Stanley Clarke: East River Drive (Epic, 1993)
I found East River Drive through a speaker designer who uses it to make sure his company’s compact wireless speakers don’t choke when asked to play highly dynamic, bass-heavy music. Two tracks in particular, “Lord of the Low Frequencies” and “Funk Is Its Own Reward,” showcase Clarke’s signature slap-happy electric bass style, which will make most of the little woofers (bass-dedicated drivers) and passive radiators used in today’s popular wireless speakers literally scream for their lives. Or even worse, the tiny speakers may entertain you with an awkward dance of death, as Clarke’s intense low-end excursions make them scoot around on the shelf until they fall off.
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