Worldwide known bassists ALBERTO RIGONI and MICHAEL MANRING released their highly acclaimed “Grains of Sand” album on September 15th 2022. The album features Mark Zonder (A-Z, Fates Warning) on drums and legendary bass player Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big) + special guests Stuart Hamm, Adam Nitti, Mike LePond and Bryan Seller.
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MetalPediaMX shared: 🏆📀ALBUM OF THE YEAR📀🏆 Virtuous bassists Alberto Rigoni and Michael Manring on September 15 released their new album titled “Grains Of Sand”. This album is a real gem, instrumental progressive rock with jazz touches, finely executed. Virtuous, complex and versatile. Plus having deluxe guests with Billy Sheehan, Stuart Hamm, Adam Nitti, Mike LePond and Bryan Seller.
“Grains of Sand” album is available in Digipack CD and Digital.
In case you missed, watch ‘Grains of Sand’ video below.
“Grain of Sands” album is spanning songs from prog, rock and ambient.
Alberto Rigoni says: “After the release of Song for Souls in memory of my father I said I was going to retire (at least for a bit) but well…. I could not resist to make an album with one of the best bass player in the world like Michael. Hope you will enjoy it”
Michael Manring says: “Alberto is a prolific artist with a deep love of the bass. His enthusiasm is inspiring and it’s always a pleasure to work with him.”
Today, Bass virtuosos ALBERTO RIGONI (solo, BAD As, Kim Bingham, Vivaldi Metal Project etc.) and MICHAEL MANRING (solo, Alex Skolnic, Steve Morse etc.) are glad to announce the release of their new album “Grains of Sand”, out now.
The album, fully instrumental, spans from prog to fusion, jazz, ambient and features Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, A-Z) on drums. Also, on some tracks the duo invited some bassists as special guests such as Billy Sheehan, Stuart Hamm, Adam Nitti and more.
Alberto Rigoni says: “After the release of ‘Song for Souls’ in memory of my father I said I was going to retire (at least for a bit) but well… I could not resist making an album with one of the best bass players in the world like Michael. Hope you will enjoy it!”
Michael Manring says: “Alberto is a prolific artist with a deep love of the bass. His enthusiasm is inspiring and it’s always a pleasure to work with him.”
“Grains of Sand” will be available in digital, Digipack CD and limited edition tape/cassette! You can pre-order “Grains of Sand” at http://albertorigoni.bandcamp.com
Worldwide known bassists ALBERTO RIGONI and MICHAEL MANRING are pleased to announce that “Grains of Sand” album, feat. Mark Zonder and many other guests such as Billy Sheehan, has been mixed and mastered and will be released of September 15th! It will be available in digital, Digipack CD and limited edition tape/cassette! You can pre-order “Grains of Sand” at http://albertorigoni.bandcamp.com.
Furthermore ALBERTO RIGONI & MICHAEL MANRING have just recently released a new single and video for “No Escape” ft. Adam Nitti and Mark Zonder. Watch it below.
“Grain of Sands” album is spanning songs from prog, rock and ambient, with great special guests: Adam Nitti, Billy Sheehan, Bryan Beller, Mike LePond, Stu Hamm, Lars Lehmann and Mark Zonder!
Alberto Rigoni says: “After the release of Song for Souls in memory of my father I said I was going to retire (at least for a bit) but well…. I could not resist to make an album with one of the best bass player in the world like Michael. Hope you will enjoy it”
Michael Manring says: “Alberto is a prolific artist with a deep love of the bass. His enthusiasm is inspiring and it’s always a pleasure to work with him.”
Worldwide known bassists ALBERTO RIGONI and MICHAEL MANRING are pleased to announce the release of the single “Grains of Sand” alongside a studio video. The song features Mark Zonder (A-Z, Fates Warning) on drums and legendary bass player Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big) as special guest on a solo.
