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Chop Suey Joint is a sonic space where ideas collide.We are on a mission to create new angles in pop - every collection of songs is an adventure in composition and arrangement.We travel through soundscapes of disco-hiphop-funk-flamenco-pop-electronica with the aid of countless musicians and vocalists.Presently we are recording our third CD.Creative fun.Music addicts.I am Man Jack and I am kinda steering the ship at present.Thanks for coming.Come again.By the way - you can download ALL our music free on our website. Eso quiere decir que se puede bajar TODO nuestra musica gratis en nuestra pagina web.

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Member Since: 9/25/2006
Band Website: chopsueyjoint.com
Band Members: On the first CD -Man Jack, Bertie Fontaine, Lunah, The Ringleader, Juanki Zapata, Jacob Helps, Jackie Grammkin, Tess, Naima, Ze Vektor, Vicente Macian, Cero Ocho, Artwork by Mark StockdaleOn the second CD: Off the Radar -Man Jack, Bertie Fontaine, Lunah, The Ringleader, Juanki Zapata, Jacob Helps, Jackie Grammkin, Ihab Jadallah, Olina, Missteria, Rafal Szaton, Tess, Emma, Laura, Tony Belenguer, Pere Munuera, Voro Garcia, Artwork by Mark Stockdale and Robert CobcroftOn the third as yet untitled CD the players so far are -Man Jack, Bertie Fontaine, Lunah, The Ringleader, Juanki Zapata, Jackie Grammkin, Sergio Marcian, Dai Berenguer, Neto, Missteria, Rafal Szaton, Halley, Tess, Naima, Voro Garcia, Cero Ocho, JOse "Violin" Artwork by Mark Stockdale and Robert Cobcroft
Influences: Talking Heads, Einsturzende Neubauten, KC and the Sunshine Band, Natacha Atlas, Howie B, NERD, Love, Scott Walker, Wall of Voodoo, Outkast, Blue Oyster Cult, Outer Limits, Abba, Avalanches, James Brown, Future Sound of London, Kate Bush, Eminem, DJ Shadow, Iggy Pop, Bowie, Gang of Four, Thelonius Monk, Tomatito, Japan, Was Not Was, Charlie Parker, Shocking Blue, Jackson Jackson, Manu Chao, Timbaland, Eno, Miles Davis, Chambao, Pixies ............................................

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Sounds Like: ...drums and guitars and brass and synths and voices all jumbled up into a fantastic cacophony of funky melody and sweet rhythm scientifically designed to pop your socks!!!.................................................... ................................................Here are a couple of our videos-Casablanca - Chop Suey Joint

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Seventeen Songs

It's pretty much all done - well, Lunah will be coming in to sing some vocals this coming Saturday - but after a lot of editing and arranging, it looks like there are 17 songs destined ...
Posted by chop suey joint on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:19:00 PST

Vocals, Voice, Vox and Voz

Saturday was a big day recording-wise - I'm still reeling. Dai came over in the morning and we worked on 5 songs till halfway through the afternoon. I had spent the previous few days polishing up some...
Posted by chop suey joint on Tue, 20 May 2008 05:26:00 PST

Vocals and other stuff

Have I mentioned my folder system? Nothing complex - I have 3 : Best, Good, Not so Good. In the Best folder, there are 13 songs. In the Not So Good folder, there are 2 songs which are a little to...
Posted by chop suey joint on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:04:00 PST

Bass Harmonics and Drum Fills

This has been a pretty never-ending affair, all up - a relentlessly obsessive time - but I'm tying up ends and there's a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. I'm working to get all of the s...
Posted by chop suey joint on Sat, 10 May 2008 05:47:00 PST

Editing and Recording Vocals

Nearly everything is almost kinda in place. Yup - couldn't put it any better. It all sounds big and beautiful and relentless - BUT - there are snare rolls to attend to, high hats to EQ, delay tim...
Posted by chop suey joint on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:06:00 PST

Rock comes to Town

Pickin up where I left off last blog : Dai, frontman with Spanish rock outfit Wicked Article came to add his slant to the project. It’s always a pleasure to be around his heavy harmoni...
Posted by chop suey joint on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:20:00 PST

Violins Harmonica Polish

Busy week!! Bertie did indeed stop by, and we dutifully and gleefully sifted through all of the precious material that Voro had left us with trumpet-wise. And then later that afternoon, Jose, mor...
Posted by chop suey joint on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:39:00 PST

Trumpet

Sprang outa bed at 11 this morning - Voro, our favourite trumpeteer was due to visit - I had the day mapped out - at midday he called to cancel - I remapped my day and headed out to get some spea...
Posted by chop suey joint on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:20:00 PST

So It Goes

The craziest, most festive week of the Valencian calendar is almost upon us - fireworks and deafeningly noisy streetlife twenty-four hours a day - and Chop Suey Joint HQ is in the thick of all th...
Posted by chop suey joint on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:25:00 PST

Recording and Arranging

At last count, we were down to 19 songs. A couple of days ago, I knocked together a rough CD of all of the pieces - minus one - which means we are down to 18 now. The piece to go was a 70s heavy funk ...
Posted by chop suey joint on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:56:00 PST