White Treble, Black Bass

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"White Treble, Black Bass"
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Single by Sgt Slick
ReleasedMay 1998
GenreDance[1]
LabelVicious Grooves
Songwriter(s)Sgt. Slick
Producer(s)Sgt. Slick
Sgt Slick singles chronology
"White Treble, Black Bass"
(1998) 		"Let It Ride"
(2001)

"White Treble, Black Bass" is a song by Australian house and electronic music DJ producer, Sgt Slick. The song was released in 1998 as his debut single.[2] The single peaked at number 69 in Australia.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, the song won ARIA Award for Best Dance Release.[3]

In 2015, the song was listed at number 42 in In the Mix's 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time with Katie Cunningham saying the ARIA Awards "got it right" with this song winning an award in 1998, calling the song an "undisputed classic".[4]

John Course of Vicious Grooves said this song was the label's third ever release, but remains one of the label's milestone tracks. Course said "We loved the groove and signed the track, but it had a sample which we had to clear. Ironically the spoken words it samples saying 'White people turn up the treble, black people turn up the bass' was from a music documentary and ended up being the voice of a prominent music business lawyer. The lawyer was amused that he had worked in the business for years and it was the first time he ever appeared on a record, so he was happy to clear the vocal."[4]

Track listings[]

Australian CD Single
No.TitleLength
1."White Treble, Black Bass" (radio cut) 
2."Think About It" (radio edit) 
3."Cha, Cha, Cha" (Slick's Trackattack) 
4."White Treble, Black Bass" (Coursey & Rd's "Use the Filter" remix) 
5."White Treble, Black Bass" (Slick's Original Jam) 
6."White Treble, Black Bass" (Coursey & Rd's Funky Dub) 
UK CD Single/12" Vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."White Treble, Black Bass" (Trevor RockcliffeMix II)6:14
2."White Treble, Black Bass" (Accapella)0:51
3."White Treble, Black Bass" (Trevor Rockcliffe Mix 1)6:02
4."White Treble, Black Bass" (Slick's Club'd Up Cut)5:16

Charts[]

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 69

Release history[]

Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia May 1998 CD Single/ EP Vicious Grooves VG12003CD
United Kingdom 1999 CD Single, 12" Vinyl Neo Records NEO12027
Spain 1999 12" Vinyl Plus Recordings PLMX05

References[]

  1. ^ "Artist SGT SLICK Title White Treble, Black Bass". Downbeat. 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ "All About Sgt Slick". In The Mix. 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1998: 12th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "The 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time". 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 26 Jul 1998". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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