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Bomb the Bass
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London, England (1987 – present)
Bomb the Bass (formed 1987, in London, England) is the umbrella title for the output of British musician and producer, Tim Simenon. The band, which has evolved its style over the years, has been classed as electronic or dance.
As a name, Bomb the Bass came from Simenon’s approach to collaging and mixing sounds whilst DJing in the mid to late 1980s; he says “samples were either scratched in live or sampled and looped on top of the rhythm section. So the concept was one of bombing the bass line with different ideas, with a collage of sounds. Bombing was a graffiti term for writing, like people would ‘bomb’ trains or whatever.”
Released in 1987, the band’s debut single was Beat Dis, with composition credited to Emilio Pasquel / Captain Black / DJ Kid 33. Keenly disguised as a U.S. import on the Mister-Ron imprint, in an attempt to conjure the mystique of Bomb the Bass being an underground New York act, the single exceeded mere expectations by eventually reaching number two on the UK charts.
Its roaring success put the then still relatively unknown Simenon on the front cover of Britain’s most serious, and highly influential music newspaper, the NME. This event was notable not only for being the moment when the previously pro-rock / anti-disco paper sided with post-disco dance music (at this time indie was the NME’s genre du jour), recognising and valuing Simenon for being a DJ first and foremost, rather than a musician; but also for the dawn of the term DJ Culture. Used as the cover’s sub-heading, the term would henceforth become the accepted term for the incoming trend (of which Simenon was arguably one of the UK’s pioneers) of DJs as superstars, and which would dominate popular music at least for the next decade.
As a name, Bomb the Bass came from Simenon’s approach to collaging and mixing sounds whilst DJing in the mid to late 1980s; he says “samples were either scratched in live or sampled and looped on top of the rhythm section. So the concept was one of bombing the bass line with different ideas, with a collage of sounds. Bombing was a graffiti term for writing, like people would ‘bomb’ trains or whatever.”
Released in 1987, the band’s debut single was Beat Dis, with composition credited to Emilio Pasquel / Captain Black / DJ Kid 33. Keenly disguised as a U.S. import on the Mister-Ron imprint, in an attempt to conjure the mystique of Bomb the Bass being an underground New York act, the single exceeded mere expectations by eventually reaching number two on the UK charts.
Its roaring success put the then still relatively unknown Simenon on the front cover of Britain’s most serious, and highly influential music newspaper, the NME. This event was notable not only for being the moment when the previously pro-rock / anti-disco paper sided with post-disco dance music (at this time indie was the NME’s genre du jour), recognising and valuing Simenon for being a DJ first and foremost, rather than a musician; but also for the dawn of the term DJ Culture. Used as the cover’s sub-heading, the term would henceforth become the accepted term for the incoming trend (of which Simenon was arguably one of the UK’s pioneers) of DJs as superstars, and which would dominate popular music at least for the next decade.
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Beat Dis: The Very Best of Bomb the Bass
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Future Chaos
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galactus15 wrote:
interesting to see this progression going on,from into the dragon to cleaar (both brilliant for completely different reasons !)
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factorylashes wrote:
Just bought this brilliant album '12" Dance- The Definitive Collection' and I don't buy albums anymore! http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=-1;1;-1;-1;202&sku=249769 Thought you guys might appreciate it ('Beatv Dis' is on CD2). Ah memories...
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coffeeandpigs wrote:
I play tetris on my eyelids
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Molkoom wrote:
beat dis
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gtmb wrote:
Watch a HD video on R.fm http://r.fm/artist/bomb-the-bass/
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Mariokka wrote:
Future Chaos - суперский альбом! ++++++!
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llesdog wrote:
The 303 is alive and bleeping!
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Whatupwidat wrote:
Every time my copy of Unknown Territory comes on I have to listen to it all....full of so many awesome samples man, it's just amazing
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CaraJLaing wrote:
Hello :] You have appeareed in my Similar Artists section so I thought I'd drop by and have a listen!
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Mofilia wrote:
Perfeitoooo!!! Muito bom! Saudações de Brasília - DF - Brasil!!!!
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hakimCZE wrote:
looooove. 've been looking for this song soooo long.. finaly i have it in my earsh.. thax last.fm..
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p76j108 wrote:
Future chaos is really good.
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JonnyRam wrote:
Rob209, the featuring artist shouldn't be in the title field at all, if you want to be strict about it. The title field is for the title of the track and nothing else.
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dw8000 wrote:
new album 'future chaos' *******
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paltanmclaren wrote:
Classic tunes!! Awwww those days! :)
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MilkJaggit wrote:
if you like BTB, you may like my music. check it...... http://www.last.fm/music/Milk+Jaggit
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Rob209 wrote:
Time for a new pic anyone?
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larsatomica wrote:
future chaos a+
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ebasswah wrote:
future chaos is nice.
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lemon-squeezy wrote:
future chaos is more minimal than earlier stuff but the machines sound so pure.
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