Talking Bass and the Pacific Northwest with Terravita

At the time Terravita’s latest EP, The Fallen, had just recently been released on Buygore, a change from the usual Firepower Records. While it’s common to see artists release tracks and EPs on more than 1 label, we were curious on the change up from Terravita. The group has been evolving their sound since the beginning. From their beginnings with drum and bass, to now a marriage of all things bass. When the guys were wrapping up the tracks, they just seemed to be a better fit with the Buygore label. Label aside, we’re hyped on the latest release and look forward to seeing what they have in store next.

The idea that a group or artist should remain the same was definitely not an option for Terravita. The guys felt they wouldn’t be doing themselves, or their fans, justice if they just stuck to the same thing track after track. It’s this idea that has allowed the two to create such a wide variety of music over the last 10 years. A Terravita set will never disappoint and bring some of the best selections of all walks of bass music. While on the topic we’d also like to see what the guys felt about the state of “Dubstep.”

Make no mistake, Paradiso 2016 was all about bass, and the rise of Dubstep back into the spotlight was felt all over the festival. Rewinding back a few years when electronic dance music was making it’s way into the mainstream. The idea of genre separation with much apart of it as any other type of music being heard on the radio. For the less informed, “EDM” was a blanket term used for anything electronic, but to others you had Dubstep, House, Trance, or Techno. Now back to 2016, the scene has virtually been flooded with so many subgenres – it’s almost impossible to keep track.

We talked about how the guys keep their sets so diverse and not stick to just one style of bass music. They’d responded simply by saying it’s all bass music and it shouldn’t really matter as long as it sounds good. Dubstep, Trap, Bass House… it’s all starting to blend together and each style tends to take a little something from each other. It’s because of this you can go to a “Dubstep” show and likely hear a little Trap, House, or Drum and Bass thrown in as well. At the end of the day, festivals and shows are about the love of the music, and true fans will be there enjoying whatever the person behind the decks is spinning.