Chronic Maxx
@mnaslebass.bsky.social
Bass player, Electronic music composer, researcher, DJ, science fiction and fantasy genre lover.
Well…. That’s a first! Just broke a double bass string!
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Well…. That’s a first! Just broke a double bass string!
New track from Skink coming out December 5 on all streaming platforms! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... #newsong #independentartist #improvisedmusic #canberra
Parting Gift by Skink
Stream and Pre-save Parting Gift - Distributed by DistroKid
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October 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
New track from Skink coming out December 5 on all streaming platforms! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... #newsong #independentartist #improvisedmusic #canberra
Last night my bad played a big show closing out NightFest in Canberra. Super fun! youtu.be/_F3ndQMtk9M
Last Call- Closing Set for NightFest 2025
YouTube video by Chronic Bass
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Last night my bad played a big show closing out NightFest in Canberra. Super fun! youtu.be/_F3ndQMtk9M
Stop Woolies and Coles' price gouging! getup.to/z8Lg2vsrCoaQUo
Stop Price Gouging
Stop Woolies and Coles' price gouging!
getup.to
August 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Stop Woolies and Coles' price gouging! getup.to/z8Lg2vsrCoaQUo
August 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
August 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
New improvisation this afternoon, additional percussion provided by my family in the kitchen! Got out the 6 string! #loops #improvisation #bass
August 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
New improvisation this afternoon, additional percussion provided by my family in the kitchen! Got out the 6 string! #loops #improvisation #bass
July 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Here is a bass solo I did as part of an improvised performance. You will have to excuse the trolleys going past and the wind! And the angle of the camera- I missed Namo (drummer) in the shot…… anyway! Hope you like it! youtu.be/2E3uluvJoZI?...
Skink Bass Solo
YouTube video by Chronic Bass
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Here is a bass solo I did as part of an improvised performance. You will have to excuse the trolleys going past and the wind! And the angle of the camera- I missed Namo (drummer) in the shot…… anyway! Hope you like it! youtu.be/2E3uluvJoZI?...
Check out my gig last night! #canberra #funk #improv #blues #RnB #livemusic youtu.be/oM-h7zXwDRI?...
Last Call Quatro Live at Smiths Alternative
YouTube video by Chronic Bass
youtu.be
June 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Check out my gig last night! #canberra #funk #improv #blues #RnB #livemusic youtu.be/oM-h7zXwDRI?...
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"a relentless, high-energy album that refuses to let up from the first beat"
Mansell Bass reviews 'yes, please' the "vital and physical" new release from LA-based Sextile.
#sextile #labands
Mansell Bass reviews 'yes, please' the "vital and physical" new release from LA-based Sextile.
#sextile #labands
Album Review: yes, please – Sextile - Joyzine
Review of the Sextile Album, yes, please. Latest release from the punk/dance/EBM duo from Los Angeles- high energy, super fun album
joyzine.org
May 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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"focused, deliberate, and emotionally transparent"
Mansell Bass guides us track by track through Mamuthones new album 'From Word to Flesh' a release for people who appreciate "detail, nuance, and sonic depth".
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
#mamuthones
Mansell Bass guides us track by track through Mamuthones new album 'From Word to Flesh' a release for people who appreciate "detail, nuance, and sonic depth".
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
#mamuthones
TRACK BY TRACK ALBUM REVIEW: Mamuthones – From Word to Flesh - Joyzine
From Word to Flesh is Mamuthones’ follow-up to 2018’s Fear on the Corner. Its creation was interrupted by the pandemic, but the resulting work is focused, deliberate, and emotionally transparent.
joyzine.org
May 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"focused, deliberate, and emotionally transparent"
Mansell Bass guides us track by track through Mamuthones new album 'From Word to Flesh' a release for people who appreciate "detail, nuance, and sonic depth".
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
#mamuthones
Mansell Bass guides us track by track through Mamuthones new album 'From Word to Flesh' a release for people who appreciate "detail, nuance, and sonic depth".
@rocketrecordings.bsky.social
#mamuthones
May 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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"a delicate balance between melancholy and hope"
Mansell Laidler reviews 'Believer' the "quietly powerful" new album from Sister Ray.
Mansell Laidler reviews 'Believer' the "quietly powerful" new album from Sister Ray.
Album Review: Sister Ray – Believer - Joyzine
Believer is a beautiful Alt Country album with folk leanings by Sister Ray. Released on 4 April 2024.
joyzine.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"a delicate balance between melancholy and hope"
Mansell Laidler reviews 'Believer' the "quietly powerful" new album from Sister Ray.
Mansell Laidler reviews 'Believer' the "quietly powerful" new album from Sister Ray.
Hey! Check out my cool new band! youtu.be/YVhaREU0Qu8?...
#livemusic
#originalmusic
#newmusic
#funk
#canberra
#improvisation
#fun
#livemusic
#originalmusic
#newmusic
#funk
#canberra
#improvisation
#fun
Claudia and the Last Call Live at Smiths Alternative
YouTube video by Mnasle Bass
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Hey! Check out my cool new band! youtu.be/YVhaREU0Qu8?...
#livemusic
#originalmusic
#newmusic
#funk
#canberra
#improvisation
#fun
#livemusic
#originalmusic
#newmusic
#funk
#canberra
#improvisation
#fun
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"a wild, smart, and brilliantly executed album"
Mansell Laidler reviews the "striking instrumentation and spacious mix" of The Scaramanga Six's new album 'Glut'.
