LOW Vol 1

All noises produced and recorded by D.D. at The Pleasure Dome,

Paris, during 2005-2007.

No synths used, no drums, no percussion, no guitars,  just basses.

Complete Track List and detailed track by track information:

1. VALS POLACO          vals                                             3:47
   Recorded Tracks :
   Larrivée Acoustic (basic track)
   Upright Bass: Bass part.
   Steinberger Electric Bass: melody left channel.
   Sekine Fretless: Melody Right Channel, Armonics.
   Steinberger Electric Bass: Volume pedal harmony.
    
2. LA BAJA                    chacarera                            6:35
   Recorded Tracks :
   Field recording (ambience and rhythmic loop): Street noises in Paris 2003.
   Steinberger Electric Bass: percussion groove (2tracks L/R).
   Riverhead “Low” Bass: Basic groove and coda solo.
   Steinberger Electric Bass: Melodies w/auto wha.
   Steinberger Electric Bass:  volume pedal background pad.
   Steinberger Electric Bass:  distorition background.
   Sekine Fretless: Double tracked (L/R) melodies.
   Mixdown FXs: delay and reverb.
    
3. ZAMBA DESILUCION            zamba                        4:00
   solo unaccompanied Larrivée 5 strings Acoustic Bass Guitar.
    

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4. ABSTRACT #3                                                                                       3:02
   Recorded Tracks :
   Steinberger Electric Bass: Tapping Basic part w/flanger pedal.
   Steinberger Electric Bass: distortion+step fx track.
   Steinberger Electric Bass: Volume Pedal (ending).
   Sekine Fretless Bass Guitar: melody+armonics
   Sekine Fretless Bass Guitar: melody+armonics (double tracked harmony).
   Schecter Jazz Bass w/black nylon strings: groove.
   Mixdown FXs: EQ, delay (2), panner, and reverb.
    
5. PASTORAL PALOMA                                                             4:40
   Solo unaccompanied Larrivée 5 strings Acoustic Bass Guitar, Paris March 3^rd, 2007.
    
6. IMPROMPTU N°1    ‘live’ unaccompanied bass improvisation        3:37
   Recorded Tracks :
   Steinberger Electric Bass: solo w/distorition, wha, delay & filter pedals. Paris, October 26^th 2005.
    
7. SANS APOSTROPHE            rock song                   2:48
   Recorded Tracks :
   Steinberger Electric Bass: solo “live” performance on aParis, March 12 2007.
   My voice playing drum part: first track “snare+bass”, second track “hi hat”
    
8. INTERLUDE #2                     (aka Interlude Haden)     1:37
   solo unaccompanied Upright Bass. Recorded Live at the pleasure Dome, March 10th 2007.
    
9. IMPROMPTU N°2      ‘live’ unaccompanied bass improvisation                6:03
   Recorded Tracks :
   Steinberger Electric Bass: solo bass feeding two different preamps (and 2 audio tracks): one through a huge delay+volume pedal, the second with distorition, wha, & filter pedals. Performed ‘live’ in the studio swiching between both channels with an A/B footswitch. Paris, November 29^th 2005.
    
10. ABSTRACT #2                                                                        3:52
    Recorded Tracks :
    Larrivée Acoustic (played w/fingers and then w/stick)
    Bowed Upright Basses: six different tracks.
    Mixdown FXs: delay and reverb.
     
11. ZAMBA DEL BAJO     aire de zamba                                                  5:55
    Recorded Tracks :
    Acoustic Bass Guitar: chord-melody.
    Acoustic Bass Guitar: percussion groove.
    Steinberger Electric Bass: 2 tracks of volume pedal background pad.          
    Upright Bass: Bass part.
    Steinberger Electric Bass: 2 tracks solo w/distorition, whawha & filter pedals (2^nd track appears on coda).
    Mixdown FXs: EQ, delay (2) and reverb.
     
12. ABSTRACT #1                                                                        4:25
    Recorded Tracks :
    Steinberger Electric Bass: percussion groove (muted).
    Steinberger Electric Bass: Volume Pedal Melody&Harmony (4 tracks).
    Sekine Fretless Bass Guitar: melody, armonics and solo.
    Riverhead “Low” Bass: 2 Basic groove.
    Mixdown FXs: EQ, delay (2), whawha (on master) and reverb.
     
13. FAREWELL solo unaccompanied acoustic bass guitar                              4:12
    Recorded Tracks :
    Michael Kelly Dragonfly solo performance @ The Pleasure Dome Paris  December 4^th 2006.

LOW's Equipement

Instruments used:
 

Schecter “62 Jazz Bass” 4 string (w/black nylon strings)

Custom made Sekine Fretless Bass 4 strings.

Riverhead “Low” 4 string Bass tuned B/E/A/D with “floppy” strings.

Steinberger 5 string bass tuned E/A/D/G/C

L’arrivée Acoustic 5 string acoustic bass guitar tuned E/A/D/G/C.

Michael Kelly Dragonfly 5 string acoustic bass guitar tuned E/A/D/G/C.

1900 Argentinean Contrabass.

Street sounds used as background noise and rhythmic loop on “La Baja”.

D.D.’s voice used to construct drum loop on “Sans Apostrophe”.

FX's:

ADA MB-1 preamp

Zoom 708ii

Zoom 2020

Yamaha SPX 900

Lexicon LXP1

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