The song will be available on all digital platform as well as on http://albertorigoni.bandcamp.com where you can pre-order the full album that will be released at the end of the summer (TBA) in Digipack CD and Digital.
Watch ‘Grains of Sand’ video below.
“Grain of Sands” album is spanning songs from prog, rock and ambient.
Alberto Rigoni says: “After the release of Song for Souls in memory of my father I said I was going to retire (at least for a bit) but well…. I could not resist to make an album with one of the best bass player in the world like Michael. Hope you will enjoy it”
Michael Manring says: “Alberto is a prolific artist with a deep love of the bass. His enthusiasm is inspiring and it’s always a pleasure to work with him.”
Worldwide known bassists Alberto Rigoni (solo, BAD As, Vivaldi Metal Project, etc.) and Michael Manring (solo, Alex Skolnick, Michael Hedges, etc.) announce that they have joined their creativity to release a new album called “Grain of Sands“. The album, spanning from prog, rock, ambient, will feature Mark Zonder (Fates Warning) at the drums. Moreover, on some songs, the duo invited as special guests bassists as as Billy Sheehan, Stu Hamm and others.
The album is already available for pre-order in Digipack CD and digital at: http://albertorigoni.bandcamp.com (2 tracks already streamable). Release date will be announced soon.
Alberto Rigoni says: “After the release of Song for Souls in memory of my father I said I was going to retire (at least for a bit) but well…. I could not resist to make an album with one of the best bass player in the world like Michael. Hope you will enjoy it”
Michael Manring says: “Alberto is a prolific artist with a deep love of the bass. His enthusiasm is inspiring and it’s always a pleasure to work with him.”
Alberto Rigoni (soloist, BAD AS, Natural Born Machine, Bassists Alliance Project, Vivaldi Metal Project, The Italians, Kim Bingham)
Born in 1981, Alberto Rigoni is an Italian bass player and composer, internationally known for his career as a solo artist and as a member of the metal band BAD As, The Italians, Natural Born Machines Lady & THE BASS, co-producer of the Vivaldi Metal Project and member of progressive rock band TwinSpirits (no more active).
Between 2008 and 2022 Alberto has released worldwide 9 solo album (Something Different, Rebirth, Three Wise Monkeys, Overloaded, BASSORAMA, Duality, EvoRevolution, Prog Injection, Odd Times, For The Love of Bass, Songs for Souls), spanning from progressive rock metal to fusion. His albums also features legendary musicians such as Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater),Kevin Moore (ex Dream Theater), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), Marco Minnemann (the Aristocrats), Göran Edman (ex Yngwie Malmsteen), Michael Manring, Nathan East, Lee Sklar and many many others. Alberto has been featured on the cover of magazine such as Bass Magazine (Japan), Bass Musician Magazine (USA), Bajos Y Bajistas (Spain), Basistas (Poland), TOP BASS (Poland), Bassiste Magazine (FR). Moreover, on March 2015 the prestigious Bass Guitar Magazine (UK) released Alberto’s CD anthology called “Into THE BASS”.
Alberto has also recorded for several international artists such as Italian pop singer Alexia and he is also playing bass for Canadian rock singer and songwriter Kim Bingham (ex-Nelly Furtado) and The Italians, sharing stages with artists such as Alan Parson, Suzanne Vega, Jørn Lande, Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore and others.
In 2016 founded a new metal band called BADASS (now called BAD As) with which released three albums (More Pain More Gain, Midnight Curse and Crucified Society.
On December 15th 2017, Rigoni together with bassist Jeff Hughell (Six Feet Under) released a new studio project called Bassists Alliance. The first album “Crush” will feature top notch bassists such as Michael Manring, Adam Nitti, Steve di Giorgio, Colin Edwin, Mark Mitchell, Scott Reeder, Dmitry Lisenko, Brandino BassMaster, Ryan Martini, Leonid Maksimov, Tony Grey.
