Julia Hofer like you've never seen her before.

[HeadlessBassist]

I always suspected Julia Hofer was classically trained in some way, shape or form. Now I find out she's a Cellist like me. Interesting performance, too...

 

 

[ezbass]

13 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Now I find out she's a Cellist like me.

Oh yes, she has just as many chops on the cello as the bass too. On top of all that, she seems like the nicest person too. Don’t you just hate her? 

[Hellzero]

Wow, I love it, I've just bought their record.

 

Superb Fazioli piano too, certainly my favourite brand, they sound amazing.

[petebassist]

Great composition!

That Sandberg sounds great too, think it's a Marlowe DK TT.

[paul_5]

Jesus that’s good!!

[Gank Bass]

Incredibly disappointing thread based on that title 😂

[stewblack]

Surprised how good Stephen Merchant is on the old piano. 

[asingardenof]

Everything about this was awesome apart from the camera work which made me feel a bit queasy

[itu]

I liked the performance, especially the Fazioli hitter. Cello sound was very good, too. Nice combination of old and new. 

 

(Could someone buy the bassist a new set of strings, maybe?) 

[Owen]

28 minutes ago, itu said:

(Could someone buy the bassist a new set of strings, maybe?) 

Top end is, like, so 5 years ago, maaahn. 

[Franticsmurf]

12 hours ago, asingardenof said:

Everything about this was awesome apart from the camera work which made me feel a bit queasy

I had to stop watching as it was so annoying. The cameraperson was clearly trying out their new steadycam rig. 🙂 Kept listening, though, and the performance was amazing. 

[wintoid]

13 hours ago, stewblack said:

Surprised how good Stephen Merchant is on the old piano. 

Great performance, and this was exactly my thought

[Linus27]

What amazing tone, I guess its the Sandberg DK TT and one of the latest MarkBass combo's. Great tone. 

[Dood]

Sounds great, it reminds me of some of the bass-forward performances by Dil Katz, Dave Ball and Phil Mulford with Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia with Jon Hiseman on drums. 

[pineweasel]

21 hours ago, petebassist said:

That Sandberg sounds great too, think it's a Marlowe DK TT.

Not the Marlowe DK, just a regular TT with aging:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tZjW7a66jQ&t=15s

 

[Supernaut]

20 hours ago, Gank Bass said:

Incredibly disappointing thread based on that title 😂

Never change, BC. 

[petebassist]

1 hour ago, pineweasel said:

Not the Marlowe DK, just a regular TT with aging:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tZjW7a66jQ&t=15s

 

Ah OK, love the tone on that - I have a super light TM4 with old flats to tone down the bright tone.

[Hellzero]

I received the CD yesterday and it's so good that I listened to it 3 times in a row.

 

I can only recommend it.

[Dan Dare]

On 29/10/2025 at 19:26, Gank Bass said:

Incredibly disappointing thread based on that title 😂

 

Agreed. She does clean up rather nicely, mind...

[Owen]

Is this genuinely needed?

[Dad3353]

40 minutes ago, Owen said:

Is this genuinely needed?

...

 

Needed..? Certainly not, but quite useful, in an oblique way. It gives some insight into the mindset of the poster; this may serve as a 'filter' of sorts when appreciating other posts from the same source. It's an indication of 'banter', a bit like the building site 'wolf whistle' that could be heard in days of yore. Some continue these 'traditions'; these posts are remnants of those times gone by. 

Edited 10 hours ago by Dad3353

[LukeFRC]

15 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Needed..? Certainly not, but quite useful, in an oblique way. It gives some insight into the mindset of the poster; this may serve as a 'filter' of sorts when appreciating other posts from the same source. It's an indication of 'banter', a bit like the building site 'wolf whistle' that could be heard in days of yore. Some continue these 'traditions'; these posts are remnants of those times gone by. 

Good point to recomend listening to the exceptional and recently released track “Fairchild” by Dave, that kinda touches on this kinda thing 

[vbance]

Thanks HeadlessBassist, I've not heard of either performer but cd purchased👍

[Geek99]

3 hours ago, Owen said:

Is this genuinely needed?

She plays better bass than me whilst riding a unicycle (see YouTube)

And now I see that she is even more talented than I thought. What’s not to like ?