Return to Whatever
Return to Whatever is founded in the summer of 2003. Ingmar Pauli & Jeff Aries, both bassplayers, like electronically fabricated (but analog) sounds. Both from The Hague (The Netherlands) they are surrounded by a lot of talented friends in all styles and genres: jazz, electro, techno, funk, reggae & rock (The Hague being Rockcapital nr 1. in Holland). So it's just plain logic that above-mentioned styles are part of the music of 'RTW'.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes, but not together (yet). Ingmar being half of for instance: "Novamen", "Bumper" and "Matzo & Pauli" and Jeff being bassplayer of "Postmen" and half of "Ë-Hook and Dragon" makes it impossible to perform together at the moment.
Your musical influences
Mr James Brown, Headhunters, Prince, Zapp, Mr Miles Davis, Bootsy, Mr George Clinton, Mr Sly Stone....
What equipment do you use?
MPC 2000 XL, MC 505, lots of FX: Boss digital delays, Roland Space-Echo, Ibanez Phasertone, various Mu-trons, Tandy Equalizero, Music Man Stingray '77 bassguitar, Nordlead-, Korg-, Yamaha-modules blabla, Juno 106, Casio CZ, G&L Precision '81 bassguitar, 5-string Pauil Ingram '92 guitar, we even use Zoom and Behringer, but we prefer old fx-pedals from the seventies...
