Got Bass @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
Wed 27 Sept
Bass! You’ll get plenty of it at Got Bass, which is just as well really as otherwise it looks like a job for the Advertising Standards Authority. For this edition, the low-end addicts welcome Birmingham’s very own Bassboy, who knows his way around a big wobbler and has been causing quite the commotion on Deeprot, bass house’s premier YouTube channel. One of his mote notable hits to date has been a very heavy rework of 3 Of A Kind’s 2004 chart smash Babycakes, which takes the familiar refrain and adds a bassline best described as ‘naughty’.
There’s no question why this sound has really caught on – subtle it ain’t, but allaying the most uncouth, middle-finger basslines of dubstep and grime to the pacey 4/4 shuffle of house, sprinkled with the occasional vocal makes for a combination which is guaranteed to go off – and then some. Aiding the Brummie ‘bin-botherer in turning Clwb into a hot, sweaty swirl of snapbacks are Koncept, a producer from Kent who dabbles in a multitude of low-end disciplines, as well as Styx (the local Cardiff DJ as opposed to the Chicago-based Come Sail Away hitmakers).
Interestingly, the Got Bass crew are looking for like-minded members to join their collective, including resident DJs. So, if sub-frequencies are your thing, it might be worth dropping them a line. Gun fingers aloft!
Tickets: £8. Info 029 2023 2199 (KD)