Doug Wimbish's solo album out now
Doug Wimbish's long awaited solo album 'Trippy Notes for Bass' has finally been released (on cd and double vinyl).
Doug Wimbish's solo-album has been announced years ago, but it never was released. Untill... NOW. Finally Trippy Notes for Bass is in the shops. The album (on cd and limited edition 2lp) features 15 tracks, written by Doug himself, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Bernie Worrell, Will Calhoun and Alex Foster. The atmosphere of Trippy Notes for Bass, recorded in London, New York & Italy, is more or less ambient. People who expect a heavy funky Doug Wimbish will not be satisfied, I'm afraid.
Apart from Doug's Tackhead team mates Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald & Adrian Sherwood, also Will Calhoun (Jungle Funk, former drummer of Living Colour) plays his part on the album. It also features names such as: Talvin Singh (percussion), Bernie Worrell (piano), Sussan Deyhim (vocals on Arabic Cat), Nigel Butler (keyboards, special effects) & Alex Foster (saxophone).
I guess it's needless to say that Adrian Sherwood is responsible for 'cosmic mix' as well as producing & mixing the album, in cooperation with Doug himself & Will Calhoun & Skip McDonald. One of the tracks is actually named after those last 2: Will & Skip.
Some of the tracks may sound familiar. Splash was featured on the Trace Elliot compilation Also Available in Green, but in a totally different version. And On-U Sound and Mark Stewart lovers will recognize Veneered, an ode to Stewart's classic album As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade, with Maffia members Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald and of course Doug himself. As said before, it's not the Doug Wimbish you would expect remembering his bas bombardments with Tackhead and the steaming funk he's making with Jungle Funk, although Doug's one man band in Just another minute (1:15) is very impressive.
'Trippy Notes' is leaning on the atmosphere more than on the rhyhtm. But that's hardly surprising, considering Doug wanted to create an album that should be an ideal basis for drum 'n bass-DJ's to remix.
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