…new skeletons project out now…

I’ve just released a new CD and LP under the name Skeletons.   The LP’s called smile and to celebrate we’re doing 300 vinyl copies each with a hand letterpress printed cover by the brilliant Stephen Kenny at a two pipe problem.  You can check out samples, buy a CD or place an order for one of the records at etchshop, plus there’s audio clips and lots more info on this and other releases coming up over at the impossible ark website.

The record combines my long running interest of recording jazz musicians with influences from around the work, african highlife and afrobeat, latin american rhythms, North American funk & soul and Jamaican production.  There’s some great performances from faces you may recognise from previous nostalgia 77 records.  A long overdue reunion with Alice Russell on the track Adam and Eve and some new talented faces.

Here’s a taster of a tribute to the master of the Ethiopian sound on his eponymous track Mulatu.