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
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Personnel
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;Musicians
- Nigel Butler – keyboards, effects, programming
- Will Calhoun – drums, percussion, co-producer
- Sussan Deyhim – vocals (6, 9)
- Alex Foster – saxophone
- Keith LeBlanc – drums, percussion
- Skip McDonald – guitar, keyboards, editing, co-producer
- Adrian Sherwood – keyboards, editing, producer, engineering, mixing
- Talvin Singh – tabla, percussion
- Doug Wimbish – bass guitar, keyboards, effects, vocals, producer, engineering, mixing
- Bernie Worrell – acoustic piano, keyboards
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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 | 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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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=15571 |name=Trippy Notes for Bass |type=album}}
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