Bassnectar

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Bassnectar
Origin Berkeley, California
Genre(s) Electronica
Hip Hop
Glitch
IDM
Big Beat
Breakbeat
Dance
Years active 2000s-Present
Label(s) Om Records
Organic Music
Website Official Site
Members
Lorin Ashton

Bassnectar is an electronic music freeform project based in Berkeley, California. Primarily a music project of Lorin Ashton, Bassnectar is also accompanied by various collaborators.[1] Ashton describes Bassnectar's sound as "omni-tempo maximalism" fusing elements of midtempo Breakbeat, Big Beat, Old school hip hop and Dub, Drum and Bass, Grindcore, Hip-hop, Bluegrass, and Jazz, utilizing samples from diverse sources.[1]

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[edit] Live Performance

Bassnectar performs with acts like Sound Tribe Sector 9, Disco Biscuits, String Cheese Incident, Michael Franti, Heavyweight Dub Champion and KRS One, and FreQ Nasty.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Motions of Mutation (2003)
  • Mesmerizing The Ultra (2005)
  • Underground Communication (2007)

[edit] Singles

  • "Float" (2002)
  • "Creation Lullaby" (2004)
  • "Booty Line/California Sunrise" (2005)
  • "Taurine Thruster" (2005)
  • "Everybody EP" (2005)
  • "Blue State Riddim EP" (2006)
  • "Yo" (2007)
  • "Bomb The Blocks" (2007)

[edit] Remixes

  • "STS9 - Some Sing"
  • "David Seied - ARF"
  • "Michael Franti and Spearhead - Skin on the Drum
  • "Dorflex Bos - Dorlex Bos"
  • "Mr Projectile - I Am Back"
  • "Alkher Illa Doffor - Cheb i Sabbah"
  • "Heavyweight Dub Champion and KRS-One - Arrival
  • "Zion I and The Grouch - Lift Me Up"

[edit] Video

  • "Bomb The Blocks" (2007)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Bassnectar. Conscious Choice.


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