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Bass Dreams minus B

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1.	Not With It 05:02	buy track
2.	Hajime no Ippo 07:40	buy track
3.	Wanna B in A 06:56	buy track
4.	It is until it isn't 06:37	buy track
5.	Kayfabe 03:46	buy track
6.	Sad if you say 06:55	buy track
7.	That J.P. on B.C. 04:08	buy track

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"Ladies and gentlemen, I just ripped the crotch out of my pants. This is what happens when the funk comes down, and you've got the BOOGIE IN YOUR BUTT!"
--This one guy from a funk band that I saw in Seattle in 1994, caught him on video saying it, you'll have to take my word for it, the video's gone

Tatsu Aoki has done a lot. The MIYUMI Project mastermind has composed jazz orchestral suites about the Asian immigrant experience in the US; performed and recorded with a host of legendary Chicago AACM musicians - Fred Anderson, Malachi Favors, Roscoe Mitchell on the short list; been commissioned by Yoko Ono to bless her SKYLANDING installation with music; worked for decades to help make the Asian American jazz and improv scene a Thing; made dozens of internationally acclaimed experimental films.

Now he's ready to let the Ass flow. Bass Dreams minus B (get it?) is a group helmed by Aoki on Asuka Bass (it's the Asuka bass because it's autographed by reigning WWE champ Asuka), with Charles Rumback on drums, Coco Elysses on percussion, and the brain-boggling duo of Rami Atassi and Terry Tanaka on electric guitars, whose mission is to MELT YR FACE BRO till yr skull is plain white and there's a facepool on the ground, don't slip in the face.

Where did it come from? "Bass Dreams minus B was inspired by all my favorite bassists and wrestlers," Aoki, master of understatement, explains. Specifically: “My top five Dee Murray, Kenny Gradney, Tiran Porter, John Paul Jones, and Malachi Favors !!!!” It's the dream of the bass player - dial up the groove, lock it in, and then have two master shredders fill every pocket. Not just the hip pockets and the breast pockets - pockets you can't see - inside pockets, surprise back pockets, lapel pockets. Every gap spied and excavated for maximum satisfaction.

We’re talking jamz, with a z. I was on it being like a 70s private press thing, fusion with a psychedelic hand drawn cover and lots of ringwear, but Tatsu set me straight. I had to head down to the local vinyl hole (shout out to Val’s Halla!) and pick up Little Feat’s live album, Waiting for Columbus (Tatsu said it’s “notorious”). Now I get it. Steal yr freakin face man. Tatsu’s been chasing this flow for decades, a swirly dream come true, not a B to be found but the boogie in your butt.

--Matt Pakulski, FPE Records, 2021

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released November 5, 2021

Beloved members:
Rami Atassi plays electric guitar
Teruyuki "Terry" Tanaka plays electric guitar
Charles Rumback plays drums
Guest artist: Coco Elysses plays percussion

and Tatsu Aoki plays Asuka bass

Bass Dreams minus B project was inspired by all of my favorite bassists and wrestlers.

All compositions conceived by Tatsu Aoki and performed amazingly by the real cats of Bass Dreams minus B

Producer: Matt Pakulski

Recording engineers: Caleb Willitz and David Zuchowski

Recorded live at Elastic Arts, Chicago, Illinois U.S.A. on July 26 and September 19, 2020

Mixed by Caleb Willitz

Mastering by Timothy Stollenwerk, Stereophonic Mastering

Montage and design: Al Brandtner, Brandtner Design

Special thanks: Rika Lin, Jun Takanarita, Sam Lewis, Matt & FPE

This is FPE Records #35, 2021.

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