Brad Callow Music Lesson and Reviews

The luthier Jean-Yves Alquier manufactured low to do anything imagined by the artist Dayon. History of an instrument like no other.

An electric bass equipped with a piezo. A low noon. And a bass with some key fretless (fretless). All in one instrument.

Dayon has dreamed luthier Jean-Yves Alquier did. Everything begins there five years. Bassist-singer, which occurs alone or accompanied by a drummer and a percussionist, a tool wants “a while”.

At the time, he creates himself his bass: no midi output, not micro piezo but “merely” the upper neck is fretless and fretted. “It was not more innovative than that in any case much less than my current bass. This was only the prototype of the monster that is now his instrument on stage.

The meeting with Jean-Yves Alquier will change everything. The maker of Perpignan and bassist working in close collaboration: “I really wanted a custom-made device. This required a lot of work for violin.”

Today, the result is there: Dayon 01 6-string bass has three outputs: electricity (in Bartolini), piezo and midi (linked to a Korg 05WR). Another unusual feature: “It has no tone knob or volume knob. All shades come from my fingers,” explains bassist.

Moreover, on the first eight boxes of three strings most acute, the neck is fretless. “It allows me to play a verse on the part fretted, for example, then switch to fretless on the chorus.

In short, a real plant, but respectable gas Dayon which can happen: “I am in love with this instrument, which goes well beyond the lower. It is a bit of a meeting between bass and piano. In addition, When I sold my Yamaha John Myung, I realized something: I wanted to play one last time over, I was not! ”

A racing machine that allows Dayon create a very special universe: if the voice immediately reminds one of Sting, the music, it is a vast melting pot perfectly mastered. Pop, fusion, funk, blues. Everything here is mixed in a soothing harmony.

Just as Nosfell, Dayon has created its own language, a French-flavored yogurt, sprinkled with English dialect of the African imagination. His first album Moclew (11 tracks) listens with pleasure, the kind of cake intriguing that gives a blow to leave on a trip.