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Los Angeles (October 17thth, 2017) – Firepower Records is beyond thrilled to announce the forthcoming release of Kompany’s Take Aim EP, and the amount of savagery he’s pumped into this project would make marauding Visigoths shudder in fear. Kompany’s rise through the ranks of bass music’s elite has been hard won and much deserved. After graduating from LA’s prestigious ICON music production school, he’s gone on to release a steady stream of tunes both independently and with label support. This will be his second EP with Firepower Records, and certainly not his last. With a bass face that could melt steel, Kompany’s music continues to demolish dance floors across the nation. Catch him on Bear Grillz’ Freakshow tour this winter.
The first tune on the EP, “Take Aim”, features long time-firepower fam lyricist Mikey Ceaser, and he takes no prisoners here. Kompany engineers a generous platform for Mikey’s lyrical swordplay while delivering some nefarious bass bombs. Kompany’s penchant for the darker sides of Dubstep come through here in the various sinister synths he expertly constructs. The tune is a bone crusher.
“Go Off” is designed to make crowds lose their shit, plain and simple. It’s a rail rider’s dream, an air conductor’s magnum opus. If you’ve seen Kompany play recently you may have witnessed him conducting the savage synths of this tune as they pummel the crowd. It’s a sight to behold. The track is perfectly balanced, toggling between dark musical narratives and full-forced walls of sound.
“Eclipse” is arguably the centerpiece of this EP. Kompany’s production skill is revealed here through his ability to build complex musical stories, which feed right into gargantuan drops. Huge beats roll the tune forward like a massive soul-devouring robot of the apocalypse, and the effect the tune has on the crowd is unmitigated madness.
Squaring off the EP is Kompany’s collaboration with Adair call “Fuk’d”. It’s a genre-bending romp through the bass music universe. An intoxicating break beat leads the tune into hip-swiveling territory real quick. Then the beat breaks down into a hard-as-nails, knee-buckling trap style section. The result is a wonderfully fresh take on bass music. “Fuk’d” is a perfect dance floor weapon for stirring the audience into frenzied hysteria.
Track list for Take Aim:
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Lee Underwood
Publicity Manager I Firepower Records
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Bear Grillz is not your run-of-the-mill EDM insider. The only shady backroom deals he’s making is how to sneak more gummy bears and honey into the green room. He is not from the EDM establishment. And yet, Bear Grillz is one of Firepower Records best selling artists. He’s toured with Datsik, and just finished a monster U.S. bus tour with Excision. Last friday, it was announced that he would reveal his true identity on the Jerry Springer show, which will remove that last bit of secrecy surrounding the personae we see on stage and in social media. We got Bear Grillz to sit in the Firepower Hotseat so he could clear up a few things for us. Here he is, ornery as ever.
The new EP, Mo Honey, Mo Problems, is stacked, and it seems that you revolutionize the entire EDM world with every release. How does this release prove that all people really want is more EDM and that they want it now?
Beatport sales statistics.
What are some pre-show rituals you have that people may not know about?
Obviously with all my fur it gets very sweaty on stage, so I like to take an ice bath before I go on. Once I fell asleep in it for an hour and a half and my knuckles went black. My tour manager had to thaw me back out again with a hairdryer while I stood there naked. Good times.
You’ve just finished with the massive Paradox Tour with Excision. What are some ways you decompress from something like that?
I literally spent about 3 days sitting in a dark basement masturbating listening to Shania Twain. It was a weird week but it brought me back to reality.
It’s rumored that you will be revealing your true identity soon. How will that go down?
It’s gonna be on Jerry Springer. I’m told they’re expecting the highest viewing figures of all time, but I’ve also been told in the past that eating raw Ostrich is good for the common cold and that drinking groupie’s tears is an aphrodisiac, so naturally I take everything with a pinch of salt.
If fans wanted to buy you gifts, what would would be on your amazon wish list?
The things that are on my wish list are not generally sold on Amazon
Buy Mo Honey Mo Problems on iTunes here: http://bit.ly/MoHoneyIT
Buy Mo Honey Mo Problems on Beatport here: http://bit.ly/MoHoneyBP
]]>Earlier this year, Bear Grillz sent out the word on social media calling for two fans to join him on the Jerry Springer stage for the revealing if they could convince him in writing why they wanted to participate so badly. Selections were made, and those two fans will bear the responsibility for lifting the veil of secrecy on their favorite Bass Music artist.
Bear Grillz’ live performance persona has him decked out in a teddy bear outfit—complete with an over-sized head—and has allowed the man underneath to evade detection by his audiences and armies of lusty groupies for years. As the mystery of his identity grew, fans developed theories, often wildly speculative, about the dude in the bear suit. Rumors that Bear Grillz was a famous celebrity taking to the decks without the burden of public scrutiny, or that he was the Grammy award winning and bespectacled Skrillex, or that it was Datsik, the Dubstep don himself, fueled an intense and passionate devotion. No one has correctly identified him yet. With the help of these two fans, the head will come off.
