‘Sonic Stories’ by
THE FLOATATION
PROJECT
RELEASE DATE - 25th of April 2005
' Sonic
Stories ' by The Floatation Project is a unique and innovative
venture by Paul Hemmings (Guitarist in the legendary Liverpool
band - The La's and The Lightning Seeds). It features 12 original
compositions - instrumentals & collaborations with a floating
cast of Liverpool musicians such as Tommy Scott from Space
- featured on the tracks '500 Elephants'
( Track 2 ) & ' The Manipulator ' ( Track 9 ), Robby Stevenson
from The Hokum Clones - on the track ' Situation Blues ' ( Track
4 ), and Marina Van-Rooy from the legendary dance scene of 8
productions & G- Love - on the tracks ' Sunshine Girl ' (
Track 6 ) and ' Spainish Lullaby ' ( Track 12 ).
Its an album full of musical surprises which takes you on a journey through cinematic
soundscapes to more hard hitting tracks. Its timeless, expressive and wonderfully
organic. A melting pot of early Roxy Music, Beefheart, inspired guitar & keyboard
lines, Punk, Neu, The Velvet Underground, primitive drum machines and unconscious/conscious
themes.
TRACK LISTING:
1) Into the Light
2) 500 Elephants
3) Passing Satellites
4)
Situation Blues
5) A Song for Jay ( The Twilight Zone )
6)
Sunshine Girl
7) Crash Test Dummies
8) Floatation
9) The Manipulator
10)
Re-Emergence
11) Funhouse
12) Spainish Lullaby
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Press Notes
' Understated splendour.'
Ian Harrison, Mojo, May 2005.
' Guitarist Paul Hemmings can shine from other angles.'
Rob Hughes, Uncut, May 2005.
" Very
refreshing in these over sanitised days when albums tending
to contain 12 similarly tinged, precisely over - produced tracks
- Distinctively his own work. "
Whisperin'&
a Hollerin', Feb 2005.
"Enoesque drones mingle with Roxy Music - flavored mutations
- Cool stuff !"
Terry Banks, The Big Takeover, March 2005.
' Sonic Stories ' is a collection of electro type tunes with
killer hooks. '
Joe Curran, Live Magazine, June 2005.
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