Gotta say, he's just asking for trouble from the right by using anything that could remotely resemble a hip hop bassline in one of his political ads. Such is our enlightened society...

this will sometimes go on funk mixes i make. Trips people out to hear the original bassline to while lines

OK, this track is awesome, but whitey in the audience is a total buzzkill. "Let's just sit here and maybe clap a bit" How can you not dance with a killer bassline like that. Idiots.

oh, like that bassline. loved the show.

it's a very tedious way to analyse great music, but i think i would say dubstep earned the right to be called a genre because it's the catchiest name, but there are subgenres such as grime, halfstep, darkstep, newstep etc... and well grime is kinda its own genre now too. And it is totally unlike twostep, even if it sounds like twostep sometimes, it's not. There's a different motivation for making it, and that comes through subliminally somehow.

however, i wouldn't call dubstep mature, nobody really agrees what it is, and in this video they make the point that it's so early there are still many possibilities. The best thing about my best dubstep party ever was there was so much variety, and it was all good, no "ahh that's shit, that's not dubstep" kinda feeling. I like the attitude of "very very good sub bassline, and then anything goes on top of that". I loved it when a tune from about 2005 brought shouts of "OOOOLLLLLLLLD SKOOOOOOL!"

Technological innovation? How about Burial rejecting the sequencer and even the metronome, making all his tunes in soundforge by looking at the waveforms? How about technological DEinnovation? How about the innovation of a club spending all their money on a sound system and none on lights and interiors? Sound system technology has seriously increased in the last 10 years and it's affordable now for smaller underground clubs. That's a big deal.

Anyway you didn't answer my question so i guess you never went to FWD... it really has to be felt (not just seen or heard) to be believed, and that's perhaps the best thing about it. It's a secret, just for the people that bothered to find out

ooooh understood.

i'm ashamed i've not seen yet dr. strangelove, and of course i couldn't think about simon says.

and what about the pussycat dolls? did they steal the bassline or what?

king of the giorgio moroder bassline...

daaamn the drums and bassline are baaad!

I love the campiness of dnb videos. this one is quite funny and includes Pendulum at the end (coming out of store). This track actually made it into the UK Singles chart it was so popular!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum_%28drum_and_bass_group%29

Pendulum is a drum and bass/breaks group from Perth, Australia. In 2003, the group relocated to the United Kingdom. They have no affiliation with the late 1990s Melbourne based electronic group of the same name who released the album 3 Knocks.

The group is comprised of Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen and Paul Harding. In 2005 they released their debut album, Hold Your Colour. Critically, the album was well-received in both the United Kingdom and Australia. In addition, it was one of the biggest selling Drum and bass releases of all time. Pendulum have also collaborated with The Freestylers, releasing the single Fasten Your Seatbelt. MC Spyda and Tenor Fly also feature as vocalists on Tarantula. They are currently signed to the Breakbeat Kaos Records label.

The Pendulum sound is typically heavy beats accompanied by low, buzzing basslines, overlaid with epic synthesized leads. They've produced various remixes of other artists, the most well-known being their remix of "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy.

"Slam" is still their biggest hit to date, peaking at #34 in the UK Singles Chart after receiving substantial airplay from BBC Radio 1.




*Stares at Farhad*

Jeff Mills is an influential African-American Techno DJ and producer from Detroit. His albums and EPs are mostly separate tracks of his compositions, which Mills would mix into the live DJ sets for which he became a legend. Mills has been credited for his exceptional turntable skills. Tracks are almost chopped to bits to showcase the strongest fragments for his relentless sound collages.

Three decks, a Roland 909 drum-machine and seventy records in one hour: at breakneck speed Mills manipulates beats and basslines, vinyl and frequencies. The live album Mix-Up Volume 2 is a highly-regarded example of Mills' 1990's stage show (recorded at the Liquid Room in Tokyo). For a later live show (in 2004) try the 'Exhibitionist' album, of which this is a live mix.

I heard the Bells years ago from AudioGalaxy, and 2 years back I saw him live at Aria in Montreal for the first time and he totally blew my mind. One of my fav. Techno DJs.

The Exhibitionist Mix Part 2
<ahref="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj3utHFMhA4">The Exhibitionist Mix Part 3

- More @ <ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Mills">Wikipedia

ooh, nice!

similar idea, 25 years ago: how to make a giorgio moroder bassline