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COLIN BASS started to play bass in 1968, he was member of several bands during the late 60´s and early 70´s. He plays in bands like The KRISIS, The VELVET OPERA, THE FOUNDATION, CLANCY and the more know STEVE HILLAGE. In 1979 he was introduced to CAMEL by STEVE HILLAGE´s manager entering in CAMEL to record "I Can See Your House From Here" (1979) and "Nude" (1981), and since then he is a permanent member of CAMEL, co-writing and playing with Andy Latimer´s CAMEL around the world till last year CAMEL´s "Farewell Tour". In the 80´s he was joined to 3 MUSTAPHAS (later called SABAH HABAS MUSTAPHA) due to his growing interest in other countries music. The music of SABAH HABAS MUSTAPHA can be described like Indonesian traditional music with a lot of classical instruments; they even released a hit single called "Denpasar Moon". The band was touring with a big successful through America, Japan and Europe, but the band was disbanded in 1991 after the release of 4 albums ("Jalan Kopo", "So La Li", "Denpasar Moon" and "Play Musty For Me"). After the disbanded of SABAH... COLIN joins to CAMEL again with the release of the great "Dust and Dreams" (1991) and the next albums "Harbour Of Tears" (1996), "Rajaz" (1999) and "A Nod And A Wink" (2002). 

COLIN´s solo career stars in 1999 with the publish of the marvellous "An Outcast Of The Islands" an album in the pure CAMEL vein, with a bunch of excellent songs, with the collaboration of CAMEL´s partners Dave Stewart (drums) and Andy Latimer (guitars) and some members of polish prog bands ABRAXAS and QUIDAM. A single of this album was released only in Poland, called "As Far As I Can See", with some unreleased tracks. In 2000 two live albums were released during his tour in Poland, "Live At Polskie Radio 3", and "Live Vol. 2 Acoustic Songs", the first one was an electric set, and the second acoustic; both albums include Colin BASS, CAMEL and SABAH HABAS MUSTAPHA songs, Dave Stewart and Emilia Derkowska were some guest on the live performances, also some great polish musicians. After this live albums, in 2002 a new single was released with some new songs, called "Gently Kindly" and one year after, in 2003 the long awaited new studio album was released. "In The Meantime" (2003) is also a great album, with a sound more personal, more mature, not so similar to CAMEL. Like "An Outcast...", "In The Meantime" is an album more acoustic and with some blink to other musical styles.

Studio Album, released in 2003

Songs / Tracks Listing 
1. Dissident Song (5:19) 
2. So Hard To Say Goodbye (8:57) 
3. As We Say Goodbye (4:13) 
4. Slow Train Blues (4:43) 
5. Talk To Me (5:38) 
6. In The Meantime (4:35) 
7. Bridge Of Sighs (1:05) 
8. When Will You Ever Learn? (8:58) 
9. One Small Moment (3:06)

Total Time: 46:34

Line-up / Musicians 
- Colin Bass / vocals, bass guitars, guitars, keyboards, drums
- Zbyszek Florek / keyboards
- Andreas Hirche / keyboards
- Maciek Meller / guitars
- Michal Wojtas / guitars
- Hendrik Maass / guitars
- Ben Mandelson / guitars
- András Tiborcz / violin 
- Admiral von Schneider / drums
- Beryl the peryl / drums
- Lars Törders / drums
- Lord Snooty / drums
- Hans Niesson / drums