King Crimson and Peter Gabriel bassist Tony Levin has announced that he will release his new solo album, Bringing It Down To The Bass, through Flatiron Recordings on September 13.
The new album, Levin’s seventh solo album, explores Levin’s signature instrument and his musical life through a variety of styles including prog, jazz, thrash, classical and even a touch of barbershop quartet.
Given Levin’s pedigree Bringing It Down To The Bass features an array of celebrated guests including Robert Fripp, who donated one of his distinctive soundscapes to the moody Floating In Dark Waters, drummers Mike Portnoy, Pat Mastelotto, Steve Gadd and Jerry Marotta, keyboard players Larry Fast, Gary Husband and Levin’s bother Pete, guitarists Earlk Slick and David Torn and more.
“Way back when we toured with King Crimson a lot, there were a few tours this century where Robert would play a looping soundscape he would create before the show and the audience would hear it as they came in,” Levin reveals about Fripp’s soundscape. “He would make up a different one every day, maybe a half hour. Some nights when we were about ready to go at 8 – we always started at 8 – Robert said, ‘Tony, go out and play bass to my soundscape.’ These soundscapes were often atonal, but sometimes they were tonal. We played many on stage, every night for years and it occurred to me then that it would make a very interesting piece on an album, just bass and soundscape.”
Bringing It Down To The Bass will be available on double vinyl, CD, Blu-ray and digital. The Blu-ray will feature Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD 7.1/5.1 mixes and hi-res stereo audio. The Apple Music stream will be available in Immersive Audio/Dolby Atmos. A teaser video for the album is below.
Tony Levin: Bringing It Down To The Bass tracklist
1. Bringing It Down To The Bass 2. Me And My Axe 3. Road Dogs 4. Uncle Funkster 5. Boston Rocks 6. Espressoville 7. Give The Cello Some 8. Turn It Over 9. Beyond The Bass Clef 10. Bungie Bass 11. Fire Across The Sky 12. Floating In Dark Waters 13. On The Drums 14. Coda
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