This DM Records compilation includes altered snippets of songs from the label, along with spacey sound effects, in a “continuous mix” to demonstrate “The CyberBass 3D process”. It’s an audio effect that “gives extra dimension to stereo,” the cover reads, “with sound appearing to surround the listener.”

It’s like the effect you get when you don’t plug your headphones in all the way and just as fatiguing on the ears. Why anyone would want to experience it for an hour is beyond me. There are some booming beats here, but it’s not nearly enough to excuse the gimmick or justify the album’s existence.

my rating : 2 of 5

1996

Bass 305’s Techno Bass, albeit mistitled, is on Volume Three. It’s inclusion here is either a careless mistake or an artistic calamity. The fact that the album isn’t mastered; some songs are significantly louder than others; and the “4” breaks the nonnumerical tradition of the previous ones suggest the former.

Still this is the best Explosion since Volume 1. That is to say it’s not bad. It’s not good neither; Bass Syndicate is still awful; but there are good songs. The manic loop (chorus) on Bass Alliance’s Damaging Bass encourages “prolonged listening”. Other highlights include Bass In Your Face, Cyber Travel and Virtual Bass.

my rating : 3 of 5

1996

audio review : Best Of Bass Explosion