ARTIST: Flat Earth Society
TITLE: Psychoscout
GENRE: Jazz
LABEL: Crammed Discs
BITRATE: 197 kbps avg
SIZE: 100.4MB
TRACKS: 13
ENCODER: LAME v3.90.3 --alt-preset standard
SOURCE: CD
LENGTH: 66:52
RIP DATE: 2006-06-13
TRACK LIST:
1 Anthem 2004 3:47
2 Clusterthing 6:49
3 Gulls & Buoys 4:27
4 Edward, Why Don't You Play Some Blues? 3:54
5 Hilton's Heven 6:26
6 In Between Rivers 6:03
7 Psychoscout 4:52
8 Lie To Me 2:36
9 Without 6:25
10 Snaggletooth 6:19
11 Lax 5:03
12 Waterman 3:48
13 Ich, Bin, George, 6:23
RELEASE NOTES:
FES was founded in 1998, when no-nonsense artist, former
architect, clarinettist, saxophonist, keyboard player,
composer and producer Peter Vermeersch, wanted to explore
new horizons after having convinced music lovers all over
the word with Maximalist! and the cult legend band X-legged
Sally. Vermeersch, who worked with international artists
like Josse De Pauw, Wim Vandekeybus, Vincent Bal, Anne
Teresa De Keersmaeker, Fred Frith, The Simpletones and
Jazzwork from Berlin and wrote music for the Arditti
Quartet, PrimaLa Musica and theSmithQuartet, assembled a
pack of inspired and inimitable musicians, forming a big
band which has nowadays become much more than just a big
band. Peter Vermeersch included, the band now consists of a
permanent group of 14 musicians: Stefaan Blancke (trombone),
Benjamin Boutreur (saxes), Berlinde Deman (bass tuba), Bart
Maris (trumpet), Michel Mast (saxes), Marc Meeuwissen
(trombone), Kristof Roseeuw (double bass), Luc Van Lieshout
(trumpet), Bruno Vansina (saxes), Peter Vandenberghe
(keyboards & compositions), Teun Verbruggen (percussion),
Wim Willaert (accordion), Tom Wouters (clarinet,
percussion).
The music of FES, varying from strictly written sheet music
to liberating improvisation, is 95% homemade. Streaks of
music of other composers are used as inspiration, frequently
arranged, adapted and integrated into FES compositions,
adding a wide range of atmospheres and styles to the
eclectic FES universe. FES, who dares to flirt with other
disciplines as theatre and film and owns the ability to
seduce a number of different audiences, from more select
jazz listeners to a wild young rock public, is at its best
live on stage.
Mike Patton discovered the music of Flat Earth Society. He
immediately proposed the band to release their next album
and in attendance of that album he wanted to bring out a
compilation album in the US. FES-isms was compiled by Mike
Patton himself. Flat Earth Society joined PattonÆs band
Fant⌠mas on their European tour in Italy, Belgium, Holland,
France, Switzerland and England.
This is their new album on Crammed. Enjoy.
www.fes.be