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Basso continuo
Basso continuo, or figured bass and thoroughbass (Generalbass, basse continue), is the Baroque practice of improvising chords above a notated bass line; it originated in early 1600s Italy, declined in the late eighteenth century, and thrives in historically informed performance.
Basso profondo
Basso profondo (Italian for "deep bass"), also called contrabass or oktavist, is the lowest bass voice type, heard in opera and Russian Orthodox choral music.
Bassoon
Bassoon (Fagott, fagotto, basson): lowest standard orchestral woodwind, a non-transposing double-reed instrument in C with range B♭1 upward, Heckel and French systems, four-joint maple body, and a contrabassoon cousin an octave lower.
Bassrush Massive
Bassrush Massive is a recurring bass music event series by Insomniac's Bassrush brand, held since the early 2010s in Las Vegas, San Bernardino, and Phoenix.
Bassrush Massive 2014
Bassrush Massive 2014 was a series of bass-music events under Bassrush, Insomniac Events' bass brand, including an April 5 show at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino.
Bassrush Massive 2017
Bassrush Massive 2017 was a one-night bass music show at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas on June 15, 2017, during EDC Week, with Datsik, Flux Pavilion, and Zomboy.
Bassrush Massive 2018
Bassrush Massive 2018 was a two-day bass music festival staged by Insomniac's Bassrush brand at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California, on July 20 and 21, 2018.
Bassrush Massive 2025
Bassrush Massive 2025 was a one-night bass music show at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on May 15, 2025, presented by Insomniac's Bassrush brand as the kickoff of EDC Week.
Bassrush Miami Music Week
Bassrush Miami Music Week is Insomniac's Bassrush-brand showcase of bass music, dubstep, and drum & bass during Miami Music Week, first held at The Stage in Miami in 2014.
Bassvictim
Bassvictim is a London electronic duo (Maria Manow, Ike Clateman) formed in 2022, known for self-described "basspunk" electroclash and the acclaimed 2025 debut album Forever on Warner Records.
Basswell
Basswell, the stage name of French producer Mathias Boitel, is a hard techno DJ based in Lyon known for fast rave tracks at 150 to 165 BPM.
Basta (rapper)
Basta (Баста), real name Vasily Vakulenko (born 1980, Rostov-on-Don), is a Russian rapper, Gazgolder co-founder, and creator of Noggano and N1NT3ND0; known for Moya Igra, the Basta album series, and stadium concerts.
Bastanak (album)
Bastanak (بستناك, "I'm waiting for you") is a 2006 studio album by Lebanese pop singer Elissa, released by Rotana and topping sales across the Arab world.
BASTARZ
BASTARZ (블락비 바스타즈) is the first sub-unit of South Korean boy group Block B, made up of rapper P.O and vocalists U-Kwon and B-Bomb, formed in 2015.
Basti Artadi
Basti Artadi (Sebastian Artadi) is the Filipino vocalist and lyricist of heavy metal band Wolfgang, a four-time NU107 Vocalist of the Year, solo artist, and musical theater performer who continues singing despite facial paralysis.
Bastille (ΔSTILLE) (band)
Bastille (BΔSTILLE) are an English indie pop band formed in London in 2010 by Dan Smith, with Kyle Simmons, Will Farquarson, and Chris Wood; known for Bad Blood, Pompeii, three UK number-one albums, and the Marshmello hit Happier.
Bat for Lashes
Bat for Lashes is the stage name of Natasha Khan (born 1979), a British art-pop singer-songwriter. Six albums from Fur and Gold (2006) to The Dream of Delphi (2024); three Mercury Prize shortlists, Ivor Novello winner.
Bat Out of Hell
Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf's 1977 debut album written by Jim Steinman and produced by Todd Rundgren, rejected by most labels, sold tens of millions and spawned two sequels and a musical.
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, also called Bat Out of Hell II, is Meat Loaf's 1993 comeback album with Jim Steinman songs, led by "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", a No. 1 hit in the US and UK.
Bata Illic
Bata Illic is a Serbian-born singer of German-language Schlager, born in Belgrade in 1939, best known for the 1972 number 1 hit 'Michaela' and still performing in his late 80s.
Bataclan (theatre)
The Bataclan (Le Bataclan) is a historic Paris concert hall at 50 boulevard Voltaire, opened 1864-65 as the Grand Café Chinois and named after Offenbach's operetta Ba-ta-clan; now a 1,500-capacity rock venue, Monument Historique since 1991, and site of the 13 November 2015 massacre that killed 90 concertgoers.
Bathory (band)
Bathory, Swedish extreme metal band from Vällingby, Stockholm, founded 16 March 1983 by Quorthon (Thomas Forsberg), Jonas Åkerlund, and Frederick Melander; pioneered first-wave black metal and Viking metal with Bathory (1984), Blood Fire Death (1988), and Hammerheart (1990); ended with Quorthon's death in June 2004.
Batida
Batida, Portuguese for "beat", is a fast, percussion-driven electronic club style from Lisbon's Afro-diasporic neighborhoods, and also the artist project of Angolan-born Lisbon producer Pedro Coquenão.
Batman (album)
Batman (album): Prince's eleventh studio album, the 1989 Warner Bros. soundtrack to Tim Burton's film Batman, distinct from Danny Elfman's score. Six weeks at Billboard number 1, over 11 million sold, Batdance a US number 1 single.
Batman Forever (soundtrack)
Batman Forever: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is Atlantic's 1995 various-artists soundtrack for Schumacher's film, led by U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" and Seal's "Kiss from a Rose," distinct from Goldenthal's score album.
Batschkapp Frankfurt
The Batschkapp, also written Die Batschkapp, is a rock and pop concert venue in Frankfurt am Main, founded in 1976 by the city's Sponti scene as a left-wing cultural center.
Battery Studios
Battery Studios is a recording studio complex in Willesden, London, formerly Morgan Studios, renamed by Zomba Group in 1980; Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, The Kinks, and Adele recorded there, and it now faces a demolition planning application.
Battle Beast (band)
Battle Beast is a Finnish heavy/power metal band formed in Helsinki in 2008, known for seven studio albums through Steelbound (2025), four consecutive Finnish number-ones, frontwomen Nitte Valo, Noora Louhimo, and Marina La Torraca, and founding guitarist Anton Kabanen's spin-off band Beast in Black.
Battles (band)
Battles is an American experimental rock band formed in New York City in 2002, often tagged math rock; founded by Ian Williams (Don Caballero), Tyondai Braxton, Dave Konopka, and John Stanier (Helmet), releasing Mirrored, Gloss Drop, La Di Da Di, and Juice B Crypts on Warp Records.
Batu
Batu is the stage name of Omar McCutcheon, a Bristol-based DJ, producer, and founder of the Timedance label, active in UK bass and techno since 2013.