It’s not often that you hear 2,000 people used as a milestone to celebrate, but to the members of WUMP Collective, an independent music group exploring alternative sounds in bass music, it means the world. Over the past year and a half the collective has been slowly gaining a following with strong releases, and even stronger live sets. Now on the (half-year) anniversary of their founding, the group has put out their very first compilation album, letting the world know that they are a force to be reckoned with. WUMP Collective co-founder Ronny Bilodeau had this say about the group’s founding:
“Exactly a year and a half ago, a group of friends decided they wanted to help each other’s musical careers in any way they could, realizing the amount of talent and mutual respect between one another. We had a shared vision of a world where electronic music was no longer devoid of artistic ingenuity, and thus, WUMP Collective was birthed into the multiverse. What began as a couple musicians sharing tips and promoting each other’s work has evolved into a massive family of passionate art-lovers, weirdos, and creatives with a communal focus on improving the world around us in the best way we know how: creating & sharing art”.
The album itself spans 12 tracks. including one song from each of the collective’s members. Co-founder Scatz opens the project up with a progressive piano driven track that is backed by crisp supersaws and melodic basslines. From there the album jumps between genres like future funk, dubstep, drum & bass, while also including songs that are too weird to be put into one genre, such as Boltcutter’s dark and sporadic “Finding My Place”.
Perhaps the best song on the album is Tortuga’s “Blackout”, which sets itself apart from the crowds by throwing you into the drop right off the bat, and that later introducing other elements like a badass guitar solo and some bollywood-esque strings.
With the American electronic scene developing more of an affinity for the weirder styles of bass including artists like Space Jesus, G Jones, and Psymbionic, WUMP Collective’s 2k Compilation sets the stage for a takeover of massive proportions. “We feel confident that this community will continue to grow and define us as human beings, and we hope we can bring some light, love, and positivity into the world by building each other up and supporting each other’s passions unconditionally”.
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