KingBathmat playing at Resonance Festival this Weekend

Just a brief update to let you know that KingBathmat are playing at The Resonance Festival in London this Sunday 3rd. Other bands playing on this day include BigElf and Anglagard + many others. The Resonance Festival is a 4 day event raising money for Macmillan Cancer. You can find details of the bands playing, the lineups, tickets etc at http://www.resonance-festival.com/

We have 2 other festival appearances lined up over the Summer and they are The Jackdaw Festival on the 16th-17th of August which is headlined by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and we are also the opening act at The Summers End Festival on the Friday night followed by Touchstone and Lifesigns.
Details of these Festivals at links below
http://www.jackdawfestival.co.uk/
http://www.summersend.co.uk/

Other News

I'm Currently working on an instrumental album which is starting to sound immensely heavy, I've had to work hard at changing over a lot of equipment in the studio of late and its taken time to get used to using these new arcane tools but it is now starting to bear fruit. Hopefully should have something ready before the end of the year, if not earlier. Also this month I will start work on a 20 minute cover song of a 60s song which will hopefully be included in a vinyl compilation release for next year on an indie label, which would be great as I've always wanted to have something released on vinyl.

Oh yes and the remastered version of "Gravity Field" is still available for free download at http://kingbathmat.bandcamp.com/album/gravity-field-remastered-2014-edition if you wants it.



Thanks for your continued support
John Bassett and all at KingBathmat HQ

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Cooking up some new sounds today.

"Unearth" Radio Interview & Live acoustic songs

I did a 3 hour show on internet radio last night, talking about the new album "Unearth" and singing some songs live. You can listen to the entire show at

Watch live streaming video from aiiradionet at livestream.com

"Unearth" Released Today - Full Stream on bandcamp

"Unearth" is finally out and you can stream it in full on bandcamp.



You can play it on Spotify

You can get it on Itunes

And also on Amazon UK

Video for "Stay Away From The Dark"

Here is the Promo Video for "Stay Away From The Dark"
Filmed on location in and around Hastings and St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex.

"Unearth" Album Video Trailer

Album Trailer Video for "Unearth"

Just posted a trailer video for the forthcoming John Bassett (kingbathmat) album "Unearth"

The album will be available on March 31st
"UNEARTH" is described as "a darkly lush collection of 10 finely crafted acoustic songs that inhabit a melancholic progressive dreamscape"

Track 1 "Stay Away From The Dark" and Pre-Orders for the album from bandcamp will be available from next week.

New website to support this release is now live at http://www.johnbassettmusic.com  - come and say hello, and sign up to recieve some secret unreleased stuff!

I've also recently started up a facebook group for KingBathmat/John Bassett related music and news etc, you can find it at https://www.facebook.com/groups/kingbathmat/


Thanks for your continued support
John Bassett

Inside pages booklet artwork

This pic goes across a couple of pages from the booklet of the new CD, will post the album cover next week.

New Album Status Update

* New Album Update * - The new album is now mastered, the artwork is finished and is now in the process of getting manufactured, I'm very, very happy with the finished article. Details have been sent off to my distributer code 7, and it will be released late March (details, pre-order to follow in the next few weeks). 

Will be out and about recording the video for the first song from the album next week. Thanks Annie, for your help with promo shoot!

Parasomnia - John Bassett (KingBathmat) - Acoustic Looping Live

Live Looping Version of "Parasomnia" from "Overcoming The Monster". New acoustic album will be announced early next year.

Audio Snippet #2 from song no.8 (work in progress)

Work on the new acoustic album is coming along nicely, here is another microcosmic snippet from a song I was mixing today, tomorrow I will lay down the vocals and additional sounds.

Live rendition of new song

Took a break from recording the new album to video a brief live version of one of the new songs "Nothing Sacred".

John Bassett (kingbathmat) - snippet from forthcoming acoustic prog album

Heres a 50 second snippet from the forthcoming solo acoustic themed project.

John Bassett, creator, producer and songwriter of critically acclaimed Progressive Rock ensemble KingBathmat is releasing an acoustic prog album this winter, the album will be released under  his own name “John Bassett” and promises to be a subtle, sophisticated album of modern acoustic songs, imbued with melancholic melodies and a progressive slant.

Radio Interview 25th August 2013

Heres a Radio Interview I did on radio show Kscopeears.

On 25th August 2013 we were joined by John Bassett from UK Psychedelic Prog band Kingbathmat. He discussed their 7th studio album, Overcoming The Monster. This was John's first ever radio appearance!

http://www.kscopeears.com/2013/09/special-guest-john-bassett-from.html