[schwallman]

Go check evols to protect and swerve mix at sound cloud. That terra vita track is dropped in the first 5 minutes. So f-in sick.

 

[schwallman]

Also check calvertron - blame game and future proof.

I rarely get to share tracks that I think are sick. The people I work with are old and most of my friends hate electronic music. I want my old friends back.

 

[MorbidToaster]

Head over to the Electronic Music Exchange thread I started in the Music forum and throw down some links. I'm sure those guys would appreciate it.
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Also check calvertron - blame game and future proof.

I rarely get to share tracks that I think are sick. The people I work with are old and most of my friends hate electronic music. I want my old friends back.

 
 

 

[Uncle Erik]

I'm not much of a basshead, but I use a few discs to evaluate bass:

DSoTM, Pink Floyd. The heartbeat at the beginning and end are great.

Violator, Depeche Mode. Some great, low synth beats here.

1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky. It actually calls for cannon blasts in the score. This is badass classical and a great test of bass.

I spin all of these on SACD.

 

[MorbidToaster]

Never thought I'd think of SACD and 1812 as being badass, but you changed that.
 
Side note...God I want an SACD player.
 
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I'm not much of a basshead, but I use a few discs to evaluate bass:

DSoTM, Pink Floyd. The heartbeat at the beginning and end are great.

Violator, Depeche Mode. Some great, low synth beats here.

1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky. It actually calls for cannon blasts in the score. This is badass classical and a great test of bass.

I spin all of these on SACD.

 
 

 

[DeatHaze]

lol thread should be renamed to dnb/dub songs to test your bass thread 

 

[schwallman]

lol thread should be renamed to dnb/dub songs to test your bass thread 

I'm all for that.

 

[Redcarmoose]

Michael Stearns - Encounter: A Journey In The Key of Space (1988)

I have not found it possible to reproduce this bass on headphones

 

 

[dana789]

My choices are: Thunder, on the album by the same name, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten. Also: "You can call me Al" from Paul Simon's Graceland. Bakathi Kumalo's fretless bass lines are great. Sorry for such a well-known choice.

 

[BournePerfect]

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me-U2
Without Me- Eminem
Billie Jean-Michael Jackson
Ava Adore-Smashing Pumpkins
 
-Daniel
 

 

[Prog Rock Man]

The opening to Massive Attack's 'Angel'. The double thump and click are very hard to reproduce without distorting.

 

[Narwayo]

You could try Crookers ft Tim Burgess - Lone White Wolf
 
If you are going to listen from youtube, choose 720p. it reproduces sounds that are not reproduced from the lowest res. The video is funny but a jest.
 
I am not a basshead, at least in the truly sense of the word. I not use it just for bass, but because at the same time I can test immediately acoustic guitars, ambient/background sounds, and ...bass. And obviously how an headphone reproduces the whole. 

 

[Kukuk]

I think David Bowie's Soul Love is a great song to test not just bass thump, but the ability to follow the bassline behind it. Definitely my go-to song for testing bass.

 

 

[jackcatscal]

I don't think you can match the bass in about any organ piece by Bach.  The obvious choice would be to start with a good recording of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.  Beyond the ultra-low bass of the biggest organ pipes, you have the fact that the bass notes take a really long time to decay in a big cathedral setting.
 
Speaking of toccatas, you should also try a piece called "Toccata" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on their album Welcome Back, My Friends...  It combines electronica, organ, and kettle drums.  And lots and lots of bass.

 

[Derp]

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The opening to Massive Attack's 'Angel'. The double thump and click are very hard to reproduce without distorting.

I agree, that's a great test for your rig's bass response.
 
I usually test my cans out on some Autechre tracks. Stuff like MCR Quarter has crazy deep booming bass that is tough to reproduce.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzcaWhBpeSM