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Colin Bass

March 07, 2023

Colin Bass (born 4 May 1951) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Since 1979, he has been a member of the British progressive rock band Camel, who, after a ten-year hiatus due to the ill health of bandleader Andrew Latimer, returned to active touring in 2013. From 1984 to 1992, he was also a core figure in the pioneering World Music group 3 Mustaphas 3. He has also made two solo albums under his own name and three albums recorded in Indonesia under the name Sabah Habas Mustapha. The title track of the first, "Denpasar Moon", became a hugely popular song in Indonesia in the mid-1990s and has been covered by over 50 Indonesian, Malaysian, Japanese and Filipino artists. As a record producer he has worked with a diverse range of international artists including: the Klezmatics (USA), SambaSunda (Indonesia), Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird (USA) Krar Collective (Ethiopia), Etran Finatawa (Niger) and 9Bach (Wales) amongst others. As a guest artist he has appeared on albums by a number of internationally acclaimed artists including top Malian singing star Oumou Sangare, playing on all tracks of her 1993 Ko Sira album.

Colin Bass
Bass in 2015
Background information
Born (1951-05-04) 4 May 1951 (age 71)[1]
London, England
GenresProgressive rock, pop rock, world music
Instrument(s)Vocals, bass, piano, keyboards, guitar
Years active1968–present
LabelsKartini Music
Websitecolinbass.com

Biography

Early life and career

Bass was born in London and first started playing professionally in 1968 as guitarist with a band called the Krisis, playing the UK club and ballroom circuit, after which he switched to bass guitar and joined Velvet Opera in 1970 with whom he made his first recordings for Spark Records.[2]

1970s

In 1971, he joined an incarnation of the 1960s group the Foundations and spent a year playing the cabaret clubs mostly in northern England.

In 1971, he met Ernie Graham, formerly of Eire Apparent and, together with guitarist Jonathan Glemser, they formed the band Clancy. The band became part of London's growing Pub-Rock scene and briefly signed with Island Records but were dropped after differences with producer Muff Winwood.

Shortly afterwards, the band signed with Warner Brothers and recorded two albums: Seriously Speaking (1974) and Every Day (1975). The line-up on both was: Bass (bass, vocals), Ernie Graham (guitar, vocals), Gasper Lawal (percussion), Dave Vasco (guitar), Dave Skinner (keyboards, vocals) and Barry Ford (drums, vocals).

Clancy split in 1976 and Bass joined Steve Hillage, who was putting together a band to promote the album L on a six-month tour of Europe and the USA. The line-up included ex-Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker.

In 1977, Bass was invited by American saxophonist and composer Jim Cuomo, who had occasionally played with Clancy, to participate in his musical Woe Babylon at the Edinburgh Festival. The band from the show included pianist Ollie Marland and drummer Miguel Olivares and this quartet became a project known as the Casual Band. Olivares was later replaced by ex-Back Door drummer Tony Hicks. Recordings were made with producer Tom Newman but were never released.

In 1979, Steve Hillage tour manager Laurie Small introduced Bass to British progressive-rock band Camel. The line-up at the time was Andrew Latimer (guitar, vocals), Andy Ward (drums) and keyboardists Kit Watkins (ex-Happy The Man) and Jan Schelhaas (ex-Caravan).[3] There followed two albums I Can See Your House From Here (1979) and Nude (1980) and respective international tours.

1980s

In 1981 at the end of the "Nude" tour, Andy Ward's health problems led to Andrew Latimer's dissolving of the band. Bass relocated to Paris where he recorded an album and performed live with old colleague Jim Cuomo.

Returning to the UK in 1983 he took up a teaching post, played sessions and club and pub gigs with various line-ups until Andrew Latimer invited him to rejoin Camel for the 1984 "Stationary Traveller" tour. In the same year he started to play with the Anglo-Ghanaian band Orchestra Jazira, which led to his induction in the pioneer world-music group 3 Mustaphas 3, who renamed him as Sabah Habas Mustapha.[3]

Between 1985 and 1991, the 3 Mustaphas 3 recorded four full albums and sundry singles and EPs and established a cult following for their live performances, touring in the USA, Europe, Japan and also in the then Eastern Bloc countries of East Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria.

1990s

When the 3 Mustaphas 3 stopped activities in 1991, Bass went to Indonesia where, over the next ten years, he recorded three solo albums with Indonesian musicians under the name of Sabah Habas Mustapha. The first, Denpasar Moon (1994), was recorded in Jakarta and explored the sounds of the popular music style dangdut.[2]

The title song, "Denpasar Moon", first released in 1993, became a major hit in Indonesia in the form of a cover version by a singer from the Philippines called Maribeth and was subsequently recorded by over 50 different Indonesian artists and also artists from Malaysia and Japan.

