Dark Sinatras – Happy Families (2014)

It’s been a funk-heavy selection of albums so far, as you’d expect from the bass player with the biggest funk band on the planet, but Turner’s artistic direction also encompasses more aggressive stuff. The Dark Sinatras take their cue from intelligent metal bands such as Tool, and of course that means a very different approach to bass from Turner. “The tones are overdriven, the picking is very aggressive and the music is pretty dark, like the name, which is why this is my Wild Card choice,” he says. The recording gear includes some suitably heavyweight basses, amps and effects, too. “I used my 1966 Jazz bass and a Fodera NYC five, both detuned a step. I tracked a lot through an Ampeg SVT, with some Darkglass pedals, a Woolly Mammoth and an Aguilar Agro distortion. I love that pedal because it keeps the low end really well.” Check out the cover art if you need an idea of what the music sounds like.