Supersillyus @ Forbidden Bass Wednesdays

Come see Supersillyus lay down his unique blend of psychedelic dance grooves and electronic wizardry as a part of Forbidden Bass Wednesdays at Rehab Nightclub in Worcester. The party kicks off at 9 p.m. with opening performances from DJ Siga and NLYTN (DJ Lenny Sosa) prior to Supersillyus

18+ with a $5 cover charge gets you access to Rehab's 3rd and recently opened VIP loft on the 4th floor.

Enjoy Rehab's enormous dance-floor, killer lighting, and top-line bar. The VIP Loft is complete with DJ booths overhanging the dance-floor and amazing lounge. Bring 4 friends and receive a free wristband.

Grab your glowsticks for a night of seriously silly entertainment.

Desiderata Festival 2010

The Tribe is calling - the Desiderata Tribe. Prepare for a 5 day spectacle of electronic jams, visual and performing arts, independent films, yoga, and camping in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. Desiderata features musicians, DJs, and artists from around the world crossing a variety of genres.

In addition to music and arts, festival-goers can also participate in wellness workshops, yoga, drum circles, campfires, tribal dances, World Cup match viewings, and interactive art exhibits.

Notable acts included Alex B (of Pnuma Trio), Juno Reactor, Future Rock, Talamasca, and dozens more.

Even more exciting! Base Trip Records' electronic wizard, Supersillyus, will be playing at the Lost in Sound tent. Friends of Base Trip Records, Wobblesauce, will also perform.

Desiderata will run from June 23-27th at Stone Tavern Farm in Roxbury, NY. Tickets are available through the official website.

Hope to see you there. WOMP!

Alex B (of Pnuma Trio) and Supersillyus at Wonder Bar

Come out to Wonder Bar on Friday, June 11th, to see electronic phenomenon Alex B (of Pnuma Trio) perform material from his newly released solo debut, Moments--currently #4 on iTunes electronic charts.

Base Trip Records' own Supersillyus will open the night alongside EJ3 Robot of the Boston-based music collective, Fameless Fam.

Set breaks will feature up and coming DJ, Krallspace.

Admission is 21+ only. Show begins at 9 p.m. and tickets are $15. Presale tickets are available through Lost In Sound.

Check out the Facebook event for more details.

The night promises to be full of chewy, chunky, electronic goodness. Don't miss it!

Paintings by Supersillyus

You may know Supersillyus as a musician, but he also moonlights as a painter. Check out some of this never-before-seen original artwork!

(WOW)

(mushroomushroomushroom)

(trippy)

More to come!

Do The Silly Dance

Rob Uslan may be working at a restaurant to pay the bills right now, but it’s the vigorous work he’s putting into his next album that he considers his real job. Supersillyus (Uslan’s stage name) says his next album is taking a direction change. “While the whacky bleep-bloops and psychedelic riffs are still a driving force, there is certainly more of a dance element flowing through my new album,” says Supersillyus. He feels the dance element will make his music more widely appealing.

Supersillyus’ creative flare is not limited to music. He also enjoys drawing and graphic design. His most recent design can be seen on the sleek cover work for Aviator’s mix tape, “Thank You, Come Again” and he’s currently working on album art for InfinitRock’s beat tape.

Although his life is currently chaotic, Supersillyus remains dedicated to connecting and inspiring people through music. He leaves me with these words: “I’ve seen the way music has affected my life and the lives of my peers and if there is any way I can come close to having that kind of effect on another human being, I will spend the rest of my life trying to do so.”

Love, Cristin

BTR on NPR

On April 12th, National Public Radio WGBH featured Base Trip Records on The Callie Crossley Show as a part of their "Local Made Good" section. Conor Loughman and Supersillyus (Rob Uslan) spoke with Crossley about the record label and played several tracks from Supersillyus and Micah on-air. Jump to the 41 minute mark to hear Base Trip Records, unless you want to sit through 40 minutes of talk about libraries and Jewish delis (maybe you do).

A Minute With Micah

Base Trip Records' own Devondra Dominguez caught up with Micah Domingo (formerly known as Rapper Steph) to see what he has been up to.

How long have you been a part of Base Trip?

I’ve been a part of Base Trip since my sophomore year, so two years now.

What have you done so far with the label?

I can’t even count how many shows I’ve done, but a lot of the shows happened in my junior year. I was going and going; I did shows at least once a week maybe even twice, so that was really a hectic time. I actually went to California this summer to visit Conor and Rob (Supersillyus). Conor and I made some big strides over there and hung out with Rob while he was finishing up his CD. I also went to New York at the beginning of summer before California with the Throwbacks and we just played, gave out CD’s, and rapped for whoever. It was fun. It was a good time.

What material have you been working on?

I’m mostly working on new stuff. I went through a transitional period- a trans period, wow, that’s weird- last semester where I didn’t really work on music, but figured out a lot of emotional and mental stuff. This semester I feel like I’m coming out on a clean slate and I’ve been writing a lot about my experiences, transitioning, and kind of making sense of all the stuff that happened last semester through my music.

What drives you to create more work and who are your musical influences?

A huge musical inspiration for me would have to be Common. I actually had the great fortune of rapping for him. I went to a show at the Palladium to see him. I was right in the front the whole time.This girl I was dating at the time was able to get the bouncer to let me rap for Common. That was actually about a month after I performed at BU Central for my first time ever. I had never performed live ever in front of anyone before September of my sophomore year. So I was facing Common- thinking “Oh my God”- and started rapping for him. After, he was like “Yeah that’s good work, keep working on it. That’s tight.” Just hearing those words, I was in shock.

