Name: BUSTY AND THE BASS
Start: 2023-11-25T20:00:00-08:00
End: 2023-11-25T23:30:00-08:00
Location: Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop

BUSTY AND THE BASS

San Francisco's long-running weekly indie partyPopsceneshowcases new and emerging artists each week and our resident DJs Aaron Axelsen and Omar spin the very best of indie, britpop, post-punk, electronic, synthpop and more.Popsceneis every Friday at Rickshaw Stop, though we'll occasionally throw parties at other fine Bay Area venues, too. So yeah, come out and dance and check out some amazing new bands and DJs @ Popscene

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Popscene and Rickshaw Sto p Co-Presents
BUSTY AND THE BASS
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8pm/all ages

Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop

Busty and the Bass

PELL

Busty and the BassEddieBusty and the Bass have spent a decade building toward the release of ‘Eddie’, their sophomore fulllength set to be released on Arts &amp; Crafts in 2020. Transforming from an instrumental campus party bandto playing at international festivals and selling out theatres across North America, the band ralliedaround friendship, a love for performing music, and a focus to uplift listeners to make a true statementalbum.‘Eddie’ pulls from a 50 year history of soul, funk, and jazz that distills it into a singular record which feelsboth timeless and of-the-moment: Old school legends of the form like George Clinton (ParliamentFunkadelic) and Macy Gray lend their talents, along with GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Neal Pogue(Earth, Wind &amp; Fire, Outkast, Tyler the Creator), creating an album full of new school sounds that sharesa lane with contemporaries Anderson .Paak and Free NationalsEverything initially happened so fast. The multinational collective - composed of three Americans, threeCanadians, and two Canadian-American dual citizens - met during their first week as students in the jazzprogram at McGill University in Montreal and jumped right into regular performances throughout thecity. As an instrumental act, they capitalized on any and every gig, taking $100 for a three-hour set orexchanging tunes for wine and hors d’oeuvres at a cocktail party. Performing for the pure joy of it. Ridinggrooves, building a community. Eventually incorporating vocals, they quietly asserted themselves amongCanada’s most-beloved live bands with marathon touring and invites to international festivals like MadeIn America (USA) and 2Q Festival (UK).Over the years, the band released two EPs—GLAM [2015] and LIFT [2016]—and 2017 full-length debut,Uncommon Good. These albums were developed directly from the live show, translating many of thefan-favorite jams into loose song structures on the record. Nevertheless, these releases still resonated tothe tune of 20 million-plus streams worldwide.In 2018, rather than leap right from the stage to the studio again, they took a break and hunkered downto properly write an album for the first time. Instead of pinning the songs to “instrumental vibes” likepast recordings, members penned songs individually and presented them to the larger collective, givingbirth to their proper 2020 debut, ‘Eddie’.“We took one-week or two-week stretches and wrote by ourselves, and then we came together for threeuninterrupted weeks in the studio,” recalls Scott Bevins (trumpet). “Uncommon Good was like apatchwork. On ‘Eddie’, we had fully fleshed out ideas for the first time.”As such, ‘Eddie’ stands out as a cohesive, intentional, and deliberate body of work. As members sharedtheir respective songs, they found common themes running across the demos: heartbreak, growth, andfinding an equilibrium as you mature into adulthood. Uncommon themes for a funk band, but ‘Eddie’ isnot a typical album. The band deftly balances between soulful emotional honesty and intergalacticpsychedelia.To help realize this ambitious approach, the group collaborated with GRAMMY® Award-winning producerNeal Pogue for ‘Eddie’. Alistar Blu (keys, vocals) goes on, “He’s like a musical guide. He focuses all of ouropinions and musical ideas into one atmosphere.”Pogue fell in love with the band’s sound immediately and took them under his wing. The pairing couldn’thave been more perfect, Pogue’s discography over the last 20 years reads like the Hall Of Fame for artiststaking R&amp;B and funk into the 21st century. Highlights include engineering and arranging T.L.C.’s #1 single“Waterfalls”, engineering and mixing Outkast’s GRAMMY® Award-winning Album of the Year‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’, and mixing Tyler the Creator’s recent GRAMMY® Award Rap Album ofthe Year ‘IGOR’. Busty and the Bass defy pastiche, it’s the DNA of this musical tradition at the core of‘Eddie’.Tradition is alive on ‘Eddie’, in more ways than one. Most notably, the first single features ParliamentFunkadelic founder George Clinton blessing “Baggy Eyed Dopeman” with unfettered interstellarpsychedelic funkiness like only he can. Evoking the Dungeon Family’s fonkiest singalong party tunes.“Out of Love” unites the band with iconic songstress Macy Gray. After covering her classic “I Try” foryears and receiving the seal of approval from Gray herself, they invited the singer into their world for thedancefloor-ready funky house track. She vaults from subtle verses into attitude-spiked soul on the bridgehighlighted by hummable horns.Moonchild singer Amber Navran lent her unmistakable croon to dreamy neo-soul single “Clouds.” TheB-side “Summer,” an minimalist gospel ballad driven only by handclaps and piano before a swell ofcinematic strings add to the rich scope of the tune.Expanding the sonic palette further, the band joined forces with rappers Illa J and Jon Connor on theairtight rap of “Go So Far”, a laid back jazz-rap single that could fit alongside Rick Ross’ J.U.S.T.I.C.E.League-produced Maybach Music series.In the end, Busty and the Bass have crafted a diverse and singular album worth sharing for a long time tocome. Updating perennial psychedelic funk with modern alternative vulnerability, cinematic sonicambition, and shards of timeless truth.“We’re not afraid to push boundaries by using outside of the box elements,” Alistar Blu leaves off. “Whatwe’re doing isn’t very common. We feel we’ve really built a sound of our own here.”Whether it’s the resonante themes or the enduring rhythms, fans will find something on ‘Eddie’ toconnect with. “We ultimately try to bring people joy,” Scott concludes. “It’s simple. When they listen tous, we want them to feel good. We hope ‘Eddie’ puts a smile on their faces.”

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