NATHAN LARSON - the faux-soul year profile picture

NATHAN LARSON - the faux-soul year

16 MONTHS OF BLACK AND BLUE-EYED SOUL

About Me

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in 2000 thru 2001 former Shudder To Think guitarist and future award-winning film composer Nathan Larson took a sharp turn with the album JEALOUS GOD and EP I MUST LEARN TO LIVE ALONE. This small body of stark neo-soul material was a departure from the loud, angular art rock of Shudder To Think, and represented a reworking of the classic soul idiom of the 'mid 60s to early '70s, filtered through the prism of Larson's white boy experimental punk / rock past, in the manner of Bowie's YOUNG AMERICANS.
The bulk of these recordings were made in London with producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley (Elvis Costello, Madness, Bowie, Morrissey) , and there remain a number of unreleased demos, recorded in New York, that have yet to see the light of day. About 5 live performances of this material took place in New York City.
Larson was soon to move more or less full time into film-scoring (BOYS DON'T CRY, THE WOODSMAN, TIGERLAND, PALINDROMES etc etc) , but this 16 month detour gives a sense of a possible direction not fully explored by a restless and unpredictable artist whose body of work includes runs up and down the spectrum; from raw hardcore punk, dense modern classical and electronic composition, lo-fi noodlings, singer-songwriter work, and spaces in between.
see www.nathanlarson.com for more information

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Member Since: 6/22/2007
Band Website: nathanlarson.com
Band Members: STUDIO: Nathan Larson; vocal, guitar, keyboard, bass, drums.....Kevin March; drums.....Clayton Doley; keyboards.....Nina Persson (THE CARDIGANS) , vocals.....Claudia Fontaine (ex-SOUL 2 SOUL) , vocals.....Luis Jardim, percussion.....Mark Bedford (MADNESS) , acoustic bass....Terry Edwards, horns

LIVE: Nathan Larson, vocals and guitar.......James Iha (EX-SMASHING PUMPKINS), guitar......Jimmy Riot, bass.......Kevin March, drums.......Clayton Doley, keyboards.....Joan Wasser (JOANASPOLICEWOMAN), keyboards.......Micheal Tighe (EX-JEFF BUCKLEY BAND) , bass.....Steven Bernstien, horns......Julia Kent, cello
Influences: Donny Hathaway, Scott Walker, Otis Redding, Dan Penn, David Bowie, Sam Cooke, James Carr, Wilson Pickett, Curtis Mayfield, Elvis Costello (thru 1986 only) , Prince, Bill Withers, The Band, Etta James, James Brown, Nico, Hall & Oates, Brian Eno, Marvin Gaye, Nick Cave, George Jones, Jackie Wilson, Lulu, Joe Tex, Sly Stone, Robert Fripp (EXPOSURE), John Lennon, Kate Bush, Al Green, Cameo, The Mighty Clouds Of Joy, D'Angelo, Frank Sinatra, Laura Lee, Solomon Burke, Rod Stewart (early, duh), Dusty Springfield, Steve Reich, Nina Simone, Steve Cropper, Earth Wind and Fire, Eddie Hinton, Big Star, Outkast, Mavis Staples, Stones (1969-1982 only), Tom Waits, T-Rex, Stevie Wonder, Bobbie Womack
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Record Label: MODERN IMPERIAL
Type of Label: Indie