Massive Attack – Risingson (Bassnectar Remix)
One of the most influential bands in the ‘trip hop’ universe (and well beyond), Massive Attack have had a huge impact since their debut in the early 90s.
This remix has been unfinished for over 10 years. I first played it at Burning Man in 2000, and as many of my hybrid mashup creations, it has constantly evolved. As with any customized edit it has taken so many variations from uber-deep hypnotic eyes-closed moments to crazy jump-up 10 feet high bounce sessions. This version kind of goes both ways, and includes a sizzling lazer synth over loco 808 bass and an additional vocal dedicated to the heat of summer time. As with all these mash up edits, it is a gesture of respect to musicians who have inspired me, i hope you enjoy it at some moment in the future.
Sleigh Bells – Run The Heart (Bassnectar Remix)
I wanted to flash-release a little summer time jam, and decided on a brand new loopy remix i did of an awesome band called Sleigh Bells …it isn’t meant to be a banger or anything more than a nice, thick slice of dreamy sunshine (and bass). Enjoy!
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Seek and Destroy Your Friends
Magical World feat. Nelly Furtado
It is a musical mutatant marriage between elements of my song ‘Timestretch’ and Nelly Furtado’s classic ‘Turn Out The Lights’. A few weeks ago i heard a bootleg by SLOF MAN; a dope remix of Nelly Furtado’s song, but his bassline was NOTE FOR NOTE identical to Timestretch. My first thought was “oh daym this is going to mix perfectly with timestretch” and as i listened more i decided to take the mix further. So i re-tuned elements of my track, and re-mixed it into a more straightforward arrangement, laid bits of the acapella over the beats, and went to work. My buddy Sayr even suggested a different melodic idea for the bassline, and my homies at Arlyn Studios in Austin stretched and edited her vocals, doing micro-tuning and loving it up. It was a group effort, and of course it is an unofficial bootleg, i decided to call it ‘Magical World’. I played it on repeat all weekend and on multiple occasions my body was helplessly covered in waves of goosebumps. I was overcome by thoughts of how special it is to be alive, and how magical it truly is!!!
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Pixies – Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix)
An anthem for living life at a dizzying pace but refusing to slow down, obviously influenced by the legendary rock band PIXIES, this bootleg was one of the secret weapons of almost every show on the Cozza Frenzy tour, and now its yours for free.
Land of the Lupes Bootleg
‘Land of the Lupes’ is a mixture of beats from one song, and melodies from one of the many versions of another unfinished song… they were totally unrelated, and also have nothing to do with the acapella.
But Happy Accidents sometimes lead to happy results, and that’s maybe one reason I think this tune sounds so good.
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Super Stylin’ Smashup
Having been a dedicated secret weapon of Bassnectar sets for many months, this little doozy is a mashup of Groove Armada’s ‘Superstylin’ with the instrumental beats from ‘Art of Revolution’… full on heaving crush-core dubstep with a big room hook for that nice “blast from the past” effect!
Alborosie – Kingston Town (Bassnectar Remix)
Due to overwhelming requests, here is an unmixed version for “DJs” to be able to mix in their sets and what not. Mastered, as always, by the one and only Bil Bless, its a dub-heavy 144 bpm baaaangerrr for you to ENJOY!!! This is a bootleg remix of Alborosie’s ‘Kingston Town’…you can show some support and buy his music!
For Whom the Bass Tolls
This next transmission is just a single track, unmixed, intended for (amongst other things) DJs who want a super charge full throttle explosion to add to their sets. While the Bassnectar scientists crank away in the labs working on new album material, we thought we might toss out a couple of bootlegs or something, so we’re starting with this.
