Tsutaya Records Presents Bass 野郎

Bad News Records

Tsutaya Records, Bad News Records, I have no idea what is going on here anymore. I do know that it's an earlier release in the "Bass 野郎" series (or "Bass Ya Low", sometimes "Bass 'Yarou'") from 1998; BN-109. I also know that it's not a bad compilation. Only 12 tracks but a variety of bass styles. Definately not a bad start for somebody who is just getting to know the genre.

Here's a selection:




(Was this released after the succes of DJ Laz' 'Mami el negro'?)




Ofcourse I initially bought this mainly for the cool cover. I'm trying to complete the "Bass 野郎" series also, but the cover is really the reason why I love these Japanese releases.

The back cover has a blue van. Rush paintjob after the heist???

Maximum Bass For Your System 2

BASS, not Boom!

That's right, Maximum BASS, not Maximum Boom. This CD is released by Valentine Sound Productions, Kuala Lumpur and not Pandisc, but it does feature 14... yep, Pandisc tracks!

Nothing groundbreaking here but a rare find for sure! Unfortunately the thing with rare finds is that you can't be picky, because I really wonder why they stamped holes in the cover???

Friends, please message me if you can help me find VOLUME 1! 

 

Maximum Boom For Your System

UPDATE

So since the time I posted THIS, I finally managed to gather all 4 volumes of Maximum Boom For Your System. To celebrate this joyous occasion, I will present you all scans for this series.
Enjoy... 

La Compilation Mega Bass 2

Techno - House - Euro Dance

Back with volume 2. Like I said before, it's just the colorful covers that attracted me to this series, because muscically this one has wayyyyy too much hardstyle bass on it. Not my cup of coffee. You can listen to the album on my Youtube channel HERE. 

But as it has always been, it takes a lot of weeding out to find good music and the last 2 tracks from "Tuner 93" are not bad at all though! 

"Warm Drum" has a dubby UK breakbeat sound to it:



And "Warning" could almost be on Bass Mekanik's Jazz album.




MIND IT! I said "almost"!

DJ DruMajor - Spawn Of The Bass

YEEK!

This is a high powered bass album Atlanta style! If you don't know who DruMajor is you must have been sleeping, but since that might be the case, the "Major Mix" from the album can give you an idea:


As you heard this is the man who produced the classic "Drop the bass: Death of a basshead" album! 

 

But on Spawn Of The Bass he pushes the production even a level higher! He is the Son of Bass, Brother of Drop! This is highpowered sh$t to YEEK to!!!

 

DJ Drumajor on Bandcamp: "A fossil of the late 80's and 90's Miami/Atlanta Bass era. Looking for a new Uptempo Home. I love hard fast music. I have worked with DJ Magic Mike, DJ Taz, Raheem The Dream, Kilo, Green Socks, D-Roc (Yin Yang Twins) and others from my genre. I am looking for a new home and outlet somewhere in the world."

FY FY!!



You can get this heat on iTunes, Bandcamp, Spotify, just about anywhere they sell and stream digital music...


But why not go online and look him up? Let him now we still blast and appreciate his music? Maybe get an autographed copy like I did? Just saying...

 

La Compilation Mega Bass

HOUSE - TECHNO - DUB

Now this is not Techmaster or Bass Mekanik material, but I was attracted by the cover ofcourse and what I also like is that it is a French CD. Great to see that they even released bass CD's in France! As the cover states, expect house, techno and hardstyle (there is only one "dub" track).

The first track starts with a bass test and a house track with a typic French sound:


Not that bad, not that bad...  but what I REALLY DON'T like is hardstyle!! Like track 3:


No no no! Not my cup of tea!

Track 9 is the best on this release IMO. Bassy breakbeats...

And here is the dub track for your listening pleasure:



That's that for now friends. If you want to hear the whole album check out the full playlist

HERE

and stay logged in because there is more where that came from!

Obsessed With Bass

The Essential History Of Miami Bass 1985 - 1993

So I bought this publication on Amazon mostly because of the cover (the big speaker is on it man!).
I didn't expect to learn much from it but it definately looked like something to have in the collection.
The author Aaron Nemec admits he did not plan to be comprehensive, so the pamphlet only has 32 pages. I quote; "So instead of being comprehensive, I decided to only address some major figures and ideas of Miami bass through publishing my own zine, while providing some imagery. Anyone can dig deeper for more information or better image quality." Aaron Nemec knows the history, that's for sure, but the pamphlet is intended for people who actually don't know what bass music is.

Now the reason why I am actually posting this is because during my read I was pleasantly surprised!

The author used my Cover Wars Part 6 blogpost as a reference to his Calvin Mills II chapter! Coolness. As you might have noticed I have not been updating Bass Covers for some months, mainly because I felt nobody was visiting. But this proves that the blog can still be usefull for those interested in, or starting an interest in bass music.

So thank you Aaron Nemec, and that being said, I will be updating on a regular again from now on. May the BASS be with you.

You can get your copy of "Obsessed With Bass" by clicking this link:

https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/11983

or you can visit AMAZON

Music Regulators

The  DJ Documentary

To everybody that's interested in hip hop history, dj history, and especially Miami BASS history, you have to pick up this DVD! Documented for the first time is the unacknowledged history of South Florida dj'ing and mic checking. Without them there would be no Crunk, without them there would be no Screwed music, no slowed down music, ...

GET YOUR COPY NOW @ 

https://www.musicregulators.com/ 

 

Latin Booty Party 2

The party doesnt stop!!

After the succes of Latin Booty Party, DM Records HAD to release another volume! This time the cover artwork was done by Dennis Friel.

Turn up the bass and PARTY!

 

Bass From Tha Hood - Turn that sh?t up!

Jeep beats

What I have here is a rather rare Always Fresh Records release produced by Rod XL. 
Strictly Jeep Beats! (minus one)

This is the minus one:





 And this is the plus one:






This has been a Rhythmatical Rhyme Recording with cover design & graphics by Marc Pomeroy.

I have been checking the internets but I don't think all releases mentioned here were released!