Bassnectar is a freeform electronic music

Electronic music

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 and dubstep

Dubstep

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 artist, DJ, and producer based in Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz, California

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. He is known for his live performances and light shows, and actively supports the non-profit group Conscious Alliance

Conscious alliance

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Style

Eclectic electronic mix, combining mainstream music with underground dubs and the common "wobble" bass used by many dubstep musicians. [3] Many songs contain multiple techniques of composition, such as: a sudden shift from double to triple meter, a sudden drop into half-timings, multiple layers of synthesized arpeggios, rappers, singers, vocal samples pitch-shifted and time-stretched.[4] The most utilized characteristic is focus on various tempos.[5] He uses the broad spectrum of speeds in electronic genres to create what he calls, "omni-tempo maximalism," and describes it as, "an amalgamation of every sound I've ever heard, mixed with ultra wicked basslines."

Bass Center Festival

In October 2010, Bassnectar announced the line-up for his first headlining perennial festival, which took place at the First Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado

Broomfield, Colorado

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. The event, which sold out, also featured circus performers and musical collaborators. Among the opening acts were Brother Ali

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, Emancipator, Nosaj Thing

Nosaj Thing

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, That 1 Guy

That 1 Guy

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, and Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon

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At the end of 2010, Bassnectar announced additional winter tour dates including the initial lineup for the upcoming second Bass Center Festival to be held at the Asheville Civic Center

Asheville Civic Center

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 in Asheville, NC on February 19, 2011. The event sold out weeks before and filled the venue’s capacity with approximately 8,000 attendees. The opening performers included The Glitch Mob

The Glitch Mob

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, Ana Sia, and Filastine

Filastine

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Live Performances

On June 18, 2011, Bassnectar played to a sold out crowd at Morrison, Colorado's acclaimed venue Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Prior to the performance, slight controversy and excitement erupted as Bassnectar publicly tweeted and posted on facebook that he would be bringing his own speakers to the venue for the show. Lorin himself was quoted on the Red Rocks website discussing the highly anticipated live event; "Our goal is to create the best sounding experience in the history of the venue: we are gonna paint these rocks with bass, we’re gonna let loose the hounds of madness, and hold hands as we dive headfirst into the experiment of participation that is a Bassnectar event." However, due to many violations (mostly for noise and city ordinances) Lorin and his staff were fined in excess of $100,000 following the show. Many producers and DJs from around the world contributed financially to Bassnectar to support his decision and reduce the fines.

In 2011, Bassnectar made his first appearance in France for the Electronic Beaches in Cannes where approximately 6,000 people attended.

Albums

• 2001: Freakbeat for the Beatfreaks
• 2002: Beatfreak Bohemia
• 2003: Motions of Mutation
  Motions of Mutation
  Motions of Mutation is the third full length album by electronic music artist Bassnectar, released in 2003 through his own label, Amorphous Music.-Track listing:...
  
  
• 2004: Diverse Systems of Throb
  Diverse Systems of Throb
  Diverse Systems of Throb is the fourth full length album by electronic music artist Bassnectar, released January 1, 2004 on Amorphous Music. Bassnectar is often mistaken for American, but is not. -Track listing:...
  
  
• 2005: Mesmerizing The Ultra
  Mesmerizing The Ultra
  Mesmerizing The Ultra is the fifth full length album by American electronic music artist Bassnectar, released September 13, 2005 on Organic Music. It was released as a double disc album with the second disc containing the same tracks, in the same order, as seen on his previous album, Diverse...
  
  
• 2007: Underground Communication
  Underground Communication
  Underground Communication is the sixth full length album by electronic music& dubstep dj Bassnectar, released April 24, 2007 on Om Records.-Track listing:...
  
  
• 2009: Cozza Frenzy
  Cozza Frenzy
  Cozza Frenzy is the seventh full-length album by American electronic music artist Bassnectar, released September 29, 2009, on Om Records.-Track listing:...
  
  
• 2011: Divergent Spectrum
  Divergent Spectrum
  Divergent Spectrum is an album by dubstep artist Bassnectar released on August 2, 2011 through his label Amorphous Music. The album includes many songs from the Winter 2010 and Spring 2011 tours, along with unreleased tracks. It will be the focus of Bassnectar's 2011 Fall Tour...
  
  

EPs

• 2008: Heads Up
• 2009: Art of Revolution
  Art of Revolution
  Art of Revolution is an EP by American electronic music artist Bassnectar, released in 2009 on Amorphous Music.-Track listing:...
  
  
• 2010: Timestretch
  Timestretch (album)
  Timestretch is an EP by American electronic music artist Bassnectar, released March 30, 2010 on Amorphous Music.-Track listing:...
  
  
• 2010: Wildstyle
  Wildstyle (album)
  Wildstyle is an EP by American electronic music artist Bassnectar, released on October 19, 2010 on Amorphous Music. It includes 7 new tracks and will include extra remixes, presumably as a digital bonus. It was the focus of his 2010 Fall Tour....
  
  

Singles

• "Float" (2002)
• "Creation Lullaby" (2004)
• "Booty Line/California Sunrise" (2005)
• "Taurine Thruster" (2005)
• "Everybody EP" (2005)
• "Blue State Riddim EP" (2006)
• "Yo feat. KristinaMaria" (2007)
• "Bomb The Blocks" (2007)
• "Viva Tibet" (2008) (This song was produced with Freq Nasty and was released exclusively on giveback.net in support of their "March to Tibet" action campaign.)
• "Heads Up" (2008)
• "Art of Revolution" (2009)
• "Land of the Lupes" (2009)
• "Cozza Frenzy" (2009)
• "Here We Go" (2010)
• "Bass Head" (2010)
• "Magical World" (2010) [feat. Nelly Furtado]
• "Wildstyle Method" (2010)
• "Deftones
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  - Prince (Bassnectar Remix)" (2010)
• "Ellie Goulding- Lights (Bassnectar Remix)" (2011)
• "Upside Down" (2011)
• "Above and Beyond" (Bassnectar and Seth Drake) (2011)

Podcasts

• "Smashers & Mashers" (2008)
• "Leftfield Downtempo Hyphop" (2008)
• "For Whom the Bass Tolls" (2008)
• "L.S.D. - The Bassnectar Remix [VIP]" (2008)
• "Live Mixset for KISS FM" (2009)
• "Kingston Town (Bassnectar Remix)"(2009)
• "2010 IDJ Mixtape" (2010)
• "Bassnectar BBC Mixtape" (2010)
• "Color Storm Remixtape" (2011)

External links

• Official site
• Bassnectar's SoundCloud
• Interview with Bassnectar
• BBC Radio Profile on Bassnectar
• DJ TechTools interview with Bassnectar