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Breakbot “Happy Rabbit” – Most of the time, a groove starts with the bass line, and builds up to a point where the bass is guiding the composition, but you’re probably thinking about something else in the arrangement. “Happy Rabbit” flips that dynamic. The grooves pile on from the start, but when the bass comes in, it’s so bold and prominent that it may as well be a lead vocal. The bass part is immediately ingratiating — it’s just tight enough to to snap into the beat, but loose enough to have a swagger that sets it apart from the other elements in the mix. It certainly sounds more tactile than the other sounds in the recording. Whereas the keyboard parts feel a bit airy and removed, you can almost feel the sensation of the bass strings vibrating beneath your fingers, or flopping casually above the fretboard. The rest of the song sounds like a fantasy, but that bass — it feels so real, like something actually happening to you. (Click here to buy it from Moshi Moshi.)

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