No Mind by Peter Muller
Bass player, composer and music producer Peter Muller returns with his 3rd album "No Mind"! "The new album explores my favourite musical worlds from Soul to Jazz, Fusion to R&B - but Funk is the red line that holds it all together. This is where I come from and the reason I started making music!" This is what Peter says about his new work - and you can definitely hear it! "No Mind" is full of pulsating Funk, meeting Jazz, Fusion, Soul and R&B. The unique Muller sound in a hot brand new album.
The record kicks off with „Berlin Street Funk“, arranged and mixed in 70's soul style with Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Talkbox. Although Funk clearly dominates the first half of the album, Muller never stays purely within the genre, but the arrangements surprise with jazzy themes and chord changes ("Golden Rules") as well as fragments of Blues und Neo-Soul ("Time"). As the album continues you suddenly find yourself deep into fusion with the breathtaking "Stagger" and the mysterious "Analogue Moon" where Muller show his skills on the fretless bass.
Mullers bass work is fresh and innovative, he avoids overlong solos and stereotypes, gives a lot of space to the excellent guest musicians, amongst them drummer Sebastiaan Cornelissen (Randy Brecker, Gary Willis, Frank Gambale), trumpet player Christian Kappe (Trilok Gurtu, Barbara Dennerlein, Jasper van't Hof), legendary British saxman Frank Mead (Paul McCartney, B.B. King, Al Green) or guitarist Tim Cansfield (Bee Gees, Tina Turner, Elton John).
For the first time Muller uses vocals on one of his albums and introduces Australian Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nick Gibbs, who is a fantastic new voice on the scene and also contributed as a composer on a couple of songs.
Gibbs also kicks off the last third of the album with the energetic Soul tune „Something `Bout Your Love“, with impressive groove from the whole band. Before the album ends with the percussive and ethnic "Earth Tune" and the silky-smooth "Horizon", Muller brings back the Funk on "The Trek“ with heavy Hip-Hop drums, Talkbox and fat Fender Jazz Bass sound.
„No Mind“ is a diverse and superb sounding album with a groove and energy which gets you right from the first slap!
Tracklist
| 1. | Berlin Street Funk | 5:20 |
| 2. | Time | 6:47 |
| 3. | The Player | 6:02 |
| 4. | Golden Rules | 6:13 |
| 5. | Stagger | 5:22 |
| 6. | Analogue Moon | 5:11 |
| 7. | Something 'Bout Your Love | 5:10 |
| 8. | The Trek | 5:03 |
| 9. | Earth Tune | 6:15 |
| 10. | Horizon | 6:28 |
Credits
1. Berlin Street Funk
Music by Peter Muller
Peter Muller: Bass; Beats & Percussion; Vocoder; Sampling
Tobias Neumann: Fender Rhodes Piano; Hohner D6 Clavinet
Frank Mead: Alto Saxophone
Tim Cansfield: Rhythm & Lead Guitar
Mister T: Talkbox
2. Time
Music by Nick Gibbs & Peter Muller
Lyrics by Nick Gibbs
Peter Muller: Bass; Synth Bass; Vocoder; Sampling & Beat Design
Nick Gibbs: Vocals; Beatboxing; Synth; MPC Drum Programming
Frank Mead: Alto Saxophone; Blues Harp
Tobias Neumann: Wurlitzer Piano; Hohner D6 Clavinet; Solo Licks
Tim Cansfield: Guitars
Oliver Spanuth: Hi-hat; Cymbals
3. The Player
Music by Peter Muller
Peter Muller: Bass; Beats & Percussion; Oberheim DMX Programming; Sampling
Frank Mead: Alto Saxophone
John-Dennis Renken: Trumpet
Tim Cansfield: Guitar
Tobias Neumann: Wurlitzer Piano
Nick Gibbs: Vocals
4. Golden Rules
Music & Lyrics by Nick Gibbs
Arranged by Peter Muller
Peter Muller: Lead Bass; Backing Bass; Fretless Bass; Beats
Nick Gibbs: Lead & Background Vocals
Christian Kappe: Trumpet
Tobias Neumann: Wurlitzer Piano; Hammond A100 Organ; Synth Strings
Tim Cansfield: Guitar
Oliver Spanuth: Intro & Outro Cymbals
5. Stagger
Music by Peter Muller
Peter Muller: Bass
John-Dennis Renken: Trumpet
Sebastiaan Cornelissen: Drums
Coen Molenaar: Rhodes Piano; Synth
Tim Cansfield: Guitar
6. Analogue Moon
Music by Peter Muller
Peter Muller: Fretless Bass; Bass; Shaker
Sebastiaan Cornelissen: Drums
Tobias Neumann: Fender Rhodes Piano; Moog Synthesizer
Christian Kappe: Trumpet
7. Something ‘Bout Your Love
Music by Nick Gibbs & Peter Muller
Lyrics by Nick Gibbs
Peter Muller: Bass; Tambourine; Shaker; Sampling
Nick Gibbs: Lead & Background Vocals; Congas
Kristof Hinz: Drums
Frank Mead: Alto Saxophone; Flute
Tobias Neumann: Fender Rhodes Piano; Hammond A100 Organ
Tim Cansfield: Guitars
8. The Trek
Music by Peter Muller
Peter Muller: Bass; Beats; Synthesizers
Frank Mead: Alto Saxophone; Bodhran
Mr.T: Talkbox
9. Earth Tune
Music by Peter Muller
Chant by Nick Gibbs
Peter Muller: Bass; Beats; Synthesizers; Sampling
Nick Gibbs: Vocals; Beatboxing
Oliver Spanuth: Udu; Congas; Shaker
Frank Mead: Soprano Saxophone
10. Horizon
Music by Peter Muller
Peter Muller: Lead & Background Bass; Acoustic Guitar; Electric Guitar; Synths; TR-808 Programming; Percussion; Sampling
Tobias Neumann: Fender Rhodes Piano
Frank Mead: Flute
Oliver Spanuth: Drums
The Universe: Ocean; Birds
PRODUCED BY PETER MULLER
Recorded by Peter Muller
Additional recording by Tobias Neumann, Sebastian Cornelissen, Coen Molenaar, Oliver Spanuth, Kristof Hinz, Nick Gibbs and Mr.T.
Mixed and mastered by Peter Muller at Wave Island V, Morsum, Germany
© Mullennium Records, 2014
For more info please visit: www.petermuller.eu
License
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Peter started learning classical guitar as a child but later switched to bass and started working as a pro for many years. He hit the scene as a recording artist in 2003 with his debut "M-Vibez". Since then he works as a highly requested bassist and music producer. Subsequently he has produced two more bass albums „The Flow“ (2008) and „No Mind“ (2014) and continues producing other artists.