"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