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THE PARABOLIQ PROJECT
1. HEROIN COMPUTERS
2. LIVE LIKE THERE'S LIZARDS AT MY HEELS
3. 23ISM
4. WASABI AND OTHER EASTERN DELIGHTS
5. BRAINWASHED AT TERMINAL 23
6. BRAVE OCTAVIANS
7. LOOK OUT! NAZI LIZARDS IN HOLLOW EARTH AHEAD
8. MI-EYE-END
9. A WOLF IS NOT A CAT
10. DECAPHOBIA
11. ELF=ANT
12. ZOCCHIHEDRON
13. THE BLACK CAGE
14. THE FORBIDDEN CITY
15. LIVE AT THE IMPALOOMPA AUDITORIUM
16. OCTAVIA
17. DRUICIDE
18. DEVIL SPIDER AND CUB
19. THANKS MUM
20. USING THE POWERS OF EVIL FOR GOOD SINCE 1974
21. INVERSED GAIA
22. SYMMETRICAL INTEGERS
23. PYRAMIDIAN
BIOGRAPHY
Drew Dedman has been a professional bassplayer for over 17 years, the Paraboliq Project is an ongoing work of improvisations and musical experiments ranging from new age jazz to industrial grind. Influenced by all styles of music with the common theme being improvisations. Drew started out programming music on the Commodore 64 under the name MORBID in the late 1980's, since then he has played with many bands in Melbourne, Australia.
These bands include Seizure (1992-1994), Iconklast (1994-1998), Bakehouse (1997-1999), Superheist (1999-2004), Masoniq (2001-2003), The Lounge Machine (2003-2006),K-Oscillate (2006-2007).
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DISCOGRAPHY
Seizure ~ I BELIEVE (single on Def Metal Compilation 1994)
Iconklast ~ ZONES (1997)
Calcium ~ self titled EP (1997)
Bakehouse ~ EFFECT (1998)
Toecutter ~ Lost Cuture (1999)
Superheist ~ The Prize Recruit (2001)
Superheist ~ Identical Remote Controlled Reactions(2002)
Superheist ~ Live and Rare (2004)
The Lounge Machine ~ Elephant EP (2004)
The Lounge Machine ~ Seeking Answers EP (2005)
The Paraboliq Project I-XXIII (1999-2006)
MY BASS GUITARS Yamaha TRB-II - 5 string with Kahler Wammy
Yamaha RBXJM - 6 string with Roland GK-3 pickup
Yamaha Attitude Bass - 4 string, with Di Marzio's and Hipshot
Fender Squier Katana with Roland GK-2 pickup
Cort Pro Fretless 4 string with Kahler Claw, custom EMG J+P+J pickup
Fernandes 4-string P+J bass, DiMarzio's and w/Kahler Claw
Custom "Mary Shelley" bass, modified Left Hand Samick P bass, converted to 5 string with Bartolini (Music man style pickup), Kahler Wammy, scallops and a handle (ala Vai style for bass)
Custom DD Gourmet, Junior Flying V body with Daion Maple neck, Yamaha P pickups and Kahler Claw Bridge
Giordano Upright Bass
MY AMPS, MIDI GEAR ETC
Roland GI-20 Midi 1/2 rack
Kawai MAV-8 midi patchbay
Crate BT-350 Bass Amplifier
Digitech BNX-3 multi fx unti
Yamaha UD-Stomp Delay Pedal
Behringer FCB 1010 midi foot controller
M-Audio DELTA 44 soundcard
Various Computer and sequencer gear including Commodore VIC-20, multiple Commodore 64's, AMIGA 500 running Noisetracker, P3 laptop for soft synths. . . .lots of piles of computer junk too much to mention
The Project now has another home on Reverb Nation.
FACEBOOK USERS PLEASE ADD;
23 LIZARDS - The Paraboliq Appreciation Society
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Here are some vids of extreme bass styleys. . . enjoy ! ! !
Apologies the sound is fukt, you will have to crank it. . . PEACE dd

