SUGARTOOTH'S SWEET SUCCESS.Byline: Fred Shuster Daily News Music Writer Sugartooth bassist Josh Blum found himself in the studio last week with the Rolling Stones Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great influence. Members have included singer Mick Jagger (Michael Phillip Jagger), 1943–; guitarists Brian Jones . That's the sort of thing that can happen when top producing team the Dust Brothers takes a fancy to your playing. Blum also devised a funky funky - Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces. bass line for the opening track of the best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best album from teen pop sensation Hanson. Blum met the Brothers (John King and Mike Simpson) around two years ago when he called out of the blue to discuss the possibility of the duo co-producing the next Sugartooth album. King and Simpson, then finishing work on Beck's ``Odelay,'' an album that would win a Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. and make the Dust Brothers among the most sought-after producers in the business, agreed to work with the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. trio. Sugartooth's ``The Sounds of Solid'' (DGC DGC Directors Guild of Canada DGC Distributed Garbage Collector DGC Dystrophin-associated Glycoprotein Complex DGC Data General Corporation DGC Dakota Gasification Company DGC Dirección General de Caminos (Guatemala) ) is due in stores Tuesday. The disc, which opens with a sample from inner-city comic Rudy Ray Moore's Dolemite character, contains the hallmarks of a Dust production - imaginative use of tape loops, funky rhythms and a wide array of found sounds. ``We had the songs written, so it wasn't like the Beck album, which was built from samples from the ground up,'' Blum explained. ``We wanted to enhance what we were doing and experiment with making the guitars sound different in each chorus and verse.'' Sugartooth - Marc Hutner (vocals-guitar), Dusty Watson Dusty Watson is an American drummer, who is a member of the punk rock band Agent Orange. He has also played in a number of other notable bands, as well as backed up famous solo artists. At age 17, he started playing with local California punk band The Press. (drums) and Blum - formed in 1991. The hard-hitting trio, which boasted a different drummer Different Drummer Thoreau’s eloquent prose poem on the inner freedom and individualistic character of man. [Am. Lit.: NCE, 2739] See : Individualism until recently, was signed almost immediately; its self-titled debut album was issued in 1994. Since the completion of ``The Sounds of Solid,'' the Dust Brothers have called Hutner and Blum for sessions such as Howard Stern's ``Tortured Man'' from the ``Private Parts'' soundtrack. The guitar-bass duo has also worked on Dust-produced TV commercials and remixes. ``The Dust Brothers aren't musicians, nor do they pretend to be,'' Hutner, 26, said. ``Sometimes, they need a real bass or a real guitar or an original riff. And we can always help them there.'' Last week, King and Simpson beckoned the good-natured Blum to the Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. studio where the Rolling Stones had set up camp. The Dust Brothers were producing three tracks; Blum was asked to put a bass part down on a song tentatively titled ``Baby.'' In addition, Blum played on the tune that opens Hanson's ``Middle of Nowhere'' disc. The infectious Jackson 5-style romp, ``Thinking of You,'' was one of two songs King and Simpson helped fashion for the Oklahoma high-harmony trio. ``They (the Dust Brothers) like my style of playing for some reason,'' said Blum, who is also 26. ``They call me when they want to, as they say, `sicken it up' a little.'' The Hanson session began on an unusual note. Blum was driving to the Dust Brothers' Silver Lake studio when he noticed a small blond boy in tears outside with his mother. ``I was thinking to myself, `Isn't that sad? Why is he crying?' '' Blum recalled. ``So, I go inside and there are two other blond boys who look just like the one outside. Then, the kid that was crying comes in and jumps on the drums.'' It turned out 11-year-old Zac Hanson was upset because he was asked to play along with a ``click track,'' an electronic pulse designed to keep drummers This is a list of drummers, mostly in the fields of metal, rock, and jazz.
``I've seen adults cry when they had to play along with one of those things,'' the bassist joked. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Dusty Watson, left, Marc Hutner and Josh Blum of Sugartooth explore new musical territory - with the help of famed producing duo the Dust Brothers - on their new album, ``The Sounds of Solid.'' |
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