In 1997, Bass founded the Kartini Music record label whose first release was another Sabah Habas Mustapha record, Jalan Kopo, recorded in Bandung, Indonesia, and this time influenced by the sounds of the west Javanese province of Sunda. The title cut from that record is played as pre-show music for the nighttime fireworks/water spectacular IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth at Epcot, located in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

At the same time, the 1990s saw a rejuvenated Camel back on the scene after a long period of inactivity due to a protracted legal dispute with previous management.

In 1991, Andrew Latimer, now relocated to California, invited Colin to participate in the recording of "Dust and Dreams", the first release by his own label Camel Productions, which was followed by a world tour in 1992 with the line-up of Latimer, Bass and Mickey Simmonds (keyboards) and Paul Burgess (drums).

Between then and 2003, Camel released another three studio albums and undertook subsequent tours all documented with live albums and DVDs.

In 1998, Kartini Music released Bass' first album under the name Colin Bass: An Outcast of the Islands. Recorded in Poland and California and featuring Andrew Latimer on guitar, the then Camel drummer Dave Stewart and a number of Polish musicians, the album gathered critical praise and helped establish his reputation in Poland. Subsequent tours produced two live albums: Live at Polskie Radio 3 (1999) and Live Vol.2: Acoustic Songs (2000).

2000s

2000 also saw the release of another Sabah Habas Mustapha album recorded in Bandung: So La Li. It further explored the sounds of the Sundanese region and featured again the multi-instrumentalist Ismet Ruchimat and several musicians from his group SambaSunda. So La Li won wide critical acclaim and was nominated for a BBC Radio 3 World Music Award.

Bass lived in Berlin, Germany from 1988–2011. From 1994 until the end of 2008, he wrote and presented a weekly radio show for RBB Radio Multikulti and WDR Funkhaus Europa in Germany: "Sabah am Sonntag", presenting musical rarities and curiosities from around the world.

2010s

In 2012, Bass moved to North Wales, and set up Wild End Studio.

In 2013, he travelled to Niger to produce an album for Etran Finatawa, recorded in a tent in the Sahara desert. That same year Camel returned to the stage with a European tour and a live DVD recorded at their concert at the London Barbican.

In 2014, Bass co-produced the album Tincian by Welsh band 9Bach with post-production and mixing completed at Wild End Studios. Camel embarked on part 2 of the 'Snow Goose' European Tour.

2015 saw another Camel European Tour and 9Bach winning the 'Best Album' category at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Tincian.

Discography

Solo

  • 1998: An Outcast of the Islands
  • 1998: As Far as I Can See EP
  • 1999: Denpasar Moon EP
  • 1999: Live at Polskie Radio 3 2 CD
  • 1999: Poznań Pie – Live in Concert VHS
  • 2000: Live Vol. 2 – Acoustic Songs
  • 2002: Gently Kindly
  • 2003: In the Meantime
  • 2003: An Outcast of the Islands – Remastered + 3 bonus tracks
  • 2005: Planetarium – With Józef Skrzek
  • 2006: In the Meantime – Remastered + 5 bonus tracks
  • 2012: An Outcast of the Islands - Reissue
  • 2015: At Wild End

Albums by other artists produced by Colin Bass

As Sabah Habas Mustapha

  • 1994: Denpasar Moon
  • 1998: Jalan Kopo
  • 1999: So La Li
  • 2004: Denpasar Moon 2004 – remastered + bonus

With Camel

With 3 Mustaphas 3

  • 1986: Orchestra BAM de Grand Mustapha International and (Jolly) Party – Local Music
  • 1987: Shopping
  • 1990: Soup of the Century
  • 1991: Friends, Fiends & Fronds
  • 2001: Play Musty for Me

References

  1. ^ "Colin Bass". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b 21d 3h 96s. "Colin Bass biography, solo discography, album credits & user reviews". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b Gary Davis; The Artist Shop. . Artist-shop.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2011.

External links

  • Colin Bass official website
  • Colin Bass discography and album reviews, credits & releases at AllMusic
  • Colin Bass solo album discography, releases & credits at Discogs.com
  • Colin Bass credits on different albums at Discogs.com
  • Colin Bass solo albums to be listened as stream at Spotify.com

