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Chris Bass aka Chris Lambert is an Australian musician, rhymer, writer and sound engineer based in Adelaide. He produces left-field hip-hop, dub, space rock and electronic music. Chris self-releases under his label dOgbOx studios, having appeared on over 70 music releases and performed in over 300 shows. A trip to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival changed his life trajectory. Experiencing an all-star line-up, incl. the Meters reunion and Mannie Fresh's festival-volume 808 bass led Chris to form live punk-funk band Capital F, as well as a hip-hop crew on his return to Australia. Capital F toured the East Coast many times - Big Day Out festival, Thebarton Theatre, The Espy, Landsdowne, Evelyn, Hopetoun, The Empress, Annandale, Rymill Park, Tom-Tom Club, The Tivoli, Le Rox supporting the Meat Puppets, DefFX, Supergroove, Spiderbait, Skunkhour, Juice, Swoop, The Fauves - and released -including a spot on rooArt's Youngblood IV compilation and a session with Eddie Pillar (head of Acid Jazz records). As a hip-hop artist with crews Defenders, C. H. and solo, Chris supported Gang Starr, People Under The Stairs, Mixmaster Mike, Dilated Peoples, Sugarhill Gang, Brother Ali, X-ecutioners, Qbert, Marco Polo, Percee P, Xzibit, Reason, Bias B, Mnemonic Ascent and others. He's also played bass with Chimera#9, Helga, Bliss, Clowns of Decadence, Loaded Zilla, Crisp (ft. Sia), The Hooded Puppets (Hilltop Hoods), Erin Buku band (incl. WOMADelaide 2024) amongst others. Other activities: Produced a solo world music show for the Adelaide Fringe, Rhythm Caravan; Masters degree in Creative Industries; digital artist (creative and layout); made a 2D animation for print legends FontShop for their PacPrint stand; more recording projects-some Dub (Dub L Vision), Electro (Scrambla) and heavy groove space rock (Maxwell Montes); worked at Kojo's Tracks Studio in post-audio and Disk-Edits mastering house; taught sound engineering and multimedia for many years