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This week's mixtape features a genre that has consistently been one of my favorites over the past couple of years: Bassline House.
It's British, it's mostly from the North, and it's essentially a second wave of '90s Speed Garage (which itself was a style of uptempo, bass-heavy house music drawing from 2-Step, Jungle, and R&B). Much like Dubstep, Bassline is a new reinterpretation of these influences. It sounds pretty much like the name: fast, garridgey house tunes with HUGE basslines. In keeping with the rest of those scenes, the demographics in Bassline tend to be pretty working class: black youts of west indian descent and chavvy white guys in track suits, along with your standard mix of art school hipsters and post-jungle/breakcore rave burnouts. I ADORE THIS COMBO. Sadly, Bassline seems to be on the wane. In London & the rest of the south it's been completely supplanted by... (full text at http://yearofmixtapes.blogspot.com/20...) Uploaded 2 years ago - Featuring tracks by Natasha Bedingfield, Luniz, Jinder, Blackstar, Diamond feat. Terri Walker and more Report this Cloudcast |  Listeners also enjoyedEnjoying Mixcloud?Join with Facebook Do you like us? |
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