Bass Archaeology Ep15 - Hosted by Cookee

Bass Arch 15 – Full Tracklist & Synopsis Tracklist Erykah Badu – Tyrone De La Soul – Me Myself and I Diago – Step On Down Method Man – Jabberwock Pecoe – Shake That Funk tha Beat – In the Mix Warner Case & Jean Tonique – Shake Our Bones John Julius Knight – So What It’s a Jazz Thing Carey Holmes & Larry LaBirt – Let’s Do It Again Hardsoul ft. Ron Carroll – Back Together High Beam – Just What I Said Vibe Chemistry – Living Like This Bomb the Bass – One to One Religion Full Synopsis Bass Arch 15 traces the living memory of bass music, moving fluidly from warm, organic roots in soul, jazz, and hip-hop through to modern house, drum & bass, and experimental electronic terrain. The episode opens in rich, classic territory with Erykah Badu’s “Tyrone” and De La Soul’s “Me Myself and I”, grounding the set in golden-era soul and conscious hip-hop. From there it slides into funk-driven energy with Diago’s “Step On Down”, Method Man’s “Jabberwock”, Pecoe’s “Shake That”, and Funk tha Beat’s “In the Mix” — a run of raw, bass-heavy grooves that celebrate swing, attitude, and dancefloor physicality. The tone then shifts into modern reinterpretation. Warner Case & Jean Tonique’s “Shake Our Bones” injects nu-disco production into vintage groove language, proving how bass memory is constantly recycled and refreshed for today’s club culture. This segues into deeper jazz-house waters with John Julius Knight’s “So What It’s a Jazz Thing” and the feel-good soulful bounce of Carey Holmes & Larry LaBirt’s “Let’s Do It Again”. The episode lifts into proper soulful house uplift with Hardsoul ft. Ron Carroll’s “Back Together”, where soaring gospel vocals and punchy programmed basslines create an emotional, communal peak. Immediately afterward, High Beam’s “Just What I Said” pulls the sound into minimalist, sample-based electronic textures — a sleek contemporary reinterpretation of earlier musical identities. Late in the mix, drum & bass energy arrives via Vibe Chemistry’s “Living Like This”. Rolling basslines and liquid rhythms carry forward the emotional DNA of soul and jazz into high-tempo UK rave territory, blending warmth and intensity at breakneck speed. The episode closes in a darker, more experimental space with Bomb the Bass’s “One to One Religion”. Here bass becomes atmospheric architecture — reduced, industrial, and deeply spatial — suggesting future directions for electronic music that move beyond pure dancefloor functionality into immersive, cinematic territory. Bass Arch 15 is a journey that honors the continuum of bass culture: from the organic and familiar to the futuristic and abstract, always anchored in groove, soul, and low-end resonance.