bassvictim

Bassvictim is an electronic music duo formed in London in 2022 by Polish-English singer songwriter Maria Manow and American-English producer Ike Clateman. In 2025, they released their debut album Forever. Maria Manow was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Manow and Ike Clateman first met on a trip to Berlin as two Goldsmiths, University of London students in the summer of 2022. The pair would form Bassvictim later that year after meeting again a few months after outside the south London club Peckham Audio. This setting served as the origin for the name Bassvictim, as Clateman had stepped out to take a break from the sound inside. On October 10, 2025, Bassvictim released their debut album Forever. Pitchfork published a review on the album rating it a 7.5, stating, "Layered with clanging percussion, gnarled harp sounds, and howling synths, their production is thickset yet deceptively simple—equally rewarding in your headphones and on a massive speaker. It sounds like the past without ever feeling derivative: a memory crystallized in bass, cracked phone screens, and dingy little London flats." Pitchfork ranked the album number 49 on their list of "The 50 Best Albums of 2025". On October 20, 2025, they selected Bassvictim's "Mr. President" for their weekly playlist. In December 2025, NME stated "the London-based duo have ushered in a glorious electroclash renaissance alongside Snow Strippers and The Hellp". In an article titled "How to Dig for Music Without Spotify," writing for Pitchfork, music journalist Kieran Press-Reynolds stated "Watch enough 2hollis Chobani clips and TikTok will whoosh you down the Abercrombie & Twitch rabid hole—start with Snow Strippers and nate sib, dip down to Bassvictim". Press-Reynolds, Kieran (2025-11-06). "A Messy Evening With Bassvictim". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2026-02-06. Forde, Archie. "Bassvictim: Forever". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2026-02-06. Pitchfork (2025-12-02). "The 50 Best Albums of 2025". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2026-02-06. Pitchfork (2025-10-20). "10 Songs You Should Listen to Now: This Week's Pitchfork Selects Playlist". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2026-02-06. "In the crowd at Bassvictim's Warsaw show". The Face. 2025-12-19. Retrieved 2026-02-08. Rigotti, Alex (2025-12-10). "The bittersweet rise of Bassvictim: "Cool is the good, bad and ugly"". NME. Retrieved 2026-02-06. Press-Reynolds, Kieran (2025-07-31). "How to Dig for Music Without Spotify". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2026-02-06. Lee-Suk, Emile. "Bassvictim: Testing Forms in Forever". stuyspec.com. Retrieved 2026-02-06. Clateman, Charlie. "Bassvictim Is London's Rising Underground Act". Byline. Retrieved 2026-02-06.