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  NO SYNTHESISERS USED. I played the same note (La – A) or a basic power chord (A-E-A)on several instruments: Upright piano Acoustic guitar (nylon string) Ukuleles (2) Charangos (2) Upright bass Electric bass guitar (2) Then I played some harmonic sparks on my bass guitar and some random hi pitch notes on the piano […]

Instrumental, melodic fretless bass (my good old Sekine custom, circa 1985). Solo fretless bass take, doubled with a moog synth and sparse synth pad on the background. Delay, panner and reverbs as only FX here. Simple “recitativo” melody, no solos, no big development other that the repeated coda/cadenza. Performed by DD, Paris, France, July 2017. […]

“Une étérnité, voir plus” Composed and performed by DD, recorded in Paris, france, September 4th and 5th 2017. All the “pad” sound come from several reverb units and plugins: infinite decay reverb, freeze reverb particle reverb, granular reverb, etc. instruments used, in order of appearance : Electric guitar (distorted power chord) bowed upright bass section […]

A couple of unused cues (demos) for a TV series that required a “sophisticated, old fashioned yet actual groove for a detective scene” (producer’s call) MARSEILLE 1973 Electric bass with nylon strings, Mikrokorg synth , Vox Continental Organ (Arturia Vintage Series)and trap drums. CASE 95 Electric bass with nylon strings, Moog synth , Wurlitzer A200 […]

Nightwatch IV: Something’s Broken. Solo electric bass performance by d.d, treatments: reverb, tremolos, chopper, vibrolo, granulator, wah-wah photo: Nightwatch series / copyright (c) Sabine Pigalle www.sabinepigalle.com music recorded Friday 31st march 2017 at the pleasure dome. Recorded fro DD’s ongoing series Film Noir/NightWatch and for Diquiet junto project 0274 Nightwatch is a trilogy performed on […]

  Nightwatch III: Nocturnal Still Life Three electric basses by d.d, Low bass (tuned B-E-A-D) lead bass (Drake Custom with high C string), a third track with volume pedal (soft “synth-pad” like sounds) No synth , no strange FX, only reverb and delay. photo: Nightwatch series / copyright (c) Sabine Pigalle sabinepigalle.com/ music recorded march […]

  Nightwatch II: The Dark Side 3 Tracks recorded last week, one bas splaying the low B note, another “lead bass” playing the melody lines, a third track playing through a delay line with volume pedal and feeding a granulate plugin instance. Reverb, delay, and some seconds of overdrive. That’s it. photo: Nightwatch series / […]

Several fretted and fretless electric basses by d.d, basically harmonics and volume pedal “synth-pad” like harmonies treatments: reverb, tremolos, granulate, volume pedal, phaser. photo: Nightwatch series / copyright (c) Sabine Pigalle http://sabinepigalle.com/ music recorded march 2017 at the pleasure dome. Recorded fro DD’s ongoing series Film Noir/NightWatch: a collection of nightly, mysterious and dark bass […]

An idea for those who want to break with the supporting/rhythm section role of the bass guitar (albeit occasionally) to play alone, or play chordal and melodic songs This is quite easy to learn (particular on a 5 string) “The Old Country” by Nat Adderley and Curtis Lewis. Very easy solo bass rendition. Besides the […]

Romeo & Juliette “Love Theme” originally titled  “What Is a Youth?” (re-titled “A Time For Us” for a later hit-single version by Henri Mancini in 1969) From Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet score, composed by Nino Rota One of the most classic and memorable romantic themes of any film, naive but beautiful. I play just […]