Alberto Rigoni

Alberto Rigoni (born 1981) is an Italian bass player and composer, internationally known for his career as a solo artist[2] and as a member of the metal band BAD As, The Italians, Lady & THE BASS, co-producer of the Vivaldi Metal Project, and member of progressive rock band TwinSpirits (no longer active). His latest album, Odd Times features drummer Marco Minnemann, and Guitarist/Keyboardist Alexandra Zerner.[3] Bad As released their third album, "Crucified Society" in March 2020.[4] Alberto's new band, Natural Born Machine, plans to release their debut album on February 19, 2021.,[5] featuring Pink Cream 69's David Readman on Vocals.

Alberto Rigoni
Background information
OriginMontebelluna Italy
Genres
Years active1998 – present
LabelsSlipstick Records, Lion Music, Nightmare Records, Pride & Joy
Associated actsAscra, BADASS, Bad As, The Italians, Vivaldi Metal Project

Biography

Between 2008 and 2018 Alberto has released worldwide 7 solo albums (Something Different, Rebirth, Three Wise Monkeys, Overloaded, BASSORAMA, Duality, EvoRevolution), spanning from progressive rock metal to fusion. It's 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. Alberto has been featured on the cover of many local & international magazines[6] 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 is now playing bass for Canadian rock singer and songwriter Kim Bingham (Nelly Furtado) and The Italians, sharing stages with artists such as Alan Parsons, Suzanne Vega, Jørn Lande, Russell Allen (Symphony X), Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore and others.

In 2016 founded a new metal band called BADASS (now called BAD As) featuring singer Titta Tani (CS's Goblin, ex DGM), guitarist Alessio "Lex" Tricarico and drummer Denis "Denzy" Novello. Their debut album "More Pain, More Gain" has been released on April 1, 2017 (Lion Music / Cargo Records UK). In 2018 the line-up changed and on November 31 BAD AS released their second album "Midnight Curse" through Rockshot Records and toured in Europe opening for Vinnie Moore (UFO). On December 15, 2017, Rigoni together with bassist Jeff Hughell (Six Feet Under) released a new studio project called Bassists Alliance. The first album "Crush" features 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 BAD As produced its third album "Crucified Society" (released by Sliptrick Records on March 17, 2020) and Alberto composed his eighth solo album featuring Thomas Lang on drums, released on June 7, 2019 under the name "Prog Injection". In 2020 signs with prestigious label Marquee/Belle Antique and Sliptrick Records for the release of his ninth instrumental prog solo album "Odd Times" featuring Marco Minnemann on drums and Alexandra Zerner on guitars and keyboards (release date: June 28, 2020 in Japan, July 7 rest of the world) Alberto is now working with a new AOR band called "Natural Born Machine"[7]

Solo discography
  • Something Different (2008)
  • The Forbidden City (2009)
  • Lady & The BASS (2010)
  • Rebirth (2011)
  • Three Wise Monkeys (2012)
  • Overloaded (2014)
  • Into The BASS (2014)
  • BASSORAMA (2016)
  • Duality (2017)
  • EvoRevolution (2018)
  • Prog Injection (2019)
  • Odd Times (2020)

with BADASS
  • More Pain, More Gain (2016)

with BAD As
  • Midnight Curse (2019)
  • Crucified Society (2020)

with Vivaldi Metal Project
  • Vivaldi Metal Project (2016)

Other appearances
  • The Music That Will Heal The World featuring TwinSpirits (2007)
  • A Step Ahead with Tommy Ermolli (2009)
  • Dragon Fire featuring Mistheria (2010)
  • Dolcetti Metal Beat featuring Gianni Rojatti (2010)
  • Legacy featuring TwinSpirits (2011)
  • Obsession with The BASStards (2011)
  • Lady & The BASS – Groovy (2012)
  • iCanzonissime with Alexa (2013)
  • Warnings featuring John Jeff Touch (2014)
  • Live at Teatro delle Voci with The Italians (2016)
  • Crush featuring Bassist Alliance Project (2016)

References
  1. "Alberto Rigoni | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  2. "ALBERTO RIGONI". Progarchives.com.
  3. Bjørnsen, Olav Martin (February 5, 2020). "Alberto Rigoni announce guitarist and keyboard player Alexandra Zerner to "Odd Times" line-up".
  4. Staff, NextMosh (February 29, 2020). "BAD AS release new single/video "Crucified Society" | NextMosh: Rock and Metal News". nextmosh.com.
  5. "ALBERTO RIGONI's New Band NATURAL BORN MACHINE – Feat. PINK CREAM 69 Singer David Readman – To Release Debut Album "Human" On February 19th 2021". November 5, 2020.
  6. "Webzine gratuita di musica, chitarra e basso". Axe Guitar Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  7. "ALBERTO RIGONI Launches New Band NATURAL BORN MACHINE". July 10, 2020.
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