carlosdittborn + Musician in London, EN

ABOUT

I been bass player for over 20 years, songwriter and Producer. Been lucky that I've worked and collaborated with various artists and bands throughout two decades of playing music and have performed over 100 shows in the UK, Belgrade, Chile and Argentina.

Currently I am the band leader of SPEETK, an electro/triphop trio hailing from south London and I am producing our debut album. So far we have launched three singles; 'At the Other Side', ‘Out of the Dark’ and ‘Waiting Game' all mastered by Frank Arkwright in Abbey Road Studios in London.

Since my arrival in the UK in 2011, I been actively performing in music festivals around England, like the Camden Rocks Festival, Ealing Blues Festival, Lechlade Music Festival, Time Out Rising Stars and the Hanwell Hootie. I have played with bands with quite diverse styles like: LIFE AND DEATH (Funk), PURPLE-X (Prog Rock), STELLIFY (Hard Rock-Blues) and BADVERSION (Alternative). With many of this projects I’ve been gigging regularly at well established music venues as: The 100 Club, 02 Academy Islington, 229 The Venue, The Dublin Castle, 93 Feet East, Camden Assembly (ex Barfly)among others.

Was the year 2000 in Santiago of Chile, when I founded ‘ANOMALO’ a fusion-rock band which fluctuated between 5 and 8 members. Also wrote, gigged extensively and recorded a few LP for the metal band ‘MANIFESTO’ (1997-98) and for the hard rock band ’DION’(2005-2011) which highlights are the suport acts for Guns and Roses (2011) and Aerosmith (2010).

My musical tastes are extremely broad, from jazz to punk rock. I love jazz-funk, fusion, electronic, trip-hop, synth rock, indie rock, blues, hard rock, progressive and alternative too.

Screen name:

carlosdittborn

Member since:

Nov 26 2011

Active within 1 month

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

20

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to gig:

4-5 nights a week

Influences

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report, Marcus Miller, John Zorn, Naked City, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Medeski Martin & Wood, Ozric Tentacles, Panzerballett, Magma, Gong, Fulano, Congreso, Akinetón Retard, Exsimio, David Bowie, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Doors, The Velvet Underground & Lou Reed, The Pretenders, The Clash, Morphine, Peter Murphy, The Cure, Fugazi, NoMeansNo, Madness, Bauhaus, Iggy Pop, Pixies, Melvins, The Mars Volta, Faith No More, Primus, Alice In Chains, Tomahawk, Infectious Grooves, Fishbone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Queens of the Stone Age, The Black Keys, Jack White, The Dead Weather, The Kills, Band Of Skulls, BRMC, The Strokes, Interpol, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Portishead, Massive Attack, Radiohead, Lamb, VOK, HAELOS, Depeche Mode, Polica.

And many many others...

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Keyboard:

Moderate

Drums:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Fender Jazz Bass American Deluxe
Fender Jazz Bass Fretless - Modern Player Modified

Pedalboard: Thon Effect Pedal Case Large by Thomann.
- Dunlop MXR Bass Di+ (PreAmp + Distortion)
- Dunlop MXR M87 Bass Compressor
- Tc electronic Hall of Fame - Reverb
- Tc electronic Flashback - Delay and Looper
- Boss OC-3 Dual Super - Octave
- EBS Multidrive Overdrive
- Ashdown NM2 Dual Distortion
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (USA) - Distortion
- Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron - Envelope Filter
- MXR Phaser 90
- Digitech X-Series Bass Multi Chorus
- Boss LS-2 Line Selector
- Moen GEC9 Guitar Effects Pedal Routing System

MUSIC