Finally, another great bass track:
We Have Always Lived In The Castle, from the 2018 Uniform / The Body collab album Mental Wounds Not Healing
I wouldn't quite recommend you listen to it... though you're welcome to 
What bass-litmus-test music do you take to auditions?
If you love tight, fast, hard-hitting bass in spades, we have something in common.
When you go audition speaker-amp pairings, what music do you take along to separate the grain from the chaff?
Here are a couple of my favorites:
- Pigs of the Roman Empire, by Melvins + Lustmord (from their album Pigs of the Roman Empire). This is a brilliant collab between noted dark ambient artist Lustmord and iconic sludge gods the Melvins. If a 23-minute sludge metal track isn’t your cuppa, I understand (sort of? ) and feel free to skip to around 14:30
- A1, by Darkside (from their eponymous 2011 debut EP). What can I say? I love Darkside. Only one EP and 3 albums in 14 years, but they’re worth the wait. Their new album Nothing is fantastic.
- Paténipat, by Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul (Topical Dancer). This playful song has the ability to dim my little table light significantly when played loud enough. For some reason it does not cause my imperfect room to break into harsh mids and highs so I crank it up to ridiculous SPLs.
- Ageiopolis, by Aphex Twin (Selected Ambient Works 84-92). An airy and pleasant ambient track with some killer bass thrown in. Maybe the only track so far that makes my speakers threaten to lose their composure and reminds me that I should probably re-gasket my woofers and crossover access panels, and make sure my sealed enclosures are indeed sealed.
What are some of your favorites? I am curious to learn about some non-electronic works.
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@devinplombier the bass player on Goat Rodeo Sessions is Edgar Meyer. Check out his credits on All Music, he’s played on a lot of great recordings. kn |
Chrome by Joe Jackson - track 4 on the abum Volume 4 - the melody of the song is "borrowed" from Sunshower by Kenny Barron. Graham Maby's bassline covers most of two octaves, so it's excellent for identifying crossover problems. Also, the song is pretty sparse - largely Maby and Dave Houghton's drumming and is super tight, so good for checking system timing accuracy as well. |
Here are two from Sheffield:
https://tidal.com/browse/track/52421390?u
https://tidal.com/browse/track/52421391?u be careful with the volume until you have played them through. |
Akhnaten opera of Philip Glass... ( my favorite modern opera with Weil one) 9th symphony of Bruckner... (Giulini)
A Tuba is the best to test bass...
Then i used Marie Claire Alain Bach opus at the organ... I felt the organ with my body and feet with my headphone (AKG K340) clearly with no distortion (bone resonance)... Most headphone cannot render this as if you were there with a soundfield out of your head... Many speakers in a living room will not do ( acoustics matter as much as speakers choice ) ...
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