Big shows, bigger bass: Hy-Tekk Productions on tonight’s ill.Gates show, KC electronic music

Are you the kind of person who doesn’t think there’s enough bass until your teeth chatter uncontrollably? If so, the bass-centric parties Hy-Tekk Productions throws ought to please your eardrums.

Hy-Tekk was formed in early January 2010 by Mike Jones and Chris Hughes, with the help of Patrick Grantello and a smattering of local, dedicated bass heads. “Hy-Tekk has managed to progress from underground house parties occupied by 150 people to top-quality productions drawing 400-500 people in the matter of just two years,” says Grantello. The collective produces, coordinates, and runs promotions for a lot of the Midwest electronic music scene, and produces local and regional DJs’ free EPs. It’s responsible, tonight, for the Bassnectar Afterparty at the Union. We briefly typed with Grantello about that party and what else the collective’s got planned for the KC music scene.