For those unaware, Italian bass master and composer Alberto Rigoni (solo, BAD As, Natural Born Machine, Bassists Alliance Project, Vivaldi Metal Project, etc.) has just released his new album, entitled Songs for Souls, in memory of his father who recently passed away.

Says Alberto, “Considering the hard times, I was going to give up with music but suddenly my father (famous professor, writer and journalist) passed away on October 15 2021. So, I decided to make an album in his memory.”

“It’s fully instrumental, 10 tracks spanning from prog rock to ambient/cinematic and it features some incredible special guests such as Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson, Jeff Beck), Mark Zonder (Fates Warning), and many more.”

“So far, it is the best album I’ve ever released! At least, I hope so!”

1. The Miracle
2. L’Origin du Monde (ft. Jordan Rudess and Mark Zonder)
3. Youth (ft. Jennifer Batten and M. Zonder)
4. Talking with My Demons (ft. Alessandro Bertoni and M. Zonder)
5. Suddenly (ft. A. Bertoni and M. Zonder)
6. The Battle (ft. Tommaso Ermolli and M. Zonder)
7. Silence
8. Keep on Fighting (ft. Edoardo Taddei, M. Zonder)
9. Peaceful Acceptance (ft. T. Ermolli)
10. Souls Never Die (ft. Marco Sfogli, Fabrizio Leo, A. Bertoni, M. Zonder)

This quite beautiful, artfully constructed, and sonically magnificent new album opens on the spatial mastery of The Miracle and then the atmospherically-charged ambiance of L’Origin du Monde, before bringing us the gently fervent Youth, the free-flowing synth prog of Talking with My Demons and then we get the rhythmically spun melodies of Suddenly.

Next up is the ornate, yearning gossamer of The Battle and the partitioned, yet layered bass orchestrations found with the stirring Silence, with those in turn followed by prog rock turbulence of sounds within Keep on Fighting, the album rounding out with the short, but sweet (and aptly named) Peaceful Acceptance, coming to a close on the all-out guitar rock opera Souls Never Die.

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 albums (Something Different, Rebirth, Three Wise Monkeys, Overloaded, BASSORAMA, Duality, EvoRevolution, Prog Injection, Odd Times), spanning from progressive rock metal to fusion. 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. 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) was released on April 2nd 2021 and it’s available worldwide.

L’Origine du Monde (Alberto Rigoni, Jordan Rudess & Mark Zonder) [Official Music Video]

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