Antonio L. Newton

Antonio L. Newton a.k.a. Tony Newton is a multi-instrumentalist from Detroit, who began his professional career playing bass guitar with blues legends like John Lee Hooker and T-Bone Walker. Later he became the touring bassist with Smokey Robinson and he has recorded with Motown artists like The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5. Newton also recorded several solo albums during his impressive career, of which 'Novaphonia' from 1987 now has been reissued. On the album, Newton is a real multi-instrumentalist, playing synthesizers, bass and programming the drum machine. Experimental is the keyword througout the album, sounds vary from psych/trance like a soundtrack from a space movie, to funk, fusion, rock, R&B, soul and jazz. Comes on 180 gram vinyl.