Mike Casey: The Originals

Space Chill (WPAA TV Session)

this song uses a funky variation on the chaabi groove from morocco / algeria 🙏

Remote (WPAA TV Session)

Public Access: WPAA TV Session

Ahava

Ahava (WPAA TV Session)

Written in fall 2021 after completing my first cross-country road trip and seeing a different side of the US for the first time as an adult (drove to LA & back to spend a summer in LA prior to deciding to make the move). I both revisited and discovered lots of Western & "desert"-inspired music on the drive, from Sonny' Rollins’ "Way Out West" to assouf/"Desert Blues". This composition emerged from these experiences visiting one-street towns for the first time, long listening sessions, and views of the open road, especially driving through the stunning desert landscapes in the western US.

Dusty Wheel

Dusty Wheel (WPAA TV Session)

Midnight Reverie

Blue Room (Alternate Take)

Tempus Fugit (Alternate Take)

We Belong

The Anthem

All About Love: New Visions

Falling (All About Love Version) [feat. Jakeya Limitless]

The Beauty Of Everyday Life

Synthesis Approach

Synthesis Approach (Live)

New Ep Sonido Trascendental came out on 13th of October 2014.
Enjoy 3 Titles of the new EP here on Soundcloud!
To purchase entire digital version please check it out in Bandcamp: 
http://santiagodownbeatskajazz.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-trascendental-2

Santiago Downbeat Ska Jazz - Sonido Trascendental - 02 Mr. Lee

Sunlight

No Explanation (featuring Mica Paris)

Being the humble guys that they are, Surprise Chef aren't going to admit they have something very special going down. However, there must be some magic in their studio, or maybe in the fact they all share a house and have formed close bonds, or perhaps from absorbing the DIY ethos of running their own record label that has culminated in such a unique and enchanting sound.

'Daylight Savings' is the follow-up to the group's debut album 'All News Is Good News’. That album earned the band a much - deserved following across the world and triumphantly marked their arrival onto the international stage. Their new album was recorded in Spring 2019, almost exactly a year after they recorded ‘All News Is Good News’. It was the weekend that daylight savings time started in Australia, and the studio was filled with the smell of the towering

Jasmine bush on the exterior back wall of the house. The record is subsequently filled with the optimism that comes with the impending warmer months and longer days in Australia. Recorded in their own
home studio in Melbourne, the production approach for 'Daylight Savings' is a big step up from their debut. Engineer, Henry Jenkins,
created enormous-sounding space within this record, using a great deal of creative analogue recording techniques and working in an expansive recording environment. The results are a sound that emulates the
massiveness of the late-60s Capitol Records.

‘Daylight Savings' was written collaboratively by the whole band and features the core Surprise Chef rhythm section. It expands upon where their debut left off with a leaning more towards 70's jazzfunk than soul
and a stronger focus on the rhythm section. There’s the epic drama, ebbs and flows of a vintage David Axelrod or Alain Goraguer cinematic production, plus the influence of El Michels Affair and Melbourne bands
Karate Boogaloo and The Putbacks, yet it still sounds uniquely Surprise Chef. You get a sense of that rare attribute of being both a contemporary band and a band you expect it won't be too long before other producers start sampling them.

Daylight Savings

Surprise Chef - The Limp

“A lovely jazz performance that soothes the soul”
— 6x NBA champion, basketball legend & jazz fan Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“Mike Casey: Jazz For The Millennial Set”
— Huffington Post

saxophone-based artist & composer
GRAMMYs "NEXT" Class of 2023

Ahava (WPAA TV Session)

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