Oscar South Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 (edited) Anyone else a fan of this bassist? Really innovative chordal style yet still manages to 'hold it down' and contribute great parts to the songs without unnecessarily drawing attention to himself. Plays a great looking Alembic too. Some videos of him playing: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PURvQocY-6U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PURvQocY-6U[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTX8ND3k_8k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTX8ND3k_8k[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNEqMQcwv0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNEqMQcwv0[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l98ba2OowCY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l98ba2OowCY[/url] You get a decent look at his playing there but the full band mixes are pretty bad, I recommend you check out the bands recordings too, some great songs. Also some good views of his playing in this interview with the band with some better mixes of the full band: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH81PcwNqFs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH81PcwNqFs[/url] Edited May 14, 2008 by Oscar South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R,5,R,5... Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I CAN'T believe someone else is a fan... I've tried to convert others with very little success. I still think that Na vucca do lupu is one of the best albums I've heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 (edited) I'm yet to venture into his Three Mile Pilot stuff, planning to do that over the summer, they're releasing a new album too aren't they? Thing I like about his playing in Pinback is that I didn't realise how good he was until after about a year of loving them, was only after I saw some videos of them playing live it was like "Holy crap, all that stuffs played on BASS!?", obvious after you see it played but the songs are so well composed that it just all blends into one instrument. Edited May 14, 2008 by Oscar South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R,5,R,5... Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I think early 3MP is the best, as it's just bass, drums, and vocals, and yet ABSIV manages to fill the sonic space perfectly. Highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 [quote name='R,5,R,5...' post='198905' date='May 14 2008, 05:24 PM']I CAN'T believe someone else is a fan...[/quote] plus the one. the guy's an amazing bass player. so glad he's appreciated !! is the 3mp stuff good ? i've been meaning to track some down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R,5,R,5... Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 good good v. good indeed. When they added piano it became less interesting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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