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Lorin (Bassnectar)
Origin:
Born to a family of butterflies
along
the shores of Northern California.
Years Playing: DJing and producing for
11 years, involved with creating music for 16 years.
Style: Anything deep. Sounds that
catch
you by the hand and lead you into a forgotten rendition of the
lambada
so nasty, you almost blush, but you don’t because it feels
so
good. Preference: ultra-throbbing bass, mad cut-up sonic tricks,
slamming
percussion, and gorgeous hypnotics... but that’s more in
terms
of production. My DJing focuses on anything from hip-hop to
breaks,
house, drum'n'bass, to acid-laced polka.
Affiliation: Bassnectar
| Amorphous Music | Bless Records | Om records
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The
track/DJ/party that made me want to be a DJ was:
The first party I ever went to was
“Basics”
by “The Gathering” posse, I lost my marbles to DJ
Spun.
I didn’t know how to dance, so I just headbanged, and hugged
people
who would swat me with giant balloons that were covered in
glow-in-the-dark
lotion... ahhhh the good old days.
Influences:
The Cure, Simon & Garfunkel, Cannibal
Corpse,
Emperor, Metallica, Tipper, Freq Nasty, Kenny Dope, Mr. Oizo, Mr.
Scruff,
Dan F, Ed Rush & Optical, DJ Garth, NWA, Orishas, Uberzone,
Nirvana,
Freestylers, Flying Rhino, Sibilant, Metal Spark, Adam Ohana,
Subal,
Brother, Si Begg...jesus, I could go on forever, but those are a
few.
I
got my first break:
Honestly it's all a blur. I'm not sure when
I went
from
“mad-nutter-frothing-at-the-mouth-cuz-i-love-music-so-much-on-the-dancefloor”
to
“mad-nutter-frothing-at-the-mouth-cuz-i-love-music-so-much-behind-the-decks”.
But
now I can be both.
Some
DJs I like playing with are:
Anyone listed in those influences above,
along with el
circo posse like Papa Chango, Trainwreck, Malakai, Rab or pure
freakz
like Dorfex Bos, Lux, Dave Jolley, but those are all more
producers
than DJs, which I think is a general trend (thank god). The key
thing
about every one of them is that they are 100% real and unique, not
a
fabricated DJ with the standard haircut and collar-shirt whose
name
everyone recognizes cuz he pays magazines to say he is cool.
Favorite
thing about the SF scene:
The “vibe” is 100% totally
unique,
100% totally unstoppable, 100% totally reinventing itself, eating
itself,
dating itself, taking long walks with itself on the beach,
whispering
sweet nothings into its own ear, and taking lambada forbidenn
dance classes
with itself...MMM!!!
Least
favorite thing about the SF scene:
The only critique I would have is that there
is
too much going on all at once...but that’s equally a
blessing.
My
favorite SF party is/was:
WhatIsReal?, Koinonea, CCC, 13 Moontribe,
Cell
Space, hands down those five amorphous entities have created the
most
insane, unique, full-energy gatherings, teeming with authenticity
and
the vibe that tastes like mango nectar running down your chin on a
hot
summer day.
My
favorite Club to play in is:
I
prefer underground spots and the magic of a forest to a club,
"lights
and lazers by the sun, moon and stars," as Spaceship Gaia
always
said. But there are of course some dope clubs, and the thing about
clubs
is TIGHT MUTHAFORKIN SOUND!! So for that: 1015, Barneveld, Mighty,
Fluid (BC).
Best SF venue for sure is CELL SPACE.
If
I could put together MY dream music festival, the Entertainment
would
be:
Now that question is just absurd, because to
answer it would take at least a week, so to attend it might take a
month! But
sheeeesh, I’d hafta divide that up, there’s just too
much
epic music. I mean, dead AND aline? Can I book Mozart, John
Lennon, and EZ-E at the same festival? God, I'm giddy just thinkin
about
that. But whatever I did, any music festival I was involved in
would
hopefully push the boundaries of what is expected, both in terms
of
new music, new sounds, new styles, and, ideally, TONS OF POLITICAL
ORGANIZING.
As citizens of this country I find the concept of partying,
clubbing,
and dancing mindlessly to be utterly profane, and at best its
irresponsible. We
have a RESPONSIBILITY as citizens of the US (both the most
privileged
and most dastardly in terms of a homicidal foreign policy) to use
our privilege at all times to:
1.
WAKE EACH OTHER UP
2. SPREAD THE WORD
3. FIGHT TYRANNY, INJUSTICE, AND FASCISM at home and abroad,
especially
when its in our name, like in Iraq or Afghanistan.
If I couldn't play records I would probably be a
professional:
Gimp, because pushing play
on
a record player is about as easy as it gets. Now if I
wasn’t a
professional DJ, I might explore the wild world of
kite-flying, or giving
karate lessons to my pet Iguana (who is also my guru - I call
him Baba
Ram GuGu), or being a tour guide through the produce section
at Whole
Foods Market. If
that failed, I could take up writing, film, teaching, public
office,
social change, work in the peace core, work at a hospice,
fight cancer,
fight illiteracy, or fight the Bu$h Administration. Or, on
rainy days,
I could take a group of 7-year old children and together we
could slash Dick Cheney's tires... it all sounds fun.
I want to thank these people for helping me get
this
far:
I have been thinking about this.
I
need to create like a permanent list or something, because the
people
who have helped me in one way or another number in the
thousands. Seriously, everything
I have accomplished or created is 100% indebted to so many
people in
the world, some who don’t even know it, and I’m
not making
a general statement. I mean there are specifically thousands
of people
who have changed my life and empowered me to grow. I will
thank each
of you in person.
What
you want people to know and we didn't ask:
Well
you didn’t ask if George W. Bush stole the election, but the
answer
is:
NO..the Republican Party, Fox News, and Halliburton did. But
George
W. Bush is still a punk.
My motto is:
“Privilege confers
responsibility.
You can face that responsibility, which may not be easy, but it's
alot
easier for us than for people in almost all the world, or you can
shirk
that responsibility; in which case you are leaving the future to
be
decided by forces that are anything but benign....." -Noam
Chomsky
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