evilknedle, March 1, 2010 8:57:31 PM CET
I.D. & Baobinga - Bass Music Sessions
Release date: March 1st.
Dance music pioneers I.D. & Baobinga follow the critically acclaimed debut - 2008's 'Big Monster', album of the month in DJ Mag - with a fresh new work that outlines the burgeoning sound of bass music in the UK.
Called 'Bass Music Sessions', this album confirms their forward-looking approach, as it will be released for free through their website at www.bassmusicblog.com, using platforms such as bandcamp.com to take advantage of the flexibility and possibilities for promotion open to artists in 2010.
Since the last album, the pair have released on labels spanning the bass music spectrum; from US hiphop innovators Mad Decent to dubstep legends Earwax, from NY crew Trouble&Bass to Portugal's Enchufada, home of Buraka Som Sistema, from Tayo's groundbreaking Cool & Deadly label to a remix of the Wu Tang Clan on BabyGrande.
They've also brought new ideas to the table - in 2009 they started bassmusicblog.com, which gives away exclusive tracks and mixes to become one of the most popular blogs in its field, and November saw the first release on Baobinga's new label Build Recordings - kicking off with another Baobinga & I.D. track, Tongue Riddim, featuring Roska on remix duties.
The tracks range from the chunky house of 'BackFoot', played out by the likes of Claude Von Stroke and Julio Bashmore, through the post-dubstep sway of 'Hither & Thither', which has been picked up by Untold and Ben UFO, the dirty-South inspired dubstep of 'Still Tippin', - on rotation with Mensah and Hyetal, kuduro influenced 'Man Down' (play from TRG, Buraka Som Sistema etc) and the massive DnB smasher 'The King', which has been played out by DJ Friction, DJ Die and more.
The album will be released on a 'pay what you want' basis, although gaining cash isn't really the aim, so any money it does accrue will be donated to Dove House Hospice in Hull, UK.
The video is provided by Ted Moore (www.myspace.com/mrtedster)