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The Music is Black: A British Story
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Beauty of the Bassline
Singers, songwriters and producers Mark King (of Level 42) and Omar will explore the beauty of the bassline in an evening of musical explanation and fond recollection.
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The use of basslines within popular music governs listener delight: maintaining a song’s rhythmic heartbeat, providing an authoritative pace and rewarding listener anticipation following ‘the drop’.
Basslines are synonymous with the work of singer-songwriter-musicians Mark King (of Level 42) and Omar.
In a unique evening of discussion and demonstration, Mark and Omar will share the beauty of the bassline’s influence on them as young music fans and on us as recipients of their respective talents.
This event is one of a series held in advance of the opening of V&A East Museum, the V&A’s newest member of our family of sites, which opens in Spring 2026 with the exhibition, The Music is Black: A British Story.
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Header image: Mark King – photo credit Tina Korhonen Photography