The Wireless

Far-fetch with Sam Scott: Miami Bass

07:50 am on 14 January 2015

Music 101 presenter Melody Thomas gives Sam Scott (The Phoenix Foundation, Bunnies on Ponies) the challenge of exploring an obscure musical genre.

Sam Scott plays fetch / Photo by Will Ricketts Photo: Sam Scott plays fetch / Photo by Will Ricketts

This week he gets his booty grinding to some Miami Bass with tracks from 2 Live Crew, B.V.S.M.P. and Dimples Tee, and he compares the genre to more recent production work from Diplo and Joel Little (Lorde, Broods). "Everything we hear now on the radio sounds like Miami Bass," he says.