January 31, 2014

Adventure Club | Wonder ft. The Kite String Tangle (T-Mass Remix)

by Jake Groch EDM, Happy, Heavy • Tags: Adventure Club, Bay Area, Dancing Astronaut, Dubstep, EDM, EDM Blogs, electronic, Electronic Dance Music, Jake Groch, Melodic Dubstep, Progressive House, Rager Onions, Remix Competition, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, T-Mass, The Kite String Tangle, Thomas Allen, Vocals, Wonder

Thomas Allen of T-Mass has been producing his own original blend of lush, highly melodic dubstep music for a little over two years now. What first caught our attention when listening to this next artist was his ability to develop and grow his sound over the extent of a single production. T-Mass’ tracks always possess a certain singular movement that evokes feeling and can almost even tell a story. The songs rise, climax, fall and decay just like any great piece of literature would.

Thomas’ most recent release on SoundCloud, a remix to “Wonder” featuring The Kite String Tangle on vocals, was submitted as part of a contest taking place by Adventure Club, who originally produced the song. Mr. Allen actually cites AC as being one of his biggest influences, so we imagine he’d be pretty jacked if he manages to win this thing.

Like any of the other great songs by T-Mass, his remix to Adventure Club incorporates a simple, yet beautiful chord progression, beginning with a piano melody, resonating, chopped vocals and a unique, almost progressive house type build. Don’t let it fool you however, because after the drop, it’s only more of what we’ve seen from this Bay Area beast.

If you are as into this are we are, vote for it via the link attached below. If you think you can do better, enter yourself.

CONTEST: https://wavo.me/adventureclub/wonder-remix-competition

June 15, 2013

The Master of Bass – Bassnectar [SAMF Artist Spotlight]

by Jake Groch EDM, Heavy • Tags: Amorphous Music, bass music, Bassnectar, Breakbeat, Drum and Bass, Dubstep, EDM, EDM Blogs, Electric Zoo, Ellie Goulding, Freestyle Amorphous Music, Glitch, Jake Groch, Lorin Ashton, Metallica, Ministry of Sound, Nirvana, Om Records, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Trap, Ultra, Ultra Records

Who: Lorin Ashton

Born: February 19, 1977 (He is 36, duh.)

Origin: San Francisco, California

Resides: Santa Cruz, California

Genres: “Freestyle Amorphous Music” – including but not limited to: Breakbreat, Dubstep, Glitch, Trap, Drum and Bass

Influences: Most Notably: Nirvana & Metallica. Others: NWA, Simon and Garfunkel, The Cure, The Field of Dreams Soundtrack, Sibilant, Metal Spark, Cannibal Corpse, Frank Zappa, The Who, REM, Salt N Peppa, Run DMC, Led Zeppelin, Mozart and Beethoven. Basically, everything.

Lorin claims that “Bassnectar is an amalgamation of every sound I’ve every heard, mixed with wicked basslines…”

Labels: Amorphous Music, Om Records, Ultra Records, Ministry of Sound

Upcoming Shows: The Quebec City Summer Festival, Camp Bisco, Hard Summer, Bumbershoot, Electric Zoo, Voodoo Festival, Mountain Oasis, Breakaway Music Festival

SAMF Info: Saturday | 9:45-11:00 | Da Main Stage 1

The title of this post is no lie. I don’t even have to see Lorin’s set to know that it will be one of the best. If your looking to make a few memories this summer in the Chi, Bassnectar is your man. Mr. Ashton is notorious for putting on a one-of-a-kind live show, with the lasers to back it up. This man has the uncanny ability to morph any genre of music, and we mean any, into his signature sound “Freestyle Amorphous Music.”

So what exactly is that you ask? Well, it’s a bit tricky to explain. Bassnectar is positively giant, we are sure many of you have heard some of his jams. And if you haven’t, tisk tisk. Just rock out on some of his sounds below. I’m sure you’ll get the big picture.

Lorin Ashton started his musical career playing session bass for an American death metal group by the name of Exhumed. Shortly after, his musical path diverged after becoming enthralled with the 90’s rave scene. He felt an overwhelming sense of comfort and welcome by this new establishment, which led to the coagulation of his latter style as well as his most current electronic vibe. We thank God everyday that this happened. What if there was no Bassnectar? All of us EDM hummingbirds would go wanting. We need that sweet juice that Lorin secretes in the form of mind altering, earth shattering bass music.

Since the switch, a plethora of fame and fortune have come Bassnectar’s way. In 2012, Lorin Ashton sold over 250,000 tickets! And that is not including festival ticket sales (where he is usually headlining at). He has recorded 9 full-length studio albums to date and released over 35 singles, EP’s and mixtapes. In our opinion, Bassnectar works harder than almost every producer in the game, with maybe a few exceptions. His repertoire does not lie and very soon you will have the chance to see what all this hype is really about.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s get ready. All praise to The Master of Bass: Lorin Ashton.

See you there…

May 9, 2013

Bass Meant To Be Felt, Not Heard: Destroid — The Invasion EP [HEAVY][Massive Collaboration]

by chasgoudie EDM, Heavy • Tags: A-Trak, Armand Van Helden, Axwell, Boys Noize, Destroid, Diplo, Dog Blood, Downlink, Dubstep, Duck Sauce, EDM Blogs, Elevate Your Existence, Excision, Gareth Emery, Jack U, KJ Sawka, Knife Patrty, Mad Decent Block Party, Pendulum, Rob Swire, San Francisco, Sebastian Ingrosso, Skrillex, Steve Angello, Swedish House Mafia, The Invasion

Slowly but surely, artists in EDM have been teaming up to create super-group identities.

Steve Angello, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso = Swedish House Mafia

Skrillex, Boys Noize = Dog Blood

ATrak, Armand Van Helden = Duck Sauce

Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen = Knife Party

Skrillex, Diplo = Jack U (This is a new artist persona in the making. The duo is set to reveal their new identity during the Mad Decent Block Party Tour.)

Excision, Downlink, and KJ Sawka (former Pendulum drummer) = Destroid

Not many artists are known for having bass so heavy that ear cavities don’t suffice; bass so deep that it can best be described as a feeling that overtakes your entire body upon impact. After releasing their two singles ‘Raise Your Fist‘ and ‘Blast Off’ on their own independent label, the crew has released their first album titled The Invasion. The group has also picked San Francisco for their first live show at the end of the month. What will set Destroid apart from most modern day shows is their use of futuristic symbols and videos to convey underlying social media and marketing concepts. They also create online graphic novels to create a stir about future work.

Their tagline: Elevate Your Existence.