This week’s Throwback Thursday features another American born dj/producer Lorin Ashton, better known by many as the dubstep legend Bassnectar. Bassnectar has been at the forefront of the EDM movement for a very long time as he has garnered the respect of his fellow producers. Lorin has also accumulated a mass following of “bass heads” who live for his ultra heavy drops.
The 3 songs featured in this article are “Bass Head”, “Wildstyle Method”, and Bassnectar’s remix of “Lights”.
Bass Head –
Continuing the Throwback Thursday tradition, the first song of the article is usually one of the first productions that helped catapult the artist’s career into the limelight. Bass Head is a Bassnectar song that does the perfect job of showing a listener what his music is all about. Unlike a lot of other artist’s music, it is absolutely essential for a listener of Bassnectar to listen on a legit set of speakers instead of iPhone headphones to fully appreciate his music. His music incorporates about 100-120 BPM (beats per minute) unlike classic house tracks which are usually around 140-160 bpm. The slowed down tempo of beats accompany very distinguishable “womps”, which is an EDM slang term for a heavy melodic sound intertwined with a fat bass. This song came out on his EP named “Timestretch” which came out in March of 2010.
Wildstyle Method –
Wildstyle Method helped cap off Bassnectar’s amazing 2010 year, as it was apart of his album called “Wildstyle” which came out in October of 2010. It was truly a prolific year for Lorin, as he accompanied the releases of both “Timestretch” and “Wildstyle” by touring through a myriad of cities worldwide which helped garner the respect of a lot of his fans that still adore him like no other dj/producer to this day.
Lights (Bassnectar Remix) –
This is easily one of the greatest remixes ever done by any musician on any song. Scientific studies have shown that goosebumps on a human being do not lie, meaning that a person cannot produce goosebumps unless he/she has true feelings of euphoria. This song embodies what goosebumps are meant for, as it is a true masterpiece done with the collaborative efforts of the talented Ellie Goulding, who sings these beautiful vocals, and Bassnectar, who remixed the original song but succeeded in his efforts by making it better than the original which is what every artist strives for when they remix a song.
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