Never been to this side of the forum... but Renaud Garcia Fons is God

grace & groove · #1 03-19-2008, 11:40 PM

My first time here in DB stuff but after listening to recordings and watching some videos I just worship Renaud Garcia Fons.

My current favorite find is Berrimbass off of Arcoluz:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VXt6htVi3C4

Sorry if he has been mentioned here before or something, like I said I've never posted here before.

MacDaddyBass · #2 04-01-2008, 12:02 AM

Tell me about it. I heard of him when I was over in France last year and was absolutely blown away from his stuff. I showed his CD to all my old bass buddies and they were equally amazed. Hopefully I can catch him over here in the states, I hear his concerts are awesome.

grace & groove · #3 04-05-2008, 08:21 AM

I want to see him live so bad. He makes everything look so effortless.....

mattfong · #4 04-06-2008, 08:34 PM

Yeah he's pretty incredible. I'd love to see him live sometime.

bolo · #5 04-08-2008, 08:18 PM

The latest edition of BP (May 2008) includes a fairly in-depth article about him. This is the third month in a row they've given a fair amount of space to upright players.

boylebass · #6 04-11-2008, 10:43 AM

Yeah, he's got gobs of technique- real unusual stuff as well. I saw him last year at the ISB convention in OKC; it was a great show. He played a 2 octave descending line- really fast tempo, in something stupid like 64th-note triplets- SPICATTO! IN ONE BOW STROKE! There was an audible gasp in in house, which was, of course, practically all bassists. My girlfriend leaned over to me and asked 'what's up with that' to which I replied, 'I'll explain later, after I change my pants...'

My only criticism is that his music is a little new-agey for my taste. For me, it becomes a little repetitive. I can only listen to about 1/2 of Acroluz before I'm 1) bored and/or 2) ready to switch careers.

His bow hand is amazing- so smooth. That's high praise considering he plays a 5 string where the string spacing and tolerances (i.e. 'margin of error') is really tight.

Slapfiddle · #7 04-16-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by boylebass

Yeah, he's got gobs of technique- real unusual stuff as well. I saw him last year at the ISB convention in OKC; it was a great show. He played a 2 octave descending line- really fast tempo, in something stupid like 64th-note triplets- SPICATTO! IN ONE BOW STROKE! There was an audible gasp in in house, which was, of course, practically all bassists. My girlfriend leaned over to me and asked 'what's up with that' to which I replied, 'I'll explain later, after I change my pants...'

My only criticism is that his music is a little new-agey for my taste. For me, it becomes a little repetitive. I can only listen to about 1/2 of Acroluz before I'm 1) bored and/or 2) ready to switch careers.

His bow hand is amazing- so smooth. That's high praise considering he plays a 5 string where the string spacing and tolerances (i.e. 'margin of error') is really tight.

yeah i saw him at ISB also. i couldn't believe my eyes and ears. my jaw was dropped the whole time.

Bass Boy · #8 04-23-2008, 12:31 PM

I thought I read in the BP article he was touring in Canada this summer but it's not listed on his website. I hope I didn't imagine it!

BassplayerBrian · #9 04-25-2008, 02:41 AM

No wonder he has Fons in his name... He is the Fons of bass playing!!!
This man is amazing! I wish to seek him out and demand that he teach me!

pao_bass · #10 05-11-2008, 04:46 AM

+1,000,000!!!