Archive for February, 2010



Introducing Meroz: Interview & free MP3!

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Around the time we met Laberge in 2008, we also stumbled onto an awesome single called Your Lover by Meroz. Coincidentally when we started discussing doing a EP for Laberge, we were thrilled that he mentioned having Meroz act as remixer for the lead single. As fate would have it this has turned into a long term affair and in 2010 Solid Bump will be releasing at least two EPs from this man of mystery. To get a little insight on who he is, we sat down with Meroz. Check out this interview for a taste of what is to come…

Solid Bump: Age & Location?

Meroz: Old as shit & Midwestern United States.

SB: How did you connect with Solid Bump?

M: Did a Remix For Laberge, heard positive feedback about Solid Bump on the dealings and professionalism, Seems to be pretty rare this to happen between artists and labels these days. I continued contact sent a demo and skiggity skat music & ideas are born!!

SB: Previous Releases/ Projects?

M: As Meroz, With Respect EP, Your Lover single, Your Lover Remixes, as well as various remixes released and yet to be released. As Automatic & Silk, The Gospel According to Chicago (Bumpin City Records), Jackwars EP ( Bumpin City Records).  Hystereo with Automatic & Silk, Gonna Love You (Soma Records). Driver of the Year (Future Appletree) Some Girls Would Say, Statik, Will Destroy You LPs (Indy Rock Goodness)

Full interview after the jump…

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Haiti Aid San Francisco Pics

San Francisco promoter/ DJ Corey Sleazemore took the initiative a few weeks ago to round up a “who’s who” of Bay Area electronic music talent to sponsor a fund raiser for Haiti. Mezzanine was generous to supply the venue and ample promotional support. The talent pool was absolutely second to none including Trackademicks, WallPaper, Hot Tub, and a slew of some of the best local DJs.

Solid Bump was thrilled to have White Girl Lust involved in this event. The music was amazing all night and THE EVENT RAISED NEARLY $4000 for the Red Cross! Thanks to anyone who supported this event!

Check out more pictures from the night by Parker Day.

Nerd Alert: Fatten Your Drums w/ Parallel Compression

Every Wednesday Solid Bump lets its inner nerd shine!

Flabby drums suck – especially for dance music. Of course your choice of drum sounds is the start to a hitting track but what else can you do? While this trick has to be used in combination with other good practices like smart EQing, sidechain compression, etc. – it can be a tool to help give a extra push in your drum track.

Parallel Compression (also known as New York Compression) is basically two parallel drum busses. One has no compression at all, the second is highly compressed – almost to the point of absurdity. The idea is that you can then blend the busses together to keep the natural transients of the drum track while getting the “umpff” of the compression. If you only compress your drums they might get “louder” but they will lose the dynamics that makes a drum hit. Watch this video for a basic idea…

A great alternative to setting up two busses is that most software compressors have a wet/dry knob. This way you only need one buss and you can simply blend the compression to taste using a knob. Easy – just don’t over do it!

Takin’ It Straight (Qzen & Alona Edit) – Cory Josias

As part of introducing the next wave of Solid Bump, we will be dropping little gems from the contributing artist in the coming weeks as well as interviews, scandalous back stories, incriminating pictures, and choons.

The first comes in the form of a simple but funkin’ edit from Alona & Qzen. If you checked out the song clips in the last post, the sassy french voice on Oui comes from Alona. Not being content to just be a pretty voice talking naughty, she also is a reigning disco queen DJ in the bay and has been known to turn out a edit or two herself.

For this one she joined up with another SF diva, Qzen. You may know her work with the 40 Thieves collective including last year’s nu-disco hit Don’t Turn It Off as well as collaborations with Claude Von Stroke, John Tejada, etc.

In their words the inspiration for this edit was deep rooted in a vision…”Hey let’s make cookies and work on an edit, you know, chick stuff.”

Click the arrow to the right hand side of the player to download.

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