NAMM 2015Art Vista announces "GrooveMaster - Tony Newton's Bass Grooves" & "Dan Farrow's Funky Clavinet Loops" Continuous Sync Loop Players for Kontakt

Art Vista has announced GrooveMaster - Tony Newton's Bass Grooves and Dan Farrow's Funky Clavinet Loops, the first releases in a new line of Continuous Sync Loop Players for the Kontakt platform.

GrooveMaster - Tony Newton's Bass Grooves

This new soundware, intended for R&B, HipHop, Soul, Pop, House, and DJ'ing, includes bass grooves performed by Antonio "Tony" Newton the legendary Motown "Baby" Funk Brother and fusion bass pioneer. The new loop player developed by Art Vista offers continuous playback sync to host sequencer, with intuitive real-time combining of multiple loops in all keys, and real-time control for laid-back or push-ahead feel. 1,800 loops in 16 styles can be mixed and played back at any tempo in real-time while maintaining sync with other tracks in a host DAW.

Tony Newton's bass grooves can be heard on numerous gold records, and his career spanned from the early days of the electric bass - with John Lee Hooker and Little Walter, as staff bass player at Motown alongside James Jamerson, as Musical Director and bassist with Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, through his later fusion and rock work with Tony Williams Lifetime and Gary Moore's G-Force. Tony Newton also toured and recorded with Motown artists Diana Ross and the Supremes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Four Tops, Temptations, Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, Spinners, Mamas and Papas, Honey Cone, Little Richard, Hugh Masekela, Aretha Franklin and many others.

Dan Farrow's Funky Clavinet Loops

This new soundware, intended for R&B, HipHop, Soul, Pop, House, and DJ'ing, includes funky grooves recorded by Dan Farrow who has a long history of recording and touring with the top names in the funk and R&B genres. The loop player offers continuous playback sync to host sequencer, with intuitive real-time combining of multiple loops in all keys, and real-time control for laid-back or push-ahead feel.

Dan Farrow's credits include work with the three funk families: James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone. He has recorded or performed with members of Earth, Wind & Fire, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, Prince, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, George Duke, Bootsy Collins, The Isley Brothers, Chaka Khan, Herbie Hancock, the Pointer Sisters, Sade, LTD, the Staple Singers, the Gap Band, Kool & the Gang, Graham Central Station, Marvin Gaye, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Little Richard, War, Santana, Charles Wright, Mother's Finest, Tower of Power, Mandrill, Roy Ayers, Whitney Houston, T-Connection and many more. Dan has also released three CDs in his own name for Soulstar Records.

Pricing & Availability

GrooveMaster - Tony Newton's Bass Grooves and Dan Farrow's Funky Clavinet Grooves loop players come in Kontakt 5 format, which supports all major plug-in formats on Mac OS X and Windows. They are both scheduled for release spring 2015, with a projected MSRP of US$99.00 each.