Consequencebass week continues with our latest edition of Crate Digging. For this session, bassist and singer-songwriter Blu DeTiger shares the 10 albums she thinks every bassist should own. Check out our list of the 100 Greatest Bass Players, our roundup of the 50 Greatest Bass Lines of All Time, and more charts, artist-driven content, games and more.
In a Blu DeTiger song, the bass is never a background instrument. If he's not familiar with Blu's tunes, he may have heard her play as a session musician on featured songs by Chromeo, Bleachers, FLETCHER, The Knocks, Claud and Nasty Cherry. Now with their long-awaited debut album All I ever want is everythingBlu is elevating her status not only as a bassist, but also as a natural pop music writer, connoisseur of funk and disco, and a supreme curator of vibes.
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She admires the greats (every bassist on her selection of 10 Essential Albums made our list of the 100 Greatest Bassists of All Time) and has been studying their manuals her entire life. Throughout our conversation, Blu DeTiger mentions that he wrote a college paper on Larry Graham, obsessed with the image of Bootsy Collins with his signature star-shaped bass, and that he's been trying to write a bass line as good as the by Bernard Edwards of Chic for years.
Even with a deep appreciation for the low-level games of the past, Blu DeTiger keeps its eyes on the future and delivers classic line after classic line in All I ever want is everything – from the bouncy funk of “Cut Me Down” to the crazy speed of “Latency.” He has spent a lot of time with Blu, given his origins as a session bassist and the amount of music he has released prior to his debut. The album is confident, confident and distinctly Blu DeTiger.
See below Blu DeTiger's list of the 10 albums he thinks any bassist (or music lover) should own, including Chic, D'Angelo. Voodooand Meshell Ndegeocello Plantation Lullabies. You can also check out the rest of this week's Bass Bastion content here.
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