"Bass Invader" - my solo CD with bass as the main instrument. My plan was to give a profile of all the different playing techniques and musical styles. But the songs shall be interesting for non-musicians as well. The whole thing  features none less than Gregg Bissonette on drums! As a a special guest, you can hear Swedish master guitarist Mattias IA Eklundh on two songs! Check it out!

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Martin Motnik - Bass Invader
All tracks played with bass guitars!
featuring Gregg Bissonette on Drums
Special guest on guitar: Mattias IA Eklundh

Bee on speed (mp3) with Gregg Bissonette & Mattias IA Eklundh
Instrument used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass
4 finger tapping and picked harmonics, featuring a zany Eklundh chorus melody

Delayed (mp3)
Instrument used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass
Solo piece with delay FX

Where's the referee? (mp3) with Gregg Bissonette
Instruments used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass & esh Sovereign 6-string fretted bass
Excessive slap intro and distorted picking discussion - no guitars used on this track!

Disease (mp3)
Instruments used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretless bass & Ibanez AEB 10 acoustic bass
Originally by matchbox twenty, arranged for 2 basses and percussion

Arizona sunset (mp3) with Gregg Bissonette
Instrument used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass
Blend-in chords and hammered harmonics

Don't forget to floss (mp3)
Instruments used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass & Oral-B electric toothbrush
I wonder why my bass smells like toothpaste...

Recepción con champán (mp3)
Instruments used: Ibanez AEB 10 acoustic bass & Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass
Latin style on acoustic bass

Vinyl concerto (mp3)
Instrument used: esh Sovereign 6-string fretted bass
Originally by Explorers Club, classical piece with turntable noise

Stages of ages (mp3)  with Gregg Bissonette
Instruments used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass & Ritter Roya 5 string fretless bass
Fretless ballad with tapped intro

Pickpocket Prelude (mp3)
Instrument used: Ritter 5 string fretted bass
Hammered and picked harmonics

King of the monsters (mp3)  with Gregg Bissonette
Instrument used: esh Sovereign 6-string fretted bass
Originally by Racer X, high speed picking - and it's really all bass!

Simpsons theme (mp3)
Instruments used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass & Ritter Roya 5 string fretless bass
A tribute to my heroes

YYZ (mp3)  with Mattias IA Eklundh & Gregg Bissonette
Instrument used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass
Originally by Rush, new version by Eklundh/Motnik/Bissonette

Bee on weed (mp3)
Instrument used: Ritter Roya 5 string fretted bass
2 finger tapping - Insects and kids, "just say no to drugs".

Check out some projects I was - or am - working for:

Clueless - Don't speak
©1998 ZYX Music GmbH & Co. KG - CD 2145-8

Instrumental arrangement
Dance version of No doubt's smash hit. This single was on pos. 7 in the Billboard dance charts and on pos. 44 in U.K. single charts.

Clueless - Don't speak (mp3)
 

Worlds Apart - Everlasting love
©1996 Arista/BMG, BMG Eurodisc Ltd.

Instrumental arrangement and keyboard programming
A remix had been ordered - we turned it into a chart breaking single A side!

Worlds Apart - Everlasting love (mp3)
 

Martha Wash feat RuPaul - It's raining man ... The Sequel
©1997 BMG/Logic Records

Instrumental arrangement and keyboard programming
An original Weather Girl und Americas biggest travesty star kick up their heels! This remix order turned into single A side.

Martha Wash feat. RuPaul - It's raining men ... The Sequel (mp3)

The Body & Soul Allstars - Best things in life are free
©1996 Sony Music

Instrumental arrangement and programming
No, this are not Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson - but they sound mighty great nevertheless, don't they?

The Body & Soul Allstars - Best things in life are free (mp3)

Fretted bass
A very talented guitarist from Florida, who also already worked with the Bissonettes. He asks me occasionally for a cool bass track, which is always very much fun.

Brute (mp3) with Chad Wackerman
A fast song with some tricky measure changes, played by Frank Zappa's drummer Chad Wackerman.

Fretted bass
One of Germanys most famous goth metal bands - well known in many other countries. Powerful music and emotional lyrics.

Darkseed - Disbeliever (mp3)
The CD opener.
Darkseed - Follow me (mp3)
Slow tempo metal ballad.
Darkseed - Save me (mp3)
Maurizio Guolo on drums goin' crazy!

The Winners - Island of sun (LP)
©1996 Weltbild Verlag GmbH - CD 703447

Fretted & fretless basses, bass programming, background vocals
Soundtrack for German TV series "Klinik unter Palmen". Actors: Klaus-Juergen Wussow, Pierre Brice, Sonja Kirchberger, Juergen Harmstorf, The Winners ;-).

Check out some sample tracks below: