{"id":43648,"date":"2019-08-29T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T13:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=43648"},"modified":"2019-08-29T09:52:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T13:52:12","slug":"on-stage-n-c-band-basks-in-philly-limelight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=43648","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: N.C. band ‘Bask(s)’ in Philly limelight"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <\/span>Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Bask<\/p><\/div>\n

Labor Day Weekend is here, and pumpkin festivals are looming on the horizon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The season for basking is just about over.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, the season for Bask never ends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bask is a band from Asheville, North Carolina featuring <\/span>Scott Middleton \u2013 Drums, Jesse Van Note \u2013 Bass, Ray Worth – Guitar, Vocals, and Zeb Camp – Guitar, Vocals.<\/span><\/p>\n

On August 29, Bask will headline a show at Kung Fu Necktie (1248 North Front Street, Philadelphia, 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve played Kung Fu Necktie three or four times already,\u201d said Middleton, during a phone interview last week from his home in Asheville. \u201cWe always have a great show in Philly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bask is a band from the South but not a \u201cSouthern Rock\u201d band.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bask\u2019s Facebook page has the following message \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLetter to the listener:<\/span><\/p>\n

Progressive; heavy; psychedelic; Americana, have all been used to describe Bask. The truth, we are four musicians based in Asheville, North Carolina who love making music. We want rhythm heard for miles, melodies remembered for weeks and an honesty and sincerity felt to your bones. Most of all we want you to listen without concern for what you are hearing. To listen only for the sake of hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Esse Quam Videri,<\/span>
\nBask\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201c<\/span>Esse Quam Videri\u201d is a line Bask lifted from the state motto of North Carolina. It is a Latin phrase meaning \u201cto be rather than to seem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bask has been making music in the mountains of Carolina for the last five years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re from different places and we all ended up here,\u201d said Middleton. \u201cI grew up in Charlotte. Ray is from Virginia. Jesse is from upstate New York. Zeb is also from North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe came here for the music \u2013 and the atmosphere. We\u2019re in jam band territory here but we\u2019re not really a jam band. We play music that we call heavy melodic music. It\u2019s heavy rock with mostly clean vocals \u2013 music that is spacey and progressive.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRay and I were playing with different people. We started playing together and had 75 percent of the first album written in a year-and-a-half. Jesse came in and added his stuff. Zeb played his first show with the band a month after the album came out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bask\u2019s debut album was \u201cAmerican Hollow,\u201d which was released initially in 2014 on Wonderboy Records and as a CD in 2015 on This Charming Man Records. The quartet\u2019s sophomore album, \u201cRamble Beyond,\u201d was released in March 2017 on Self Aware Records\/ This Charming Man Records.
\n\u201cWe recorded the first album in a cabin in Monroeville, North Carolina with Chris \u2018Scary\u2019 Adams,\u201d said Middleton. \u201cWe made the second in Johnson City, Tennessee with<\/span>Travis Kammeyer, who is in the space rock band HAAL.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican Hollow\u201d was r<\/span>ecorded and mixed by at Old Dominion Studio in Virginia and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audio Siege Engineering in Portland, Oregon.\u201cRamble Beyond\u201d was produced and engineered by Kammeyer at Fahrenheit Studios in Johnson City and mixed by Andrew Schneider at Translator Audio in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bask now has a new label \u2013 Season of Mist \u2013 and a new album ready to come out. The recording was done at Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the comfort of being at home,\u201d said Middleton. \u201cWe recorded the album with legendary producer Matt Bayles. We e-mailed him and asked if he would produce our album — and he said yes. A lot of his early work was among our influences at the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe cranked the album out in four-and-a-half 12-hour days. Matt did a really good job. And, Echo Mountain is one of the best studios in the South.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The eclectic roster of bands that have used Echo Mountain includes Band of Horses, Widespread Panic and War on Drugs. Bayles\u2019 CV for studio work features acts such as Mastodon, Isis and Russian Circles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album, which is coming out in the fall, is more collaborative than our first two,\u201d said Middleton. \u201cThe new stuff is prog-ier. We continue to push ourselves and progress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Bask \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNT_f6nTl8w<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Kung Fu Necktie, which has Seismic as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Kung Fu Necktie are Possum Kingdom and The Agoraphobix on August 30; Inter Arma, Creeping Death and Witching on August 31; Stonecutters, Necrosexual, Basilysk and Atomic Cretins on September 1; K\u00e6len Mikla, Cloud Rat and Fad Naseam on September 3; and This Kills Me, Blankscreen, Tiger Castle and The Robinsons on September 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

