Parties
Illegal parties since 1992, residencies at the Temple Bar and the Gold Club in Essen, nights at the Goethebunker and Soul In Motion at the Rotunde in Bochum. Every night we remember
When the sun goes down, the bass will raise
BassAssassins - A journey into depth
BassAssassins was founded by D_Sasta, MC Tafman and cYpher back in 2001 as a platform to celebrate a 360° view into Drum'n'Bass.
Over the years the resident DJs also included Mattez, Funky Flexxx and Nogata, with MC Tafman on the mic – sharing line-ups with the likes of Klaus Fiehe, Fabio & Grooverider, Dillinja and Source Direct.
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” (Marcus Garvey)
There is no god but man.
Man has the right to live by his own law:
to live in the way that he wills to do
Man has the right to mix records as he will:
to play tunes as he will:
to make the crowd bounce as he will:
to make the crowd scream as he will:
to take over the turntables when and where he will.
BassAssassins Records
In 2018 the crew started its own label. Since then BassAssassins Records has put out drum & bass from the first release, cYpher's Hidden Truth / Extinction, to the recent singles with Apollo Irie – alongside records by Dash, Luke-W, Primer and Chris Sabian. Every release is available on the usual download and streaming platforms.
Latest releases
What we do
Label
BassAssassins Records, releasing drum & bass since 2018 – with cYpher and friends. All releases
Katzenstattmenschen
Relaxed sounds from the label we share with TUMA Kassetten: KSM Vol. I and releases by スムー and Apollo Irie. To the sub-label
On air
A live radio show on loud-fm.com, sets on Eldoradio in Dortmund and Vinyl Asyl on eldoradio.de – the bass travels by radio, too.
Milestones
- 1992The first illegal parties
- 1997First line-up: Breakbeat Empire 3000 at the Schifferhaus in Mülheim
- 1998The residency at the Temple Bar in Essen begins
- 2001BassAssassins is founded – residents at the Temple Bar and at Crosskulturs
- 20065 years BassAssassins, with Klaus Fiehe as special guest
- 2009Residents at the Gold Club in Essen, until 2011
- 2018BassAssassins Records starts with BASSREC001, Hidden Truth / Extinction
- 2022The sub-label Katzenstattmenschen releases KSM Vol. I
- 2026aDJusted, our DJ software for the Mac, goes into beta
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the past
Big Bad Bass Since 1992
2025
- 4th Bassallnighter feat. Peaky Beats, Top Frankin, Bottrop Body, Sputnicc, Yoshino @ Goethebunker, Essen
- Scasi Selects Birthday Bash feat. SlimFast, Dok:Z @ Off Location, Essen
- Broix B-Day Bash, Basement 45, Bristol
2024
- Drum N Bass feat. Sputnicc, Derg, Dansu Ikari @ Temple Bar, Essen
- Morgengrau X Swamp feat Eddy Bat, Tiare, Hectical, Sonix, Mar @ AZ, Wuppertal
- Fête de la musique feat. Aporia, Bottrop Boy Yoshino, etc @ Goethebunker, Essen
- BlackBaldeney feat Gush Collective, Bottrop Boy, Top Frankin Sound, Aporia, Sputnicc @ Goethebunker, Essen
- White Rabbit feat. Hectical, Saxe, SlimFast, Sputnicc, Simon Camatta @ Offlocation. Essen
2018–2020
- Soul In Motion feat. Source Direct, Need For Mirrors, Bailey, Dash, Rotunde, Bochum
- Soul In Motion feat. Bryan Gee, Need For Mirrors, Bailey, Dash, Rotunde, Bochum
- Soul In Motion feat. Carlito & Addiction, Need For Mirrors, Bailey, Dash, Rotunde, Bochum
- Soul In Motion 4th Birthday feat. Spectrasoul, BTraits, Dillinja, Nu:Tone, The Pickle Factory, London
- Soul In Motion feat. Phil Tangent, Need For Mirrors, Bailey, Rotunde, Bochum
2017
- Soul In Motion feat. Microgravity, Need For Mirrors, Bailey, Rotunde, Bochum
- Blackhatz, Kurt Schumacher, Bochum
- Zooo Club, Lila Eule, Bremen
- Soul In Motion feat. Storm, Need For Mirrors, Bailey, Rotunde, Bochum
2015
- Titans of Jungle feat. Dash, Doc H, Herb LF
- Bassfalter feat. Invaders, Doc H, Ambush
2014
- Vinyl Asyl, eldoradio.de
- Thonet, Saarbrücken
- Klangwerk feat. Nick Modern aka Data, Moers
2013
- Bassfalter feat. Nookie, Eve Bar, Bochum
- Scootec, X-Mas Jam, Bumboclub, Essen
- Klangwerk, Bollwerk, Moers
2012
- Bassfalter feat. Utah Jazz, Eve Bar, Bochum
- Bassface, Goethe Bunker, Essen
- Juicy Beats Festival, Dortmund
- Massive+, Wuppertal
- Peng Hugo Peng, Saarbrücken
2011
