Bass Camp Festival VI Announces Tour & Lineup

The sixth edition of the quarterly electronic bass festival ‘Bass Camp’ has been announced and will cover Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, and Pune from Feb 9. This year’s fest will be headlined by New Zealand electronic act Concord Dawn for this edition.

Initially comprising of Evan Short and Matt Harvey, Concord Dawn burst on to the NZ drum ‘n bass scene in 1999 and has since been gaining critical and commercial acclaim since. They established their own record label in 2004 and have made releases for several artists including the Australian band Pendulum. In its current avatar, the band comprises only of Matt Harvey.

Matt Harvey seems pretty excited about coming to India, and he tells us about what to expect at his gigs.

This will be my first time in India yes. It’s really been at the top of the places in the world I would really like to visit but havent been to yet. So I am stoked to be coming to see a bit of the country, even if I’m sure it will all be a bit of a blur!

Well, I play pretty heavy drum and bass, but at the same time I like to keep emotion in both the music and in the way I mix it. I play musically but also very synth heavy and nasty, if that makes sense. As always, the only way to understand is to come and hear it, loud and hot.

Bass Camp will also feature scene regulars such as the Bay Beat Collective and Ox7gen. The Mumbai gig will also have drum ‘n bass and dubstep act ViceVersa, a collaboration between Bangalore-based music producer Manas Ullas and Mumbai-based musician Rohit ‘P-Man’ Pereira (frontman of Khiladi, and bassist of Shaa’ir + Func). This will be their first live performance.

Here’s a complete list of dates and city-wise lineups.

Thursday Feb 9, Blue Frog, Mumbai
Concord Dawn (NZ)
Bay Beat Collective
Ox7gen
ViceVersa

Friday Feb 10, Zook, New Delhi
Concord Dawn
Bay Beat Collective
Ox7gen
DJ MoCity

Saturday Feb 11, Bacchus, Bangalore
Concord Dawn
DJ Vachan Chinnappa
Bay Beat Collective

Sunday Feb 12, High Spirits, Pune
Concord Dawn

Here’s a track by Concord Dawn to keep you company for the time being, below.

Stay tuned for an interview with Matt Harvey of Concord Dawn.