ESS\u00a0SEE<\/p><\/div>\n

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter,\u00a0ESS\u00a0SEE\u00a0has just released her debut LP and is already performing support shows. She will bring her creative show to the area for ashow on August 30 at Sofar Philadelphia <\/a>(https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/cities\/philadelphia\/events\/27173<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

ESS SEE in the moniker for Sarah Cobb, a talented and versatile Brooklyn-based musician.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cobb began producing her electro-pop demos in 2009 alone in her bedroom at night — homing in on seductive melodies often featuring themes dealing with identity, intimacy, and femininity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Embracing lyrical influences such as St. Vincent, Emily Haines, Carole King, and Garbage, ESS\u00a0SEE\u00a0delivers a heightened sense of vulnerability and intimacy in her songwriting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her rich, often theatrical, live performances engage audiences with eye-popping costumes, humor, and an electric presence.<\/span><\/p>\n

ESS SEE\u2019s debut EP, \u201cOrdinary Woman,\u201d was released in 2017, and her first full length album, \u201cWaiting For The Sky To Fall,\u201d just came out on August 23. The new album was produced by Julie Kathryn of I Am Snow Angel<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been living in Brooklyn for 11 years but I\u2019m originally from Arkansas \u2013 from Little Rock,\u201d said Cobb, during a recent phone interview from her New York home.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was always singing when I was growing up. I started writing songs when I started taking guitar lessons in high school.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI kept writing and working on guitar when I was in college in Georgia \u2013 at Savannah College of Art and Design. After college, I lived in Washington, D.C. for a year-and-a-half and then I moved to New York. That was in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was living in Brooklyn and my music career took a while to get going. I bought a studio setup in 2009 and produced music for myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had a Dropbox full of songs but never did anything with them. It got to a point where I knew I had to do something. So, I gathered my songs and sent them to Mike Beck. Then, Mike and I made my first EP.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

ESS SEE\u2019s debut EP, \u201cOrdinary Woman,\u201d was produced by Mike Beck and released January 13, 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat EP was grassroots,\u201d said Cobb. \u201cI just wanted to see what it would be like to connect to the world of being a musician.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cobb found her place in that world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been playing shows consistently since my first gig as ESS SEE, which was at C\u2019Mon Everybody in Brooklyn in July 2017,\u201d said Cobb.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the new album, I got hooked up with Julie Kathryn. I met her through my guitarist Charlie Rauh. He wrote all the guitar hooks in my songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI made the album with Julie in her studio using Ableton. I also recorded some vocals in my house and sent them over to her. Julie did the production and the mixing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow the live shows are different. It\u2019s usually just Charlie and I when I\u2019m out on tour. We also have Dylan Hiester with us. He triggers all the tracks on Ableton.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for ESS SEE \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/_f6_l_v5Qk4<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Sofar Philadelphia will start at 8 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) will host <\/span>UZO and Andy Mowatt\u2019s Frequency Movement on August 30.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will present Talib Kweli on August 29, God Street Wine on August 30, and Splintered Sunlight on August 31.<\/span><\/p>\n

118 North (118 North Wayne Avenue, Wayne, www.118northwayne.com<\/a>) will have Fred and Dan’s Vinyl Record Party on August 29, Almost There on August 30, and Underwater Robots on August 31.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) will host the The Sigma LXXXV Tour #sigmatour2019 on August 31 featuring The Alarm, Modern English, and Jay Aston\u2019s\u00a0Gene Loves Jezebel.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) will host Get The Led Out from August 31-September 1, Bluegrass Jam In The Bar on September 3 and J.D. Simo on September 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Dave Weiner and the Philly Players<\/p><\/div>\n

Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985, <\/span>\u00a0will present Dave Weiner and the Philly Players ESS\u00a0SEE on August 31and First Sunday Blues Brunch and Jam Session featuring the Philly Blues Kings on September 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cirque du Soleil\u2019s arena show \u201cCorteo\u201d will have a short run at the Giant Arena (550 Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, https:\/\/www.hersheyentertainment.com\/giant-center\/events\/cirque-du-soleil-corteo<\/a>) now through September 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Forrest Theatre (1114 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-893-1999, www.kimmelcenter.org<\/a>) is presenting \u201cHamilton\u201d as part of the Kimmel Center\u2019s Broadway Philadelphia series. The hit musical is running now through November 17.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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