Freshness Guaranteed 9

Posted by admin on July 21st, 2008

Hey kiddies, we’re back again with that thing we like to call Freshness Guaranteed! None of the five tracks presented herein have appeared in any other blogs, as verified by hypem. We are expanding our sound a bit with this issue, hope you dig.

 
 Franz And Shape ft. Kill Memory Crash - Eyes Like Knives (D.I.M. Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Go Hiyama - Geometrical: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Les Petits Pilous - Elise: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Ramadanman - Offal: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
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Freshness Guaranteed 8

Posted by admin on July 6th, 2008

Hello again, we’re back with 5 more sweet nuggets for your ears. All are hypem guaranteed to be fresh scoops not available on any other blogs. Speaking of hypem, we’re not posting in the embedded player this time because our posts are not getting indexed by hypem and we want to test if the player is the problem…

Dylan Rhymes vs Blende - Stars (Koma & Bones Dub)

General Midi - Milton (Digital Zero instrumental)

Hatiras and Jelo - Speakerhumper (original mix)

Mr. Cable - Destroy the Bad Vibes

The Rogue Element - Panic Attacks (Arrow’s jack tech remix)


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Freshness Guaranteed 7

Posted by admin on June 24th, 2008

Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Freshness Guaranteed 7. We present for your listening pleasure five fine compositions, none of which you will be able to acquire on alternate music blogs as verified by the fine folks at hypem. Enjoy.

 
 Magik Johnson - East West Connection: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Estaw - Break It Down (Detboi's Mental Breakdown Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Myagi - Drum Town (original mix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Perc - Cylinder Swing: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Zoo Brazil - Technik: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
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Freshness Guaranteed 6

Posted by admin on June 11th, 2008

HEY HEY we’ve been away for a while so we’re going to load you up with eight instead of the usual five fresh tracks, and we have got a bangin bunch this time! As always we’ve cross-checked our tracks against hypem to insure you won’t find them elsewhere. Enjoy!

 
 Kardek - Oh You (HiJack Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Tim Green - Revox (Justin Martin Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Phil Kieran - Missp (Original): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Boys Noize - Don't Believe the Hype (Proxy Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Jaksaw - Get Some (Defunct Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Break the Box - My Brothas Spring (Philipe de Boyar remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Flanders - Behind (Micky Slim remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download


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Freshness Guaranteed 5

Posted by admin on May 21st, 2008

 

Hey Hey Hey! Five funky fresh tracks for you to enjoy, hypem verified to be Bass Riot scoops. And dig the groovy new on-blog player!

 
 Happy Murder - I Am Ill In Brazil: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Fine Cut Bodies & Chris Carter - Fiddlesticks (FCB Version): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 Simian Mobile Disco - Sleep Deprivation (Simon Baker rmx): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
 The Body Snatchers - Call Me (Blende rmx): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download


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Recorded Music Is Becoming Free

Posted by admin on May 13th, 2008

Some like Steve Albini and Ric Ocasek say it has always been free, but that is a matter of philosophy. When i say recorded music is becoming free it’s without respect to how I think it should be or whether it is good or bad — simply that that is the process which began with cassette home taping, blew up with Napster, evolved with Oink, and continues today.

I would point to Roger McGuinn who testified at the Napster hearings that “My CD is my calling card.” Here’s a guy who should be filthy rich as the founding member of one the most successful rock bands of the 60’s. and yet at sixty something he’s happy to pack up his guitar and hit the road, performing for old Byrds fans, and his CD is his calling card, not a product, because it generates more money for him as a calling card.

Also way ahead of their time were the Grateful Dead. Although the music isn’t my cuppa, I think they were geniuses for encouraging people to tape their shows — and not on shitty equipment either, dudes were out there with expensive mics and digital recorders bootlegging the fuck out of them, and the whole thing created a culture which allowed the band to thrive for decades after they stopped recording new material.

There are newer models. Breaks producer Dan F built both his career and his record label Disuye from the ground up by giving away high bit rate mp3s of his tracks. And of course many of the top bands today like The Presets and Hotchip, and electronica producers like Justice and Boys Noize owe their success in large part to the network of music bloggers who give away free copies of their tracks, generating promotion they could never purchase. 

Let’s take a quick look at the economics of selling tracks through download services like itunes and beatport. How much time, effort, and money goes into setting up, maintaining, tracking, and servicing the download services? The services take a piece of every sale. The remaining piece is divided between the artist (divided by each collaborator) and the label. If the label involves multiple people, there’s additional mouths feeding off that 1-2 dollar download. I’m pretty sure you’d make more working at Store 24.

