Bassnectar

Bassnectar

Infobox musical artist
Name = Bassnectar


Background = group_or_band
Origin = Berkeley, California
Genre = Electronica
Hip hop
Glitch
IDM
Big Beat
Breakbeat
Dance
Years_active = 2000s-Present
Label = Om Records
Organic Music
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.bassnectar.net/ Official Site]
Current_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.cite web |url=http://seattle.consciouschoice.com/2007/06/reviews0706.html | title=Bassnectar | publisher=Conscious Choice ] 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.

Live Performance

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

Discography

Albums

*"Freakbeat for the Beatfreak" (2001)
*"Beatfreak Bohemia" (2002)
*"Motions of Mutation" (2003)
*"Diverse Systems of Throb" (2004)
*"Mesmerizing the Ultra" (2005)
*"Underground Communication" (2007)

ingles

*"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)
*"Viva Tibet" (2008) (This song was produced with Freq Nasty & was released exclusively on giveback.net in support of their "March to Tibet" action campaign.)

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"

Video

*"Bomb The Blocks" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.bassnectar.net Official site]
* [http://bassnectar.tribe.net/ Bassnectar Tribe]
* [http://www.om-records.com/ OM Records]
* [http://tickets.bassnectar.net/evlist.php?sid=&events=&searchstr=&email=/ Bassnectar Current and Past Tour Dates]
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* [http://www.giveback.net/freqnectar Giveback site]

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