{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"hearthis.at","provider_url":"https:\/\/hearthis.at","height":"150","width":"100%","title":"The Bass Archaeology Podcast Episode 14 - Hosted by Cookee","description":"Bass Archaeology \u2013 Episode 14 - Sunshine Daze!\r\n\r\nEpisode 14 of Bass Archaeology travels through deep soul, jazz-funk, conscious hip-hop, electro, house and jungle to uncover how bass music evolved from warm analogue musicianship into rave futurism. This journey starts in the sun-drenched atmosphere of Everybody Loves the Sunshine by Roy Ayers, where hypnotic basslines, drifting Rhodes chords and loose groove philosophy laid foundations that producers would sample and reinterpret for decades to come.\r\n\r\nFrom there, the emotional storytelling of Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips showcases bass as narrative support rather than technical showmanship. The warm melodic playing underneath Gladys Knight\u2019s timeless vocal performance reveals how soul music used restraint, pocket and feel to create emotional depth.\r\n\r\nThe show then drifts into the jazz-rap haze of Pacifics by Digable Planets, where sampled jazz textures and dusty low-end grooves transformed old records into entirely new worlds. That atmosphere deepens further with Thieves in the Night by Black Star, a philosophical and socially conscious masterpiece that uses sparse boom-bap bass weight and haunting samples to create one of the defining underground hip-hop statements of the late 90s.\r\n\r\nElectro and reggae collide next with Reckless by Afrika Bambaataa featuring UB40, capturing a period where programmed basslines and drum machines began reshaping global dance music culture. That evolution accelerates into the club foundations of modern electronic music with Ooh, I Love It (Love Break) by The Salsoul Orchestra, one of the most sampled dance records ever made and a crucial bridge between disco orchestration, electro-funk and hip-hop break culture...\r\n\r\nThe second half of the episode explores how these foundations evolved into house and rave futurism. Can You Feel It by Mr. Fingers channels deep house minimalism into spiritual club music, while Lindo Momento by Monsieur Van Pratt reinterprets disco warmth through modern nu-disco production and analogue-inspired groove.\r\n\r\nUnderground pressure arrives through modern house gem called 'Games' and Jungle originiations like 'Untouchable' , before the journey descends fully into the shadowy low-end futurism of Valley of the Shadows by Origin Unknown one of jungle and drum & bass culture\u2019s most iconic atmospheric records.\r\n\r\nFinally, Out of Space by The Prodigy detonates the rave energy completely, fusing reggae samples, breakbeats and hardcore intensity into a defining anthem of UK electronic music culture, before the Bass Archaeology band closes the episode with a liquid drum & bass outro that brings the entire low-end journey full circle.\r\n\r\nEpisode 14 traces the DNA of bass music across decades and genres \u2014 from live soul musicianship and jazz-funk atmosphere to sample culture, deep house hypnosis, jungle futurism and rave energy \u2014 revealing how groove, space and bass pressure continue to connect every era of underground music history.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/img.hearthis.at\/7\/0\/0\/_\/uploads\/1482046\/image_track\/14292388\/w1200_h628_q70_ptrue_v2_m1778232654----cropped_1778232627007.jpg?m=1778232654","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":628,"html":"