Artist.......: Stonephace
Album........: Selftitled
Label........: Tru Thoughts
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: TRUCD186
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: May-13-2009
str.date.....: May-05-2009
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. WEGEHEAD GETS LUCKY 06:10
02. TWIN EARTH 00:18
03. YELLOW BRICK ROAD 07:22
04. ROTOR 04:10
05. CONTEXTUAL MEANING 00:33
06. FIVE MILES HIGH 06:08
07. THE LAST MYTH OF THE GIVEN 00:14
08. WHITE QUEEN PSYCHOLOGY 06:01
09. LEVELS AND DEGREES OF LIGHT 07:41
10. ESSAYS FOR ALICE 01:32
11. STONEPHACE 09:50
Runtime 49:59 min
Size 64,3 MB
Release Notes:
Psychedelic jazz and electronica from a
collaborative project that comprises of Larry
Stabbins of Working Week fame, Adrian Utley of
Porishead and Cornish sonic alchemist Krzysztof
Oktalski.
Imagine if you started with one of the UKÆs most
celebrated and bankable jazz saxophonists and
frontline musical innovators, and he wrote all the
music, which he then fed to a hungry young
producer, who happened to be the Cornish rave
sceneÆs most wanted û from way back when raves were
raves û (surely the saxophonistÆs sonic nemesis, on
paper at least); and then, once he got the sound
all nice and filthy, like nothing youÆd heard
before û especially not from a consummate jazz
veteran û the guitarist from one of the UKÆs most
famous and acclaimed bands came along and added his
own Midas touch.
If you did all that, crossed your fingers and hoped
for a huge bestowal of je ne sais quoi, you would
be on your way to creating your very own
Stonephace, whose self titled debut features some
of the best live musicians around, including main
man, veteran jazz dissident Larry Stabbins on sax,
Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley and bassist Jim
Barr, with a guest turn from Dizzy Gillespie
collaborator Guy Barker on trumpet. The dirty hip
hop/breaks production aesthetic comes care of your
Cornish sonic alchemist Krzysztof Oktalski, binding
together electronica, jazz pedigree, indie
credentials, and a big swoosh of psychedelia in a
Madlib-esque genre brawl.
Larry Stabbins, co-founder of the enormously
influential band Working Week, reached number 23 in
the UK album charts with their 1985 debut æWorking
NightsÆ and went on to enjoy worldwide success over
the next decade, gracing the pages of NME, Melody
Maker, The Wire et al, and inspiring a jaded
generation to get up and dance. As a deeply
involved, longtime supporter of the anti-apartheid
movement, other highlights of StabbinsÆ illustrious
career include performing to over 250,000 people at
the anti racism festival, Touche Pas α Mon Pote in
Paris, 1985; and more recently in 2008, even Amy
Winehouse singing all over his sax solo could not
temper the euphoric experience of playing in Nelson
MandelaÆs 90th birthday concert. He also joined
Robert Wyatt onstage for Last Will and Testament:
The Robert Wyatt Story in 2004.
Initially the baby of Stabbins and Oktalski,
æStonephaceÆ came together over a lengthy period in
the wilds of Cornwall. Adrian Utley, who had
collaborated with Stabbins before, on hearing the
music announced his enthusiasm to play on it, and
fitted the sessions around the recording of
PortisheadÆs æThirdÆ. Playing almost everything
first take û notably his stunning solo on ôWhite
Queen Psychologyö û UtleyÆs input added another
level of noise and vitality, and a link between the
weirdy electronics and jazz sensibility. From the
New York club-land gogo glitz of the opener,
ôWedgehead Gets Luckyö, to the fuzzy organ riffage,
heavy-ass hip hop drums and general craziness of
the epic final installment û via spacey 7/4 time
signatures and 15 second bursts of drum ænÆ bass
semantics û æStonephaceÆ creates a unique universe
and invites you to come and visit. The Stonephace
live show features Stabbins on sax, Utley on
guitar, local Cornish hero Helm DeVegas on keys and
Oktalski with the down and dirty drums on vinyl and
laptop, all bathed in visuals from VJ Stella
Marina.