Patrick Sommer - Planet Bass (2023)

On "PLANET BASS" bass multi-instrumentalist Patrick Sommer dives into the world of his woofers. With the Moroccan gimbri, the double bass and the bass guitar he creates his own musical cosmos. A music in which the bass instruments ensnare each other, pass balls to each other and break out of their usual accompanying role. Atmospheric music with the comforting, woody warmth of the bass instruments was created using the overdub process (layering further recordings over a first recording). On «PLANET BASS» its own rules apply: double basses can fly here, gimbris can plow through the ground. There is knocking, creaking and stomping. This creates wide musical landscapes, deserts with a firmament of shimmering contrabass sounds, flowing streams and deep lakes, filled with leaden basses. The melodies float above the pulsing pads and the sound of the Moroccan gimbri gives the music a mystical dimension.

The project was made possible by a Covid work grant 2022 from the city of Zurich.