sshorepunk Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 The arrival of a fretless into my arsenal off basses last week prompted me to seek out some more fretless playing. Loaded i-pod with three Mick karn albums and went out for most of the day in manchester, listening to as much as possible whilst on bus and in between pints of Stella. have to say, I'm suprised, some wiered and freaky stuff going on, some hints of "Japan" in there, but on the whole, very enjoyable, album names to follow when stella drains from my system T Quote
GreeneKing Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Alan of ACG spoke of MK today and I'm currently listening to Titles. Liking it, freaky in a good way. Peter Quote
YouMa Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Karns good,quiet life by japan is cool. Quote
ARGH Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Micks bloody amazing.. Oil on Canvas is great,Tin drum......all good stuff. 'Sons of Pioneers' is my fretless test tune Quote
Prosebass Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 "Bestial Cluster" has got some good stuff on it. Not too impressed with JBK (Jansen , Barbieri and Karn) but then where could he go after the genius that was Japan... Quote
YouMa Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 I wish John Taylor went fretless with more of the Duran stuff around at the same time as Japan. Quote
ARGH Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Anyone heard 'Dreams of reason produce monsters'? whats it like? Quote
skelf Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) It is excellent,but I may not be the best person to answer that being a shade biased on the subject. If you can find Poly Town and Liquid Glass they are also excellent. Poly Town can be hard work to start with but has my favourite guitaist in it David Torn. Bestial Cluster has some stunning bass work as does Tooth Mother but I find it quiet hard going to listen to the whole album. Each Eye A Path has the bass a little less obvious but is a really good album. More Better Different is along the same lines as EEAP and one of my favourite Karn albums. One of my favourite albums of all time is the Rain Tree Crow album which is all the members of Japan. The bass is subtle and beautifully done within the songs a really class album and well worth getting a hold of. Edited February 16, 2009 by skelf Quote
ARGH Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Failed to mention DALI'S CAR.....Thats WAYYYY out... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp-qt5gRqA4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp-qt5gRqA4[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTLgBkw5fI&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTLgBkw5fI...feature=related[/url] Quote
sshorepunk Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 very drunk tonite, but pleased to have started this thread, I may be able to read i-pod tomorrow and tell you what i was listening too!! T Quote
bottomfeed Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) I've always had a soft spot for Mick Karn's bassery.... a very unique player... +1 for [b]Liquid Glass[/b] (with Yoshihihiro Hanno) & [b]Polly Town[/b] (with David Torn & Terry Bozzio) & [b]Three part species - master[/b] ...classic Karn weirdness! [i]I liked Dali's car[/i] ....some very inventive bass playing! Edited February 16, 2009 by bottomfeed Quote
dmz Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 I'm a bit of an MK fan I must say - the Japan album "Tin Drum" album is as good a place as any to start. He's readily admits to Percy Jones being a big influence - indeed he got into fretless through hearing Percy Jones on Eno's Another Green World album. Another great British fretless player to try out if you haven't heard him before..... Quote
nick Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 [quote name='ARGH' post='410655' date='Feb 16 2009, 12:16 AM']Failed to mention DALI'S CAR.....Thats WAYYYY out... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp-qt5gRqA4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp-qt5gRqA4[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTLgBkw5fI&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTLgBkw5fI...feature=related[/url][/quote] Loved Dali's Car. Brings back some great memories Quote
bottomfeed Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 [quote name='dmz' post='411479' date='Feb 16 2009, 08:51 PM']I'm a bit of an MK fan I must say - the Japan album "Tin Drum" album is as good a place as any to start. He's readily admits to Percy Jones being a big influence - indeed he got into fretless through hearing Percy Jones on Eno's Another Green World album. Another great British fretless player to try out if you haven't heard him before.....[/quote] +1 to Percy Jones! ...Brand x - 'unorthodox behaviour' & 'livestock' great albums that blew me away when I 1st heard them... & what he's doing with Tunnels these days has that magic still.... Not every ones cup of tea, I can understand.... but it's 'twiddly' jazz that has buckets of soul.... unlike some more[i] famous[/i] exponents of the twiddly jazz world that leave me cold..... Quote
Steve Woodcock Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Play.com have got a 3 for a tenner offer on at the moment and Gentlemen Take Polaroids, Tin Drum & Oil On Canvas are all included Quote
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