Generation Bass
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Generation Bass is a blog founded in February 2009 by Vincent Koreman (The Netherlands). In May 2009, DJ Umb (United Kingdom
) joined the blog. They are the co-owners & co-editors of the Generation Bass blog and Digital Music Label.
The weblog focuses predominantly on introducing dance flavors from all over the world, including dubstep
, kuduro
, cumbia
, barefoot
, kwaito
and moombahton
. The blog’s slogan is: “Platform for cool music from wherever”. Every day, posts and features are written by a small but growing team of writers and artists from all over the world. These include recordings artists Alberto Caballo, Federic Galliano, Hipi Duki, Process Rebel and Zuzuka Poderosa.
as one of the first blogs in the world. It has been featured on various South American TV stations and mentioned as a highly influential blog by broadsheets worldwide, including the UK’s The Guardian
Newspaper who described it as an essential source for new Transnational Club Sounds.
It has also been cited as an influence by other big blogs like Diplo's Mad Decent
who have said “Generation Bass is on top of their game” and Daniel Haaksman of Man Recordings who has called it one of the best music blogs on the planet. Generation Bass inspired a whole new crop of imitator blogs.
and Beatport
, or can be downloaded as MP3
via digital stores. There are no cd's or vinyl
records released as of yet.:
, Mundial & Lowlands
(The Netherlands), Euromania (Pecs
, Hungary), Drop Beats Not Bombs (Birmingham
, UK) and Essaouira
Festival (Morocco).
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
) joined the blog. They are the co-owners & co-editors of the Generation Bass blog and Digital Music Label.
The weblog focuses predominantly on introducing dance flavors from all over the world, including dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....
, kuduro
Kuduro
Kuduro is a type of music and dance originally born in Angola in the 1980s. It is characterized as uptempo, energetic, and danceable. Kuduro, which translates as "hard ass", began in Luanda, Angola in the late 80s...
, cumbia
Cumbia
Cumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
, barefoot
Barefoot
Barefoot is the state of not wearing any footwear. Being barefoot is regarded as a human's natural state, though for functional, fashion and social reasons footwear is worn, at least on some occasions...
, kwaito
Kwaito
Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 1990s. It is a variant of house music featuring the use of African sounds and samples. Typically at a slower tempo range than other styles of house music, Kwaito often contains catchy melodic and percussive loop samples,...
and moombahton
Moombahton
Moombahton is a sub-genre of electronic dance music that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Nada at a high school homecoming "skipping party" for his younger cousin in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2009...
. The blog’s slogan is: “Platform for cool music from wherever”. Every day, posts and features are written by a small but growing team of writers and artists from all over the world. These include recordings artists Alberto Caballo, Federic Galliano, Hipi Duki, Process Rebel and Zuzuka Poderosa.
History
In its first year, the blog featured items on artists like Die AntwoordDie Antwoord
Die Antwoord is a hip hop group from Cape Town, South Africa, consisting of three members: Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek.-Background:...
as one of the first blogs in the world. It has been featured on various South American TV stations and mentioned as a highly influential blog by broadsheets worldwide, including the UK’s The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
Newspaper who described it as an essential source for new Transnational Club Sounds.
It has also been cited as an influence by other big blogs like Diplo's Mad Decent
Mad Decent
__FORCETOC__Mad Decent is the name of the Philadelphia via Los Angeles based record label spearheaded by Thomas Wesley Pentz, who's better known as Diplo, the Grammy-nominated producer of M.I.A’s “Paper Planes”, and one half of the collaborative music project Major Lazer...
who have said “Generation Bass is on top of their game” and Daniel Haaksman of Man Recordings who has called it one of the best music blogs on the planet. Generation Bass inspired a whole new crop of imitator blogs.
Awards
The website of Generation Bass has been voted as Top 10 blog in the world by the influential AfroPop worldwide and in December 2010, the blog won the MCN (Music Centre Netherlands) “World Up!” award for “Best Newcomer”.Record label
In September 2010, Generation bass started the Generation Bass Digital Label. The label releases at least one digital downloadable album or ep per month. Albums are free to stream via services like SpotifySpotify
Spotify is a Swedish-founded, UK-headquartered DRM-based music streaming service offering streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. Launched in October 2008 by Swedish startup Spotify AB, the service had...
and Beatport
Beatport
Beatport is an online music store specializing in electronic dance music and culture. Beatport is a privately held company owned and operated by Beatport LLC and based in Denver, Colorado.-History:...
, or can be downloaded as MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
via digital stores. There are no cd's or vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
records released as of yet.:
Discography
- Shazalakazoo - Bang! Bang! EP
- DJ Sabbo - Deepaton EP
- Halo Nova - Goombaton EP
- FLeCKFleckFleck is a surname, and may refer to:* Alexander Fleck , British chemist, FRS, born and educated in Glasgow* Abbey Fleck, invented the Makin' Bacon microwave oven bacon cooker in 1993* Béla Fleck , American banjo player...
- District 4 Dubz - Generation BassGeneration BassGeneration Bass is a blog founded in February 2009 by Vincent Koreman . In May 2009, DJ Umb joined the blog. They are the co-owners & co-editors of the Generation Bass blog and Digital Music Label....
Presents: Transnational Dubstep - Bandish Projekt - Chase EP
- GoldRush - Love HZ EP
- Herr Müller – uh!
- UnsubUnsubUnsub may refer to:* Unsub , a 1989 television series starring David Soul as a forensic investigator* may refer to unknown subject, used by criminal shows, such as Criminal Minds, similar to the term suspect...
– Exhibit A - Puzzle – Polysnacks
- DJ Sabbo - Freaktion EP
Signed Artists
Sonido Del Principe, Ghosryda, Herr Muller, Unsub, Puzzle, Sabbo, Hearbreak & Munchi, Sheeqo Beat, Lord Cry Cry, Goldrush, Fleck, Supreme Selecta, Jon Kwest, Celt Islam.Events
Generation Bass has hosted several events at festivals like IncubateIncubate (festival)
Incubate is a multidisciplinary arts festival in Tilburg, the Netherlands. On June 16, the festival changed it name into Incubate after a request by the Austin, US based festival SXSW to change its name. Between 2005 and 2008 the festival was called ZXZW....
, Mundial & Lowlands
A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise
A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, also known as simply Lowlands, is a music festival, held annually in the Netherlands in August. Lowlands has about 55,000 visitors, over 200 acts and more than ten stages every year which are named according to the NATO phonetic alphabet apart from the Grolsch...
(The Netherlands), Euromania (Pecs
Pécs
Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county...
, Hungary), Drop Beats Not Bombs (Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, UK) and Essaouira
Essaouira
Mogador redirects here, for the hamlet in Surrey see Mogador, Surrey.Essaouira is a city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, on the Atlantic coast. Since the 16th century, the city has also been known by its Portuguese name of Mogador or Mogadore...
Festival (Morocco).