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Today's Artists are notable for a pioneering and evolving synthesis of acoustic and electronic sounds that has drawn from avant-garde jazz, funk, dub, post-punk, and hip-hop. Guitarist David Ayers, double bassist Ali Friend, and drummer Richard Thair formed the London-based band in 1994, the year they released their first two EPs, both of which featured Beth Orton as the first of several vocal collaborators. After a third EP, it and the preceding releases were licensed to Warp, which compiled them as Reeled & Skinned (1995). Warp remained Red Snapper's home for the proper albums Prince Blimey (1996), Making Bones (1998), and Our Aim Is to Satisfy Red Snapper (2000), a period during which the group also thrived as a live act and supported Björk and Massive Attack, among several other artists. After the trio devoted time to separate projects, they returned on Lo Recordings with Red Snapper (2003), a collection of previously unreleased and live material, and Redone (also 2003), a remix set. Performances and outside activities resumed during the ensuing years as Red Snapper recorded less frequently, documented on A Pale Blue Dot (Lo, 2008) and Key (V2, 2011). The group subsequently toured with a reissued print of the '70s Senegalese road movie Touki Bouki, a film that enabled a deeper exploration of Afrobeat -- one of their enduring inspirations -- and formed the basis of Hyena (Lo, 2014). ........N Joy
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The band released three EPs on Flaw Recordings before signing to Warp Records for their debut album, Prince Blimey (1996). The band were a somewhat unusual feature of Warp Records' 1990s roster: in contrast to the studio-oriented IDM the record label primarily dealt in, the band had a live and organic sound: a smoky mixture of dub, jazz and all tempos of breakbeat from trip hop to drum and bass.In 1997, Red Snapper (along with the Foo Fighters) supported the Prodigy on their Fat of the Land tour in the UK. For their follow-up Making Bones they were joined by jungle MC Det, Byron Wallen the jazz trumpeter, and singer Alison David. The latter was replaced by Karim Kendra by their third album, Our Aim Is to Satisfy (2000).
In early 2002, Red Snapper announced its dissolution. In interviews since the reunion the band said a reason for splitting was too much discussing what to play, rather than playing. Each member wanted to try a different musical direction. Also in 2002 the various artists compilation album It's All Good was released. It included a previously unreleased track, "Ultraviolet", which was also included on Red Snapper, a compilation of unreleased and rare Red Snapper tracks released by Lo Recordings in 2003.
Later in 2003, an album of remixes was released, Redone, which included tracks remixed by the Snapper themselves. Ayers and Felix Tod were credited as The Creation, Thair remixed "Ultraviolet", and the "Odd Man Out" (Odd Man remix) was done by Friend, Gavin Clark and Ted Barnes. The last track included vocals. Later the Flameboy Records (owned by Jake Williams, former RS keyboard player) released a four-track vinyl called "RedOne", which included three tracks from Redone and a previously unreleased Red Snapper track entitled "Drill", featuring MC Det.
Reunion
Red Snapper reformed in 2007 – this was posted on their MySpace page:
After 6 years apart concentrating on different projects, Red Snapper return. Ali has been working with Beth Orton and his new band Clayhill. David has been focusing on writing music for TV with his work featuring on the highly acclaimed BBC show 'The Tribe'. Rich has been working with Jakeone on their band Toob, with Rennie Pilgrem and the TCR Allstars and Bomb the Bass.
In late 2007, the band decided to rejoin after a jam session. They returned to the recording studio to work on new material for their sixth album. Saxophonist Tom Challenger played at the sessions and became a member of the band. Red Snapper appeared at the Bloc Weekend in March 2008. The band released Pale Blue Dot (Lo Recordings) on 2 October 2008.
In May 2011 the band released Key, their seventh album on V2 Benelux with original band members Rich Thair (drums), Ali Friend (double bass/vocals) and David Ayers (guitar). They are joined by jazz saxophonist Tom Challenger and guest vocalists Gavin Clarke (UNKLE, Clayhill) and Mercury Prize nominee Eliza Carthy. The band are followed up the album with an extensive tour of Europe throughout the summer of 2011.
On 1 September 2014, Red Snapper released the album Hyena on Lo Recordings. It features music that the group composed to accompany the film Touki Bouki.
In 2016, the band toured Belarus and played at the Canary Wharf Jazz Festival.
