Beschreibung
Über Bassball II
Happy birthday Hellmut Hattler! Der Ausnahmebassist und Songwriter wird 65. Zeit für einen schönen, ausgiebigen Rückblick und dann die Rente genießen?
Unvorstellbar!
Weder das Glorifizieren der guten alten Zeiten, noch der Rückzug auf den Altenteil, kommen für Hattler in Frage. Die Ideen fließen. Der Mann hat den Bass fest im Griff, die Bühne ist sein Ding. Er holt die Vergangenheit in die Gegenwart und baut mit ihr die Zukunft. Die Kollegen und musikalischen Freunde und Freundinnen sämtlicher seiner Bands hat er ins Studio gerufen. Nicht um dem Nachhall des legendären KRAAN-Tracks »Wintruper Echo« nachzuhorchen, nicht um TAB TWOs »No Flagman Ahead« zu recyceln. Hellmut Hattler präsentiert ausschließlich Unverbrauchtes. Für jede seiner Formationen hat er neue Stücke komponiert und eingespielt: Mit KRAAN, TAB TWO, HATTLER, dem Ali Neander Projekt, Deep Dive Corp., SIYOU’n’HELL und weiteren Weggefährten. Hier manifestiert sich pure Lebensenergie. Hattlers Richtung ist: Vorwärts!
Der Album-Titel »Bassball II« verweist auf Hellmut Hattlers allererstes Soloalbum »Bassball«, entstanden im Jahr 1977. Die Erkenntnis, dass es Ideen in seinem Kopf gibt, die nur außerhalb seiner damaligen homebase, der Band KRAAN, zu realisieren waren, greift er als Impuls auf. Das neue Album “Bassball II” kommt nicht mit einer Band-Besetzung aus. Hellmut Hattler nutzt die ganze Spielwiese seiner verschiedenen Projekte und hat gezielt neue Titel für die jeweiligen Künstler komponiert. Darunter Acts, mit denen er Welterfolge feiern konnte.
Dass die verschiedenen Formationen, Philosophien und Sounds alle unter einen Hut passen, hat Hattler längst bewiesen. Zu seinem 60sten standen alle auf einer Bühne, in seiner Heimatstadt Ulm. Alles war mit allem verbunden, zusammengehalten durch sein markantes Bassspiel und seinen unverkennbaren Kompositionsstil. Genau das ist es, was auf seinem neuen Album greift. Hellmut Hattler hat die Latte hoch gehängt: »Die wahrscheinlich beste musikalische Idee meines Lebens …«
»Bassball II« ist, ganz ohne ein Best-Of-Album zu sein, das Beste von Hellmut Hattler.
Rainer Schlenz
- Siesta 4:54 HELLMUT HATTLER with KRAAN (Music: Hattler)
- guitars
- Peter Wolbrandt
- drums
- Jan Fride Wolbrandt
- keyboards
- Martin Kasper
- basses
- Hellmut Hattler
- Hoch Das Bein 3:46 HELLMUT HATTLER with KRAAN (Music: Hattler)
- guitars
- Peter Wolbrandt
- drums
- Jan Fride Wolbrandt
- moog
- Martin Kasper
- bass
- Hellmut Hattler
- Birds 4:41 HELLMUT HATTLER with KRAAN (Music: Hattler/Wolbrandt, words: Hattler)
Lyrics
Hello birds, my name is Dave, I’m a secret radio wave.
Aye aye captain, my name is Bill, the underwater overkill.- guitars
- Peter Wolbrandt
- drums
- Jan Fride Wolbrandt
- moog
- Martin Kasper
- basses and vocals
- Hellmut Hattler
- Startup Express 4:09 HELLMUT HATTLER with ALI NEANDER PROJEKT (Music: Hattler)
- guitar
- Ali Neander
- keyboards
- Martin Kasper
- drums
- Moritz Müller
- bass
- Hellmut Hattler
- Altenburg 3:05 HELLMUT HATTLER with TAB TWO (Words & music: Hattler)
Lyrics
Tout va bien – et aussi bien retour, c’est pourquoi j’adore l’amour à Altenburg
Toujours l’amour à Altenburg, oui, ça va très bien – mais aussi bien retour
I never managed to live my life – but I guess – you’ll dye my death.Tout va bien et aussi bien retour, j’adore bien l’amour à Altenburg
I never managed to live my life – but I guess – I’ll dye your death.- vocals and trumpet
- Joo Kraus
- basses
- Hellmut Hattler
- programming and piano
- Martin Kasper
- Hellium 4:14 HELLMUT HATTLER with DEEP DIVE CORP. (Music: Hattler/Musebrink)
- programmings and sound shaping
- Peter Musebrink
- basses
- Hellmut Hattler
- Dark Flow 6:05 HELLMUT HATTLER with DEEP DIVE CORP. (Music: Hattler/Musebrink)
- programming and guitar
- Peter Musebrink
- e-sitar
- Torsten de Winkel
- basses
- Hellmut Hattler
- While I Play The Blues 4:58 HELLMUT HATTLER with HATTLER (Music: Hattler/Musebrink, words: Hattler)
Lyrics
Don’t read these lines as you might lose all hope
I drank your wine and burned your favourite dough
Read my talking lips, taste my gritty tears and sigh – while I play the bluesIgnoring calls help to define your scope
All unread notes help to regain some hope
Ignore my desperate vows, believe the latest news and sigh – while I play the blues.Forget the messages I’ve sent before
Ignore my notes and miss the same old score
Kiss my trembling lips, inhale my latest words and cry – while I play the blues.Ignored your look and missed your favourite soap
Ignored your tears and flushed your private dope
Hear my whiny voice, close your tired eyes and die – while I play the blues.- vocals
- Fola Dada
- e-sitar
- Torsten de Winkel
- programming and sound shaping
- Peter Musebrink
- drums
- Oli Rubow
- basses
- Hellmut Hattler
- Trident 5:28 HELLMUT HATTLER with HATTLER (Words and music: Hattler)
Lyrics
Can’t go wrong – if there’s a sign beyond the dawn
A day’s too long – if there’s no sleep since you’ve been gone
One night away – no hideaways
Now all I want – is getting away from where I amAre we silly? Are we awesome? Are we frightened?
