Re: Jonas Hellborg

The Silent Life is a solo bass album recorded by Jonas Hellborg in 1990 at
Greenpoint Studios, the recording studio he co-owned with Bill Laswell at
the time. Hellborg spent 2 years prior to recording this album playing and
getting attuned to an acoustic bass guitar crafted by master luthier
Abraham Wechter. This instrument, the Roman bass, was not only used on this
landmark recording but also featured on Hellborg's collaboration with Tony
Williams called The Word and Ginger Bakers' Middle Passage (both recorded
the same year). The re-release of this album is prompted by the discovery
of unused takes of certain pieces and the sheer quality of sound on the
original recordings (before processing). What you get here is the naked
truth, Jonas Hellborg, the Wechter Roman bass, two mics (a Neumann U47 and
an AKG 414) straight to tape.


On 25 November 2013 09:11, Sean Terwilliger <[email protected]> wrote:

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> It looks as if Jonas Hellborg is re-releasing "Silent Life" with some
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> http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Life-Solo-Bass-1990/dp/B00G5ASYZC/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1385341648&sr=1-2&keywords=jonas+hellborg
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