Underground Dance Music Culture in Boston | Basement Movement

Bambounou’s Centrum Tour Wraps Up in Boston

[fa icon="calendar'] May 21, 2015 11:08:00 AM / by Basement Movement posted in electronic dance music, techno, boston music culture, DJs, parties, boston, bambounou, underground, electronic music, tech-house, dance music, fire

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This Memorial Day Weekend, there are tons of ways to celebrate an extra day off from work. Most will celebrate it ingesting enough beers and grilled meats to feed an impoverished village. Others will be lucky enough to travel to some of the top tier music festivals happening all over the country. If you aren’t one of those people flocking to a big time festival this weekend, fear not of missing out. There are still super heady parties going down right here in Boston.

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The Top 5 Electronic Music Events in Boston for Summer 2015

[fa icon="calendar'] May 20, 2015 7:14:00 PM / by Tom Crosby posted in electronic dance music, boston music culture, DJs, parties, boston, electronic music, dance music, fire

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Are you lining up your summer yet? Have you taken off the correct Fridays and Mondays? Are you even awake right now? Basement runs down the top 5 unmissable parties of summer 2015.

 
 

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A Beginner's Guide to Dance Music

[fa icon="calendar'] May 20, 2015 1:36:00 PM / by Tom Crosby posted in electronic dance music, style, boston music culture, parties, start here, electronic music, dance music, beginner

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If you’re finding yourself at the beginning of a journey into the world of underground electronic dance music, welcome. You may have asked yourself, "What are some weird types of music I've never heard before?" or "What can I listen to if I've grown bored of watching rock bands at local dive bars?" These are both good questions. Before we go any further, I need to warn you - this is an adventure with no end, a pursuit with no goals - it’s an endless ocean of content good and bad, for personalities big and small. It has the power to move you, to change your views, and introduce you to concepts and cultures you’ve never imagined. It’s a humbling pursuit, to say the least.
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Being a DJ in a World Saturated by DJs

[fa icon="calendar'] May 14, 2015 7:55:00 PM / by Tom Crosby posted in genres, electronic dance music, techno, style, boston music culture, DJs, parties, boston, bass, electronic music, tech-house, dance music

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I remember the first days of my love of music. I can still feel the nascent rush of a new song, unknown notes and chords and ideas flowing into my brain. I remember my dad carefully tuning the dial on his Panasonic receiver, the matte-black set wiring patchy signals to wooden-boxy Yamaha speakers. I remember that vibe, man! To a child, this was indistinguishable from magic. As an adult, the feeling miraculously remains.

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