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09-19-2011, 03:13 PM
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Anyone here familiar with Japanese bassist gods such as Tetsu from L'Arc en Ciel or Toshiya from Dir en Grey?
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09-19-2011, 07:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Atlanta GA | | | Different guy I know, but my first thought was Tetsu Yamauchi from the Faces, et al...
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09-19-2011, 08:57 PM
| | The Crappy Bassist | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Tech | | | They NEVER use their last name on stage haha. Japanese rock songs have amazingly complex basslines. |
09-19-2011, 09:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Virgin Islands | | | Got intrigued about this Tetsuya guy a few months back after hearing about his signature Lakland bass...after hearing a few songs on youtube I bought what seems like a greatest hits compilation of L'arc en Ciel on iTunes...pretty crazy playing from that guy (In a good way)...a very bass driven rock group, his lines are very melodic.
What I find pretty awesome is watching him live...he'll seem somewhat distracted but still belts out those complex lines like it's nothing...all while singing backgrounds!
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09-19-2011, 10:53 PM
| | The Crappy Bassist | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Tech | | | Yeah most j-rock songs are bass driven. It's like, they actually fill in the "blank spaces" between the guitars instead of just playing the root notes. You should look up Cage by Dir en Grey. |
09-19-2011, 11:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Athens, Greece | | | that guy from MUCC , Yukke is really awesome too, and u can really hear the basslines in alot of their songs. He even plays an upright sometimes too. Great player.
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09-20-2011, 04:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Japan | | | I live in Japan, actually. If you know a guy in Kyushu, please let me know. |
09-20-2011, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by johndough247  Got intrigued about this Tetsuya guy a few months back after hearing about his signature Lakland bass...after hearing a few songs on youtube I bought what seems like a greatest hits compilation of L'arc en Ciel on iTunes...pretty crazy playing from that guy (In a good way)...a very bass driven rock group, his lines are very melodic.
What I find pretty awesome is watching him live...he'll seem somewhat distracted but still belts out those complex lines like it's nothing...all while singing backgrounds! | you dont get more complex lines in a pop band context
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09-20-2011, 05:01 AM
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09-20-2011, 05:10 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York City | | On the jazz/funk side of things, check out Jino on youtube. I know him from when he lived in NYC in the 90's. Super nice guy and obviously a monster player. I used to hate sharing the bill with him! His brother is the luthier Mas Hino, who makes his basses for him at Atelier.
Kitchen sink bass solo: JINO
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09-20-2011, 08:07 AM
| | The Crappy Bassist | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Tech | | Quote:
Originally Posted by KillerPenguin that guy from MUCC , Yukke is really awesome too, and u can really hear the basslines in alot of their songs. He even plays an upright sometimes too. Great player. | Dude, MUCC's like, my fav band haha. Yukke usually plays to the vocalist's singing instead of the guitar. Quote:
Originally Posted by basslinejam On the jazz/funk side of things, check out Jino on youtube. I know him from when he lived in NYC in the 90's. Super nice guy and obviously a monster player. I used to hate sharing the bill with him! His brother is the luthier Mas Hino, who makes his basses for him at Atelier.
Kitchen sink bass solo: JINO | That video is FUNKY  |
09-20-2011, 10:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ | | Fumi from the band POLYSICS is a fave of mine. Excellent bass player and great stage presence. I've seen them a few times when they toured the states and they never disappoint!! 
I soooo want one of those Yamaha basses that she plays but they don't sell them here in the US!!! =( (as far as I know)
Here's a current live clip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfsYp...eature=related
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09-21-2011, 05:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Italy | | I'm not so familiar with the j-rock and j-pop scene, but I am familiar with the japanese fusion and prog one, and while I'm sure that in the former there are great bassists (and yeah, in japanese rock bass do have more prominence than in other countries, so to speak), it's in the latter where the best bassists are.
Kenji Hino is a good example. Other ones: Masatoshi Mizuno from Fragile (imho, the best fusion act from Japan) modest&proud - FRAGILE - YouTube Toshimi Nagai, another fretless player, played in various bands (Exhivision, Vienna, Power Job, Dead Chaplin) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_UdnyH3KTg Atsushi Asegawa from Gerard GERARD / Empty lie, empty dream - YouTube Jiro Okada from Prism, Tri-Offensive TRI-Offensive - TRI-Offensive (2009) - YouTube Ken Watanabe from Prism Prism - Unforgettable - YouTube
If you want something a little crazier, check out what Quagero Imazawa aka the bassninja can do with a bass and a loop machine: Quagero Imazawa - BASSNINJA #1 - YouTube
Other players that might be a bit more known (expecially here on Talkbass) are Yoshihiro Naruse, Testsuo Sakurai, Mitsuru Sutoh... and surely I'm forgetting a lot of others...
Their stuff it's not exactly easy to find (well, at least if you don't know it's there) but once you open that Pandora's box, it's almost a neverending stream of awesome musical discoveries... |
09-22-2011, 05:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tampa, FL | | Saga from Alice nine is my current favorite Japanese bassist. He is very talented and composes a lot of their songs. Kanon from An Cafe is a close second but they are on hiatus right now :/ he actually plays a sweet Fender Custom Shop jazz, among other basses
Check out my YT; I cover a lot of jrock songs  www.YouTube.com/bassnoshirodesu |
09-22-2011, 07:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | Tetsuo Sakurai in the man!!! tetsuo sakurai-firewater - YouTube Casiopea - Galactic Funk - YouTube
Also, Norm Stockton is of Japanese decent.
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09-22-2011, 07:16 PM
| | | Toshiya was one of the players that got me interested in playing bass; I'll never forget that super-funky lick that kicked off Cube. Their drummer is great, too.
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09-22-2011, 07:27 PM
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10-04-2011, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Keano | Dude! The Back Horn basslines are totally RATM! |
10-04-2011, 03:17 PM
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