thanks!
as for the bassdrum sound, ambience is usually recorded and mixed into the drumkit, i have never micked a dedicated ambience on the bassdrum though, might be possible with a supercardioid or something..
its usually sought to be very clean, low bass plus a distinct click from the bassdrum skin, but im going to test adding lowpassed ambience to it and see how it feels!
good luck on the deals, hope you get hooked up! you have some really interesting ideas. im not familiar at all with electronic "abstract" music (if im allowed to call it abstract) but this is good stuff.