Funky good times with some fun melodic grooves, staccato lobster claw plucking, double stops, harmonics, neck bends and more! I’m playing my Cortex bass strung up with Ernie Ball Super Slinkys, and used a Seamoon FX ‘Funk Machine’ pedal for the envelope sounds, as well as a Boss OC-2 octaver, Darkglass Hyper Luminal compressor and a Rodenberg 707B clean booster. Pickups are Nordstrand Dual Coils. All sounds come real-time from the bass, amp and pedals, no digital post processing, plugins or editing, what you see is what you get! The signal was recorded with the DI of my Eich T-1000 amp into a Focusrite Scarlett into Cubase, drums were made with Addictive Drums and Korg percussion pads, mastering was done with Ozone. I really had a blast writing this piece and shooting the video, took me weeks to nail this in one take, hope you'll enjoy!
This recording is out now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5FJyiY...
My new vinyl single “Trill Seekers / Bananas” with The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown is now available for pre-order, check it out in the B.O.N.G. Shopify webstore: the-big-ol-nasty-getdown.mysh...
The limited-edition vinyl comes in a beautiful fold out jacket with amazing artwork and liner notes, plus 2 cool stickers. You can choose the standard gatefold with purple splatter vinyl + stickers for $17,50 or get even funkier with art prints on crazy foils and a double sided slipmat, as you like!
Side A TRILL SEEKERS of the 7” vinyl is a full band studio recording of the song from my most watched RU-vid video: • Funk Bass Thumb & Fing...
Here’s the killer line-up of Trill Seekers:
Drums: Wesley Ritenour (Lee Ritenour Band)
Bass: Remco Hendriks
Guitar: Timo Somers (Ayreon, Delain)
Horns: Nic Chaffee (Boombox)
Hammond B3: Peter Keys (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Wah Bass: Cody Wright (!)
Vibraslap: John Heintz
Produced by John Heintz & Remco Hendriks
Executive Producer: John Heintz
Mixed by Fabrizio Grossi at Sounds of Pisces
Mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering
Artwork by Jim Mazza
Side B BANANAS is a full band studio recording with a jazzy take on some grooves and melodies from this Groove Lab video: • Melodic Lobster Claw F... and the 2nd and 3rd jam from this video: • 6 Funk Rock Groove Bas...
Here’s the amazing line-up of Bananas:
Drums: Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili Peppers/Pearl Jam)
Bass: Remco Hendriks
Guitar: Tim Stewart (Lady Gaga)
Keys: Bobby Ray Sparks II (Snarky Puppy)
Sax: Keith Anderson (Prince)
Percussion: Jim Loughlin (Moe)
Album Art: Jeff Wood (Zen Mystic Studio)
Produced by John Heintz & Remco Hendriks
Mixed by Fabrizio Grossi at Sounds of Pisces
Mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering
Engineered by Aaron Gross (Third Ear Productions)
You can listen to TRILL SEEKERS/BANANAS on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5Do...
Apple Music: / trill-seekers-feat-the...
RU-vid: • Trill Seekers (feat. T...
• Bananas
The vinyl test pressings sound amazing, very clear with great dynamics. The general pressings are on their way!
For just $15 you can now pre-order the standard gatefold with purple splatter vinyl + 2 stickers.
If you’re looking to support me or just love funky music and want to own a unique piece of art and vinyl single, this is the best way to contribute to the artists involved, direct sales. We release this independently and your purchase goes directly to us, I notice every sale. We’ve invested a lot to make this happen, with your support we’ll be able to continue recording and releasing more funky music like this on vinyl.
Cheers to those who made it reading this far, you’ve found the halloween easter egg:
I’m giving away 30 min skype bass lessons to the first 10 Remco’s Groove Lab subscribers that buy the vinyl, starting from today, October 25th. All you have to do is pre-order TRILL SEEKERS/BANANAS before November 1st 2023, and email me at info@remcosgroovelab.com with proof of purchase and your name. We’ll connect and plan the skype session once you’ve received the vinyl by mail.
Thanks for watching and reading, let’s keep the funk alive!
24 окт 2023
