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Live review: Bassnectar
San Francisco electronica group Bassnectar lived up to its moniker Friday night, almost to a fault. The sounds emanating from the Dell stage were deep and penetrating as the sun sank behind the video screens that depicted whirling break dancers splattered in digital paint. Heavy bass riffs from the band’s danceable mash-ups shook the nearby porta potties and rattled the chests of the people waiting in line well back from the stage. The band spun some classic crowd-pleasers from the likes of Grand Master Flash, Pink Floyd and the Cure as well as a few head scratchers, such as a mix of “It Takes Two” (Rob Base) and “Walk Like an Egyptian” (The Bangles). The sunlit rave reached a fever pitch when the band dropped White Zombie’s “More Human than Human” although the extreme level of bass obscured the biting guitar lick that makes that song so visceral. The band brought the level down a few notches for an ambient ending to their set that included a chilled-out remix of Roy Ayers’ “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” a nod to all the “Grand Theft Auto” players in the crowd.
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