Stiles - Musik

TWO BANKS OF FOUR Are Producers ROBERT GALLAGHER A.K.A. EARL ZINGER & DILIP HARRIS A.K.A. DEMUS. The 2 Friends Have A Long-Standing Passion Of Music Denim & Soviet Constructivist Design. ZINGER Was A Former Member Of Nu-Jazz Collective GALLIANO Who Rode The Wave Of GILLES PETERSONs Wonderful Label Talkin’ Loud In The Nineties And More Recently The Force Behind The Many Moods Of EARL ZINGER Whose Reggae Rockers Cover Of BLURS Song Two Was An Underground Hit On His Own Red Egyptian Label. DEMUS Is A Very Respected London Producer Whose Work Includes The YOUNG DISCIPLES Debut LP IG CULTURE ZERO 7 And Founding The CO-OP Club. For TWO BANKS OF FOUR It All Started In 1997 In An Unheated Flat In West London. The First Few Sessions Were Interrupted By Power Cuts And The Heavy Noise Of Trains On Their Final Journey Leaving The City. DEMUS And ZINGER Designed This Project To Enjoy The Pleasure Of Improvisation And Experimentation And Also In Contradiction To The Trains As A Way To Go Deeper Into The Underbelly Of Their Native City London. They Enrolled VALERIE ETIENNE Another Former GALLIANO Stalwart And Recording Artist In Her Own Right To Become The Leader Of The Vocal Troupe And She Promptly Recruited PAUL JASON FREDERICKS & BEMBE SEGUE To Create A Power Trio Of Voices Who Would Command The Front Of Any Stage. Their First Long Player City Watching Released On Sirkus In 2000 Got The Props Of Djs In The Old Europe Including GILLES PETERSON And JAZZANOVA And Was Remixed By A-Class Music Producers Such As HERBERT And DERRICK L. CARTER. The Critically Acclaimed Second Album Three Street Worlds Came Out 3 Years Later On Red Egyptian Jazz A Label Set Up Especially For This Occasion By DEMUS And ZINGER Who Wanted To Create A Structure That Allowed Them To Retain Complete Creative Control Of Their Music. During These Years TWO BANKS OF FOUR Kept Touring Playing To Bemused Seated Crowds At Jazz Festivals And Confusing Dancers At Clubs Since Their Music Hinted At Both Styles But Was Not Obviously Either. Hamburgs MOJO Club Saw The Drum Kit Collapse Mid Song & Portugals SUD-OUEST Festival Looked On As VALERIE ETIENNE & BEMBE SEGUE Embraced Free Form Vocal Acrobatics.
Also During This Time VALERIE ETIENNE And ZINGER Got To Know The JAZZANOVA Crew - They Sang On Mwela Mwela Here I Am On JAZZANOVAs Illustrious Album In Between And Became Good Friends. JAZZANOVA Have Always Supported The Music Of TWO BANKS OF FOUR Dreaming Of Releasing An Album On Sonar Kollektiv One Day. This Glorious Day Will Eventually Come In March 2008 To The Great Joy Of JÜRGEN V. KNOBLAUCH With The Release Of TWO BANKS OF FOURs Long-Awaited Third Album Junkyard Gods SK182CD/jazz Club . read less