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  A new “film noir” instrumental Two electric basses L-R: Schecter Jazz Bass ’62 Drake Diaz Custom 5 +Synthesizer +Drum beats +Electric guitar (Stratocaster) Performed by DD , Paris , June 2017 Part of my 2016-2017 “Film Noir” production music series. photo by thaddaeus lim

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 […]

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 […]

Mostly quiet, ambient, solo bass performances, with some additional FX . Reocrded in Paris November 2015.

Unaccompanied bass guitar. Yes, it is sad. Recorded July 14th 2015 in Paris. First solo electric bass performance using my Drake Diaz-Custom5 electric bass. Here the second one: solo bass and real time treatments:  

In 2014 Daniel Diaz and American luthier Andrew Drake collaborated on the design , research, and development of this gorgeous 5 string bass guitar. Andrew built her starting at the end of 2014 and decided to keep development for other clients under the name/model DIAZ CUSTOM 5   http://www.drakecustombass.com/gallery/diaz-custom-5/ The first DIAZ CUSTOM 5 it’s […]