Legendary bassist Tony Levin, greatest recognized for his work with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel, has introduced the brand new album Bringing It All the way down to the Bass. The LP options contributions from Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell), and extra.
The album arrives by way of Flatiron Recordings on September thirteenth, in the future after Levin kicks off the extremely anticipated “BEAT” tour celebrating the music of King Crimson with Adrian Belew, Danny Carey, and Steve Vai. In line with Levin, the album is a long-time coming, as he’s been engaged on quite a few the songs for years, if not a long time.
“It may have been achieved a very long time in the past, frankly,” Levin stated in a press launch, “however it’s due to an issue I’ve, which is an excellent drawback to have. And that’s that I’ve a number of touring and that’s what I like to do, taking part in stay. It simply didn’t give me a lot time at residence to work on ending the album that I’ve been engaged on for 5 – 6 years.”
Levin, who made ipromiseyoumedia‘s listing of the 100 Biggest Bassists of All Time, added, “However, a yr in the past Might, I checked out my schedule and noticed a number of touring with Peter Gabriel for nearly a yr after which in November 2023, there was a Stick Males tour –after which in January a Levin Brothers tour – and I stated to myself, ‘If I take March, April and Might off from any stay taking part in and perhaps even any recording for different folks and actually concentrate on this, I can lastly get this album out.’ It may have occurred ten years earlier than if I had the gumption to show down excursions.”
As for the music on the album, Levin defined, “I had items very a lot within the prog-rock vein and I had items that have been primarily based on the bass, and someplace across the center of the report I made the troublesome determination to toss the prog stuff – properly, not toss it precisely, reserve it for an additional album – and the extra I centered, I selected the type of items that needed to me a way of unity to it in that it’s in regards to the bass. Not songs with singing about the bass, however every track is both primarily based on a bass riff or a bass method that I then invited some nice rhythm sections to play on.”