The first dubstep festival in Europe becomes a fact. We are talking with the organizers of Bass Paradise 2022
If you are looking for a bass festival with a powerful line-up, this article is just for you. We talked to Gabor Toth, the organizer of the first dubstep festival in Europe – Bass Paradise! Check!
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We asked the organizers of the Bass Paradise festival a few questions, staying on the topic of bass music, the idea of organizing such a festival and plans for the next editions. From one of the Next Level members, we quickly received answers to our questions and we urge you to read our conversation as soon as possible.
Gabor: Next Level was founded by me, my twin brother and a friend of ours almost 8 years ago, but initially we organized even smaller dubstep parties, which were replaced by trap music at one point, then dubstep and riddim returned, which has defined Hungarian bass music parties for a couple of years until now. We are lucky because we have a very expert audience who are breathing with us following international artists, releases etc, and after that we thought it was time to move on to the next level, which could take the form of a three-days long event in July 2022 in Hungary.
Gabor: It is always important for us to invite performers who have never been to Hungary or Europe before, or we know that the audience loves them very much. In addition to these, we also watch which artist is doing something fresh and new.
Ever since I started working as a promoter I believe in future music and support it as much as I can. That’s why we put Leotrix and Luude on the mainstage for example, because I think they have a bright future ahead of them.
Gabor: Yes, this project was born in our minds years ago, but life has brought it so that we can only hold it this year for the very first time. The managers and agents were especially supportive and fortunately the performers are very happy for this event, which will be unique in Hungary in this scene. At first we were disappointed that we couldn’t hold Bass Paradise in its original form, but at least we had time to rethink the concept and in the end, instead of the 9 foreign performers originally planned, 20 international and more than 30 local performers will play on this event.
Gabor: As I mentioned, we have been working on this event for years and we have been active for the past 2 years also by expand the list of performers as we want to have a lifelong experience for all those who visit Bass Paradise in Budapest in July 2022.
Gabor: I have always had the desire to organize a bass music festival, so if we see that there is a need for this type of event in Hungary, we would definitely like to be able to organize it next year.
Gabor: I’ve been working as a promoter close to 10 years now and I pretty much know what my options are, so I don’t even try to invite an artist who I know doesn’t fit into the budget of an event. Seeing Skrillex live is everyone’s dream, I’ve been given it several times so far, but I’ve never booked it myself.
Subtronics was a huge dream of mine and I know a lot of people want to hear him live, but I tell them they will have the opportunity to do so in July as the main attraction, the icing on the cake on the closing day of Bass Paradise will be the performance of Subtronics.
Gabor: Yes, from party to party we find that a lot of people come to our events from the surrounding countries, but they also come to Hungary regularly from Italy, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium to hear a particular performer they might not be able to see elsewhere. Our long-term plans include doing similar events in other countries, or possibly teaming up with local organizers and working together on a 1-on-1 project. I hope that one day we will have the opportunity to do something cool in Poland too.
