Bassnectar? Lorin Ashton’s handle makes plain what we knew all along: bass is like manna from heaven, a life force, and every time he takes the stage, he invites us to drink deeply from it.
Since 2002, the Bay Area musician has been refining his brand of bass music on records for OM Records, Child’s Play, and his own Amorphous Music. But to really partake of his low-frequency communion, you’ve gotta see Bassnecar live, where he mixes together elements of hip-hop, drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, dancehall, and more into a throbbing wall of sound. It’s an adrenaline overdose with political overtones, a celebration of independence and grassroots action soundtracked by a sound that’s irreducible to any one genre.
With his new record ‘Timestretch’ just out, and about to kick off his spring tour, Lorin gave us the low-down on the cuts that his crowds are drinking up like, well, nectar from the gods—the gods of bass, that is. Read on as he explains exactly what kind of damage his Weekend Weapons can wreak.
