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Welcome to the psychedelic time machine. 

Recorded with Garageband.

Guitars; Washburn HB35 semi acoustic, Fender Stratocaster, Eastwood Sidejack 12 string electric, Epiphone inspired by 1964 Texan and Encore Acoustic guitars, Sire V7 Bass guitar. 

Keyboard; Line 6 Mobile Keys.

Other instruments; mandolin, banjo, piano, bhodran.

Amps; Fender, Line 6. 

Drums; Ginger Baker and Mitch MItchell inspired loops, sounds and hits played by the awesome Dave Martin.

Gear; Behringer UB502 Eurorack, Behringer U-Control UCA202, Macbook Pro, Standard Garageband VST's and plug-ins, Catalinbread Echorec, Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q Multi-Wah.

Thanks for stopping by.
Peace and Love.

All lyrics and recordings copyright The 1969.

All material recorded, mixed and mastered by The 1969.

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February 3rd 2023....Violin Sect (bass and vocals 1981)... to hear/purchase remastered/rereleased digital and/or 12 inch ep vinyl of Highdays & Holidays, Rivals, MILK and Fit & Anxious, check out Minimum Table Stacks Bandcamp site. New completed Wrennish tracks available to hear/purchase on Bandcamp

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for different sounds see also:
https://soundcloud.com/delichtmorbidebrigade
https://soundcloud.com/thefactsoffiction
https://soundcloud.com/bint-4
https://soundcloud.com/rgmb-1

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All tracks  are recorded in a spontaneous manner typically in a single take. Most lyrics are also spontaneous improvisations derived from the feelings of the moment. We let the guitar and drums interact and the music just happens. Most if not all of the music is inspired from this interaction.

The recording equipment up until January 2019 consisted of a dated Fostex 8 track and a few microphones...We simply lay down a guitar and drum track and let it unfold the way you are hearing it by bouncing tracks. We just have to make music to live. Music of any kind, music that speaks for itself... 

In January 2019 recording equipment was upgraded to Logic X and a UA Apollo MKll Quad Core Recording interface...We entered a new building and still trying to find the light switch so bare with us as we keep lighting matches...  

MW

My latest LP, Edie, stream it free and ad-free www.stephsweet.co.uk/media
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Edie Review " Thankfully Steph is still ploughing her particular esoteric furrow and has just released her new single Edie which is as good as anything she's released to date. It sounds like a darkly psychedelic theme from a long forgotten  left field spaghetti western and it's absorbing and utterly enchanting. If the Velvet Underground had been commissioned to do the title track for the Good, The Bad and the Ugly, this is how it would sound." The Devil Has The Best Tuna 13th May 2022

https://besttuna.blogspot.com/2022/05/StephSweet.html


https://www.stephsweet.co.uk  

Gigradar "British singer-songwriter Steph Sweet freely admits she’s a “refined taste” but it’s difficult to not be intrigued by her feisty, often contentious approach to pyschy acoustic indie-rock meets punk brand of music."

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"Steph Sweet has brought an interesting and new sound to this area.
With powerful vocals, and swirlly and crunchy guitar riffs that wouldn’t sound out of place in a late 90’s britpop, yet grounded somewhere more in the early 80’s. “All The Things” is dark, broody, a little strange, but also interestingly an ear worm that will grab you and not let go." 

" If the Bronte sisters formed a freak folk band then it'd probably sound something like this." 
Paul Kerr - The Devil Has The Best Tuna

" Placed somewhere between Devandra Banhart and Joanna Newsome, the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist  -  vocals, guitars, drums, keyboards  -   combines a talent for bewitching songwriting, with a dreamy, lo-fi alt-gaze delivery."
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