Deep Roots Fuzzy Shoots, by Steve Lawson & Phi Yaan-Zek

Deep Roots Fuzzy Shoots

by Steve Lawson & Phi Yaan-Zek

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1.	Deep Roots Fuzzy Shoots 04:55	buy track
2.	The Courage To Feel Vulnerable 10:29	buy track
3.	Journey Through The Sun 09:02	buy track
4.	Spooky Treehouse 05:58	buy track
5.	Slappy Happy Jazzy Chappies 06:25	buy track
6.	The Larks Of Sky Country 09:33	buy track
7.	Wizards Vs Cyborgs 04:40	buy track
8.	She Sleeps Beneath The Sand 06:05	buy track

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This is a wonderful example of when all the right ingredients come together. One afternoon a few years ago in the main recording studio at Kidderminster College, the stars must have been in alignment, Steve had his full bass rig, I had been experimenting with playing guitar through different crazy plugin chains on my laptop in preparation for an upcoming Ley Lines gig, and we simply just decided to play. There was no intention of making an album, but I decided to record the results in case there were any sounds that I made that I could later incorporate into my live sound for Ley Lines - the improvising power trio that also includes Andy Edwards on drums. I remember having fun, and some remarkable moments and then forgot about it all. At that time, I was so very immersed in preparing the final mixes for my 2018 double album release ‘Reality Is My Play Thing’ that these recordings just faded into a distant memory…

Then last summer I had a sudden spark of curiosity - weren’t there some recordings of an improvised set of music with me and Steve somewhere? Well this is what I found, and this re-discovery is a sheer and unexpected delight. It’s a fantastic snapshot of a deep and inventive musical conversation between the two of us, moving through a multitude of different sonic territories, and edging each other into playing in ways we wouldn’t normally do. Not only that, but there’s some highly memorable music on here that we conjured out of thin air - lovely melodies and atmospheres that have since been swirling around my head over the last few months - deep roots forming a dazzling array of fuzzy musical shoots. So join the slappy happy jazzy wizards in the spooky treehouse as we follow the larks on a journey through the Sun!

For me more Steve and Phi improvising fun there's also the mini-album that we recorded at the end of the 2nd Ley Lines album session, which you can check out right here:
pyzmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-quiet-after-the-drums

credits

released February 4, 2021

Steve Lawson - bass and mastering
Phi Yaan-Zek - guitar and mixing

Recorded in Studio 1 Kidderminster College, November 2017.

Catalogue number: AOWDL016