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to the ill health of bandleader Andrew Latimer returned to active touring in 2013 From 1984 to 1992 he was also a core figure in the pioneering World Music group 3 Mustaphas 3 He has also made two solo albums under his own name and three albums recorded in Indonesia under the name Sabah Habas Mustapha The title track of the first Denpasar Moon became a hugely popular song in Indonesia in the mid 1990s and has been covered by over 50 Indonesian Malaysian Japanese and Filipino artists As a record producer he has worked with a diverse range of international artists including the Klezmatics USA SambaSunda Indonesia Daniel Kahn amp the Painted Bird USA Krar Collective Ethiopia Etran Finatawa Niger and 9Bach Wales amongst others As a guest artist he has appeared on albums by a number of internationally acclaimed artists including top Malian singing star Oumou Sangare playing on all tracks of her 1993 Ko Sira album Colin BassBass in 2015Background informationBorn 1951 05 04 4 May 1951 age 71 1 London EnglandGenresProgressive rock pop rock world musicInstrument s Vocals bass piano keyboards guitarYears active1968 presentLabelsKartini MusicWebsitecolinbass wbr com Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life and career 1 2 1970s 1 3 1980s 1 4 1990s 1 5 2000s 1 6 2010s 2 Discography 2 1 Solo 2 2 Albums by other artists produced by Colin Bass 2 3 As Sabah Habas Mustapha 2 4 With Camel 2 5 With 3 Mustaphas 3 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditEarly life and career Edit Bass was born in London and first started playing professionally in 1968 as guitarist with a band called the Krisis playing the UK club and ballroom circuit after which he switched to bass guitar and joined Velvet Opera in 1970 with whom he made his first recordings for Spark Records 2 1970s Edit In 1971 he joined an incarnation of the 1960s group the Foundations and spent a year playing the cabaret clubs mostly in northern England In 1971 he met Ernie Graham formerly of Eire Apparent and together with guitarist Jonathan Glemser they formed the band Clancy The band became part of London s growing Pub Rock scene and briefly signed with Island Records but were dropped after differences with producer Muff Winwood Shortly afterwards the band signed with Warner Brothers and recorded two albums Seriously Speaking 1974 and Every Day 1975 The line up on both was Bass bass vocals Ernie Graham guitar vocals Gasper Lawal percussion Dave Vasco guitar Dave Skinner keyboards vocals and Barry Ford drums vocals Clancy split in 1976 and Bass joined Steve Hillage who was putting together a band to promote the album L on a six month tour of Europe and the USA The line up included ex Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker In 1977 Bass was invited by American saxophonist and composer Jim Cuomo who had occasionally played with Clancy to participate in his musical Woe Babylon at the Edinburgh Festival The band from the show included pianist Ollie Marland and drummer Miguel Olivares and this quartet became a project known as the Casual Band Olivares was later replaced by ex Back Door drummer Tony Hicks Recordings were made with producer Tom Newman but were never released In 1979 Steve Hillage tour manager Laurie Small introduced Bass to British progressive rock band Camel The line up at the time was Andrew Latimer guitar vocals Andy Ward drums and keyboardists Kit Watkins ex Happy The Man and Jan Schelhaas ex Caravan 3 There followed two albums I Can See Your House From Here 1979 and Nude 1980 and respective international tours 1980s Edit In 1981 at the end of the Nude tour Andy Ward s health problems led to Andrew Latimer s dissolving of the band Bass relocated to Paris where he recorded an album and performed live with old colleague Jim Cuomo Returning to the UK in 1983 he took up a teaching post played sessions and club and pub gigs with various line ups until Andrew Latimer invited him to rejoin Camel for the 1984 Stationary Traveller tour In the same year he started to play with the Anglo Ghanaian band Orchestra Jazira which led to his induction in the pioneer world music group 3 Mustaphas 3 who renamed him as Sabah Habas Mustapha 3 Between 1985 and 1991 the 3 Mustaphas 3 recorded four full albums and sundry singles and EPs and established a cult following for their live performances touring in the USA Europe Japan and also in the then Eastern Bloc countries of East Germany Hungary and Bulgaria 1990s Edit When the 3 Mustaphas 3 stopped activities in 1991 Bass went to Indonesia where over the next ten years he recorded three solo albums with Indonesian musicians under the name of Sabah Habas Mustapha The first Denpasar Moon 1994 was recorded in Jakarta and explored the sounds of the popular music style dangdut 2 The title song Denpasar Moon first released in 1993 became a major hit in Indonesia in the form of a cover version by a singer from the Philippines called Maribeth and was subsequently recorded by over 50 different Indonesian artists and also artists from Malaysia and Japan In 1997 Bass founded the Kartini Music record label whose first release was another Sabah Habas Mustapha record Jalan Kopo recorded in Bandung Indonesia and this time influenced by the sounds of the west Javanese province of