INCUBUS - STELLAR - FULL BAND COVER
📸 - Melbourne, Novemebr 27, 2016
📸 Melbourne, November 27, 2016
From left to right: Ben Rechter, Adam Zaffarese, Christian Meyer, Kade Turner
G’day Legends! I’m stoked to be delivering this video.
I’m a long-time Incubus fan, and I think Dirk Lance is a bass playing machine. His distinct tones on the albums Science and Make Yourself are amazing. He’s such an innovative bassist, both rhythmically and musically. Incubus were so ahead of their time. They were a massive influence on me when I was younger.
A few weeks before recording this cover, I rang Addzy, Christian, and Ben to organise it. This was always going to prove difficult, purely because we’d never actually played together as a four-piece. Extending the outro of the song is a laugh because we spoke about this literally 30 seconds before recording our take.
Addzy has smashed the drums on this track. I’m so happy with what he delivered. Ben’s vocal abilities are amazing. I’ve played live shows with him where he had only a few days to learn a whole set. He can learn quickly and deliver great vocal range. Christian’s playing is killer. He has a university degree in jazz, and his diversity allows him to adapt to many styles. His timing and phrasing are always spot on. Having someone that can dial in killer guitar tones and effects this well was excellent. We took his recording direct from his Fractal Audio pedalboard.
I’m stoked with my Corvette tone on this. This bass is completely my own custom design. The tone is a blend between the Avalon, a Sansamp Bass Driver DI, a Darkglass Super Symmetry Compressor, straight into the MarkBass stack. What you are seeing live is exactly what you are hearing.
The video was shot and audio recorded by Steve Alexander. Steve tackled the mix, but I wasn’t entirely settled with it, so I sent it off to Matt Bartlem, who has done an incredible job.
These guys are incredible musicians and are so awesome to work with.
You can view the video here.
I really hope you enjoy it.
Onwards and upwards,
Kade