- Wilde Katz, Saarbrücken
- Keller feat. Dash, Dortmund
- Bye Bye Gold Club
2010
- Resident 2009–2011 Gold Club Essen
- Wilde Katz, Saarbrücken
- Thonet, Saarbrücken
- BassMania Bassacre, Münster
- Beatplantation feat: Ambush!, DEX, MC Temper, Oberhausen
- BasslineGrooves, feat. Gunta Kinte, Gold Club, Essen
- BassAssassins Night of Phobos & Deimos, Freischwimmer, Bochold
- Re-U-Night-Ed, Return of the Funk, feat. DJ First Claas, Gold Club, Essen
2009
- By By Temple Bar - Last Bassassassins Session 2009
- Beatplantation Oberhausen DJ Set
- Atmosphere: Nookie & MC Five Alive, Goethebunker, Essen
- Beatplantation Oberhausen supporting Breaks Alighted
- Basswerk feat. BTK, TGM, Jumpat, MC Chevy, Köln
- Eldoradio Dortmund
- BassAssassins feat. TGM, Temple Bar
- BassAssassins feat. Remote Controlled Youth, Temple Bar
- Oho - This is OldSchool feat. Kingz, Temple Bar
- Kraut und Rüben, Temple Bar
2008
- Kraut und Rüben, Temple Bar
- Oho - This is OldSchool feat. Kingz, Temple Bar
2007
- Dash & cYpher @ Suit 23 Dortmund
- PentHouse Orange Club, Hamm
- Strictly Drum’n’Bass feat MattEz & Mr. Knister @ TempleBar, Essen
- Infrasound - The BassAssassins Replay in SlowMotionShow feat. Mikazh @ TempleBar, Essen
- BassAssassins Special feat. Ambush! @ TempleBar, Essen
- Walpurgis Night feat. Cem, Nogata, Sign @ Riders Cafe Lübeck
- Liquid feat. Mikazh Köhlerliesel, Wuppertal
- Urban Grooves feat. MattEz, TempleBar, Essen
2006
- DASA Macht Musik feat. Dash & Mr. Knister, etc @ DASA, Dortmund
- Electronical Warfare feat. Dash & Mr. Knister @ TempleBar, Essen
- Supporting the Compound Club @ TempleBar, Essen
- Metrobreaks feat. Cativo, Dash @ Bakuda Club, Dortmund
- 5 Years BassAssassins feat. Klaus Fiehe, TempleBar, Essen
- Urban Grooves - HipHop, BigBeats, Groove, D..n..B @ TempleBar, Essen
- Bergischbreaks Meeting feat. Dash, Ambush, Dynamike @ BakudaCLub Dortmund
2005
- y2k6 Sylvester-Party - Pon down Babylon @ Bumboclub Pt II, Essen
- Relaunch of the BassAssassins @ Temple Bar, Essen
- Reloaded @ Click, Essen
- Essen Original After Show Party @ Bumboclub, Essen
- Bakuda Club, Dortmund
- BassLinegrooves feat. Kingz @ Unperfekthaus, Essen
- Coke DJ Culture feat. Klaus Fiehe, Dash, Kingz @ Bumboclub, Essen
- Coke DJ Culture feat. Fabio, Grooverider, Rage @ Bumboclub, Essen
- NewHopeTattooClub Exhibition @ Bumboclub, Essen
2004
- y2k5 Sylvester-Party - Pon down Babylon @ Bumboclub, Essen
- X-Mas Party @ Katakomben Giradet Haus, Essen-Rüttenscheid
- Labor Party @ Katakomben Giradet Haus, Essen-Rüttenscheid
- Scootec Nikolaus Party @ Bumboclub
- Bakuda Club Dortmund
- 2nd Anniversary New Hope Tattoo Club Bochum
- AllTerrainJamIII @ Lighthouse21 feat. Dr. S Gachet, Freesteppa, …
- Summer Madness @ Bumboclub, alongside SlimFast & Top Frankin
- Essen Original, Caribbian Stage alongside Kasi Selecta
- Cosmotopia, Dortmund
- Q-Club, Bochum
- Bumbo Club, Essen
- Bassline Grooves @ R.O.C.K.E.T., Essen
2003
- Aufschwung Essen feat. Tanzrapid
- Bowlbox @ Club Trinidad, FZW, Dortmund
- www.loud-fm.com live radio show
- Basslinegrooves @ La Paz Club Bottrop
- Supporting DJ Dash @ SuperflyLounge Dortmund
- Let..s Do It -Festival, Dortmund
- Brazil Summer Breaks Part I + II Essen
- BPO - Bunker Project One, Munich
- Blue Note Brokenbeatz, Cologne
- 45RPM, Wuppertal
- Sylvester feat. MaximumBassSoundSystem
2002
- Re.Cover-OldSkoolJungle @ Gebäude 9, Cologne
- OkToBass @ Prüfstand, Ethno Art Ruhr
2001
- 2001–2003 BassAssassins @ TempleBar (Residents), Essen-City
- Launching of the BassAssassins
- 2001–2003 Resident @ Crosskulturs, Essen-Rüttenscheid
- Trippin to the c-side @ Baileuw, Essen
- Launching of the Magoose-Corporation @ Zeche Bonifacius, Essen
2000
- y2k1 Alternativ-Bass-Sylvester-Party Düsseldorf
- Planet, Bochum
- Baikonur, Essen
- 2000–2001 Resident @ Robbespierre, Bochum
- Dunkelbunt, Hamburg
1998
- 1998–2003 Resident with DJ First Claas @ TempleBar, Essen-City
- Scooter-Run AirBase Sauerland
- Scooter-Party Extravaganza @ Zeche Bonifacius, Essen
1997
- Schleifmühle, Essen
- BreakDown feat. Panacea @ Broadway-Club, Essen-City
- first line-up: BreakBeatEmpire3000 @ Schifferhaus Mülheim
mid 90ies – 2012
- Resident TempleBar, Essen
1992–today
- illegal Parties