Level 42 are set to release a new album titled ‘Retroglide’ on the 18th September. This release will fill a decade of silence from the bass lead band.
You can hear samples of the tracks here at Level 42’s official website.
Track Listing:
1. Dive Into The Sun
2. Rooted
3. Way Back Home
4. Just For You
5. Sleep Talking
6. Retroglide
7. All Around
8. Clouds
9. Hell Town Story
10. Ship
11. All I Need (UK Bonus Track)
Bass player Chuck Rainey will be holding 5 clinics around the UK in conjunction with Phil Jones Bass Amplification.
Sunday 24th September (7.30pm)
The Bass Centre,
2 Tenter Ground,
Brune Street,
London,
E1 7NH
Tel: 0207 247 7847
www.basscentre.com
Tickets for this are avaliable at the Bass Centre’s website and cost £5.
Monday 25th September (7.30pm)
Mansons Guitar Shop,
McCoys Arcade,
Fore Street,
Exeter,
EX4 3AN
Tel: 01392 496379
www.mansons.co.uk
The clinic is free so tickets are not required. The actual event will be held at the Thistle Hotel, Exeter.
Tuesday 26th September
GM Music
2 Wharton Street,
Cardiff,
CF10 1AG
Tel: 02920 231606
www.gmmusic.co.uk
Wednesday 27th September
PMT
36 Lawley Middleway,
Birmingham,
B4 7XX
Tel: 0121 359 5056
www.pmtonline.co.uk
Thursday 28th September (7:30pm)
ElectroMusic
82 Copley Road,
Doncaster,
DN1 2QW
Tel: 01302 369999
www.electromusic.co.uk
Tickets for this are avaliable at the ElectroMusic website and cost £6. The actual event will be held at The Northern Jazz Centre, Doncaster.
Some of you will know that Stuart Clayton has writen some excellent bass books, including the Level 42 Bass Transcriptions Volumes 1-5. He’s soon to release (by the end of the month) a new book for all you slap fans out there titled ‘Ultimate Slap Bass’.
What Stuart says about the book…
“Ultimate Slap Bass is the definitive reference/tutorial book for slap players of all levels. The book covers the slap and pop technique from the most basic beginner exercises to the most advanced such as double thumbing and popping, strumming, open string hammer-ons and how to combine slapping with other techniques in a musical way. There are over 220 exercises in the book, which are also recorded on two audio CD’s. The book also includes a detailed history of the technique, as well as biographies of all of the major contributors to the technique. Additionally, there are interviews with Marcus Miller, Stu Hamm, Mark King, Ray Riendeau and Vail Johnson.”
There are some audio examples on his website ‘www.basslinepublishing.com‘. You’ll be able to order the book from the same website here.
From the audio clips I’ve listened to, I’m looking forward to the release!
Primus are set to release a new CD titled ‘They Can’t All Be Zingers‘ and a new DVD ‘Blame It On The Fish - An Abstract Look at the 2003 Primus Tour de Fromage’. The release is set for October 17th.
Bass Day UK will be returning this year on Sunday 19th November at the Manchester Life Cafe.
The event will run from 12:00-23:00, with the first performance at 12:30. I’m sure many of us UK players always feel left out when we see adverts in Bass Player and pictures from the American Bass Day, but all that will change!