The next big sign we’re told to long for: the mighty tridentDefine “so long” – don’t want no one to hear me sigh
Feels so wrong not to believe that I’ll survive
Miss our hangs – when we went mad to go too far
Now all I want: is getting away from where we areAre we silly? Are we awesome? Are we frightened?
Are we in what we’ve been out to – worship tridents?Say: don’t you wanna save me, mighty trident, say?
Or are you out to save tobago?
Don’t you wanna save me, silent trident, say?
If you don’t I’ll die, but later – a lil laterCan’t go wrong – while waiting for signs beyond the dawn
Define “so long” – couldn’t find sleep since you’ve been gone
Won’t take long …Seems so long – that we went mad to go too far
Now all I want: is getting away from where we are (now)Are we silly? Are we awesome? Are we frightened?
Now it’s in what I’ve been out for – the mighty trident
Are we silly? Are we awesome? Are we frightened?
We keep on dancing to the wrong songs – to please a tridentFeels so wrong – silent trident
Way too long – you called me frightenedFeels so wrong … feels so wrong …
Are we silly? Are we awesome? Are we frightened?
Call it climbing up the wrong walls – to serve a tridentFeel so wrong – mighty trident
Way too long – you saw me frightenedAre we silly? Are we awesome? Are we frightened?
It’s all erased what I should know to – defeat the trident- vocals
- Fola Dada
- drums
- Juergen Schlachter
- piano and mellotron
- Martin Kasper
- basses
- Hellmut Hattler
- Mow Fun 3:03 HELLMUT HATTLER with SIYOU’n’HELL (Words and music: Hattler)
Lyrics
It ain’t ups and downs – when you’re flat on the ground
There’s a difference to down and out
I’ve got ups and downs – throw my things all around
I’m in heaven of down and outMow fun – mow fun below – mow fun below zero
Mow fun – mow fun below – mow fun below zero
Mo’ fun below zeroIt ain’t ups and downs when your ship ran aground
Where’s the difference to down and out
I’ve got ups and downs – hear you drub on the ground
Call it heaven of drownig loudMow fun – mow fun below – m=w fun below zero
Mow fun – mow fun below – mow fun below zero
Mo’ fun below zeroThere’s no bad side, good side, wrong side, right?
It’s just upsides, downsides and insideouts, having …
… fun, mo’ fun below – mo’ fun below zero
Mo’ fun below zeroThere’s no bad side, good side, wrong side, right?
It’s just upsides, downsides and insideouts, having …
… fun, mo’ fun below – mo’ fun below zero
Mo’ fun below zeroI’ve got ups and downs – throw your things all around
What a difference to down and out
It ain’t ups and downs – when you’re flat on the ground
You’re in heaven of drowning loudMow fun, mow fun below – mow fun below zero
Mow fun, mow fun below – mow fun below zero
Mow fun, mow fun below – mow fun below zero
Mo’ fun, mo’ fun below – mo’ fun below zero
Mo’ fun below zero- vocals and shaker
- Siyou Ngnoubamdjum
- trumpet
- Joo Kraus
- piano
- Martin Kasper
- tambourine
- Juergen Schlachter
- background vocals and basses
- Hellmut Hattler
- Random Walk 5:57 HELLMUT HATTLER & FRIENDS (Music: Hattler)
- acoustic and electric guitar
- Ali Neander
- drums
- Moritz Müller
- additional guitar themes
- Yasi Hofer
- additional beats
- Juergen Schlachter
- saxophones
- Johannes Pappert
- basses
- Hellmut Hattler
- Tiny Little Mad 2:54 HELLMUT HATTLER & FRIENDS (feat. Sandie Wollasch) (Words and music: Hattler)
Lyrics
Call it truck, call it lorry
If you’d call me I’d be glad
We ain’t lost we ain’t sorry
But a tiny little madAnd to be mad about you really feels fine
I’ll be mad for you as long as you’re mineYou never know what shy hellos one day turn out to be
I only know that love has wiped away all miseryCall it dawn, call it gloaming
If you’d call me I’d be glad
We ain’t done, just done roaming
And a tiny little madBut to be mad about you makes me feel fine
I’ll be mad for you as long as you’re mineCall it truck, call it lorry
If you’d call me I’d be glad
We ain’t lost, we ain’t sorry
Maybe a tiny little madCoz to be mad about you really feels fine
I’ll be mad for you as long as you’re mineI never knew what all these shy hellos turn out to be
I only see that love has blown away our miseryCall it dawn, call it gloaming
If you’d call me I’d be glad
We ain’t done, just done roaming
There’s no reason to be sadCoz to be mad about you makes me feel fine
I’ll be mad for you as long as you’re mine
To be mad about you makes me feel fine- lead vocals
- Sandie Wollasch
- background vocals and claps
- Siyou Ngnoubamdjum
- guitars
- Ali Neander
- keys
- Martin Kasper
- drums
- Jan Fride Wolbrandt
- basses
- Hellmut Hattler
