Ofcourse we all now Albert Cabrera, the One Rascal from the Latin Rascals, knows how to work his beats. And we have seen many times that he knows how to drop the bass! The Bass Construction cd (withartwork design by Lonnie Lopez & Ric Garcia, and released on Thump Records) has a lot of breakbeat heavy tracks on it! The pace really picks up as from track 7: Smerphies dance...
and you might go into a breakdance frenzy with trakcs 8 and 9...
Or
Recone Kit?
The faceless Italian Debonaire gives us more loop theft and speaker damage on this release! With 15 tracks this cd (with cover design and graphics by Coral Reef Design) is actually NO joke, because Debonaire is armed with a sampler and dangerous...
and the bass he creates is so wicked,
you will be left with busted out woofers...
and some assembly will be required.
Hence the Recone Kit!
So? Who's the winner??
I think i will go for...
Bass Foundation
With artwork by Vivian Galainena for Alto Design. Bass demolition instead of bass construction; much more fun isn't it?
That's right! I'm sure many of you grew up listening to the man's music, or used his music to compete, or to show off your system. Or you just enjoyed listening to his music, whatever. Now the man needs your help! Please read this carefully and help out if you can. If you can't, please help spread the message, maybe you reach somebody who can!
The message from Bass Mekanik's gofundme page:
Friends, The Bass Mekanik needs help. I need surgery as a last ditch option to save whats left of my eyesight. I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t desperately urgent, but it is. I
suffer from a severe form of Glaucoma which has progressed over time to
the point that if it can’t be stopped soon I will be blind. The surgery is $11,000 and not a 100% guarantee, but it’s the only option and my only chance of retaining some workable vision. I’ve
enjoyed great support from the fans over the years and if you’ve ever
purchased any Bass Mekanik music I give you my heartfelt thanks, but the
music biz is not what it used to be in terms of dollars anymore. These days I and the crew here at Bass Mekanik Records are mostly in it for the love of Bass, not for the money. So if you can help I sincerely appreciate it. Thanks, and keep Boomin!!! Bass Mekanik
Well, they did not lie. You get exactly THAT. A bass check. Or better yet, bass checkS (not the ones in the mail!). There are 22 tracks on this release produced by Jaime Rothstein, and only a handfull have beats in them... When I first listened to this cd I just kept waiting and waiting; "yeah, drop that beat!"... nothing, took a good 6 minutes. Check it out:
That's right; I got myself some more Ex-It releases. That's right; they are not bass releases, but there is music from Miami on it. Fair enough? That's right; you can check them out for yourself on YouTube:
That's right; you can also get these releases HERE and HERE so you can listen to them in your whatever.
So as you might have read in THIS post, I was still looking for the IBP releases 3 and 5 to complete my collection. Now to be honest, what I didn't realize for all these years is that Dexter Wright's release "Boomtown city limits" actually IS the 3rd release. That's because on the side it is baldly written IBP-0009, but when you look at the barcode it says "30003"! Take a look:
Haha; right in front of me for years... now I wonder if there is a release with IBP-0003 on the side... If you have it, please let me know ;-)
This is another Ex-It Records release. Must have come out right before "D.B. Heaven", being this is a 45 Magnum, euhm I mean, being this is Ex-It 1018 and D.B. Heaven was Ex-It 1019.
The idea is the same though; "Great Trax's to create your own rap and rap along"...
For a few years now, me, and other collectors have been wanting to find out which are the unknown IBP releases 3, 5 and 10.
So finally, thanks to Discogs and a friendly seller from Sweden, I finally got my hands on IBP-0010. Unfortunately for "all of us", IBP-0010 is exactly the same as IBP-0011, which is "The best of I.B.P."... Only difference is the barcode and the cd color. Check the pics; # 10 on top, # 11 at bottom...
Still I'm very pleased with this find. Now it's just # 3 and # 5 to go. If you are reading this and you have one of those 2, please hit me up will ya?
Here we have a cd with "rap along" kinda beats. This could be like the "Beats, breaks & scratches" of bass. A lot of samples here. How many do YOU recognize?
Like? This album was released on Ex-It Records. You can find the other tracks on my YouTube channel right HERE.
Some time ago I bought this Neurodisc release in an effort to complete my collection but when it arrived I was a little disappointed. OK, "normal" people would not be because it arrived in great condition and all but upon closer look I realised it was a reprint, from the time Neurodisc was distributed by Priority Records. So you gotta look for the CD-31003 (3rd album release on the label) and not the P2-50614 (clearly a Priority Records number).
I thought I'd let you know, so you don't get fooled when you're buying online...
The Priority cover is a single paper while the original one is double:
