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BASS-SCAPES
Dedication To The Sunset 2008
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Meditations on Bass 2006
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In Memory Of…
2006
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BASS-SCAPES SAMPLES
BASS-SCAPES
Sample 1
BASS-SCAPES Sample 2
BASS-SCAPES Sample 3
BASS-SCAPES Sample 4
BASS-SCAPES Sample 5
BASS-SCAPES Sample
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Open Dialogue
Leads To Open Eyes
Ocean In
The Sky
Sleeping With The
Jinn
Am I Alone
Song
Of Compassion
Remember Me
For You
Sitting At The
Feet
Divine
Duality
Terracoustic
Band Contact - jaafar@jaafarmusic.com
BASS-SCAPES |
SOUNDSCAPES |
-SOLO BASS- |
JAAFAR is Troy Cole, using a 6 string
bass, an electric upright bass, and a 4 string acoustic
bass, exploring soundscaped themes stemming from Arabic
and Indian music and mythology, which he calls “BASS-SCAPES”.
This MEDITATION ON BASS presents the music
of JAAFAR as a new and insightful journey,
a deep meditative spiritual act where music and the spirit
walk hand in hand.
When inspiration comes, one must be ready
for it, and willing to be led where it takes you. The idea
for this project and been on the table for a few years,
and when the time was right, the music presented itself
to bassist Robert Troy Cole of JAAFAR.
“ I wanted to take the bass to another place where it is
not commonly found”.
“Bass-scapes” is an atmospheric
/ ambient / soundscaping with a heavy lean on eastern themes
(Arabic & Indian). If you are familiar with Robert Fripp
and the type of soundscapes / Frippertronics he creates,
this is close to what JAAFAR tries to achieve.
It is an incorporation of styles inspired by other groundbreaking
artists such as Jonas Hellborg, John Mclaughlin / Shakti,
Robert Fripp, and ideas stemming from Arabic and Indian
music and mythology, and the writings and philosophy of
Joseph Campbell.
JAAFAR is a Middle Eastern jazz Arabic
funk fusion ensemble, but when performing solo, JAAFAR
is Troy Cole, using a 6 string bass, and a 4 string acoustic
bass, with the use of a loop machine and the courage to
explore the “outer reaches of inner space”.
The soundscapes are also accompanied with acoustic solo
bass pieces.
Examples of both can be found on the “MP3
SAMPLE" web page.
These “Bass-scapes” are of a deep
meditative spiritual act, a new and insightful journey where
music and the spirit walk hand in hand.
This is a MEDITATION ON BASS.
Troy Cole has performed as JAAFAR
at many festivals over the years since its creation in 2002,
and performs in Cairo Egypt on a regular basis.
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