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Joined: September 03 2005
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Posted: August 26 2015 at 05:55
When I listen to BP's first solo album 'Paga', I can see why many regard him as the best, but Top is just relentless. And that bass line of De Futura is just impossible to play. I can't work out how he does it - effortlessly when you watch him. The accelerando in the piece is breathtaking.
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Posted: August 26 2015 at 09:15
I’m a huge Magma fan; I have all their DVD’s and most of
their cd’s.However, I do not know the names
of the bassists.They’re all
magnificent, but if I had to choose it would be….
Who is this guy?
Edited by CosmicVibration - August 26 2015 at 09:39
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Posted: August 28 2015 at 16:12
Tom Ozric wrote:
When I listen to BP's first solo album 'Paga', I can see why many regard him as the best, but Top is just relentless. And that bass line of De Futura is just impossible to play. I can't work out how he does it - effortlessly when you watch him. The accelerando in the piece is breathtaking.
That's an awesome record. His fretless solo on the opening track is on par with Jaco's solo on Havona.
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Posted: August 28 2015 at 17:09
The Neck Romancer wrote:
Tom Ozric wrote:
When I listen to BP's first solo album 'Paga', I can see why many regard him as the best, but Top is just relentless. And that bass line of De Futura is just impossible to play. I can't work out how he does it - effortlessly when you watch him. The accelerando in the piece is breathtaking.
That's an awesome record. His fretless solo on the opening track is on par with Jaco's solo on Havona.
Excellent observation !! That's EXACTLY who I think of when I hear Talk Back. Such a shame Paga isn't more well known. Oh, I think he's a great singer too.
Joined: December 27 2012
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Posted: September 05 2015 at 00:52
I still haven't voted! Listening to AKT VIII, Bruxelles -
Théâtre 140 from 1971 playing stuff from the first three albums,
including Mekanïk Kommandöh, with Francis Moze, we'll see if it affects
my vote.
The Neck Romancer wrote:
Top's sound is actually pretty awful on Magma's studio albums, in my humble amateur bass player's opinion. The best register of his monstruous technique and tone is on the VanderTop live album Paris 76.
I agree Re: Top's sound. I think even just the topic of sound is interesting for this consideration of Magma's bassists. To me, sound-wise Bernard Paganotti built on what Jannick Top started. But maybe Jannick Top felt more like a "core member," with later players seeming more like "the bassist" - not a bad thing of course! But the whole parallel Ork storyline, for example, points to a creative voice not often found this close to the source.
There is also the break between Jannick Top's earlier stuff with them and Üdü Ẁüdü (though only a couple of years max) - this is when Paganotti is in the band. Attahk is interesting too - there's a stylistic shift, and the introduction of the air bass/earth bass concept.
Anyway - still undecided! I did put on
Köhntarkösz, only got to listen to Part 1 - looking forward to Ork Alarm!
Edited by hieronymous - September 05 2015 at 23:46
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Posted: September 07 2015 at 13:48
Jannick Top was in Space too, though there are a lot of tracks with synth bass - wonder if he played those lines?
For
me, I think the Vander/Top displayed incredible potential that somehow
didn't reach its apex, at least in the stuff that I have heard. Or maybe
De Futura is the apex...
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Posted: February 18 2016 at 04:07
CosmicVibration wrote:
I’m a huge Magma fan; I have all their DVD’s and most of
their cd’s.However, I do not know the names
of the bassists.They’re all
magnificent, but if I had to choose it would be….
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