And i like that. Not only do i not feel any interest in the mainstream club world, but i honestly have no idea if it regards me, and if so how. I would have to say that the typical bassnectar crowd throughout North America is as eclectic as the music, in terms of gender, style, and musical preference. I was really deep into burningman in , , etc. Just good music, and good creativity. How much of your set is material that you have created in some way?
Then again, with Ableton LIVE, lately, its just been an onslaught of unlimited sampled loops, bit, bobs, drops, vocals, womps, wanks, warmps, buzzers, geezers, and endless snippets…. What was the most popular personal edit or remix that you have made?
Ministry of Sound is alllll over it. Just Kidding. Also, i am suuuuuuuper into brass bands, balkan gypsy, romanian, turn of the century, antique shit…even accordians and polka makes me goofy lately. Even though i used to take so much heat from closeminded ass holes in like and for DJing with CDs, the fact is, i was editing everything, even in small ways normalizing, EQ, mastering, cleaning up, making interesting intros, deleting a stupid word or phrase, repeating something really good, adding an extra drum loop, sampling just a good element, etc etc so my sets were not only unique but also REALLY able to feature the level of quality that my ears needed, and i could use any source material i wanted.
Also, again, with Ableton LIVE, these days the arrangement of a track is almost always different at least slightly cuz its on the fly. How important do you think it is for new djs to personalize their sets with remixes and edits? But then again, i do not know how essential new DJs are. And that is a crumby thing to say, especially concerning the fact that i am a very inclusive and community oriented person, AND have taught DJ and Remix classes and workshops for years.
I can think instantly of 5 creative things an individual can do that would blow my mind way harder than spinning a dope DJ set. Noise , which peaked at the number 21 position. Bassnectar draws influences from various genres such as rock and metal. He has a wide variety of software instruments. Bassnectar has stated that he loves using the Bose QuietComfort 15 headphones when producing on the road. He has a collection of Avalon VTsp microphone preamps. The claim alleges that Ashton contacted Ramsbottom in the wake of the MeToo movement and offered to pay for therapy.
It also alleges that Ashton offered the two money for their silence. At the end of the s, he became a figurehead in the bombastic EDM scene. After she turned 18 and started college, Bowling said he began paying for her to fly across the country to see him.
Even after she turned 18, Bowling said Ashton insisted she keep the relationship secret and use Wickr to text. She remembered breaking his rule to confide in a friend she met her freshman year of college, Laurel Small. Bowling said Ashton gave her other rules to follow, too, like not wearing makeup or perfume, and she said he discouraged her from joining her college dance team. Like the other women VICE spoke with, Bowling remembered Ashton continuously warning her that men are only after sex and not to be trusted.
Despite his warnings, she said she met someone she wanted to date in the spring of , her sophomore year of college, and her relationship with Ashton shifted to friendship. Despite her title, her experience with Ashton mirrored the experience of the others.
Before their relationship became serious in , Hughes said she experienced the behaviors other women described: when she met up with him at Counterpoint Festival in , she recalled him trying to convince her to break up with her boyfriend and giving her an oddly long hug.
The similarities continued as their relationship progressed: she said he asked her to use a privacy messaging app and tried to convince her to delete her social media, which she now sees as an attempt to isolate her. She also remembers him recommending the movie American Beauty to her and them watching animal documentaries, specifically one about silverback gorillas.
When Bowling decided to anonymously share her story on the evidenceagainstbassnectar Instagram last year, as well as finally tell her friends and family about what happened, she said she felt a huge weight being lifted. Ramsbottom said she knew she had the power to shift the tide of opinion by sharing a recording of a phone call between herself and Ashton.
That is quite literally statutory rape Is it not? What happened with you is something I want to take accountability on any level with you. If you think it's worth me going to live forever in a Tennessee jail to be either raped or beaten to death She was right that the call would change minds.
The electronic music producer and longtime Bassnectar collaborator ill. To hear that power he had turned on a young woman was chilling. This moment was a long time coming for Dave Montana Billings, 35, better known as DB Montana, and the creator of evidenceagainstbassnectar. He said that several women had told him they were in problematic, sexual relationships with Ashton years ago. He was skeptical at first, but became motivated to do something last year.
For those deep in the Bassnectar fandom, Montana is a known figure. He was arrested in over a domestic dispute with his mother, though the charges were ultimately dropped. As a former audio engineer, he said he noticed that Bassnectar tracks often included uncredited elements and samples from other artists. I was just a music nerd that understood what was going on and wanted to shed light on it.
That was theft pure and simple. It was unbelievable to me. The pattern spans from as early as the mids to as recently as spring of last year. In the case of electronic music and sampling, Lane said there is an ethical code among DJs that Ashton crossed. Ashton has been called out for stealing other types of art, too. In April , visual artist and animator Max Hattler accused Ashton , then later sued him, for using his art during live performances without permission or payment.
The case was ultimately settled. There was hope that this platform would allow ill. Gates to grow and find his own audience as a result. Other well-known bass music producers have alluded to the controversy in support of victims, including Peekaboo , G. Jones , and Apashe. But no male collaborators besides Lane have spoken publicly about their personal experiences.
He said that his doing so is actually one more example of him being manipulated by Ashton. According to Lane, the two spoke when the evidenceagainstbassnectar Instagram surfaced. He chalked up much of his experience to the unfortunate realities of the brutal music industry. She said that Ashton unacceptably used a portion of one of her original songs without credit or permission, then made ultimately hollow promises about how he would rectify the situation. LeSesne initially shared her story in a Twitter thread on July 7, after learning of the other allegations against him.
He also made a number of attempts to locate the owner of the original work. LeSesne in creating his new, transformative work and out of respect would very much like to work out a fair compensation agreement. Ultimately, she said she was offered more royalty payments, but has yet to receive them.
Streaming makes very little money for artists. According to the website sets. LeSesne said that throughout her experience, she never found much support from either the Bassnectar fandom or the larger music world.
He said that a later Bassnectar remix of the track sounded almost exactly the same. His Twitter stream is filled with messages of support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Be Interactive, the nonprofit launched in and run by the Bassnectar team that has since rebranded as Interactive Giving Fund, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity, including a grant specifically for projects that support LGBTQ rights.
He had no trust for anyone he ever worked with. Electronic music producer and singer Mimi Page said she had a glimpse of the man behind the curtain, too.
She said that her original work was taken by Ashton to further a falsely compassionate, feminist facade that tricked even more women. She wrote that many women told her they discovered Bassnectar through that song. On Spotify alone, the song has been streamed nearly 8 million times. Her website features a photo of the event, her arms spread in celebration in front of the huge crowd.
An artist is required to pay their dues and the exposure Mimi received was candidly invaluable. As of late September of last year, her website did say that, but by late January of , any written mention of Bassnectar had been removed.
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