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Bastille is no stranger to TNC. In their consistently fast pace of production, they manage to turn out quality product after quality product. You may remember their epic electro-house Dusk Winterman EP, or perhaps their TNC partnership Let Them Eat Mixtapes, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, that featured a wide range of house and electro influences, pounding dubstep mix and a deep house sampler, respectively. If you want to really dig deep into the Bastille vault, check out a three-part interview they did with us to promote the release of their first ever EP, Liberte (Part 1, 2, 3). With several other mixes on top of these two EPs under their belts, the duo have opened for the likes of Nadastrom, Designer Drugs, Stanton Warriors, Brother Ali, and have been featured at venues such as Control @ the Avalon in Hollywood, CA, Controversy @ The Standard in Hollywood, CA, and FLUX @ Divas in Northampton, MA. They’ve clearly got the DJ chops (check this promo of their live work), and are starting to prove that they have the songwriting and producing capabilities to catapult themselves into the fray as a compelling duo.
With this impressive checklist of credentials behind them, Bastille proudly presents their Bumpin‘ EP, that features some fancy sampling and chopping atop funky disco-house beats that are simultaneously classy enough to be played at high-end clubs but dance-y enough to be featured at big-stage festivals. The three-song EP has been in the works for two-plus years, and represents an accomplishment in digging up old ideas, restoring them, and bringing them to life in new ways. In reviving and chopping disco and soul samples into their unique blend of house beats, Bastille have found themselves among a small but growing group of producers in the niche of breathing new life into soul, disco, and gypsy jazz, and puts them in the same league as groups such as YolandaBeCool, who did a similar sampling and refurbishment in their now famous We Speak No Americano. If you find yourself drawn to this type of house music, or any sort of innovative house music, the Bumpin EP is right up your alley. For more on Bastille and their inspirations, check out their blog, Apes with Barrels, and be sure to keep your eyes open for Bastille shows at Wesleyan University and Universities across the Northeast this Fall.
Pump Up The Volume by Bastille
For any/all of your Bastille download needs, check out their Mediafire folders for free downloads of live sets, bootlegs, old EPs, and more. For more info about how the tracks came together and samples, keep reading after the jump.
Bumpin
Bumpin, the first track on the EP, samples The Kay-Gees’ 70′s disco epic, “You’ve Got To Keep On Bumpin.” Bastille found this tune on youtube, and it struck a chord. After meticulously cutting the song up, it took around two months to bang out the structure of the remix, and the rest of the summer to iron out the mastering details.
Wide Open
Wide Open samples the 70′s funk classic of the same title by Brick. The track was, for all intents and purposes, made in three days after an artistic stroke of lightning and good fortune. Says Michael Ullman, half of the Bastille duo:
The sample was discovered as I was downloading Brick’s album Summer Heat. I thought this might be a good album to check for samples based on another track I had heard on youtube. I sat up in bed as soon as I heard the chorus.
Pump Up The Volume
Pump Up The Volume, the final track of the EP, took the longest to make and finalize. Having begun work on it over two years ago, it represents the most incubated and thought out track for Bastille to date. It samples Parliament‘s Gettin’ To Know You from their 1976 album, The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, and very briefly samples Ice-T‘s vocals on “I’m your Pusher.” The Parliament sample was a random find after sifting through old and un-listened-to music in iTunes, and the rest is history.
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