B.Rich at the Milky Way, FREE, 11.17 ! Interview, Mixes & Free MP3's & More

B.Rich is making a highly anticipated return to Boston this coming tuesday! Since moving back to hometown Pittsburgh earlier this year, he has been probably the most productive he has ever been in the studio, dropping original tracks and remixes left and right. He’s in the midst of a North American tour which he began a few weeks ago, and we’ll get to hear some of the dancefloor fillers he’s been working on when he visits his “home away from home” this coming week. Expect to hear a set rammed with dubstep, uk funky, baltimore club, dutch house, a touch of electro, he spans the entire gamut!

Respect for So Dope and Drink Musik for putting this event together! 

So we’ll start this post with the official event info:

BASS IS KING.

And the palace is Boston.

featuring:

B.RICH (Party Like Us, Palms Out Sounds)
Welcoming back Boston Bass Royalty, B.RICH will be gracing JP’s beloved Milky Way for one night only. With new remixes up his sleeve, and a ton of tour dates crossed off his calendar, the illustrious B.Rich has a plethora of bass to keep you and your friends (and their friends) dancing all night long. 
Check out some greatness:
http://www.myspace.com/brichbass
http://brichmusic.wordpress.com/

VOLTRAN (So Dope)
The notorious VOLTRAN will join in the havoc wreaking by supplying dope (So Dope!) sounds that go bump bump bump while your lover goes hump hump hump!
http://www.sodopeproductions.com

YES&NO (drinkmusik)
As always, the Milky Way’s favorite party monsters YES&NO will be repping the hood with their masterful and animated mixing abilities, bringing your club experience to the next level. 
http://drinkmusik.blogspot.com

Chris J. Oppold a.k.a REVEREND J HOUND DOG (C&G) 
Veteran musician and Berklee wunderkind, Chris is turning heads when it comes to DJing. Of the Savant Project & Middlesex favorite C&G crew, he brings nothing but the best in DANCE to the table every time.
http://www.facebook.com/chrisandgregdj

V.Ka$h
…is Boston’s best VJ. Hands down. If you haven’t seen him yet, you haven’t been out much. And if you have, then there’s no question.
http://vkash.blogspot.com

21+, Free, See you there

B.Rich’s other tour stops below:

That being said, I had a chance to catch up with B.Rich this past week. I sent him a few interview questions; because Beantown Boogiedown has had a slight lean towards audio production, a few of the questions focus a bit on the technical side of things. Respect to Barrett for the quick response and Mike Tran for getting me in touch with him!

Nick: I know you’ve been working hard at producing for a pretty long time. When did it occur to you that it could potentially become more than just a fun hobby?

B.Rich: It’s been more than just a “fun hobby” for many years now and it was more of like a part-time job (still fun though). But I guess it was in the beginning of 2009 where I realized that I either needed to go all-in, so to speak, or it wasn’t going to happen. I had some great support and I decided to go with it, so I left my job to do this full time and haven’t looked back since.

Nick: For the tech-savvy amongst us, describe your current studio set-up.

B.Rich: It is pretty simple. Quad-core/4GB RAM PC running Cubase SX 3 (so outdated! buying 5 when i get back from tour). Various crucial VSTi including but not limited to NI Massive, Albino3, Predator with that tiny Oxygen 8 MIDI controller. My monitors are a 2.1 system from A Blue Sky. Really good.. helps me nail that big bass sound for the clubs. Also, a coffee machine.

Nick: If you could have any one piece of classic/vintage hardware that you don’t currently have (sp1200, tr-808, etc) what would you choose and how would you utilize it in your production workflow?

B.Rich: I kind of miss my Juno-106 but I’d take a TB-303 and bring back the acidline.

Nick: What was the first dance music based cd or 12” you bought? Do you still have it today?

B.Rich: For dance music, it was Moby’s self-titled first album and a compilation called “Rave Til Dawn”. It had all the classics. Blue Pearl, Praga Khan,Lords of Acid, Channel X etc.

Nick: Which musicians or producers who you have not collaborated with yet would you like to work with the most in the near future?

B.Rich: I have plans with a handful of artists for upcoming collabs. You could possibly see some collabs with guys like 12th Planet and Foamo next year. I just recently did a tune with San Francisco badman DZ and also recorded a tune in Atlanta while on tour with Sporty-O and Armanni Reign.

Nick: As dance music distribution has almost completed it’s transition from traditional media (vinyl and cd’s) to entirely digital, a number of producers feel that in several years time most musical content will be distributed for free and their main source of income will be derived from gigs, live shows, and branded accessories (clothing, etc.) Do you agree or disagree with this projection?

B.Rich: I’ve been saying just the same thing and completely agree.

Nick: Any upcoming projects or releases you would like to let us know about?

B.Rich: Wrapping up a remix for Ultra / Tommie Sunshine at the moment and a handful of various remixes that’ll probably come out early next year. Most of it has been on either the deeper funky tip or dubstep lately. My Party Like Us Remix EP drops soon this month with remixes by Heavyfeet, Squires of Gothos, J. Rabbit, AC Slater and AutoErotique.

Nick: Top five tracks in your crate right now.

B.Rich: 
1. Little Jinder - Youth Blood (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
2. Havocndeed - Vindicta ft. Theresa Joy
3. A1 Bassline - 8oh8
4. Dre Skull & Juiceboxxx - Hype (Udachi Remix)
5. Blatta & Inesha - Bite Your Lip ft. Rqm (Congorock Remix) 

Be sure to check out Drink Musik as well for an additional interview with Barrett! 

