Yes, until the internet “goes underground” (as many good things noticeably tend to) you can have a toneden site for free. Simteks hit me up about this shit, and it seems pretty cool. Check out his toneden site (and yes, I purposely left the ‘toneden’ up-capitalized, in a complimentary way, as it looks like they might join the ranks of other major websites that becomes so ingrained and ubiquitous in culture that everyone eventually forget that it’s an actual company).
From the looks of it, you can make it pretty clean-looking, and I know I’m eventually gonna have to get one for myself for a few different projects I’ve got going. And with soundcloud starting to suck a little bit, maybe it’ll be good to incorporate this shit now before people get lost trying to find your music.
It looks pretty cool, and tbh it looks sorta like something me and Simteks were putting together a year or so ago, but kudos to them for actually fnishing it! (Sadly, me and Sims didn’t :( )
In their own words:
Beautiful artist profiles.
A ToneDen profile makes sure your best stuff is put forward for everyone to see. Content from your SoundCloud, Facebook, and Twitter is neatly organized and presented so fans or industry pros can get a complete snapshot of your talent in one place.
Of course, I chose to put a print screen image of Simtek’s toneden site up there, cuz the one on the main page at toneden’s features page has an annoying looking duo who “dabble” in electronic music when they’re not “watching softcore porno” in their spare time, or whatever.
I guess they’e not really that annoying, maybe I’ve just been in a weird mood. Anyway, enjoy the toneden!
I’m excited because I’m moving, soon – and, so, Bassadelic will be moving soon, too! Though the exact coordinates are not known, I will let you know as soon as I do. Until then, come September, this site will be on the road, somewhere in the middle of the country for awhile, movin from motel to motel.
So what else is going on besides that? Musically, there’s a lot to be excited about, in my opinion! :) The footwork jungle sounds (and the ultra rare special breakcore footwork sounds) are getting bigger, as well as the old skool rave sounds! The old sound of the underground, way before any EDM :)
Here’s a fun mix to get you goin…
The summer vacation for this site is almost over, but since I’ll be movin soon, I might not get on here everyday. It’ll be in bursts, with some days where I’m nowhere to be found, and other days where I’m here half the day.
Yea, oh em gee indeed! Also, I posted this a few days ago, but if anyone didn’t happen to see it and is interested, there’s some new breakcore-footwork-glitchy bass kinda music out from StrangeFlow’s footwork alias’ new trio, Big Bass Outlaws. Damn, that’s felt like a super clunky sentence. Long story short, here’s some good music, from me:
Got some fun stuff planned for this month, in between when I’m packin’ up my car for travel. Hey, btw, here’s some good music, from Erisian: http://intheface.me/erisian-000-compilation/ some fun breakcore-ish kinda shit. Good noise. And there’s gonna be some new samples and a new mixtape comin up here soon from Bassadelic, stay tuned!! Lots of fun shit in the werx, that’s for sure! And, for everyone who enjoyed the post from earlier, ‘Make Workaholics Look Fucking Lazy,’ & Other Overly Aggressive Motivational Quotes for Creative People, something exciting is about to happen…. I’ll hit ya guys up as soon as I can with more info, but I’m super super excited about :D
Yes! The new breakcore footwork EP by StrangeFlow’s super-group, the Big Bass Outlaws,’ entitled, ‘Crookz EP,’ is now available @ Dynastyshit.com !
Mixing hard jungle breakbeat sounds with angry, raw noise (and, of course, a real penchant for juking things out like footwork was going out of style) the Big Bass Outlaws have been steadily gaining momentum over the last month, with a track featured on bandcamp (which, with very litte promotion, gained hundreds of hits overnight) and was always featured on Dred Collective’s Free Track Thursday compilation series. Now, the Crookz track stands as the first single from the new ep!
For an interview of these three insane former-acid-kingpins / bass-heroes / fans of espresso, click click here.
