Bass music is truly changing the game right now, and I'd hate for you all to miss it. You know how Aphex Twin was once considered underground, and now his influence can be seen on nearly every electronic producer known to man? This scene, in my opinion, can have that same effect.

All these producers are taking things like funk, psychadelia, dubstep, glitch, etc. and mashing it into this crazy danceable shit. It's breaking music norms, and I think the scene is a sleeping giant. Ganja White Night and Space Jesus kind of broke into the mainstream scene a few years ago, but I think there's more to come.

  • dakanektr [he/him, he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Camp Bisco went from a zen wook haven for a diverse mixture of D&B, techno, house, psytrance, jambands, indie and miscellaneous scenes to a perpetual marathon of new-to-the-scene n00bs getting insanely fucked up listening to the same dubstep all day at the stages and at home at their tents all night, essentially saturating the scene cultivated by the oldhead Disco Biscuits fans with the complete shit that Meatcamp dished out.

    It's petty because it's just partying, but Bassnectar truly ruined the old vibe and fucked things up for them. Given what is known now about Bassnectar, it's disturbing to have seen that wave overtake what felt like a sacred thing.

    "Anything you need to make a profit"

    • notthenameiwant [he/him]M
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      4 years ago

      I went to Bisco in 2018 and never really noticed a ton of problems outside of a crowd at The Floozies and the last Biscuits set. I did hear about the problems Bassnectar fans caused at Bisco though. That’s garbage and shouldn’t be tolerated.

      Hasn't Bassnectar been on the line-up since the start though? Maybe festival crowds just changed?

      • dakanektr [he/him, he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Bassnectar's influence was dynamic, he was on early lineups but ascended to higher and higher on the billing and as he went up, the lineup changed to cater to his fans significantly. I'd argue it was the reason shit got out of control at ILCC and they shifted venues to Scranton.

        Festival crowds in general changed, but the explosion in his popularity around 2010 coincided with the college bass scene outsizing the previous existing electronic scene. The money was probably too fucking crazy to turn down for the festival apparatus.

        At the same time there were other festivals that kept more mixed styles present that didn't explode in population, so yeah.

        I personally had my burner phone yanked from my pocket by bassnectar fans in 2015, so I'm not unbiased.

        Overall used to really enjoy some of his mixes, especially when he'd showcase obscure dnb. That became less prominent over time.

        Maybe I'm just grouchy, idk, but the constant overtly aggressive dubstep got old to me by 2012.