The year was 1998. The place was Sydney, Australia. Music Producer, Artist, and DJ Josh Abrahams composed a funky track called 'Addicted To Bass'. Upon discovering singer Amiel Daemion, he drew on her song-writing skills and amazing voice to complete the creation. Addicted To Bass was released as a single through Mushroom Records, and became a hit in clubs around the country. Josh hasn't looked back since.

Moving forward, and the year is 2002. Josh has been signed worldwide to Sony Records, and has broken the UK charts. Addicted to Bass has exploded into one of the first drum & bass hits for the year. However mention the name Josh Abrahams, and you're met with blank looks. Why you may ask? A simple change of name credit. Josh Abrahams is now known as Puretone. And new video, and rerecorded sound has the world once more addicted to bass.

Addicted To Bass moved Josh from the familiar world of techno, into the realm of drum and bass via pop. A very illogical step, but one that has completely worked for him. Addicted To Bass is upbeat, catchy, and it has d&b grooves which make it incredibly difficult for a person to keep still. To top it off Amiel's vocals are simply sublime.

'Imprisoned by dependence and a rhythm sublime'

Addicted To Bass was Josh's debut single in the UK, and the UK release has a slightly different sound to the original, and includes many remixes including one by John Creamer and Stephane K. Addicted To Bass is one of the many drawing cards from Josh's critically acclaimed album 'Sweet Distorted Holiday'. The redesigned Puretone UK album release of Sweet Distorted Holiday is due for release early 2002.

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Song by Josh Abrahams/PureTone, from the album Sweet Distorted Holiday, 1998/2002

Your bass-line has got me feeling fine its filling up my mind

I got two pale hands up against the window pane
I'm shaking with the heat of my need again
It starts in my feet, reverbs up to my brain
There's nothing I can do to revert the gain
I'm looking down to the street below
There's nothing in the way they move to show
They too, know what I know
They too hunger for the beast below

Listening to the radio I feel so out of place
There's a certain something missing that the treble can't erase
I know you can tell just by looking at my face
A word about my weakness
I'm totally addicted to bass

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(lyrics largely removed by Oolong, at bexxta's request, to comply with E2 Copyright Changes; now CST Approved)

So Josh Abrahams has re-released his single again under a different name. Perhaps he didn't make enough money the first time. Seriously though, there is a good reason for it which I will come to later.

For a start, don't buy this expecting some kind of Roni Size/Goldie -esque head drilling drum & bass. This song is to drum and bass what The Offspring were to '77 Punk. Amiel Daemion's vocals are quite thin with hardly any range in them, but I have to say that it suits the song well.
The second thing you notice is that strangely for a song called 'Addicted to Bass', there really isn't that much bass. Not only is there is a complete absence of sub-bass, but apart from the rather repetitive clicky drum samples there are only three notes that are played occasionally during the song.

However... I'm rather happy that this song has been re-released. Why? Well the video clip, which formerly featured Ms. Daemion singing her tedious song in front of a crappy plastic car (I mean a real car that's made of plastic, like Toyota, Ford, Mitsubishi, pretty much any car made today (They don't make 'em like they used to)) with a big sound system, the clip now has a Mad Max-ish car chase, featuring lovely XB Falcons replete with full MFP markings. The acting/actors is/are rather crap, but the cars are beautiful.

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bexxta - I don't think 'Addicted to Bass' was that much of a hit around the country the first time around, I worked in a pretty popular club and it definitely wasn't played there, or anywhere else I went.