Bassnectar

What started back in the mid nineties as an experiment fusing youth culture and social action has turned into a multifaceted, multi‐faced creature called Bassnectar. It is the brainchild of Lorin Ashton, and it exists as an open‐sourced musical project that is as diverse as it is heavy, as raw as it is meticulous, and as fierce as it is imaginary.

   Bassnectar combines sound and force with weight while spanning the spectrum of sonic style, covering  every genre imaginable, and smashing it all into a collision of wobbling, perverted basslines, hypnotic  hide‐and‐seek adventures, and pretty much anything that strikes his fancy. He calls the end product  "omnitempo maximalism," which basically means no rules, no limitations, and no hesitation in fusing the  familiar with the strange or the classic with the cutting edge.

     Whether remixing, collaborating, writing, DJing, performing live or working on constant social networking,  Bassnectar's music is the lure and social impact is the very sincere intention. According to Ashton, "we are  so blessed, and so deeply fortunate to be alive and awake right now...it's a basic truth, but it's very  powerful. I think privilege confers responsibility, and Bassnectar is a reflection of that opportunity to give  back; the motion of my cells bouncing back at the world."

   Idealistic? Maybe. But with wall‐to‐wall shows night after night in city after city, with endless music being  concocted and pumped out of the labs by a growing legion of collaborators and bass‐scientists, and with  an ever‐growing fan base of loyal bass‐freaks on the loose, maybe idealism isn't all that bad...

      Stay tuned for gobs of new releases on Bassnectar's own imprint "Amorphous Music" as well as heaps of  free tracks, mixes and transmissions at http://www.podcast.bassnectar.net. The live show explodes over  100 nights a year, and we have many surprises in store for 2009!

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