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In which Red Snapper get the remix treatment from a brilliant lineup of artsis that include : Susumu Yokota, Pedro, Radioactive Man, Depth Charge and lots more. Highlights include the unstoppable J Saul Kane (Depth Charge) on firing form in an old skool hip hop fashion. Likewise, Mr. Keith Tenniswood (Radioactive Man) doesn’t disappoint here with a slice of super accessible electrot-ech business. Snapper themselves, in various guises have added their own re-interpretations. The Creation is the name used by David Ayers of Red Snapper and partner Felix Tod at Creation studios where they both work as producers. Highlights of the album come with the eeriely blissful acousto-electronic remix from Pedro and the ethereal ambient remix from Susumu Yokota.
Even though most of the remixers were unknowns to me, I enjoy the tracks immensely. They bring heavier beats to RS' themes and add personal flavor to old favorites. I was kind of bothered by the fact that there were RS songs remixed twice by different artists. For example, you'll see 'The Quiet One', 'Ultraviolet', 'Regrettable', & 'Mountains and Valleys' remixed twice, which already accounts for 2/3 of the album (meaning there are 12 tracks total, Mr Math). Even though there are doubles, I must admit, you can hardly tell because they're remixed so differently, but I do wish more RS tracks participated. Also, I wish Sabres of Paradise had a helping hand with this album, cuz I love his RS redones the best. Even with all this wishing, this album is a keeper, I'm just being picky. I love track 7, The Creation's remix of Heavy Petting, and track 4, Rich Thair's remix of Ultraviolet. If you're a fan of Red Snapper or not, this CD won't dissappoint. This quickly got TarTar's seal of approval and it didn't even have to give me a back rub first.
Red Snapper - Redone (flac 305mb)
01 The Quiet One (Broadway Project Remix) 3:55
02 Regrettable (Depth Charge Remix) 4:32
03 Four Dead Monks (Radioactive Man Remix) 4:17
04 Ultraviolet (Rich Thair Remix) 5:35
05 Regrettable (Blue States Remix) 5:37
06 Mountains And Valleys (Susumu Yokota Remix) 5:25
07 Heavy Petting (The Creation Remix) 5:28
08 Dnipro (Europa 51 Remix) 3:45
09 Odd Man Out (Odd Man Remix) 4:42
10 The Quiet One (Knowledge Of Bugs Remix) 4:41
11 Mountains And Valleys (Pedro Remix) 4:17
12 Ultraviolet (Rothko Remix) 5:08
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After retiring way back in 2002, Red Snapper continued releasing product -- collections, remix albums, stray tracks here and there -- but only returned five years later with a six-track album that shows them quite invigorated. Sounding positively light and bouncy, the opener "Brickred" points beyond the Red Snapper of the past (i.e. innovative but a little self-serious). Moving from joyful to jazzy to heavy on the first three tracks, the group sound like they've been stockpiling ideas during their time away, although each member of the core trio had at least one project keeping him busy. That core lineup -- bassist Ali Friend, drummer Richard Thair, and guitarist David Ayers -- is rounded out by someone with the dubious moniker of Tom Challenger on reeds and melodica, and it's his saxophone that makes the most difference to Red Snapper here. Often sounding like the soundtrack to an urban detective story -- and yes, there is some BBC soundtrack work in Ayers' recent past -- Pale Blue Dot is a distinctive record, with six tracks to fit at least six different moods.
Red Snapper - A Pale Blue Dot (flac 470mb)
01 Brickred 4:51
02 Lagos Creepers 5:49
03 Wanga Doll 6:08
04 Moving Mountain 5:06
05 Clam 3:42
06 Deathroll 5:43
07 Clam (Kelpe Remix) 7:45
08 Bricked (Subway Remix) 6:57
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A band that breaks up and then continues, that can hardly go well. Red Snapper proves the opposite. The acid-jazz band from London proves to be completely back with Key. Dub jazz, blues, jazz. It's difficult to place Red Snapper in a genre. At least Rich Thair, David Ayers and Ali Friend make electro-sounding jazz with real instruments. And that is remarkable, because Key contains songs from which the electronic sounds drip. Chimee is a good example of this: metal-sounding tones introduce the song, and heavy bass sounds are added to it. It could be straight out of a computer, but that's not the case: a xylophone and a double bass do the job here. And that makes Red Snapper fascinating to listen to.
