Split hairs. Call it Dubstep, Lazerbass, Glitchhop or Omnitempo Maximalism. It is a rose by any name.

There’s a new track from heavyweight producers Bassnectar and Datsik entitled Yes. It’s all over the internet, single-handedly driving up the value of tech stocks and compromising workplace productivity. Listen to it while you continue enjoying my delightful prose:

Bassnectar & Datsik – Yes

Thanks largely to music like what you’re now enjoying, I spent my summer creeping around bass-fueled festivals. Along the way, I was introduced to ManMix. “What’s ManMix?” you ask. Well:

It’s mostly booze!

At least that’s the party line.

But it’s so much more. ManMix is always on offer. Fundamentally, it’s about loving your fellow man unconditionally.

Yet, if I was the kind of person who went around making baseless generalizations about complete strangers, I’d say I get the sense that both Bassnectar and Datsik would (probably tactfully) not say “Yes” to the offer of ManMix. Bassnectar would be on some new age kick about his body being a temple and Datsik would be too much of a big shot. Thankfully, I am not the kind of person who makes such random and unfounded statements. It’s a petty, insecure asshole who says such things.

I don’t have a concrete plan for accomplishing this, but I hypothesize I can prove said asshole to be hopelessly wrong by getting Bassnectar and/or Datsik unreasonably wrecked on ManMix at some, unspecified, future date—next week, sixty years from now, whenever the opportunity arises. They’ve encouraged my happiness to such an extent that I feel I owe them at least that much.

So it pains me to admit that I have never been a yes man. It’s times like these when that reality is especially burdensome. I’m not of the opinion that Yes reflects either Bassnectar’s or Datsik’s best work. But it’s not a bad effort, either. As is the case with many of Bassnectar’s tracks, Yes grows on you, like a benign tumour nestling blissfully into your amygdala. And considering Bassnectar builds tracks with mixes in mind, I know better than to pass final judgment on his work until I’ve heard it in context.

Ultimately, Bassnectar and Datsik have both made enough indefatigable bangers that they’ve set an impossibly high bar for all their future endeavours. While still not their best work, these two currently-free downloads are cases in point:

Bassnectar feat. 40 Love – Wildstyle Method (Radio Edit)

The Crystal Method feat. LMFAO – Sine Wave (Datsik Remix)

Keep up the good work, boys.