Hey all!
My favorite music podcasts are all doing their end of year wrap ups and making their ‘best of’ lists.
I’d love to hear what gems you all have discovered this year.
My favorite album released in 2020 - with some of my favorite bass work (such killer grooves and gorgeous harmony work with the guitars and keys - is:
Elder: Omens.
I’m still thinking about other bass lines and records from this year. I’ve got a huge batch from the heavy-music-spectrum, but I’d love to hear what y’all have found.
Whoah… the production on this reminds me so much of that older Metheny stuff!
Super cool.
Was the concept to re interpret the music of Alan Holdsworth?
I’m not a Holdsworth expert, so it’s not familiar material to me.
I think the purpose/motivation here was at last two-fold: first and foremost was likely the desire by Sebastiaan (and some of the other musicians involved) to pay homage to Allan Holdsworth and his music. Second: to make a 1-to-1 cover of Allan’s songs/recordings is a bit of a futile experiment, as Allan’s approach to playing and his style are very, very hard to copy. So, re-interpretations it is!
They made new arrangements, let sometimes keyboards replace the soaring lead guitar, and other times hired young guitar whizzes to provide soli in the spirit of Allan. I think they did a great job in “freshening up” these classics and stripping away some of the idiosyncrasies of the 80’s and 90s in the original recordings.
By the way, Allan’s albums are - while of course very fusion-y and guitar-heavy - worthwhile checking out, as he always surrounded himself with awesome bassists; most notably Skuli Sverrisson, Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Berlin and Jimmy Haslip!
What an absolutely stellar bass line up. I’m most familar with Jeff Berlin… He’s the one that first showed me the Bach C minor prelude as a bass exercise… still one of my all time favorites!
This is real cool, and an amazing homage. Thanks for the heads up.
Good song and video 