So now the total seventh album, called Key. Also here Challenger blows again, which is a nice addition. The deep bass characteristic for Red Snapper does its job well in the background and sometimes provides the mysterious extra in the songs. Loveboat is an odd man out. Where the drum part in other songs is subtle, it now cuts through the song. The use of the hard guitars makes Loveboat feel like a rock song from the 90s. Where Pale Blue Dot sounded more like a unit. Key takes it a step further. Red Snapper once again shows with this record that six years of radio silence has done well.
Red Snapper - Key (flac 395mb)
01 In Your Backs 5:15
02 Chimee 5:44
03 Biffa Bacon 4:47
04 Jack 3:29
05 Spiky 4:33
06 Architectronic 4:34
07 Take Your Medicine 4:56
08 Loveboat 4:50
09 Eye Liner Stab 3:30
10 Great First Touch 4:13
11 Racing Snake 4:19
12 Off Balance 5:21
13 Fat Roller 5:02
14 You Read My Cards Wrong 3:27
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Having cut a "post-soundtrack" for the '70s Senegalese film Touki Bouki, the U.K. trio known as Red Snapper lifted some of those elements for their 2014 album Hyena. The results are an ethno-muso mash of African thumb pianos, acid jazz beats, and spaghetti western guitars, and while the first two-thirds flow well enough, these disparate genres seem at odds toward the end of the album, which sounds like a Red Snapper audition tape, displaying all the varied things this talented crew can do. Fans hung up on their skill and dexterity get a new framework around the usual grooves, but newcomers are best checking one of their regular albums where the overall flow is as crafted and as cared for as the music.
Red Snapper - Hyena (flac 383mb)
01 Card Trick 4:38
02 Walking Man 3:34
03 Village Tap 5:29
04 Herder Can Ride 3:30
05 Wonky Bikes 2:39
06 Dock Running 4:15
07 Blue Chest 3:30
08 Lassoo 3:44
09 Traffic 2:41
10 Mambety 2:42
11 Archout 3:37
12 No Exit 5:29
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Today's Artists are notable for a pioneering and evolving synthesis of acoustic and electronic sounds that has drawn from avant-garde jazz, funk, dub, post-punk, and hip-hop. Guitarist David Ayers, double bassist Ali Friend, and drummer Richard Thair formed the London-based band in 1994, the year they released their first two EPs, both of which featured Beth Orton as the first of several vocal collaborators. After a third EP, it and the preceding releases were licensed to Warp, which compiled them as Reeled & Skinned (1995). Warp remained Red Snapper's home for the proper albums Prince Blimey (1996), Making Bones (1998), and Our Aim Is to Satisfy Red Snapper (2000), a period during which the group also thrived as a live act and supported Björk and Massive Attack, among several other artists. After the trio devoted time to separate projects, they returned on Lo Recordings with Red Snapper (2003), a collection of previously unreleased and live material, and Redone (also 2003), a remix set. Performances and outside activities resumed during the ensuing years as Red Snapper recorded less frequently, documented on A Pale Blue Dot (Lo, 2008) and Key (V2, 2011). The group subsequently toured with a reissued print of the '70s Senegalese road movie Touki Bouki, a film that enabled a deeper exploration of Afrobeat -- one of their enduring inspirations -- and formed the basis of Hyena (Lo, 2014). ........N Joy
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The band released three EPs on Flaw Recordings before signing to Warp Records for their debut album, Prince Blimey (1996). The band were a somewhat unusual feature of Warp Records' 1990s roster: in contrast to the studio-oriented IDM the record label primarily dealt in, the band had a live and organic sound: a smoky mixture of dub, jazz and all tempos of breakbeat from trip hop to drum and bass.In 1997, Red Snapper (along with the Foo Fighters) supported the Prodigy on their Fat of the Land tour in the UK. For their follow-up Making Bones they were joined by jungle MC Det, Byron Wallen the jazz trumpeter, and singer Alison David. The latter was replaced by Karim Kendra by their third album, Our Aim Is to Satisfy (2000).
