BASSing music on sounds

There’s a new DJ band that is trying to bring better quality to the break-beat, eastern Drum and breaks, and E.E. (Experimental Electronica) in India with a dash of their unique style and Indian flavour.

“We get into various sorts of sounds, even Indian classical, but we have a lot of bass. We are not only remixing, but creating our original tracks,” says Prashant Bhatnagar aka Parsh of Deaf Bass.

The duo uses a lot of samples from everyday life in their music.

Sounds from the Delhi metro, informercial recordings (like mai bahut mota ho gaya tha), and radio announcements like aap bavishyavani sun rahe hai and even sounds of a jammed printer. They have most recently remixed the most unlikely song to qualify for a house mix — Lakdi ki kathi.

“We are trying to be experimental. We want to do something different compared to those who have made a mark for themselves with their own individual style,” says Parsh.

Interestingly, they are one of a kind DJ band which works from different cities. While Parsh is located in Delhi, Piyush Bhatnagar stays in Mumbai. The two work on their ideas when they are away and are constantly staying in touch. So when they meet, which is mostly in Mumbai, they spend a week working on fresh tracks.

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

The concept for their band name comes from the heavy bass used in their tracks. The theory goes — a hearing impairment is a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds, caused by a wide range of “heavy basslines” and high energy strings and riff patterns.