“The Big Bass Outlaws take that feeling and light it on fire – and the resulting smoke is about to collapse the lungs of everyone on Earth,” said QBass, poetically aggressive when he decides to open up. And, see, he’s the shy one…
The Big Bass Outlaws is comprised of three members; 5ifty$ix K (aka StrangeFlow); Warp (aka KillaFreq); & the lovable QBass. It’s a group that reps the Dynasty Shit record label as hard as fucking possible, taking the insanely fast 160bpm+ combination of footwork/juke and jungle/drum’n’bass – and taking it into a vicious and hardcore territory. It’s a combination that’s been pioneered by StrangeFlow (or 5ifty$ix K) and, as he develops his style even further and and maintains several websites (including JukeMusicForum.com, DynastyShit.com, Bassadelic.com, and several others – rumor has it he just got chopnscrew.com) he decided to set up a new project, which leans towards an increasingly noisy territory than most have come to be accustomed to with footwork (or even footwork jungle).
ME: Would you say you’re kind of like a shitty trap remix of a Prodigy song?
“What? No, fuck off, why would you even say something like that? No browsin muhfuggas here, not with any cutty kinda breaks or nothing, what are you talkin about? We bring noise, tons of meticulously shattered beats, bass, and more passion than a lot of fuckas want, watchu on about?” said Warp, angry at such a question.
ME: I love your hair.
“Great, and I hate your fucking face.”
…
So, pretty soon here, the Big Bass Outlaws are going to be releasing a new album, and it’s sure to be pretty ‘cutty,’ and hardcore. DynastyShit.com is gearing up to release a lot more breakcore footwork, and, actually, already released the world’s first breakcore footwork album with 5ifty$ix K’s, ‘Hardcore is Back, Vol. 1,’ available now at DynastyShit.com. It’s a sound that, so far, has seen a small cult following, which somewhat resembles the slow but steady climb that other underground or ‘underdog’ hardcore styles have seen in electronic music, such as jungle in the 1990s rave scene.
ME: Do you see the parallel, 5ifty? QBass?
“Why would you specifically ask everyone except me?” asked KillaFreq.
ME: Well, I just thought you didn’t like me.
“Well, I don’t. You compared us to a shitty Prodigy trap remix, not even sure what that means, eh! Watcha tryin to do then? inna’ narf!”
ME: It’s been said that you’re typically very nice offstage; very sincere – but that you can become a vacuum of hate if people insult you personally or compare your music to a prodigy trap remix. Why is it that something like that pushes your buttons so much? And what’s that slang supposed to be, anyway? Chicago mixed with London mixed with Future?
“Mate, ya need to stop with this, right? We’re trying to put out some music, you’ve been hostile from the start, though I do appreciate you putting our label and music in a favorable light, that part was nice of you, ya just got to fix up, is all…”
And with that, I decided to stop talking and start fixin up, with a short biography of each of these members.
It should be noted that I didn’t actually turn on any ‘vacuum of hatred’ in the room DURINGthe interview, but that actually, I insulted StrangeFlow by saying something to the tune of, “Goddamn it, Strange, ANOTHER fucking release? Another project? Yea, they’re decent but fuck off, yea?” But StrangeFlow slapped me in the face (with his mind) and then sat quietly in his chair, smiling, high as fucking possible the entire time. This set the interview off to a pretty bad start. I blame him, personally. Ah well.
Look out for their new one comin out on Dyansty Shit this month. It should be a fucking good one.
You can tell from the video, Warp is the chick with crazy hair and a bandanna to conciel her identity; 5ifty$ix K (StrangeFlow) is the one with the cool stereo helmet on (you know, the one you see a hundred times a day on this site, cuz he also runs this site) and QBass is the cool DJ with, uh.. (how do I put this?..) well, yea, those are hits of acid in place of the glasses… Four hits to each eye…
“I don’t have a problem seeing, but these glasses definitely help my vision….” he says with a smile as he puts his glasses on and looks over at StrangeFlow, who is still looking higher than I’ll ever be in my life.
