“Basstown’s Booming” said the tag at the Boston Herald. The Boston Globe referred to it as a “popular club party” and a “rad dance night.” The Boston Phoenix also chimed in.

Thunderdome was a stunning success (click here for slideshow). While the next day, Basstown turned in a capacity+ audience at Great Scott. Make It New (which many people still consider the top taste in Boston dance music clubbing) hums along as usual and new nights like SOLID! and others are rapidly picking up momentum as well. (Click here for slideshow).

The point of all of it is to keep people from saying Beantown (a reference most Bostonians dislike) and instead, Basstown, a city where the bass thump of dance nights sits alongside the guitar riffs and rock scene the city is most known for. Part of the movie sQuare productions is making is focused on this saga. The saga of Thunderdome, the Fort Point Channel, after-hours parties, Modeselektor and Isolee in Basstown.

Saturday saw Boston’s best rock club (Great Scott), fill to the brim with dance music heads, and young ones at that. Hyped duo Plus Move brought the funk (they are in talks with some considerably cool dance labels for their EP) and DJ Etan, a Basstown principle partner, kept the party live (he himself is getting hit up by some heavy labels).

The track that brought everyone to the dance floor, however, was a bootleg from DJ Die Young:

Big Country - “In A Big Country (DJ Die Young Bootleg Mix)”

Of course, this blog will always be about good new electronic music, and this track from Ireland’s Gavin Herlihy has been in rotation for more than a minute:

Gavin Herlihy - “Opium Haze”

International superstar Dubfire returns to Basstown Friday, February 29 at Estate:

Dubfire - “Rib Cage”

And there is some talk Basstown can bring Kompakt superstar Gui Boratto sometime in April:

Goldfrapp - “A&E (Gui Boratto Remix)”

And of course dubstep remains the most vital new electronic music genre and some in Basstown agree. It’s mining of classic reggae-style riddims and deep sub-bass is the vanguard of club culture:

Peverelist & Appleblim - “Over Here”

But the biggest news of the week came when Basstown announced it was bringing Diplo back to The Hub on Saturday, February 23. Get your $15 advance tickets here before it sells out. That will make for one good slideshow.

 

 Big Country - In a Big Country (DJ Die Young Bootleg Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Gavin Herlihy - Opium Haze: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Dubfire - Rib Cage: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Goldfrapp - A&E (Gui Boratto Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Peverelist & Appleblim - Over Here: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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