Member Since: 8/20/2006
Band Website: 8391 Beverly Blvd. 349, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Band Members: All Compositions by S.Lee
S.Lee - Acoustic Piano, Strings/synths
Ron Elder - Acoustic Bass on "tres grave in g minor" & "violin melody parts I & II"
Jason Sellars - Flugel Horn & Trumpet on "The Decline of Dominant Harmony"
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All songs recorded at Hastieretreat Studios and Park Lane Studios in Glasgow
"The Decline of Dominant Harmony", "Theme from Hermione" & "First Variation on Theme" all engineered by Grant Milne
Ghosts (Sylvian) appears courtesy of Samadhisound? Vocals by Rob Graham
Influences: At the moment I am listening to: Morriconi, Sakamoto, Wendy Carlos "Clockwork Orange" soundtrack, Joanna Macgregor, Clint Eastwood/Lennie Niehaus soundtracks, love Tony Visconti's production on new Morrissey album, Sinatra/Jobim album with the great Claus Ogerman on strings is sublime, Michel Legrand, the fantastic string arrangements of Wally Stot:
plusStravinsky, Velvet Underground, Bernard Herrmann, Gyorgi Ligeti, Bowie, Lou Reed, Debussy, Donald Fagen, Mike Garson, Early Elton, Bacharach, Zappa, JS Bach, Chopin, Keith Jarrett, Miles, Billy Strayhorn, Monk, Glenn Gould, Radiohead, Michel Legrand, Gordon Jenkins, Scott Walker, Rogers & Hart, Duke Ellington, Syd Barrett, Robert Fripp and many others.
Sounds Like: COMPACTED AWARENESS - GEMS FLATTENING - ASSASSINATING RHYTHM - VEINS FILLED WITH EXISTANCE - SOUL-AR ENERGY IN THE SHAPE OF A LAUGHING PACK OF SCARABS DRESSED IN COATS OF MILK ARMOUR - BEYOND RACE/ GENDER/ BAPTISM/ MATHEMATICS/ POLITRICKS
Type of Label: Indie