November 22, 2013

Lots of people have been asking me lately about the meaning behind Bassnectar, or various song lyrics, or the symbol. With so many people tattooing the emblem on their bodies, I went back into the vaults to find some stuff I’ve written in the past about it. I’m all about symbolism, but I’m also pretty open to interpretation and to amorphous evolution of philosophy, thought, and perspective. But here are two various explanations I’ve had over the years regarding the meaning of the Bassnectar symbol: “My dear friend who created the word “bassnectar” helped me create the logo. We searched through books of images and icons, and found something similar to the first original design. We messed with it in photoshop and made it more circular (it almost looked like a bad 1970’s airline logo at first!) and I always took it to be kind of my own ‘yin yang’ interpretation, with an open end that flows out endlessly.” Depending on the color/contrast, there is one image that is ugly, looks insectlike, or like claws…it is sharp, cold, almost ruthless…or maybe just creepy. Or maybe just ALIEN and strange. The flipside imagery is beautiful, circular, curved elegantly, sweeping, almost flowerlike…