18 November 2021

Barry Don’t Dissemble

 

Being a bassist myself, while I was compiling the Magazine compilation I was drawn to the great bass driven sound provided by the one & only Barry Adamson.

Barry Adamson is a modern renaissance man...bassist, drummer, composer, & writer as well as a photographer & filmmaker. Aside from being a founding member of the post-punk band Magazine & his prolific solo career he has performed with Pete Shelley, Visage, the Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, & the electro musicians Pan Sonic. In addition, Adamson has also remixed Grinderman, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Recoil, & Depeche Mode (the seven-minute opus "Useless [Escape From Wherever: Pts. 1 & 2]" remix in 1997). He also worked on the soundtrack for David Lynch's surrealistic crime film Lost Highway.

Here's a mix of Adamson at his best...

Barry Adamson - Barry Don't Dissemble, NØ Comps, 2021.
decryption code in comments

Boppin' Out
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Girl
Tupelo (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)
The Sweetest Embrace
Mr. Eddy's Theme 1 (Lost Highwat OST)
Up in the Air
Dead Heat
Death Takes a Holiday (Depeche Mode)
Suck on the Honey of Love
What it Means (radio edit)
Twisted Smile
Palaces of Montezuma (Adamson Grinderman remix)
007, A Fantasy Bond Theme (dance version)
In Other Worlds
Diamonds
Come Hell or High Water
Dissemble

Enjoy,

11 comments:

  1. A great artist and an excellent compilation. Thanks!

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    1. Because of take-downs, there is now a decryption code.
      Barry Don’t Dissemble
      XXPcMSrIPAEYy_oXA-kZ19tE8uIX4bhMuv9VrlCscak

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  2. Thanks for the compliment on the compilation. I couldn't agree with you more about Mr Adamson. He is definitely a tremendous artist.




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  3. Bassists unite!! Barry is pretty much everything I aspired to be as an wide-eyed ambitious youth (I was even a film major for a year or two before admitting defeat). At least some people are out there to inspire future generations (before they realize their mediocrity and their dreams become crushed by the impassive gears of Capitalism!)

    I probably only have a few of these so thank you for this lovely comp (and for reminding me of my failures).

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  4. We're all failures in our own minds. It's what keeps some people going & what crushes others. Your choice.

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  5. Looking forward this. Fan of the man since Magazine (The Light Pours out of me is a classic), also because I was a bass player.
    Can I recommend is version of The Man With The Golden Arm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uUCTTUk3YY

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    1. The Light Pours Out of Me is definitely a classic, like the man himself. Thanks for the comment & thanks especially for the link.

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  6. Link says that the file is no longer available :(

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