Mansell Laidler reviews the "striking instrumentation and spacious mix" of The Scaramanga Six's new album 'Glut'.
Album Review: The Scaramanga Six- Glut - Joyzine
Glut, the eleventh studio album from The Scaramanga Six is a "cinematic fever dream, where in the near future the consumer is consumed".
joyzine.org
April 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"a wild, smart, and brilliantly executed album"
Mansell Laidler reviews the "striking instrumentation and spacious mix" of The Scaramanga Six's new album 'Glut'.
Mansell Laidler reviews the "striking instrumentation and spacious mix" of The Scaramanga Six's new album 'Glut'.
Hey guys, if you are in #canberra #australia it would be great to see you guys tomorrow night at Smiths Alternative. My band Skink is playing from 8pm, just one set but we will be performing tracks off of our upcoming EP! It’s like ambient instrumental stuff! Hope you can make it!
March 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Hey guys, if you are in #canberra #australia it would be great to see you guys tomorrow night at Smiths Alternative. My band Skink is playing from 8pm, just one set but we will be performing tracks off of our upcoming EP! It’s like ambient instrumental stuff! Hope you can make it!
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"raw, confrontational, and deeply immersive"
Mansell Laidler reviews Cassels new "unrelenting, and sonically rich" album 'Tracked in Mud'.
#casselsband
Mansell Laidler reviews Cassels new "unrelenting, and sonically rich" album 'Tracked in Mud'.
#casselsband
ALBUM REVIEW: Cassels- Tracked in Mud - Joyzine
Tracked in Mud is Cassels 4th album release from the London based duo featuring brothers Jim and Loz Beck, following on from their critically acclaimed release A Gut Feeling in 2022.
joyzine.org
March 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"raw, confrontational, and deeply immersive"
Mansell Laidler reviews Cassels new "unrelenting, and sonically rich" album 'Tracked in Mud'.
#casselsband
Mansell Laidler reviews Cassels new "unrelenting, and sonically rich" album 'Tracked in Mud'.
#casselsband
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"There is a freshness to this work and a connectedness to the present that I was not expecting"
Mansell Laidler reviews the "new and positive" album 'Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs' by The Chills.
#newzealand #thechills
Mansell Laidler reviews the "new and positive" album 'Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs' by The Chills.
#newzealand #thechills
Album Review: Spring Board: Early Unrecorded Songs by the Chills - Joyzine
Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is a collection of early material from The Chills, drawn from the band's formative first seven years before their debut album. Revisiting these songs, the band...
joyzine.org
March 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"There is a freshness to this work and a connectedness to the present that I was not expecting"
Mansell Laidler reviews the "new and positive" album 'Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs' by The Chills.
#newzealand #thechills
Mansell Laidler reviews the "new and positive" album 'Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs' by The Chills.
#newzealand #thechills
New review for Joyzine! joyzine.org/2025/03/10/a...
Album Review: Spring Board: Early Unrecorded Songs by the Chills - Joyzine
Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is a collection of early material from The Chills, drawn from the band's formative first seven years before their debut album. Revisiting these songs, the band...
joyzine.org
March 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
New review for Joyzine! joyzine.org/2025/03/10/a...
Last night performed at the Enlighten festival here in Canberra. A projected light display on the Museum of Australian Democracy (Old Parliament House) seems particularly poignant!
March 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Last night performed at the Enlighten festival here in Canberra. A projected light display on the Museum of Australian Democracy (Old Parliament House) seems particularly poignant!
Great gig tonight at Enlighten with the Dalmatians! Canberra is a cool place, super fun. Cool lighting display- Democracy we need to talk!
March 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Great gig tonight at Enlighten with the Dalmatians! Canberra is a cool place, super fun. Cool lighting display- Democracy we need to talk!
Rockin out at Googfest with Last Call
February 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Rockin out at Googfest with Last Call
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"The energy that comes across is palpable"
Mansell Laidler reviews the "in your face riffage and fun" of Gaytheist's new album 'The Mustache Stays'.
#gaytheist #noise
Mansell Laidler reviews the "in your face riffage and fun" of Gaytheist's new album 'The Mustache Stays'.
#gaytheist #noise
Album Review: Gaytheist- The Mustache Stays - Joyzine
Much 'in your face riffage and fun' from the new album from Gaytheist, 'The Mustache Stays'.
joyzine.org
February 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"The energy that comes across is palpable"
Mansell Laidler reviews the "in your face riffage and fun" of Gaytheist's new album 'The Mustache Stays'.
#gaytheist #noise
Mansell Laidler reviews the "in your face riffage and fun" of Gaytheist's new album 'The Mustache Stays'.
#gaytheist #noise
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"A masterful work, from an influential musician"
Mansell Bass reviews 'Alreet?' the new "genre defying" album from Edvard Graham Lewis.
#upprecords #edvardgrahamlewis
Mansell Bass reviews 'Alreet?' the new "genre defying" album from Edvard Graham Lewis.
#upprecords #edvardgrahamlewis
Album Review: Edvard Graham Lewis – Alreet? - Joyzine
Wire bassist Edvard Graham Lewis's album "Alreet?" explores themes of aging and finality through experimental, genre-defying music. Masterfully produced, it combines electronic elements and contributi...
joyzine.org
February 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"A masterful work, from an influential musician"
Mansell Bass reviews 'Alreet?' the new "genre defying" album from Edvard Graham Lewis.
#upprecords #edvardgrahamlewis
Mansell Bass reviews 'Alreet?' the new "genre defying" album from Edvard Graham Lewis.
#upprecords #edvardgrahamlewis