2011
08/05 – 08/06 BASSNECTAR IN KANSAS CITY, KS AT KANROCKSAS
Bassnectar hits Kanrocksas in Kansas City, KS on Friday, August 5th, 2011! Eminem, Muse, The Black Keys, Primus, The Flaming Lips, and many others will also be performing! This is an All Ages event. Doors: Friday 10:00 AM – Close: Sunday Noon For more info head to www.kanrocksas.com or click below for tickets.
1st BASS ISLAND STORMS NYC 8/13
August 13, 2011: New York City: Bass Island The Bassnectar team is thrilled to bring you the first ever BASS ISLAND adventure, part one in a spellbinding trilogy of music, art, and culture that will unfold on the beautiful South Island Field at Governors Island, New York City this summer. We want to create a unique world to explore, beyond the realms of a normal concert experience. Much like the regional Bass Center events, we expect to ram this island to the gills with freaks and bass heads, as it is our only stop in NYC for the rest of the year. We are excited to welcome our stellar support line-up featuring LUPE FIASCO, Z-TRIP, PREFUSE 73, VIRTUAL BOY, DAVE NADA and JORO BORO! CLICK HERE FOR BASS ISLAND TICKETS
2010 Fall Tour Net Neutrality Contribution
Greetings Bass Heads! With your help in purchasing tickets for this tour, Bassnectar Labs is excited to announce that we will be contributing a dollar of every US Fall Tour ticket sale to a worthy cause. THE ISSUE: With grand hopes of starting a nonprofit of our own brewing, The Labs decided that this tour should focus on one of the most pressing issues of our time- Net Neutrality. For a quick primer on what Net Neutrality is, take a listen to a rantapella that Lorin created with Ill Gates to raise awareness about the issue: Now, more on the organizations: Public Knowledge The most pressing front of Net Neutrality is legislative. The government has the ability to protect the internet from the capricious whims of companies like Google, Verizon, and Comcast that would like to create 2 internets: one where everyone has to pay for service- from the content creators to the content viewers, and another that is free, with no investors because a free service is not as impactful on their bottom line. Think about the difference between HBO and public access television. Public Knowledge is an organization at the forefront of Media rights legislation, watching bills as
08/07/2011 Bassnectar in Salmo, BC at Shambhala
Bassnectar hits Shambhala in Salmo, BC on Sunday, August 7th, 2011! Bonobo, Siriusmo, ill.Gates, Kingdom, Mimosa, Bird Peterson, Girl Unit and many others will also be performing! THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! Tickets may still be available from ticket outlets – for more info visit www.shambhalamusicfestival.com/store/ticket-stores-info/
Fan Bass: The Bassnectar Vaults
The questions for our Fan Bass section keep rolling in – and from personal politics to metaphysical pondering, you are leaving no stone unturned. So in an effort to keep up with you curious types, here’s another answer direct from Planet Lorin. Click here to submit your own question, and free to add comments or questions about this post below. More answers are on the way! QUESTION: Why don’t you play more of your older material? Your older stuff seems softer and more melodic, do you miss performing the classics like Kyrian Bee Bop, Pleasure the Bassnympho, Agent Squish etc.? Bhaley
07/20/11 Bassnectar in Cannes, FR at Les Plages Electroniques Festival
Bassnectar hits Les Plages Electroniques Festival in Cannes, France on Wednesday, July 20rd, 2011! Derrick May, Crookers, DJ Marky & Stamina MC/strong>, Tiefshwartz, DJ Kentaro, Norman Jay and many others will also be performing! For more info visit www.plages-electroniques.com or click below for tickets: