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[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1454672394' post='2971854']
So, anybody into stuff that doesn't use bass?

Recently I've been going through a Synthwave bent, mainly because it reminds me of old 80s scifi movies.
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I've recently got into synthwave. Mitch murder etc. Love it for same reason but it is also really musical. I like the scandanavian penchant for harmonic and melodic minor. To be fair love them synth bass sounds

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[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1454678112' post='2971971']
Cello stuff. I love it.
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Gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it...

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYt2LHXF2hs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYt2LHXF2hs[/url]

Or maybe something with a bit more passion...

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgdbqt2ON0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgdbqt2ON0[/url]

Enjoy! :)

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[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1454672394' post='2971854']
So, anybody into stuff that doesn't use bass?...
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Wot..? There's stuff that doesn't use [i]bass[/i]..? :o

No, seriously; it's not a criteria at all in my listening. Any and everything, from solo a capela singing, through nose flutes to chamber music, passing by Oriental ragas and other ethnic to jazz ensembles, fusion, classical and classic rock, some of which contains [s]nuts[/s] bass. Some of it is quite nice, too. B)

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[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1454869301' post='2973760']
... their bass instrument is a sousaphone.
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I played in a band like that once... no, seriously! :unsure:

[spoiler]Keys, guitar, pansx2 and Sousaphone IIRC. Thirty years ago though so no clue what we sounded like, but I do recall that the Sousaphone didn't sound anywhere near as bad as you'd think it should. [/spoiler]

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If you mean bass of the stringed variety then yeah, shedloads. I'm into plenty of electronic music that features no stringed instruments whatsoever.

But then there are huge swathes of electronic music where bass features predominantly (much more so than in guitar-based genres), sometimes as the 'lead' instrument.

Reminds me of when I first saw LFO at the Sheffield Octagon, early 90s. They played their signature track at the time, "LFO", and I remember watching some of the bottles behind the bar come loose and smash on the floor. Now [i]that[/i] was bass :) it quite literally shook the room.

Here's the track for anyone interested. Sounds dated now, but the subs are still as ferocious as ever - although you'll need some hefty speakers to hear them...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HROMVIHGpLE[/media]

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