In 2019 founded a new AOR band called “Natural Born Machine” featuring famous Pink Cream 69 singer David Readman. Their debut album “Human” has been released on February 19th 2021 by Pride and Joy Music.
Alberto is now working on a new album with bassist Michael Manring and doing on-line bass recording sessions for artists from all the world.
Italian bass master and composer ALBERTO RIGONI (solo, BAD AS, NATURAL BORN MACHINE, Bassists Alliance Project, Vivaldi Metal Project etc.) will release on January 15th 2022, his new album “Songs for Souls”, in memory of his Father.
Now Alberto has posted online a stunning performance video for ‘Keep on Fighting‘, featured by EDOARDO TADDEI on guitars, MARK ZONDER on drums & ALBERTO RIGONI on bass.
Watch ‘Keep on Fighting’ video here:
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Just recently Alberto released the video for “L’Origin du Monde”, feat. Jordan Rudess, Mark Zonder and Alberto Rigoni, in case you missed it, watch at https://youtu.be/LLJS6IordMk
The guest artists on “Songs for Souls” album are Jordan Rudess, Mark Zonder, Fabrizio Leo, Marco Sfogli, Tommaso Ermolli, Enrico Taddei, Alessandro Bertoni and Jennifer Batten.
Born in 1981, Alberto Rigoni is an Italian bass player and composer, internationally known for his career as a solo artist and as a member of the metal band BAD As, The Italians, Natural Born Machines Lady & THE BASS, co-producer of the Vivaldi Metal Project and member of progressive rock band TwinSpirits (no more active).
Between 2008 and 2020 Alberto has released worldwide 9 solo album (Something Different, Rebirth, Three Wise Monkeys, Overloaded, BASSORAMA, Duality, EvoRevolution, Prog Injection, Odd Times), spanning from progressive rock metal to fusion. His albums also featured legendary musicians such as Kevin Moore (ex Dream Theater), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), Marco Minnemann (the Aristocrats), Göran Edman (ex Yngwie Malmsteen), Michael Manring and many others.
His tenth album “For The Love of Bass” feat. all star bassists such as Nathan East, Lee Sklar, Michael Manring, Doug Wimbish and many others HAS BEEN released on April 2nd 2021.
Alberto has been featured on the cover of magazines such as Bass Magazine (Japan), Bass Musician Magazine (USA), Bajos Y Bajistas (Spain), Basistas (Poland), TOP BASS (Poland). Moreover, in March 2015 the prestigious Bass Guitar Magazine (UK) released Alberto’s CD anthology called “Into THE BASS.”
Alberto has also recorded for several international artists such as Italian pop singer Alexia and he is also playing bass for Canadian rock singer and songwriter Kim Bingham (ex-Nelly Furtado) and The Italians, sharing stages with artists such as Alan Parson, Suzanne Vega, Jørn Lande, Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore and others.
In 2016 founded a new metal band called BADASS (now called BAD As) which released three albums (More Pain More Gain, Midnight Curse and Crucified Society.
On December 15th 2017, Rigoni together with bassist Jeff Hughell (Six Feet Under) released a new studio project called Bassists Alliance. The first album “Crush” featured top notch bassists such as Michael Manring, Adam Nitti, Steve di Giorgio, Colin Edwin, Mark Mitchell, Scott Reeder, Dmitry Lisenko, Brandino BassMaster, Ryan Martini, Leonid Maksimov, Tony Grey.
In 2019 founded a new AOR band called “Natural Born Machine” featuring famous Pink Cream 69 singer David Readman. Their debut album “Human” was released on February 19th 2021 by Pride and Joy Music.
Currently he is also collaborating with famous producer Hiro Furuya (Elton John, Eric Clapton, etc.) as session bassist.
His tenth album “For The Love of Bass” feat. all star bassists such as Nathan East, Lee Sklar, Michael Manring, Doug Wimbish and many others will be released on April 2nd 2021.
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