He played with and . But Philadelphia-born bassist Derrick Hodge is equally at home in hip-hop and neo-soul and has worked with and , among others . He also masters both the double bass and the bass guitar. On his third album Color Of Noize he shows his background and that results in a strikingly experimental whole. Hodge put together a band especially for this project in order to develop his
… sketchy ideas. He played it once for the piano and then as much as possible the first band version, live and even in a trial phase, was recorded by producer . It is precisely this spontaneity that radiates from the energetic Color Of Noize, the sound of a group of eager and diligent musicians who improvise on Hodge's themes of bouncing hip-hop beats and hectic electro-acoustic fusion. (MR)more