In the meantime, Bear Grillz has gone on to release chart-topping tunes including his best selling tracks “EDM” and “Fuck Off”, collaborations with the producers Getter and Datsik respectively. He has released 7 EP’s on the Los Angeles based Firepower Records label and has an 8th, Mo Honey, Mo Problems, due out April 22nd. He has travelled the world, selling out major clubs from Australia to South America, and he has supported both Excision and Datsik on extravagant Bus Tour’s across the U.S.—always in costume, never revealing himself.
On May 6th, all will be revealed. Is it an A-list celebrity moonlighting as a famous DJ undercover? Could it be Skrillex in disguise? One thing’s for sure, we are either going to be very happy or very confused. But either way, we’ll keep supporting the music that makes us rage.
You can buy Bear Grillz’ new EP, Mo Honey Mo Problems here:
Buy on iTunes here: http://bit.ly/MoHoneyIT
Buy on Beatport here: http://bit.ly/MoHoneyBP
Buy on Spotify here: http://bit.ly/FPFreshAmmo
For more information on Bear Grillz:
https://www.facebook.com/itsbeargrillz/
https://soundcloud.com/itsbeargrillz
https://twitter.com/itsbeargrillz
For more information on Firepower Records:
Lee Underwood
Manager of Publicity I Firepower Records
lee@firepowerrecords.com
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Los Angeles (April 18th, 2016) Firepower Records is proud to announce the next release of our Shellshock Compilation, Kamikaze, and we’re getting early reports that it’s already setting flammable material ablaze thousands of miles away. The release of our yearly Shellshock Compilation also gives us a chance to reach out to you, our extended Firepower Fam, and celebrate the fact that you are what make us so strong.
Since its humble inception in March of 2012 by Troy Beetles— Datsik by his nom de guerre—Firepower Records has evolved into a bass music behemoth, releasing heavyweight producers like Datsik, Protohype, Getter, Barely Alive, Truth, Bear Grillz, Mayhem, Antiserum, Fox Stevenson, Must Die, PhaseOne, Terravita, ETC! ETC! and Trolley Snatcha and featuring Hip Hop and Rock royalty like Snoop Dog, Trinidad James, KRS-One, DJ Paul KOM of Three-6 Mafia and Travis Barker of Blink 182. The Firepower Family currently claims 65 artists and counting and on May 13th, the label will showcase the best and most badass it has to offer. As a show of overwhelming support, some of dance music’s heaviest hitters have signed on by offering tracks exclusively for the ShellShock Kamaikaze release. The tracklist reads like a bass music “best-of” list. If Bass Music had a fantasy league, this would be a winning line-up.
But Firepower is more than a disjointed and disconnected series of artists and tracks. We like to consider ourselves more of a Family and the ShellShock Kamikaze release as more of a family reunion. Firepower Records is a label and an internationally respected dance music brand, but it would be nothing without the like-minded artists, friends, neighbors, and fans that hold it all together and keep it alive.
There’s no finer example of the familial nature of the bass music world than the first collaboration on the Compilation. Datsik and 12th Planet come together with a dub infused “Party In The Sewer” featuring Elan, and it’s massive. A one-man wub factory, Datsik smashes the track with his signature wobbles, while 12th planet puts his creative beat creation and swampy sound techniques to work. Next, returning family member Bear Grillz throws down with “Nap Gurlz”. The disco hook pumps your impulse to dance and the drops will snap your neck if you’re not prepared. A quick word though–this track is in no way associated with the good people of Nap Girls, and if you’re interested in who they are, check them out! Protohype and Stratus put in work with “Let’s Do This”, and as expected the two artists march us through a spectrum of sound structures so diverse you lose your mind trying to keep track. Soltan continues to impress us with his creative vision. With “Turn Up” he takes Bass Music to the edges of the known universe and then hits lightspeed. Soltan is easily one of the new visionaries, and we should all be watching him closely.
EH!DE and Funk4mation peel the roof off with “Come Back”, and the Bass living under the basement of this track is scary and mad. EH!DE’s been crushing it recently, but it goes without saying that this has been the year of Zack The Lad. His release Black Sheep began the Firepower Records release calendar in 2016 and we just can’t get enough. It has been said that Datsik only has a few artists loaded into his personal iPod, and one of those artists is Zack The Lad. Here, he offers us “Won’t Stop”, and his production skill is immediately superior.
Spag Heddy is back with “Hugs and Stuff”, and we couldn’t be more stoked. A definite fan favorite, Spag Heddy has released nothing but fire. The opening wraps the listener with sonic sunshine and then slams your ass to ground. That must be the “Stuff” in the title. Init, Goldplate, and Hami all put in on “Greens”, and with all three of these stellar talents maximizing potential, the result is an epic facemelter. If there’s any way to guarantee the crowds will run a mosh pit on you, hammer this track through the sound system.
It’s been a while since AFK rolled out a release with Firepower Records, and we’re glad to have him back. “Death Gun” showcases the frenetic and yet focused musical mind of AFK. The synth takes us all over the sonic map, and we love it. We also love Drum and Bass, and what’s bass music without a little heavy Drum and Bass? Leave that to MineSweepa. “No Face” takes bass very seriously. The shift to Drum and Bass is perfectly placed in the track and by the time it hits, you’ve separated your mind from its corporeal lodgings. Rounding out the EP is Twine. They do nothing but amazing work, and it’s clear by the complexity of their productions. “Dayjahvuh” is another reminder that Bass Music is nowhere near finished evolving. The beat structure, with its diversity of fills and intricate sound designs, is both groovy and heavy.
The collection of talent contained in the Shellshock Kamikaze Compilation represents the best of what bass music has to offer and we’re happy to be sharing it with you.
The tracklist for Shellshock Kamikaze is:
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Lee Underwood
Publicity Manager I Firepower Records
]]>“Fuck Bitches Get Honey”, the first track on the EP, sets up a common problem among those struggling to reconcile their celebrity status with a basic need for the bear necessities. It’s a particularly complex conundrum for Bear Grillz. The track goes large immediately, spotlighting the familiar buzzsaw synth and big dubstep beat structure fans have come to love. New to this EP, though, is a heightened emphasis on melody creation through the use of sweeping euphoric synth arrangements. By pre-empting the international big room sound and forging it together with sawtooth synths, the track transforms into a mind-altering face-melter. This technique is perfected in “Everyday”, which leans on chiller and funkier musical components. Bear Grillz isn’t a softy, though; it doesn’t matter how many hugs he gives to fans before and after his shows. He wants to rage and expects the same from his audiences. So despite the clever key progressions and melodic overtones, the track drops into headbang territory real quick.
It’s not a new move for Bear Grillz to tease out multiple dance music genres within his tracks. “Going Down (Under)” is both an homage to his love of all things Australian (we have it on good authority that more than a few Aussie DJ’s have attempted to smuggle Bear back to Sydney in their suitcases), and his love of dance floor mosh pits. “Going Down (Under)” has at its core a Hardstyle beat structure designed to incite heavy moshing during peak hour. But when the track drops back into a filthy lazer-infuzed Dubstep section, the only option is to promptly lose your mind.
Rounding out the EP is “Back On Top”, and it’s quintessential Bear Grillz. Returning to musical themes of past EPs, the track toggles between familiar synth arrangements and vocal samplings. It’ll make the BG purists smile, and it feels like getting a big furry musical bear hug. The biggest part of this track, though, is the drop. The buildup makes you ache with anticipation, and when the drop hits, it cleaves your sanity cleanly and completely away from your mind. Any follower of Bear Grillz knows how much work he puts into ensuring his drops are insane. This track is no exception.
The track listing for Mo Honey Mo Problems is:
For more information on Bear Grillz:
For More info on Firepower Records:
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https://twitter.com/firepowerrecs
www.youtube.com/user/FirepowerRecs
For Press Inquiries, contact:
Lee Underwood
Publicity Manager I Firepower Records
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Today, we are so stoked to announce the forthcoming release of Bear Grillz and Getter’s “EDM” remixed on November 27th, and the roster of talent that signed up for remixing duties is insane.
The Remixed collection contains four tracks, starting with a VIP cut of “EDM”. With heavy rotations on the club and festival circuits, the VIP pulls the original apart and reassembles it using a rounder, deeper, and more sustained sub-bass. The synth arrangement is focused and refined, and an added sinister melody cruises over the top. The result a super-clean version of the track that rolls crowds over before they even know what hits them.
Firepower’s main Dawg Protohype comes through with a massive take on “EDM”. Protohype has been busy pushing his style to the edges of the bass music universe, and that experimentation pays off here. The track toggles between Trap structures and traditional Dubstep influences, but it’s also a glimpse to the future of a non-genre bass music world. There’s at once a decidedly gangster Rap feel to the synth design, but the track returns to the high frequency, skull shattering stabs that drive audiences crazy.
Rounding out Remixed is the all-powerful Kennedy Jones. His motto is NeverNot, and his remix of “EDM” proves that, when it comes to inventiveness and innovation in the realms of dance floor destruction, he’s NeverNot on the cutting edge. This remix is nothing but Peak Set madness, the nuclear option, the red button, the 11th hour move towards audience annihilation. Kennedy Jones puts everything he’s got into his projects, and he leaves nothing out. This track goes full force, utilizing Trap beat structures and matching it against and mind-numbing synth design. It’s ballsy to say the least, but by taking his synth supersonic, he’s making a stand on his All-or-Nothing NeverNot Philosophy.
The Tracklisting for EDM Remixed is:
For more Information on Bear Grillz:
For more on Firepower Records:
Beatport.com/label/firepower/24439
For press inquiries, please contact:
Lee Underwood
Publicity Manager I Firepower Records
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