Besides Common, another huge influence is Mos Def- almost on the same level of inspiration as Common. His music is more head-trippy and you really have to think about it when you’re listening to it. You think “Woah, he’s really saying some deep stuff.” I have also been listening to some indie music like Rilo Kiley. I have been listening to a lot of emotional music – not emo- but like music that puts emotions in such a way that just makes you go “Wow, I feel exactly what you’re feeling”- that kind of stuff.

Do you have plans for upcoming shows?

I have one show that I know of: the Haiti Benefit show at BU. It’s next Sunday, but other than that I don’t have anything planned yet. I played a show at a house party last week and was a success because the cops didn’t come. It was awesome.

Discuss your possible decision to change your name from Rapper Steph to another name.

It’s not really a flip, but it’s kind of like I am entering into a new phase of life. I am taking all of this stuff that I learned from the old me and applying it to myself; it has been really crazy. I’ve had so much mental and emotional growth and I think it definitely shows in my music. Along with that growth, I need to change my name because I no longer am personified by the name Rapper Steph. That’s the old me. It was great and I loved that name and I had that persona, but now it’s time to move on from that and kind of keep going with life with these phases. I am figuring out where I am today and this is a more permanent kind of change. It’s figuring out what my essence is or what describes me. Picking a name is very complicated.

As far as names, I was going for the name Human, but it is taken which is unfortunate. It’s a bummer because I really liked that name and I felt that it fit me really well. Another name I was thinking was Micahphone since a lot of people call me that – it’s a nickname- and it has my name in it. Rapper Steph had my name in it and I would like my name in it. I’m still discussing the name change with Conor, so we’ll see how it goes. Names are always the hardest to choose because you have to have it forever and you have to personify that name.

T-Shirts For Sale!

Good news boys and girls! Base Trip Records has tasty new T-shirts, fresh out the oven!

(merch table @ Supersillyus' Grampaspaceshuttle release party)

If you want one, come check out our next show or shoot an email to conor@basetriprecords.com

Stay tuned, we've got even cooler stuff on the way!

Love,

Base Trip Records

Lost In Sound Reviews Grampaspaceshuttle!

"Much like the first few times that I was introduced to Squarepusher or Shpongle, as I listen to Supersillyus’ music I find myself thinking over and over, “Where the fuck did he come up with that sound?!” His debut album,“Grampaspaceshuttle,” is a 15 track wacky-coaster ride through the creative mind of electronic producer Rob Uslan. Uslan grew up inhaling In-N-Out burgers and soaking up the sun in Los Angeles, before spending the past four years training as a wizard-like producer in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. He welds “traditional” IDM, ambient, noise, psytrance, and trip-hop which, as you can imagine, produces a nearly indescribable sound."

*This is an excerpt from Lost in Sound's review of Grampaspaceshuttle. To read the full review, click here!

Grampaspaceshuttle Release Party

Supersillyus performs in his second-favorite pharaoh hat.

Bostone (aka Alex Krall) played a late-night set after Supersillyus.

Wobblesauce jamming hard, starting the show off right.

Supersillyus played several live instruments. This one is called a saxaboom.

Audience members helped Supersillyus design this before the show.

Supersillyus - Grampaspaceshuttle [FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD]

SuperSillyus opens up for Dark Party!

SuperSillyus is opening up for Elliot Lipp and Leo 123's side project, Dark Party, tonight at Wonderbar. He will play from 9-10, followed by Mux Mool and then Dark Party. Admission is $10, show is 21+, and psychadelic fun is guaranteed. Say you're there for SuperSillyus!

Download SuperSillyus' Illustrated Primer EP For FREE 99

Also, check out the Facebook Fanpage for goodly updates just like these.

Love,

Base Trip Records

FREE DOWNLOADS FOREVER!

Hi there!

We think you're neat. Since we like you and we want you to be happy, we just put up a bunch of free downloads on our new Mediafire page. We've got a Free EP of new psychedelic IDM by SuperSillyus, an epic DJ mix from InfinitiRock, and five beautiful songs by Nick Lattanzi: each one is liable to melt your face off.

Click Here To Download Free!

I hope you like it =)

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Rapper Steph Backstage Performance-Knitting Factory

When Base Trip Records ventured down to New York City in October, we stuck a fuggin flag in it. For example, we completely commandeered the VIP room backstage at The Knitting Factory and made it our own personal playground. Rob Uslan (aka SuperSillyus) noodled and riffed his little heart out, Allison Francis led a 90's mashup singalong, and our good friend in New York, John Flor, played us a song about Britney Spears.

Here's what Rapper Steph did. (The beat and the guitar part are completely improvised)



...we were like kites.

Help Pick The Official Logo

Which of these would be a better logo for Base Trip Records?

Also, which do you think would look better on a shirt?

If you have any suggestions or designs of your own that you'd like to submit, we would be tickled pink and we would definitely take them into consideration.

Let us know =)

Huzzah!

Good news friends,

Base Trip Records is now on Blogspot.

Shwing!

We have a lot to catch up on, but for now, here's the bare bones.

Current Artists:

Allison Francis: Indie/Lo Fi (myspace.com/allisonfrancis)
Katie Uva: Folk (myspace.com/katieuva)
Rapper Steph: Hip Hop (myspace.com/rappersteph)
Stephanie Barrak: Singer/Songwriter (myspace.com/stephaniebarrak)
SuperSillyus Electronica/Trip Hop (myspace.com/superdupersillyus)
The Throwbacks: Hip Hop (myspace.com/throwbacklife)

Staff:

Conor Loughman
Liz Pelly
Noah Balder
Julia Sonenshein
Justine Anthony
Rob Uslan
Zach Kohn

Right now this blog is just a baby, but pretty soon we are going to have pictures, videos, stories, and all sorts of other neat stuff! Stay tuned!