40hz Soundsystem: Saturday Night in the Pyramid at Harvest
Saturday night in the Pyramid at Harvest festival is all about 40hz Soundsystem.
Founded in 2009 by Jon “Spyne” and Jenn “Steinjah,” 40hz Soundsystem grew out of Toronto’s underground bass scene with a simple goal: bring proper weight, clarity, and care back to local events. Nearly two decades later, their custom-built stack has become a fixture of local festival culture, and a platform for selectors, producers, and dancers alike.
Spyne and Steinjah build their own scoop cabs and run 18″ drivers. They’ve brought that stack to Harvest for more than 15 years, and it lands with the same low, clean weight every time. You feel it before you hear it.
40hz Soundsystem curates and promotes its own bass nights, keeping the dub in dubstep: deep selections, dubplates, weight, and space. Artists such as Distinct Motive, Mala, Ivy Lab, and Mungos HiFi have performed on their system. Follow 40hz Instagram and Facebook for upcoming events and tag #40hzsoundsystem.
Harvest festival is a four-day celebration of electronic music, art, and community, held each September among the sculptures, forests, and rolling hills of Midlothian Castle. Produced by alienInFlux Sound System, it provides the ideal setting for 40hz’s annual return to the Pyramid.
By sunrise, seen above, the Pyramid feels like bass heaven.
