"Ghost Ship Apocalypse was an experience I'll never forget. I've been lucky enough to play the last three years and the party keeps getting better. The production value and art were insane. I've got to give a shout out to my family in the Janky Barge for putting a fantastic room together yet again. I've always prided myself on being a shapeshifter, tailoring my sets to the party and the crowd, so when I found out I was playing on the Space Cowboys' Unimog, I thought I'd bring a little more of an old school breakbeat flavor to my set than one might usually find. It was especially fun to dig in the crates for classics like the Beat Assassins' remix of "Repeated Groove" and the Rogue Element's take on The Prodigy's "Girls." Those tunes, and some personal edits of "Rhythm Is a Dancer" and 2 Bad Mice's "Bombscare" really prove that dance music doesn't just have to be about the newest of the new." - Ground Control
Jason Apple, aka Ground Control, is a San Francisco based bass music producer and DJ. His productions draw heavily from bassline and early rave music, with stops on the way at dubstep, funky, and electro, and breakbeat. Ground Control's debut record, "Be Nice," was released on En:Vision Records in June 2008. He has since released music on such labels as Play Me Recordings, Hot N Heavy, 9G Records, and Sleevin Records. His ongoing collaborations with San Francisco DJ/producer DJ ICON have been featured on illeven: eleven Records, Rat Recordings, and Vibrance Recordings. He recently started a side project, Shouts!, for his more melodic, housier output, while still keeping an eye firmly on the dancefloor.
As a DJ, Ground Control has played at some of the Bay Area's biggest parties, including Icebreakers Ball, Freqo de Mayo, Ghostship, and Breakfast of Champions, sharing the stage with Tipper, Adam Freeland, Jack Beats, Calvertron, DJ Icey, Bassbin Twins, Star Eyes, and Reid Speed to name just a very few.
Discography:
Out Now:
Ground Control - “Love Me” – feat. on Bay Area Bass Vol. 3 – Hot N Heavy Recordings
Ground Control – “On Fire/”Scan You” – Hot N Heavy Recordings
Ground Control – “Judgment Day” – Hot N Heavy Recordings
Ground Control & Commodore 69 – “Big Sound” – Hot N Heavy
Ground Control & DJ ICON – “Wha?” – Illeven:Eleven
Ground_Control – “Hard Up” – Play Me Records
Ground_Control – “Be Nice” – En:vision Recordings
Remixes:
D3ADL1NE – “Still Believing” (Ground Control Remix) – Hot N Heavy Recordings
Deekline & Ed Solo – Reload (DJ ICON & Ground Control Remix) – Rat Records
Hazardous – Killa (Ground Control Remix) – Mizumo Music
Rumevari – “Onslaught” (Ground Control’s Jungle Juice Remix) – 9G Records
Black Tongues – “La Fiesta” (Ground Control Remix) – 9G Records
Mike Hindle – “Grey Area” (Ground Control Remix) – THaF Records
Enough Weapons – “Draggin” (Ground Control & DJ ICON Remix) – Vibrance Recordings
S.I.M.O. vs. Mancub – “Punks of Funk” (Ground_Control Remix) – Sleevin Records
S.I.M.O. – “Mindless Banta” (Ground_Control Remix) – Sleevin Records
Links:
http://www.facebook.com/groundcontrolmusic
http://soundcloud.com/ground_control
Follow him on Twitter: @groundcontrolsf