Sunda The title cut from that record is played as pre show music for the nighttime fireworks water spectacular IllumiNations Reflections of Earth at Epcot located in Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida At the same time the 1990s saw a rejuvenated Camel back on the scene after a long period of inactivity due to a protracted legal dispute with previous management In 1991 Andrew Latimer now relocated to California invited Colin to participate in the recording of Dust and Dreams the first release by his own label Camel Productions which was followed by a world tour in 1992 with the line up of Latimer Bass and Mickey Simmonds keyboards and Paul Burgess drums Between then and 2003 Camel released another three studio albums and undertook subsequent tours all documented with live albums and DVDs In 1998 Kartini Music released Bass first album under the name Colin Bass An Outcast of the Islands Recorded in Poland and California and featuring Andrew Latimer on guitar the then Camel drummer Dave Stewart and a number of Polish musicians the album gathered critical praise and helped establish his reputation in Poland Subsequent tours produced two live albums Live at Polskie Radio 3 1999 and Live Vol 2 Acoustic Songs 2000 2000s Edit 2000 also saw the release of another Sabah Habas Mustapha album recorded in Bandung So La Li It further explored the sounds of the Sundanese region and featured again the multi instrumentalist Ismet Ruchimat and several musicians from his group SambaSunda So La Li won wide critical acclaim and was nominated for a BBC Radio 3 World Music Award Bass lived in Berlin Germany from 1988 2011 From 1994 until the end of 2008 he wrote and presented a weekly radio show for RBB Radio Multikulti and WDR Funkhaus Europa in Germany Sabah am Sonntag presenting musical rarities and curiosities from around the world 2010s Edit In 2012 Bass moved to North Wales and set up Wild End Studio In 2013 he travelled to Niger to produce an album for Etran Finatawa recorded in a tent in the Sahara desert That same year Camel returned to the stage with a European tour and a live DVD recorded at their concert at the London Barbican In 2014 Bass co produced the album Tincian by Welsh band 9Bach with post production and mixing completed at Wild End Studios Camel embarked on part 2 of the Snow Goose European Tour 2015 saw another Camel European Tour and 9Bach winning the Best Album category at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Tincian Discography EditSolo Edit 1998 An Outcast of the Islands 1998 As Far as I Can See EP 1999 Denpasar Moon EP 1999 Live at Polskie Radio 3 2 CD 1999 Poznan Pie Live in Concert VHS 2000 Live Vol 2 Acoustic Songs 2002 Gently Kindly 2003 In the Meantime 2003 An Outcast of the Islands Remastered 3 bonus tracks 2005 Planetarium With Jozef Skrzek 2006 In the Meantime Remastered 5 bonus tracks 2012 An Outcast of the Islands Reissue 2015 At Wild EndAlbums by other artists produced by Colin Bass Edit 1989 Chisi by Stella Chiweshe Piranha 2005 Rahwana s Cry by SambaSunda Network Medien 2010 Tarkat Tajje Let s Go by Etran Finatawa Riverboat WMN 2010 Lost Causes by Daniel Kahn amp the Painted Bird Oriente 2011 Java by SambaSunda Quintet Riverboat WMN 2012 Ethiopia Super Krar by Krar Collective Riverboat WMN 2012 Go Calypsonian by Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz Piranha Music 2012 Anewala Walking Man by Alhousseini Anivolla Riverboat WMN 2013 The Sahara Sessions by Etran Finatawa Riverboat WMN 2014 Tincian by 9Bach Real World Records As Sabah Habas Mustapha Edit 1994 Denpasar Moon 1998 Jalan Kopo 1999 So La Li 2004 Denpasar Moon 2004 remastered bonusWith Camel Edit 1979 I Can See Your House from Here 1981 Nude 1984 Pressure Points Live in Concert live 11 May 1984 Hammersmith Odeon London UK 1991 Dust and Dreams 1993 Never Let Go 1993 live 5 September 1992 Enschede Netherlands 2 CD 1996 Harbour of Tears 1997 On the Road 1981 1997 live BBC radio 2 April 1981 Hammersmith Odeon London UK 1998 Coming of Age 1998 live 13 March 1997 Billboard Los Angeles USA Live CD and DVD 1999 Rajaz 2001 The Paris Collection 2001 live 30 September 2000 Bataclan Club Paris France Note CD wrongly states concert as 30 October 2002 A Nod and a Wink 2012 The Snow Goose new re recorded version With 3 Mustaphas 3 Edit 1986 Orchestra BAM de Grand Mustapha International and Jolly Party Local Music 1987 Shopping 1990 Soup of the Century 1991 Friends Fiends amp Fronds 2001 Play Musty for MeReferences Edit Colin Bass IMDb com Retrieved 6 May 2020 a b 21d 3h 96s Colin Bass biography solo discography album credits amp user reviews Progarchives com Retrieved 1 July 2011 a b Gary Davis The Artist Shop Colin Bass Kartini Music catalog in The Artist Shop Artist shop com Archived from the original on 8 September 2018 Retrieved 1 July 2011 External links EditColin Bass official website Colin Bass discography and album reviews credits amp releases at AllMusic Colin Bass solo album discography releases amp credits at Discogs com Colin Bass credits on different albums at Discogs com Colin Bass solo albums to be listened as stream at Spotify com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Colin Bass amp oldid 1073160973, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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