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post #1 of 35
7/9/08 at 12:08pm
Thread Starter 
I play bass. I listen to bass. I love bass. I just can't get enough of the stuff.

My favourite stuff already includes Jah Wobble, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, Little Axe, Level 42, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, The Chilli's, The Stone Roses, any jazz album featuring Paul Chambers on double bass, Doppleganger by The Grid, Essential Basslines by Dr Das, Chic, with George Bernard etc etc.

I really don't care what style of music it is, if it's got a good bass sound, I generally love it.

So, the question is, what artists/albums could you recommend to someone like me.
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post #2 of 35
7/9/08 at 2:09pm
Here's one off the top of my head:

Greg Cohen plays upright in John Zorn's Masada (among other things) and has a great sound. If you can hang with freaky intense Jewish jazz, Check out Live at Tonic 2001. It's one of my favorite recorded bass tones.
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post #3 of 35
7/9/08 at 2:09pm
Check out Morphine if you havent already.
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post #4 of 35
7/9/08 at 2:16pm
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Originally Posted by jilgiljongiljing View Post
Check out Morphine if you havent already.
Agreed. "Cure for pain" was a joy to listen to with the DT990 (basshead-headphones).
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post #5 of 35
7/9/08 at 2:22pm
It seems many symphony orchestras and some pieces make good use of bass notes. I'm stunned every time I listen to Howard Shore's LOTR soundtracks (those in 24 bit/48 kHz format). The bass they have!

ETA: not to mention organs like the numerously mentioned Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor shows how the bass can be BIG!
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post #6 of 35
7/10/08 at 7:37am
bela fleck and the flecktones... victor wooten is very enjoyable to listen to
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post #7 of 35
7/10/08 at 10:03am
Primus. Or any of Les Claypools other projects.
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post #8 of 35
7/10/08 at 10:37am
Thread Starter 
Some good suggestions for me to check out this weekend. Thanks guys.
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post #9 of 35
7/10/08 at 11:12am
You may already know him, since you listed Jah Wobble, but just in case...Bill Laswell.
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post #10 of 35
7/10/08 at 11:36am
Edgar Meyer for acoustic bass.

As mentioned, Victor Wooten (of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones) for electric bass. Check out his rendition of "Amazing Grace" .
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post #11 of 35
7/10/08 at 12:33pm
The album October Rust by Type O Negative. Really tests your headphone's bass detail trying to render Peter Steele's vocals and those downtuned guitars. My SR325is squeal with delight.
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post #12 of 35
7/10/08 at 2:07pm
Superbass and Superbass 2 by Ray Brown, John Clayton and Christian McBride:



Terrific live performances of these 3 bassist at Scullers

Daniel Díaz's "Low":



A very interesting work of this bassist playing different basses (electric, guitar-acoustic, upright...) on his own compositions, some tango-like, others more funky... You may check some of his tracks at his Myspace

Rgrds
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post #13 of 35
7/10/08 at 3:14pm
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The album October Rust by Type O Negative. Really tests your headphone's bass detail trying to render Peter Steele's vocals and those downtuned guitars. My SR325is squeal with delight.
October Rust is not as well recorded as Bloody Kisses which is their best produced album IMO. The kick drum sounds a bit weak on October Rust. Bloody Kisses however is a terrific album for those low vocals and guitars, lovely dark presentation with exquisite detail.
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post #14 of 35
7/10/08 at 3:34pm
ahem,


Ray Brown.




That is all.
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post #15 of 35
7/10/08 at 5:43pm
Pendulum
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