Dissident, by Karl Clews

Dissident

by Karl Clews

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Full Digital Discography

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Elements Vol.2: Classic TV Themes, Samurai, Nomad, Speaking In Tongues, Roots, Navigator, Elements Vol.1: Jazz Funk Fusion Classics, Dissident, and 2 more. , and , .

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1.	Patterns 01:55	buy track
2.	Les Sirènes de Queneau 03:50	buy track
3.	Switchblade 02:45	buy track
4.	Étude 02:09	buy track
5.	A Dream of Endless Longing 02:52	buy track
6.	Juggernaut 03:56	buy track
7.	Satori 03:16	buy track
8.	On Moonlit Seas 02:27	buy track
9.	Psychobabble 03:20	buy track
10.	Las Olas 03:18	buy track
11.	Spiral 01:12	buy track
12.	Creeper 03:10	buy track
13.	Walk Lightly 02:41	buy track
14.	Something Beautiful (Instrumental Version) 04:16	buy track
15.	A Peaceful Storm 03:41	buy track

about

Karl Clews is an experienced session and touring bassist. In recent years he has become known for his solo bass arrangements of popular tracks on YouTube, from current chart hits to jazz and funk classics and movie themes. 'I wanted to demonstrate the potential of the bass guitar - technology and playing styles have progressed so rapidly on the bass in recent years, the bass is no longer restricted to playing just the root notes in a band. It's now capable of playing melody and chords, and can even carry a whole piece on its own' says Karl. 'However, there's still an 'old-school' mentality among certain players and listeners who see and hear what I do and have no qualms about telling me I'm playing the bass 'wrong'. Hence the title of this collection of my originals, 'Dissident' - I see myself as one of a growing number of bassists who are fighting the established preconceptions of what a bass should sound like.'

All pieces in this collection are performed using only 4-string electric basses and percussion.

credits

released January 8, 2020

All music composed, performed, engineered and produced by Karl Clews, except drums in tracks 1, 11 and 15 performed and recorded by Richie Dittrich.

Karl uses Bogart and Status electric basses, a Chowny SWB Pro piccolo bass, and a Palatino EUB.

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Karl Clews Galway, Ireland

Karl employs a variety of techniques including slap, two-handed tapping and classical guitar-style thumb- and fingerpicking, to combine melody, chords and bassline in a single performance, effectively making his bass guitar a self-accompanying instrument, without the need for other instruments. ... more