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/08/2006
Band Website: www.drewdedman.com
Band Members: THE PARABOLIQ PLAYERS
The Prophet Paraboliq - extreme lead bass and madness
Drew Dedman - electric bass, programming, beatz, time machine

Other Contributing Musicians (in no particular order)
Mark Hosking - vocals, electric guitar
Matt Bray - vocals, v-drums, drums, prog
Fetah Sabawi - electric guitar
Charlie Samaran - keyboards
Ahmed Abu-Eid - vocals
Roderick McLeod - v-drums, electric drums
Simon Hawker - electric guitar
Kim Sauberg - CP-70
Rob "Commander" Gee - symths, progz
Josh "Bagaz" Bagdaddy - electric guitar
Warren Davies - drums
Sam Johnson - v-pad

Influences: The influences of this recording are extremely vast. . . i.e everything and anything
A big up goes out to the following groups of Musicians who I have collaborated/worked with or been inspired by in the past 6 years

SUPERHEIST - Fetah, Seanheist, Joey, Berger and DW
MASONIQ - Matt, Mark, Nicole, Fetah
REV ST - Mark, Fetah, Charlie, Rod, Oscar, Ahmed
THE LOUNGE MACHINE - Simon, Wazza, Rob Mitchell, Boris, Kim
K-OSCILLATE - Matt, Nicko, Fred X, Tim and Hugo
LANSTRUM VIRUS - Wazza, Ash, Rob & Jon

I would also like to thank all crew ever who have supported this recording, my family, my students, my daughters, my basses and of course the one true god that is MIDI.

Sounds Like: A Digital Cat flying across a dimly lit moon in pursuit of some quest that was long forgotten, perhaps there may be lava and brimstone below but we will never really know, its world music, but from what planet ?

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

5 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR EAR

5 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR EARby Drew Dedman ([email protected])www.myspace.com/paraboliqprojectWell its christmas time again and the old guy in the red suit and his vertically challenged helpers put...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:20:00 GMT

5 THINGS A BASSPLAYER SHOULD THINK ABOUT

5 THINGS A BASSPLAYER SHOULD THINK ABOUTby Drew Dedman - [email protected] a good solid technique should be a primary focus especially when in the early stages of learning the bass...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:19:00 GMT

5 NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

5 NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONSby Drew Dedman ([email protected])www.myspace.com/paraboliqproject2008 is upon us still no sign of those hover skateboards or jet packs. The start of a new year brings abou...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:22:00 GMT

5 WAYS TO GET YOUR BASSLINE IN SHAPE FOR SUMMER

5 WAYS TO GET YOUR BASSLINE IN SHAPE FOR SUMMERby Drew Dedman ([email protected])www.myspace.com/paraboliqprojectSumm er is almost here, what better reason do you need to get your bassplaying into...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:21:00 GMT

5 EASY STEPS TO UNDERSTAND MODES AND THEORY

5 EASY STEPS TO UNDERSTAND MODES AND THEORYby Drew Dedman ([email protected])www.myspace.com/paraboliqprojectThis month I thought I would explain the an easy way to get your head around bassline ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:46:00 GMT

Jaco Pastorius ~ THE WORLDS GREATEST BASSPLAYER

The Worlds Greatest Bassplayer. John Francis Anthony Pastorius "Jaco" III (Dec 1, 1951 - September 21, 1987) There have been many influential bassists since the first Electric Bass rolled out of Leo F...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:45:00 GMT

Some info on the new tracks and Paraboliq fx/patches/synths

Some info on the new tracks2-FFF - Is an improvised piece using BNX and fretless emulation, (I love fretless I am just hardcore into this emulation patch right now, same as tone I use on Mercurion), t...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:37:00 GMT

Well when 23 just aint enough . . . .!

When 23 parts aint enough !Well it's that time again (well not again), it's just that time.There's a meteorite coming, a real big one, apparently it's going to hit the outback South Australia on the 8...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:35:00 GMT