In early 2002, Red Snapper announced its dissolution. In interviews since the reunion the band said a reason for splitting was too much discussing what to play, rather than playing. Each member wanted to try a different musical direction. Also in 2002 the various artists compilation album It's All Good was released. It included a previously unreleased track, "Ultraviolet", which was also included on Red Snapper, a compilation of unreleased and rare Red Snapper tracks released by Lo Recordings in 2003.
Later in 2003, an album of remixes was released, Redone, which included tracks remixed by the Snapper themselves. Ayers and Felix Tod were credited as The Creation, Thair remixed "Ultraviolet", and the "Odd Man Out" (Odd Man remix) was done by Friend, Gavin Clark and Ted Barnes. The last track included vocals. Later the Flameboy Records (owned by Jake Williams, former RS keyboard player) released a four-track vinyl called "RedOne", which included three tracks from Redone and a previously unreleased Red Snapper track entitled "Drill", featuring MC Det.
Reunion
Red Snapper reformed in 2007 – this was posted on their MySpace page:
After 6 years apart concentrating on different projects, Red Snapper return. Ali has been working with Beth Orton and his new band Clayhill. David has been focusing on writing music for TV with his work featuring on the highly acclaimed BBC show 'The Tribe'. Rich has been working with Jakeone on their band Toob, with Rennie Pilgrem and the TCR Allstars and Bomb the Bass.
In late 2007, the band decided to rejoin after a jam session. They returned to the recording studio to work on new material for their sixth album. Saxophonist Tom Challenger played at the sessions and became a member of the band. Red Snapper appeared at the Bloc Weekend in March 2008. The band released Pale Blue Dot (Lo Recordings) on 2 October 2008.
In May 2011 the band released Key, their seventh album on V2 Benelux with original band members Rich Thair (drums), Ali Friend (double bass/vocals) and David Ayers (guitar). They are joined by jazz saxophonist Tom Challenger and guest vocalists Gavin Clarke (UNKLE, Clayhill) and Mercury Prize nominee Eliza Carthy. The band are followed up the album with an extensive tour of Europe throughout the summer of 2011.
On 1 September 2014, Red Snapper released the album Hyena on Lo Recordings. It features music that the group composed to accompany the film Touki Bouki.
In 2016, the band toured Belarus and played at the Canary Wharf Jazz Festival.
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In which Red Snapper get the remix treatment from a brilliant lineup of artsis that include : Susumu Yokota, Pedro, Radioactive Man, Depth Charge and lots more. Highlights include the unstoppable J Saul Kane (Depth Charge) on firing form in an old skool hip hop fashion. Likewise, Mr. Keith Tenniswood (Radioactive Man) doesn’t disappoint here with a slice of super accessible electrot-ech business. Snapper themselves, in various guises have added their own re-interpretations. The Creation is the name used by David Ayers of Red Snapper and partner Felix Tod at Creation studios where they both work as producers. Highlights of the album come with the eeriely blissful acousto-electronic remix from Pedro and the ethereal ambient remix from Susumu Yokota.
Even though most of the remixers were unknowns to me, I enjoy the tracks immensely. They bring heavier beats to RS' themes and add personal flavor to old favorites. I was kind of bothered by the fact that there were RS songs remixed twice by different artists. For example, you'll see 'The Quiet One', 'Ultraviolet', 'Regrettable', & 'Mountains and Valleys' remixed twice, which already accounts for 2/3 of the album (meaning there are 12 tracks total, Mr Math). Even though there are doubles, I must admit, you can hardly tell because they're remixed so differently, but I do wish more RS tracks participated. Also, I wish Sabres of Paradise had a helping hand with this album, cuz I love his RS redones the best. Even with all this wishing, this album is a keeper, I'm just being picky. I love track 7, The Creation's remix of Heavy Petting, and track 4, Rich Thair's remix of Ultraviolet. If you're a fan of Red Snapper or not, this CD won't dissappoint. This quickly got TarTar's seal of approval and it didn't even have to give me a back rub first.
