Vulfpeck: It Gets Funkier
We first featured Vulfpeck last June and became instant fans of the band and bassist Joe Dart.
Check out this video of the band recording their score for a short film by Baltasar Vilhjálmsdóttir entitled, “Cold Cold Wet”. Joe really gets down on this, especially around the 3 minute mark.
This tune is available on Vulfpeck’s EP, Mit Peck.
Hey Vulfpeck, if it does indeed get funkier, drop us a note!
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So who is “Baltasar Vilhjálmsdóttir”?
Baltasar is a guy name and -dóttir is the surname ending for females in Iceland.
It is a complete mystery… even Google doesn’t know.
@[100002398971268:2048:Corey Brown] Exactly ;)
Everything was fantastic, but I really loved the drumming!
Wow. What a groove, just bought the Cd in iTunes.
This is way too awesome for me not to buy the EP. There, done. Now when and where can I see these guys live?
Love the “Michael McDonaldish” B section. Joe be bad :-)
Oooh yersss. Lovely bit 4.05 ish too… I’m afraid I’m going after the EP, too.
ooaah good groove I love this bassist!:D
Definitely Weather Report inspired with a beautiful Jaco-esque tone… how is he getting that sound from what looks like a fretted Bass (fret markings look too wide to be a ‘lined’ fretless)? Anyone got any good tips on how to get that tone?
It’s all about the bridge pickup and midrange. That’s also how you get harmonics to pop.
Try going all bridge pickup, then on your eq boost mids and drop out the highs and lows. I learned that from Pat Metheny who I think was influenced by Jaco’s tone.
Cheers.. will give it a try! ;)
Anyone know what Joe’s set-up/bass is here? And if anyone knows of any transcriptions of Vulfpeck bass lines, that’d be so cool.