Now, fixin’ up, here are those short biographies I promised…
The Big Bass Outlaws are an all-star trio of talented musicians who each bring something unique to the table. Warp provides the finely-combed and expertly mangled noise, QBass provides the breaks and the rhythmic knowledge, and 5ifty$ix K chops everything up and masterfully sequences it all together – with everyone having their say as to what direction the music will flow. Individual character biographies are below:
Warp (aka KillaFreq)
Warp is an avant-garde noise enthusiast (and former bank robber) from Oakland who invented thousands of audio manipulation techiques while spending time in prison when she was (finally) caught by the long arm of the law. Before breaking out of prison, she was known by her cellmates as, “Noise Bomba,” for her burglary techniques; namely, she would walk calmly into a bank with dozens of portable stereos attached to her arms, legs, and torso – and she would suddenly start blasting raw noise and feedback so loud it would terrify and shock everyone around her into submission as she went about her heist. She continued with these types of activities for several months until her tirade came to a halt as she tried, unsuccessfully, to rob a police station while under the influence of (a ‘heroic dose’ of) LSD. While travelling around on the lamb, she met up with StrangeFlow, and the two decided to combine talents.
5ifty$ix K (aka StrangeFlow)
Spending half of his time in Michigan, and the other half on the West Coast, StrangeFlow has had a long history of creating electronic music and hip hop, ever since he was a kid – but it wasn’t until he took on a new footwork moniker (5ifty$ix K), built the Dynasty Shit record label from the ground up, and created his signature sound (combining the intensity and meticulously cut-up style of breakcore with the musicality and street / dance aesthetics of juke/footwork) – that things started getting really crazy. A new chapter in electronic music had started, instantly attracting a cult group of fans. 5ifty had long considered forming a group, and it was at this particular moment in time that this new hardcore sound attracted the interest of a prolific DJ from Japan known only as QBass.
QBass (Qベース aka あまりにも多くのビート)
Qbass’ past is mostly a mystery, but what is known about him is that he came to the States from Japan a short time ago – ah, and also, that he has the biggest record collection on the planet. It’s not uncommon to hear snippets of hundreds of beats in a single recording by the Outlaws, though chances are good you won’t get to see most of his collection unless you get to know him pretty well, as he has multiple storage facilities and secret warehouses throughout the world where he keeps a majority of his old vinyl, tapes, and various recordings. Though, he always carries around a backpack with sound equipment and tons of beats he’s been working on. Q is a very low-key dude, but he definitely holds his own as a member of the Outlaws. Also – no, he doesn’t need to wear glasses; but yes, those glasses do help with his vision…
The Big Bass Outlaws are a hardcore bass collective, and the first group to rep the footwork/breakcore sound that they’re known for – and they also rep the Dynasty Shit record label as hard as fucking possible! – that is, until they inevitably get completely shut down, either for their radical noise-fused bass music or for their blatant disregard for the law… It’s extremely illegal to sell a full gallon of liquid LSD – but even more illegal to do it twice, and for this reason, they really are outlaws, shadowed by law enforcement and always on the lamb.
The group’s location can never be publically known, as they are constantly dodging the police, staying with sympathetic friends and fans, moving from safe house to safe house across the country, every week in a different city. If you’re at all interested in listening to any of their music, I suggest you do it as soon as possible, before it gets permanently banned and the group is thrown in prison.
ME: So, that picture you guys put on your video for that ‘Crookz’ track, uh, well obviously it looks like LSD. I mean, it REALLY looks like it… Was that photoshop, or was that just, uh, fucking LSD? I know you guys have a certain….”past,” with certain chemicals, and uh… ?
I expected an answer, or perhaps a tasty fist sandwich to my groin, but alas!, neither. Instead, one of them (I won’t say which one, but, yes, it was StrangeFlow) handed me something from his pocket. Skeptical, I took it from him, unfolded it, revealing that it was a huge poster. I’ll displayed it at the end of this article, for those interested. It was pretty powerful. And not visually… (actually, yes, visually it WAS pretty intense, but it took about an hour to kick in….)
ME: One more question… I’ve heard a rumor that Yuri is a part of your group. At least, that’s the rumor that he started. Is there any – uh…?