Red Snapper - Redone (flac 305mb)
01 The Quiet One (Broadway Project Remix) 3:55
02 Regrettable (Depth Charge Remix) 4:32
03 Four Dead Monks (Radioactive Man Remix) 4:17
04 Ultraviolet (Rich Thair Remix) 5:35
05 Regrettable (Blue States Remix) 5:37
06 Mountains And Valleys (Susumu Yokota Remix) 5:25
07 Heavy Petting (The Creation Remix) 5:28
08 Dnipro (Europa 51 Remix) 3:45
09 Odd Man Out (Odd Man Remix) 4:42
10 The Quiet One (Knowledge Of Bugs Remix) 4:41
11 Mountains And Valleys (Pedro Remix) 4:17
12 Ultraviolet (Rothko Remix) 5:08
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
After retiring way back in 2002, Red Snapper continued releasing product -- collections, remix albums, stray tracks here and there -- but only returned five years later with a six-track album that shows them quite invigorated. Sounding positively light and bouncy, the opener "Brickred" points beyond the Red Snapper of the past (i.e. innovative but a little self-serious). Moving from joyful to jazzy to heavy on the first three tracks, the group sound like they've been stockpiling ideas during their time away, although each member of the core trio had at least one project keeping him busy. That core lineup -- bassist Ali Friend, drummer Richard Thair, and guitarist David Ayers -- is rounded out by someone with the dubious moniker of Tom Challenger on reeds and melodica, and it's his saxophone that makes the most difference to Red Snapper here. Often sounding like the soundtrack to an urban detective story -- and yes, there is some BBC soundtrack work in Ayers' recent past -- Pale Blue Dot is a distinctive record, with six tracks to fit at least six different moods.
Red Snapper - A Pale Blue Dot (flac 470mb)
01 Brickred 4:51
02 Lagos Creepers 5:49
03 Wanga Doll 6:08
04 Moving Mountain 5:06
05 Clam 3:42
06 Deathroll 5:43
07 Clam (Kelpe Remix) 7:45
08 Bricked (Subway Remix) 6:57
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
A band that breaks up and then continues, that can hardly go well. Red Snapper proves the opposite. The acid-jazz band from London proves to be completely back with Key. Dub jazz, blues, jazz. It's difficult to place Red Snapper in a genre. At least Rich Thair, David Ayers and Ali Friend make electro-sounding jazz with real instruments. And that is remarkable, because Key contains songs from which the electronic sounds drip. Chimee is a good example of this: metal-sounding tones introduce the song, and heavy bass sounds are added to it. It could be straight out of a computer, but that's not the case: a xylophone and a double bass do the job here. And that makes Red Snapper fascinating to listen to.
So now the total seventh album, called Key. Also here Challenger blows again, which is a nice addition. The deep bass characteristic for Red Snapper does its job well in the background and sometimes provides the mysterious extra in the songs. Loveboat is an odd man out. Where the drum part in other songs is subtle, it now cuts through the song. The use of the hard guitars makes Loveboat feel like a rock song from the 90s. Where Pale Blue Dot sounded more like a unit. Key takes it a step further. Red Snapper once again shows with this record that six years of radio silence has done well.
Red Snapper - Key (flac 395mb)
01 In Your Backs 5:15
02 Chimee 5:44
03 Biffa Bacon 4:47
04 Jack 3:29
05 Spiky 4:33
06 Architectronic 4:34
07 Take Your Medicine 4:56
08 Loveboat 4:50
09 Eye Liner Stab 3:30
10 Great First Touch 4:13
11 Racing Snake 4:19
12 Off Balance 5:21
13 Fat Roller 5:02
14 You Read My Cards Wrong 3:27
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Having cut a "post-soundtrack" for the '70s Senegalese film Touki Bouki, the U.K. trio known as Red Snapper lifted some of those elements for their 2014 album Hyena. The results are an ethno-muso mash of African thumb pianos, acid jazz beats, and spaghetti western guitars, and while the first two-thirds flow well enough, these disparate genres seem at odds toward the end of the album, which sounds like a Red Snapper audition tape, displaying all the varied things this talented crew can do. Fans hung up on their skill and dexterity get a new framework around the usual grooves, but newcomers are best checking one of their regular albums where the overall flow is as crafted and as cared for as the music.
Red Snapper - Hyena (flac 383mb)
01 Card Trick 4:38
02 Walking Man 3:34
03 Village Tap 5:29
04 Herder Can Ride 3:30
05 Wonky Bikes 2:39
06 Dock Running 4:15
07 Blue Chest 3:30
08 Lassoo 3:44
09 Traffic 2:41
10 Mambety 2:42
11 Archout 3:37
12 No Exit 5:29
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