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Mark King of Level 42 interviewed by Music-News.com Editor – Marco Gandolfi – at the O2 Silver Clef Awards, Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane on June 30th 2023.
Mark King of Level 42 interviewed by Music-News.com Editor – Marco Gandolfi – at the O2 Silver Clef Awards, Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane on June 30th 2023.
Interview with Mark King, before the show on the Night of the Proms Summer Edition 2023 in Koksijde. (BEL) About the Night of the Proms crew family, looking back tot he 80’s and what about his first bass guitar? Mark’s favourite Level 42 album cover? And how did the song ‘Hot Water’ come about?
Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
00:52 – What were your influences?
04:21 – Stevie Wonder
06:14 – The move from classical to pop
08:32 – Robin Scott’s influence
11:51 – The transition to music tech and operating it live
16:35 – When things go wrong!
18:20 – The current rig
20:24 – The home studio
22:35 – Wally Badarou and sampling
26:22 – Changes 2
29:27 – Reissuing Changes and a solo tour
35:26 – Level 42 into 23
40:45 – Quick fire questions: favourite synth, live track, what’s on your iPod?
Mark King of Level 42 in his home recording studio on BBC South East Today talking about Level 42 up coming show in Hastings in November.
On the level meaning honest or truthful and level 42
Mark King and Mike Lindup talk to SDE about Level 42’s new 10CD box set, ‘The Complete Polydor Years 1980-1984’ > https://bit.ly/2PmqDCE
Rotosound talks to Level 42 frontman, Mark King, about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his life, why he first picked up the bass, and why he has used Rotosound strings throughout his career. Mark takes questions from fans including how often he changes his strings (it’s a lot!), if he plays double bass, and whether he has any dreams yet to be fulfilled.
Filmed as part of NAMM’s Believe In Music Week 2021.