Greetings Bass Heads,

The reception for Divergent Spectrum has been overwhelming and

we hope to see you all on our Divergent Spectrum Tour - see all
dates at www.bassnectar.net/tour and make sure your crew is in
attendance!

Speaking of spectrums, I thought it might be fun to compile a little

taster pack of Bassnectar music from the vaults, especially useful for
new listeners and visitors to our site. Spread the word and come out
to see us as we traverse the country and bring the heaviness…

Tracklisting:

1. Enthusiasm Is Contagious
I was hanging out with one of my best friends (Craig) and had an idea
for something I wanted to try in a song I was producing at the time
called "Nostalgia Worship". I had recorded another friend (Sage)
playing guitar (the wailing high-pitched harmonic melody part) and
was trying to retune it to fit the bassline in Nostalgia Worship. Craig
and I were messing around recording our voices in my studio, and I
had an idea that if he hummed the bassline, I would test out a melody
in my head over-top and customize it melodically on the fly (keep in
mind I cannot sing at all). Of course as I tried to come in at the high
register we both split into laughter because Craig said it sounded like
Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)…we were just being goofballs. As you
can see the melody ended up working out, and I mixed the two
together.

2. Bass Head
This one has become a bit of an anthem, fusing together 808 hip-hop
loops and dubstep technology, but exploring it at a drum&bass
tempo. The 80-90 bpm tempo range has been one of my sweet spots
for over a decade.

3. Lights (Bassnectar Remix)

Another tune needing very little introduction. This represents the
softer side of melodic & hypnotic bass music.

4. Immigraniada (Bassnectar Remix) [radio edit]

Mashups have always been fun, not so much the traditional "ACDC
mixed with 50 Cent" thing, but actually mashing up genres which
traditionally do not have much to do with one another… in this case
punk rock and bass music. The original song is a very visceral call-to-
arms celebrating the rich cultural diversity of the world's citizens, and
the semi-preposterous notion of nations and borders and territory.

5. Cozza Frenzy (Mega Bass Mix)

This was another anthem, the lyrics are about bass bins; specifically
the ceremony of gathering a large amount of people together in front
of 20 double 18's and blasting them into vapor space euphoria. It was
fun to remix myself, getting to take a new approach on a song I had
already completed; giving it new life.

6. Bomb The Blocks (Bassnectar 2007 Remix)

Recorded with Persia around the onset of the Iraq War, this song was
a poem about the power of music & politics. Personally I am less
interested in politics these days, and more interested in cultural
evolution and humanistics: finding ways to enrich, empower, and
inspire the lives of other human beings. This song was a remix of the
original which I created as a bonus for the "Underground
Communication" release.
7. Impossible & Overwhelming
After my overdose on psy-trance music in 1997, I started getting very
interested in downtempo. I loved everything from avant-garde
ambient music to abstract hip-hop and trip-hop. But I always wanted it
to have heavy bass beats behind it. This is a song about
overwhelming emotions, being submerged in a sensitivity to the
weight of life, which is almost unbearable and so visceral, yet utterly
precious also. It is philosophically influenced by the movie "American
Beauty".

8. Teleport Massive (Bassnectar Remix)

Zumbi (from Bay Area hip-hop act Zion I) has become an important
member of the Bassnectar collective of artists. His voice runs
rampant over many of my songs. This particular song always triggers
imagery of daydreaming, and the immaculate universe of the
imagination.

9. Seek & Destroy (Bassnectar Remixxx)

Before I loved raves, I loved metal. And before I loved death metal, I
loved pure, freakout music - primarily Metallica. The original song is
so raw and ferocious, and SO old school, I was pretty stunned to hear
how well it mixed with a proper crush-face bass line.

10. Nostalgia Worship

This is about memories, and specifically about my memories of
childhood. I was producing the majority of this song using Reason,
and one of my favorite things to do at the time was take old hip-hop
beats, and smother them in a lattice of melody and lush synthesizers.
I love how the melodies keep changing throughout.

11. Inspire The Empathic

Some food for thought (I am just as interested in thoughts as I am in
music), this was a collection of thoughts and ideas I compiled along
with the input of many friends like Andres Octavio, Scott Smith &
Chris Sia. The general motive was to inspire people who feel a sense
of empathy (even if your life is wonderful, still feeling a sense of
compassion for those who are struggling, and a desire to help) about
injustice in the world. Specifically it is about fairness in media, and the
importance within a democracy for all citizens to be well informed,
and active in the democratic process. The corporate elite control the
discourse and public opinion in the USA through carefully crafted
campaigns of propaganda, and this was made easier by
"deregulating media ownership rules" thus allowing a very few
handful of corporations to control the vast majority of our news. The
issue is still a hot topic today, as those same corporations constantly
attempt to control the internet.

I hope you enjoy this music, I will put together another Taster pack in
the future, but for now Bon Appetit!