Basstown is a new collaborative — a production company which plans on bringing a series of amazing bills through Boston in the coming months. Despite some setbacks, there are signs Boston is starting to come out to play.

The first party Basstown is bringing comes next Saturday. Local phenoms Hearthrob come to visit with DFA DJ Tim Sweeney (you’ll find his latest cutting-edge dance mix here) at superclub Axis Boston. Giveaways from XLR8R magazine and DFA Records. The cover is $10 unless you submit your name(s) by clicking here or drop a line to basstownprod@gmail.com.

This will put you on an RSVP list where the cost is a mere $5.00. Inside, the huge Axis soundsystem will come under the weight of DFA Records and Hearthrob. Wear something special, cause we’re gonna burn through our Nicky Digital camera. Flyer design by Nick The Duke.

RSVP your name(s) now so we can make arrangements to melt your face for 5 bucks.

Lots more happening in Basstown, too. Things like Thunderdome (which you can see in the opening of our latest teaser trailer), where sQuare DJ Daviday reps Boston in Boston vs. Providence:

That’s this Friday. This Thursday, as we’ve been saying for some time, is Morgan Geist at Make It New:

And Friday night the king of Techno — Motor City’s favorite son, the king of all remixes, the Don Juan of Detroit — the lover of futuresound plays Boston for the very first time.

Carl Craig:

My interview with Carl is here.

Mr. Craig is an uncompromising genius (check him out shopping for records here, Van Halen! Black Sabbath! Art Ensemble!) who never pulls a punch.

As in this, one of the defining singles of 2006. It’s his amazing, stuttering, harrowing remix of Bobbo Shanti’s “Poor People Must Work,” which had already been touched by the mastering wizards of Rhythm & Sound.

Rhythm & Sound Feat. Bobbo Shanti - “Poor People Must Work (Carl Craig Remix)”

It’s no coincidence I’m finishing this post from the well-informed Leggo Dub night.

Buy the whole CD here. Do it. It’s great.

PS - Thunderdome is pre-Carl Craig. What a crazy day. If you can’t rage at Thunderdome, check out the pre-Carl Craig party at Bend on the fashionable Tremont St. strip (info here). The latest set from DJ Maya is available here.

PPS - I think we’ve fixed our comment/spam problem, so feel free to rant in the comments field.

PPPS - Joakim is coming to Boston 5/3. Here’s a brilliant reedit he worked out of Sir Paul McCartney:

Paul McCartney - “Let Em In (Joakim Edit)”

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