“For the sixth time today, Yuri is not part of our band.” said StrangeFlow, suddenly coming out of his daze.
ME: Ah, thought you’d join us, did you, Strange? Good. So, did the –
I was promptly interrupted by the three of them suddenly looking at their wristwatches, then looking at each other, saying, “We have to go to the next interview in five minutes, we’ll talk to you later.”
It should be noted that QBass was the only one who was actually wearing a watch.
Well, I’m not sure what I got from the interview… But – oh, I did get one thing, that’s for sure! That poster that Strangeflow handed me – well, I thought it was a poster… I mean… It was a foldout poster, or at least, the size of one, but after having my fingers on it for just a few seconds, I realized what it was and promptly decided to drive home for the day, picking up a bottle of hard whiskey on the home so that I could black out from alcohol in the safety of my own home, before the ‘poster’ kicked in, because uh… knowing the assholes who gave it to me, it was definitely some strong, uh… some strong poster:
I remember growing up in Michigan, driving to Detroit Electronic Music Festival every year and hearing that vocally-driven, fast paced, funky dance music as I arrived in the city. There was something so unique about it, so retro and futuristic at the same time. Eventually, I learned all about Detroit jit and Chicago juke and footwork, and I became a huge fan. However, I always noticed one problem…
Mixing and making tracks became more than an obsession for me, but I always needed to sample vocals from rap songs, because I didn’t want to use my own voice. I soon learned that I was definitely not the only person in that position. The problem, obviously, is that you have to look around forever to find the right rap vocal, and not to mention, if you make ANY money off of it, you’re kinda… breaking the law….
So, I said, “Fuck it, I’m gonna put together a compilation of royalty-free and original vocals designed for footwork tracks. Hundreds of ’em. And they’re gonna be good. Maybe other people can find some use out of ’em, too.”
And with that, another fantastic bag of secret sample weapons was born! So, I hope that they are of some use to you in all of your footworking and juking and ghettohouse production desires. From aggressive chants about destruction in the dance circle; colloquial recitations of different popular moves in the footwork scene in Chicago – ghost, drillin, boppin, mike’s, just to name a few of MANY; as well as HUGE RANGE of other genre-related & energetic phrases & words – this really is the sample pack to help your dance trax.
Even if you’re not STRICTLY a producer of ghettotech/footwork material, but want to introduce a little bit of jukey / footwork influence into your glitch hop and trap tunes, these samples will DEFINITELY help.
There are a number of variations between tone and recording quality in these samples, but they are all perfectly suited as vocals for your next footwork track, as they definitely hold up against a vast majority of pre-existing vocal-driven 160 bpm tunes. Some sound like they were recorded in a basement in Chicago in 1998, some of them (MANY) sound super hi-fi, many of them are pre-cut to a footwork rhythm, and still some of them have a funky mechanized dual-pitched voice effect that is INSTANTLY recognizable in the 160 dance music community as a classic vocal technique. Instant funk. A few of them even sound like Afrika Bambaataa, which is fun. I’m sure there’s something in here to suit your needs; there are 442 different samples. So if you want to spice up your bassy grooves vocally, you don’t need to look around any longer, you’ve come to the right place.
BONUS: And, seeing as I’m not a million dollar company with shareholders, I don’t have to gauge you by charging 50 bucks!! (If you bought this pack somewhere else, you probably would have to pay close to that… I mean, if you can even find a sample pack LIKE this, which I really doubt…)
Bassadelic.com Presents a new vocals package that’s probably going to heighten (and worsen) your obsession with fast dance music from Chiraq. Not that that’s a bad thing, but that’s what probably gonna happen.. A lot of these vocals could provide the entire backbone to a new hit track almost immediately…
Definitely more than just an interest of 5ifty$ix K!!! Here’s even more proof that the breakcore and footwork combination is comin around… a music happening yesterday featured both genres on one stage! Methinks it might be a conspiracy! A conspiracy of whimsy and bass!!!
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