Sting Brand New Day equipment

Brand New Day was Sting's sixth solo album, released in September 1999 by A&M Records. It marked Sting's successful comeback as a singer/songwriter and musician, with the second single of "Desert Rose" featuring Cheb Mami. Production duties were shared between Sting and Kipper - his first album without Hugh Padgham as co-producer since The Dream Of The Blue Turtles in 1985.

Sting

 * 1957 Fender Precision bass
 * Roland VG-8 virtual guitar processor

Kipper
Instruments
 * Alesis DM5 drum module
 * E-mu Audity 2000 - filtering & processing drum sounds etc.
 * Korg 01/W - for analog synth pads & string sounds
 * Roland JP-8000 - used extensively on this album
 * Novation Supernova
 * Rhodes electric piano

Misc.
 * Emagic Logic Audio sequencer

Recording & studio equipment
Il Pallagio:
 * Sony PCM-3348HR 48-track digital tape machines (x2)
 * SSL 4000 G-series console