Bass plays a vital role in a trip-hop track. Much like trip-hop beats (which we've covered here), using bassline loops is a perfectly valid approach, and memorable trip-hop tracks such as Portishead’s ...

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This is the history of Native Instruments’ massively influential wavetable instrument, from development and release to its recent rebirth as Massive X Player When you purchase through links on our ...

Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an instrument that lays the foundation of jazz. By Marcus J. Moore There’s a clip ...