BelgaBass
Old school '70s-'80s disco, funk, soul and latin, played on vintage electric basses and Ampeg Baby Bass, played by a guy who grew up on this music and assimilated it into his veins. I am not aiming for technical perfection, but to reproduce the authentic vibe of songs using a tone and feel as close as possible to the original sound. Without amp, effects or post-production.
I was active 1983-2012 as a live bass player in a whole range of styles, mainly covers/ethnojazz/70's-80's disco-soul-R&B, and later also got into Latin music and salsa and was the only Belgian bass player to play live with Cuban bands in Belgium from 2003-2012.
Soy un Belga del pais de Belgica en Europa, fanatico de la musica disco-soul-R&B de los años 70-80, pero tambien de musica latina con Baby y con swing... tratando de reproducir la buena vibracion de algunos temas aqui. Y todo ese sin ni una gota de sangre Latina en mis venas.
Available for online recordings.
Enquiries: [email protected]
En Orbita - Fania All Stars - bass solo close up (JB '66)
En Orbita - Fania All Stars (1977) - bass solo
Haboglabotribbin' - Bernard Wright (1981) - Fender Jazz Bass '78-79 - single take
Disco Inferno - Trammps (1977) - deconstructing bass lines - Fender Precision '76 roundwounds
Heathrow - Level 42 (1981) - bass - single take
Absolute - Scritti Politti (1985) - bass first take - Music Man Sabre '79
Appetite - Prefab Sprout (1985)
1993 - Incognito (live, 2024) - first take bass
Celebrations - Brothers Johnson (1980) - Music Man Sabre '79 bass
Cameo - Love You Anyway (1984) - Music Man Sabre '79 bass - bridge pickup
Brothers Johnson - Thunder Thumbs And Lightnin' Licks (1978) - bass part without solo (audio)
Hot Water - Level 42 (1984) - NO SLAP ! bass synth playalong
Belgabass Fingerbreaker 6 - more synth bass !
Belgabass Fingerbreaker 5 - more bass synth mimicry on Jazz Bass 78/80
Matt's Mood - Matt Bianco (1985) - bass synth mimicking on Fender Jazz Bass '78-'80
Music Man Sabre 1979/80 - bass sound demonstration (fingerstyle) - straight jack output
Belgabass jam track for keyboard / guitar - Bluesrock in A
Belgabass jam track for keyboards / guitar / horns - Latin Ambient - F# - E
Belgabass jam track for keyboards / horns / tres - Salsa Guaguanco in A
Belgabass guitar/keyboard/percussion jam track - Funky shuffle in F - 100 bpm
Imitating 80's synth bass using slapping
Music Man Sabre 1979/80 - bass sound demonstration (slapping)
Bass finger control
The Dude - Quincy Jones (1981) - bass playalong