 

Haven’t heard any of B.Rich’s tunes yet? Plenty of audio goodness below, including (but not limited to) links to a couple free tracks/remixes he has given away, a couple of Soundcloud embeds, an Amazon link to cop a few of his recent MP3’s including some work he’s done with Rico Tubbs, AC Slater, and Heavyfeet, a 10-minute Ableton mini-mix I made a few days ago with ten of his tracks mashed together, and one of his own DJ mixes from earlier this month!

B Rich & AC Slater - Poison by raw dj

B. Rich - Make Me Dance (Jacuzzi Hi-Dive Remix) by Bass&Treble

B.Rich - November 2009 - Promo Mix (part 1)

01. Sibley - Tie Me Down ft. Andre Merritt (Green Money Remix)
02. Majestic - In The VIP (Dubwise Remix)
03. Egyptrixx - Everybody’s Bleeding
04. L-Vis 1990 - Compass
05. Bloody Beetroots - Theolonius (French Fries Remix)
06. Sidney Samson - Let’s Go ft. Lady Bee & Bizzey
07. Zinc - Horrible
08. Kid Sister - Right Hand Hi (Kingdom Remix)
09. Lauren Flax - You’ve Changed (Richie Panic & UFO! Remix)
10. Nadastrom - Save Us
11. Major Lazer - Keep It Going Louder (Savage Skulls Remix)
12. Two Fresh - Bhanga (B. Rich Remix)
13. Dre Skull & Juiceboxxx - Hype (Udachi Remix)
14. Young Punx - Ready For The Fight (Black Noise Remix)
15. Radiokillaz - Dope Beat
16. Bubbz - Citizens of the City (AC Slater Remix)
17. South Rakkas Crew - Robots Revenge ft. Seroce (Udachi Remix)
18. Crookers - Put Your Hands On Me (Black Noise Remix)
19. Dino - I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On (Purple Lips Remix)
20. Saint Saviour - Star Jumps (Urchins Remix)
21. Drop The Lime - Devil’s Eyes (Luca’s Club Mix)
22. Martin Solveig - Boys & Girls ft Dragonette (Laidback Luke Remix)
23. Radiokillaz - Get Up & Rock
24. Dope Tito - Take Me Away ft. Suzi (B. Rich Remix)
25. Toxic Avenger - Toxic Is Dead (Drop The Lime Remix)
26. NAPT - Time You Realised
27. DZ - Fatty
28. Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)

B.Rich - November 2009 - Promo Mix (part 2)

01. Chromeo - Night By Night (Skream Remix)
02. Basement Jaxx - Raindrops (Joker & Ginz Remix)
03. Terror Danjah & Elrae - Body 2 Body
04. Matt U - Jump
05. Dr. Woogie - Dutty Charge ft. MC Chickaboo & Mama (Remix)
06. Turboweekend - Something Or Nothing (2000F & JKamata Remix)
07. Mr. Hudson - White Lies (Rusko’s Euphoria Mix)
08. Beyonce - Why Don’t You Love Me (Reid Speed & Flinch Remix)
09. N Dot E - To The Top
10. Terror Danjah - Zumpi Hunter VIP
11. Virus Syndicate - I’m Here
12. Deekline & Wizard - Bounce & Rebound ft Top Cat & Fallacy (Bassnectar Remix)
13. Crookers - Businessman ft. Wiley & Thomas Jules (DZ Remix)
14. Tek-One - Hate You
15. Virus Syndicate - Crazy
16. Drums of Death - Got Yr Thing (Starkey Remix)
17. Dev79 - Live N Die For The Street Bass (B. Rich Remix)
18. B. Rich - Make Me Dance (J. Rabbit Remix)
19. Herbdout - New Master
20. Deekline, Tim Healey ft 321 - Bring It Back (Ed Solo & JFB Remix)
21. EmalKay - When I Look At You
22. Lea Luna - Leaving For Mars (B. Rich Remix)
23. Mr. J. Medeiros - Holding On ft. Tara Ellis (B. Rich Remix)
24. Tiesto - Knock You Out ft. Emily Haines (B. Rich Remix)
25. Krause - Can’t Shut Me Up (AC Slater Remix)
26. BC - This Is Not A Song (B. Rich Remix)
27. AC Slater - Calm Down Pt. 2
28. Stenchman - Computer Expert
29. Excision & Datsik - Swagga
30. 12th Planet & Antiserum - Snack Attack
31. Stagga - Face Get Splat
32. Star Eyes - Disappear (Dexplicit Remix)
33. Subfocus - X-Ray (Nate Day & Steve Rea Remix)

Nickdawg’s B.Rich Ableton Mash-up Session (nov 09) by beantownboogiedown

Tracks used in this mini-mix (any ones that have links are free downloads!)

B.Rich: Can’t Take What I Got (Heavyfeet remix) 
Rico Tubbs: Hote Girls Dope Boys (B.Rich remix) 
Norrit & Royce Diamond: Move (B.Rich remix) 
Fagget Fairys: Roll The Dice (B.Rich remix) 
Fagget Fairys: Roll The Dice (B.Rich dub remix) 
BC: This is Not a Song (B.Rich remix) 
Elrae & Terror Danjah: Body 2 Body (B.Rich remix) 
Lea Luna: Leaving for Mars (B.Rich remix) 
AC Slater: Hello (B.Rich remix) 
MR J Medeiros & Tara Ellis: Hold On (B.Rich remix)