Basshunter

When I heard that Basshunter was going to be in town, I jumped at the chance to see them. The venue was Somewhere Loud Event Center in San Diego, California, a little venue meaning that everybody got front row seats to the show.

Like most people outside of his native Sweden, my first introduction to Basshunter was the ridiculous music video for the song Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA, which was about playing a computer game and chatting with friends on the VoIP program Ventrilo. This song spread like wildfire among gamers for two simple reasons: the subject matter was absolutely ridiculous, yet something we could identify with; and second, in spite of that, the song was a number one hit in Sweden.

Sadly, Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA did not get played that night, but I still got to enjoy a night of amazing electronic music. It’s easy to see how Basshunter has so many number one records regardless of how ridiculously goofy the subject matter is; his music is unbelievably addicting and just gets the body moving. Everybody needs to experience this music live so that they can enjoy it while dancing with a huge crowd of people who all also love the same music, just the way it should be.