Artist: Bassnectar
Genre(s):
Electronic
Dance
Discography:
Underground Communication
Year: 2007
Tracks: 16
Snakecharmer
Year: 2006
Tracks: 1
Mesmerizing the Ultra (2 of 2)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 17
Mesmerizing the Ultra (1 of 2)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 18
It's hard to avoid Bassnectar's have self-definition, which appears somewhere in all the press materials for the San Francisco-based turnout: "A free form project that merges music, art, modern media, social participation, and community values; dedicated to a always evolving ethos of collaborative creation, ego reinvention, and boundary-pushing experimentation." Or, to put it more than succinctly, Bassnectar is a breakbeat-oriented electronic saltation music act with a fine line in public relations and a sponsorship deal with Red Bull. On record, Bassnectar is DJ, producer, and remixer Lorin Ashton (aka Lorin Bassnectar) with occasional guest performers, but live Bassnectar shows ar freewheeling affairs with close to twenty-four citizenry onstage, from instrumentalists, DJs, and rappers to graffiti and video artists. Ashton began working as a DJ and remixer under the Bassnectar name in the tardy '90s, development the live feel under heavy influence from the multimedia Burning Man Festival that takes place each summer in the California desert. Bassnectar debuted on vinyl with the 2002 single "Float," followed by 2004's "Foundation Lullaby" and a downtempo album, Tempo Rosso, that was released as a promo point for Red Bull. The first gear proper full-length Bassnectar album, Mesmerizing the Ultra, was released in 2005, followed by Subway system Communication in 2007.