The real value of the recording is as a promotional tool, so why pretend otherwise? It’s just shaking your fists at the sky.  

Freshness Guaranteed 4

Posted by admin on May 5th, 2008

Yes yes it’s Freshness Guaranteed 4, just in time for Cinco de Mayo! And you won’t find these babies on the other music blogs, no sir — hypem.

This week:
Alex Gopher’s been around over ten years but just hit Bingo..
Germany’s main man Miles Dyson is Live In Mexico..
Breaks on breaks: Bass Kleph remixes Stanton Warriors..
TJR shows they know how to get funky in Connecticut..
AND the Glitch Mob’s Boreta fucks up Jamie Lidell..

Alex Gopher - Bingo
Alex Gopher site

Miles Dyson - Live In Mexico (Original Mix)
Miles Dyson’s myspace

Stanton Warriors - Who Are the Warriors (Bass Kleph remix)
Stanton Warrior’s myspace
Bass Kleph’s myspace

TJR - Atomic (Original Mix)
TJR’s myspace

Jamie Lidell - Little Bit of Feel Good (Boreta remix)
Boreta’s myspace


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Freshness Guaranteed 3

Posted by admin on April 29th, 2008

Woot! Time for another episode of Freshness Guaranteed. Five new high-quality tracks you won’t find on any other blogs — as verified by hypem.

This week:
Hungarian breaks-meister AMB tries his hand at electro house and scores big..
South African man bwoy Nick Supply remixes UK man bwoy Foamo..
Fragma gets the Vandalism golden touch..
The latest fuck me remix from Fukkk Offf..
AND breaky electro funk shizzle from Dilemn!

AMB - Picker
AMB’s myspace

Foamo - Movin It Over Here (Nick Supply’s sticky mix)
Foamo’s myspace
Nick Supply’s myspace

Fragma - Tocas Miracle 2008 (Vandalism remix)
Fragma’s myspace
Vandalism’s myspace

D’ Secret Svc - Tight Jeans (Fukkk Offf Remix)
Fukkk Offf’s myspace

Dilemn - Body Shout
Dilemn’s myspace


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Freshness Guaranteed 2

Posted by admin on April 21st, 2008

The response was great to Freshness Guaranteed 1 so we’re going to continue with this format. That means we’ve got five more piping hot tunes for you that you won’t find on any other blogs.
This week:
Peo de Pitte, one of the most original producers in breaks delivers a Baltimore Club/electro/drumfunk hybrid..
The mysterious Young Lovers (not the Sydney rock band, at least I think not) figitize with… saxophone!
Wrongstars vs Merka bring the old school breakbeat flavor..
Oliver $ comes with the latest in his amazing Hotflash series..
AND Calvertron, one half of Twocker, shows the wonky way.

Peo de Pitte ft Yota - Forget About You (Peo de Pitte Baltimore remix)
http://www.myspace.com/peodepitte

The Young Lovers - Love You Madly

Wrongstars - Battle (Merka remix)
http://www.myspace.com/mymerka

Oliver $ - Hotflash Vol 3 (Original Mix)
http://www.myspace.com/oliverdollar

Calvertron - Oscillator
http://www.myspace.com/calvertronica

Freshness Guaranteed 1

Posted by admin on April 14th, 2008

 

With so much of the web copied and pasted from one site to another, and particularly with so much music reposted from blog to blog to blog, we at Bass Riot wanted to find a way to turn you on to quality tunes you can’t find anywhere else.

So today we’re debuting a new feature - Freshness Guaranteed. Periodically we’ll post a collection of more or less recent tracks that we’re feeling at Bass Riot. But before we do we’ll do a hypem search to verify that every track we post is a scoop - not available on any other music blogs.

We’ll also provide myspace links so you can visit and support the artists.

Hope you enjoy Freshness Guaranteed!

Miles Dyson - Psylophone
http://www.myspace.com/milesdyson

Kraak & Smaak - Squeeze Me (Trevor Loveys Skeezer Pleezer Jam)
http://www.myspace.com/kraaksmaak
http://www.myspace.com/trevorloveysmusic  

Mr. Elastic - Justice (Mowgli Remix)
http://www.myspace.com/thebulgariantracks 
http://www.myspace.com/mowglimusik

Strange Idols - She’s Gonna Let You Down Again (C90s Remix)
http://www.myspace.com/strangeidols  

Jaksaw - Noice
http://www.myspace.com/djjackstuart