Trippy Notes for Bass

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{{Infobox album

| name = Trippy Notes for Bass

| type = album

| artist = Doug Wimbish

| cover = Doug Wimbish - Trippy Notes for Bass.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1999|8|24}}

| recorded = On-U Sound Studios, Matrix Studios, Unique Recording, Bish Mobile, The Villa, London

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Industrial hip hop, jazz fusion, dub

| length = 58:02

| label = On-U Sound

| producer = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = CinemaSonics

| next_year = 2008

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Rick |last=Anderson |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000669108|pure_url=yes}}|title=Trippy Notes for Bass |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=September 30, 2014}}

|rev2 = Alternative Press

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |last=columnist |title=Doug Wimbish – Trippy Notes for Bass |journal=Alternative Press |date=February 2000 |page=97 }}

|rev3 = Spin

|rev3score = 8/10{{cite journal |last=columnist |title=Doug Wimbish – Trippy Notes for Bass |journal=Spin |date=April 2000 |page=198 }}

}}

Trippy Notes for Bass is the first solo album by bassist Doug Wimbish, released on August 24, 1999 by On-U Sound Records.{{cite web |first=David |last=Parker |url=http://www.skysaw.org/onu/discography/dougwimbishdiscog.html#dw-onulp91 |title=Album: Doug Wimbish – 'Trippy Notes For Bass' |publisher=skysaw.org |date=2001 |access-date=September 30, 2014}} On March 3, 2008, the album was re-issued as Trippy Notes for Bass & Remixes on Dude Records.{{cite web |first=Nicolai |last=Beverungen |url=http://www.duderecords.com/dude-records-104.html |title=Doug Wimbish – Trippy Notes For Bass & Remixes |publisher=Dude Records |date=2007 |access-date=September 30, 2014}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = Quasimodo

| writer1 = Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish

| length1 = 1:32

| title2 = Perplex

| writer2 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length2 = 5:11

| title3 = Bedwood

| writer3 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length3 = 5:19

| title4 = Gangster

| writer4 = Alex Foster, Doug Wimbish, Bernie Worrell

| length4 = 5:39

| title5 = Just Another Minute

| writer5 = Doug Wimbish

| length5 = 1:14

| title6 = Arabic Cat

| writer6 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length6 = 4:38

| title7 = Leave It Alone

| writer7 = Alex Foster, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish, Bernie Worrell

| length7 = 4:56

| title8 = Veneered

| writer8 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length8 = 5:43

| title9 = Glorification Chant

| writer9 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length9 = 5:54

| title10 = Logdrum

| writer10 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length10 = 4:11

| title11 = Splash

| writer11 = Doug Wimbish

| length11 = 3:38

| title12 = Will & Skip

| writer12 = Will Calhoun, Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish

| length12 = 2:09

| title13 = Glory

| writer13 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length13 = 3:16

| title14 = Daze

| writer14 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length14 = 3:22

| title15 = Pass It Around

| writer15 = Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish

| length15 = 1:20

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{{track listing

| headline = Trippy Notes for Bass & Remixes bonus tracks

| title16 = Logdrum

| note16 = Adrian Sherwood remix

| writer16 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length16 = 4:54

| title17 = Anthem

| note17 = remix

| writer17 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length17 = 4:27

| title18 = Leave It Alone

| note18 = remix

| writer18 = Alex Foster, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish, Bernie Worrell

| length18 = 4:57

| title19 = Arabic Cat

| note19 = remix

| writer19 = Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish

| length19 = 6:37

}}

Personnel

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;Musicians

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;Technical personnel

  • Alan Branch – editing
  • Tony Brown – engineering
  • Darren Grant – engineering
  • Nick Küpfer – engineering
  • Andy Montgomery – engineering
  • Vernon Reid – photography

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Release history

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! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

Germany

| 1999

| On-U Sound

| CD

| ON-U CD 0091

United Kingdom

| 1999

| On-U Sound

| LP

| ON-U LP 0091

Germany

| 2008

| Dude

| CD

| DR104

References

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