Petrol Blue

So after a conversation today with Lo about which REM tune we wanted to cover, I came home and had a go at a solo version of this. It was the first one I thought to try, and this is the 2nd time I played it (I missed recording the first). So here it is, and it starts/ends with a different REM song. 

from a technical stand point - the main point of interest is probably the backwards delay from the Kaoss Pad, onto which I also sample 4 different notes/phrases which I mess with as the tune progresses... fun times :) 

The chances of my next album being all covers has gone up by about 80% in the last few days :) 

[update] there's now a 2nd version of this on Youtube, another take, a little shorter, I think... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8D6dHcr2yE&list=UUHlI8xnDnhdcquOZk1QL3zg

Steve Lawson - Orange Crush

An ambient improvisation on solo fretless bass (5-string), using three Source Audio Soundblox2 pedals: Manta bass filter, Multiwave bass distortion, and Dimension reverb. Lightly edited in Reaper.

Orion

A short improvisation on a Sigma (5-string EADGC fretted) acoustic bass, plus various effects. I was experimenting with adding a loop while editing in Reaper (by taking a short section of the solo and looping it).

Falling

A rough cut from the New Standard project with Steve Lawson

The New Standard

Don't Want to Know

All this Time is from the compelling new album by veteran songwriter Lobelia Lawson takes a fresh look at heartbreak; exploring themes of hope, renewal and confidence. Love Or Something Like It, produced by Juno award winning producer Rob Szabo, is modern, fragile and at times intense, with the witty tongue-in-cheek songwriting that Lobelia is known for. Releasing on Valentines Day as an album for the romantically disenfranchised.
Pre-order now at:
www.lobelia.bandcamp.com

All This Time

Producer: DA
https://soundcloud.com/010da

Corbyn Riddim (Prod. DA)

Written by me and produced by James Delin

Overlay

Lullaby for Eniola - Kit Downes & Ruth Goller
remotely recorded, May 2020

Robert Stillman - saxophone
Aaron Parks - piano, keyboards
Adam Robinson - viola
Ruth Goller - bass
Seb Rochford - drums

edited and mix by Kit Downes, master by Alex Bonney

Lullaby for Eniola (feat. Aaron Parks, Robert Stillman)

Solo bassist (solobasssteve on most of the internets), improvisor, looper, social media experimentalist, lecturer, writer of blogthings. I use Soundcloud less these days, and am uploading new stuff for my Bandcamp subscribers. Check that out :) 

This music is brought to you by the words bass, looping, live, cinematic, ambient, jazz, improvised, electronica.

Steve Lawson - Orange Crush

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