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Oct 21, 06
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Electronica without basslines?
Oh you got to be kidding, right; Serious, what is track without a bassline? It's a sad day when house music loses it's nerve. What we need is more basslines, a layered plethora of bass frequencies. Some may say that too much bass will muddy the track, but that's all in the past. We have technology to use digital and analog basses to cut through the frequencies and produce a new style of music. I remember back in 96' there were some wicked 4/4 break trax like "Chicago, Chigaco," that were pretty funky without much bass, I would like to hear some more of these songs emerge. However, I'll stick to making the fattest Bass imaginable, pushing, no begging the studio to .01 clip my freakin bass so that the speakers cones are rattling like paper cups in a typhoon. Long live the bass machine, my trusty Juno 106. Long live the Minimoog, long live the BassStation. At the end of the day, good music prevails. It might be Bassline heavy, it might be techno/break without a bassline, but put together in a crafty way to hide the need to include a bassline. And what is a Bassline? The TB-303 is called a bassline, but its not very good bass, its more of a lead if you ask me. It should be called the leadline 303. Speed garage has some sick basslines, but its cheesy as hell. There is no genre for the kind of bass I'm decribing, it's just electronica that has decided to revolt against the hiphop, top 40 junk we have to listen to everyday. Rant complete.
Last edited by P.A.R.T.Y; Oct 25, 06 at 11:42 PM. 
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Oct 21, 06
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Electronica without bass is like salad without dressing....turn that bass to tha max yo! heh =)
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Oct 21, 06
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Electonica without Bass is a very sad thing.
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Oct 22, 06
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It`s this new style called Baltimore house.
`Baltimore house is neither house music nor is it completely bass free. What it lacks is basslines, but there is still plenty of bass punch in the kick drums.` What a joke. It better be some pretty intense drum programing, cause without a bassline, I`m not dancing.
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Oct 24, 06
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wtf are you on about man, bmore has heavier bass than any ghey ass 'electronica' music... you probably heard 2 mp3s and act like you know... not like i'm bmore fan #1 but at least it's got more raw feel than shit made by pale ass british nerds who've never been laid...
i fucking hate weak ass UK rave bass farting sounds, that shit is beyond played. if i hear a tune where is sounds like somebody spent hours tweaking the distortion on their bass tone... i file under 'homo' and move on. when it comes to bass i say keep it simple and effective. oh and as for 'pretty intense drum programming'... sorry, no dice. simple, repetitive... and effective. i'm sure you'd hate it, not enough wanking. Last edited by Wood; Oct 24, 06 at 11:09 PM.
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Oct 25, 06
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^^^Dude, I totally know who you. Lol. To be honest, I've never even heard of a Baltimore house track until I read this article.
link= http://www.abstractdynamics.org/arch...basslines.html No offense. And I totally agree with you. Those zipper distortion sterile basslines make me want to puke. I'm all about underground house, I won't play that new shit. Last edited by P.A.R.T.Y; Oct 25, 06 at 03:19 AM.
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Oct 25, 06
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weeeeeaaaaak
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Oct 25, 06
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Quote:
303's do *wicked* bass; thick, round and punchy. Check out pretty much any acid techno track ever - the low, throbbing bassline sitting down there with the kickdrum, making a pulsating wall of low end... almost certainly a 303.
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Oct 25, 06
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^^Ok, so the TB-303 can do some wicked basslines, true enough. However, its leads are what make it sound so kool. BTW. I`ve written some acid techno with Richard on a 303 and I love the 303. I own a brand new MC-202 in box which I have for sale (see pic) which is awesome for analog leads & bass.
So Baltimore house is lame techno? I`m sorry, I like my basslines, gotta have it. Last edited by P.A.R.T.Y; Oct 25, 06 at 09:00 PM.
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Oct 26, 06
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is it really that important?
I dont think so. there are plenty of genres of music which ignore bass alltogether, and it works. Folk, Jazz, Rock, Country, Hip Hop (etc. etc.) they've all managed to do without basslines in some songs. And what about styles of electronic music like ambient and idm that dont necessarily rely on bass for every track. You can't deny they still hold their own. Electronica without bassline? ya, why the fuck not! dont get me wrong. I love good basslines, but they dont make or break songs for me. Each element has to work together as a team, to create a timeless song. Im sure thats one of the main reasons why edm music comes and goes, because the focus is more about creating dance floor bangers and not timeless musical pieces. too much edm (especially with dnb and breaks i find) puts pretty much all the focus on this mad warbling bassline that will blow your face off, and disregards everything else about songwriting. So if you took the bass out, all your left with is a boring framework regurgitated by dance music producers all over and some catchy vocal hook they threw in there so you can tell that song from their other 10 releases that sound the same. Last edited by -evil-duerr-; Oct 26, 06 at 12:57 AM.
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