Taken from the album 'Stop Machine' [Slowfoot Records]

Frank Byng - drums, percussion, dr.sample, voice
Ben Cowen - synths, sampler, percussion, steel guitar, electric reed organ
Charles Stuart - vocals, synths, drum machine, melodica, glockenspiel
Tom Marriott - trombone + fx
129 - unprepared guitar, organ, sampler, casiotone, radio, voice

also

Ralph Cumbers - drum machine, electronics
Lucas Suarez - guitar
Robert Logan - synth
Luke Wills - guitar loop

Produced by Frank Byng and Snorkel

Press - 

"Possibly the best intellectually deconstructed funk record you'll hear this year." [Rock A Rolla] 

"...a vital flow of angular energy and unpretentious swagger" [The Wire] 

"There are dark, playful combinations right through Stop Machine" [Mojo] 

"Stop Machine is a very convincing hybrid, bringing disparate influences together to form a lopsided fourth-world funk of the highest order." [Cyclic Defrost] 

"...rest assured if you're prepared to open your mind and let Snorkel in then this could well be a 10 out of 10 album" [The 405] 

"Stop Machine is a trippy, thumping masterwork sure to arrest attentive ears" [Music OMH] 

"Experimental but funky fusions of Krautrock, Dub and Jazz from Slowfoot's dextrously versatile in-house band... ... Highly impressive stuff." [Boomkat] 

"If mesmerising, beat laden, experimental, electronics are your thing, you’ll want to hear this" [Fred Perry Subculture] 

"Highlights of the album are the unsettling, minimal drumbeats of ‘Edgars Hoover’ and the funky, hip hop influenced beat of ‘Dark Star’, but there’s never a dull moment on this album. ‘Stop Machine’ is well worth a few listens." [Live Music Scene] 

"..‘Stop Machine’ sees the group delving deeper into more experimental territory as they continue to take on a highly creative approach with their music... ... an album that buzzes with activity, from its unique instrumentation to the brilliant way in which the percussion is explored throughout." [Shout4Music] 

"Snorkel have created with this second record a rather enjoyable collection" [Milk Factory] 

"This is not my usual bag, but in my head this is kinda what i want Tortoise to sound like. A Lee Perry / Can / Barry Adamson society-esque shunt of sweaty chimeric propulsion" [Cowsarejustfood] 

Wet Tongue

Track taken from 'One Long Conundrum EP'. 

Slowfoot Records “house band” Snorkel, follow up to their lauded 'Stop Machine LP' with a remix EP, which kicks off with a new recording, an improvisation laid down to tape and film simultaneously in their studio. It is also the first recording of Snorkelʼs current line up which adds the talents of guitarist Roberto Sassi [Vole, Cardosanto] and Ralph Cumbers [aka Bass Clef] to the existing trio of drummer Frank Byng [Crackle, Spring Tides], keyboardist Ben Cowen [7- Hurtz] and trombonist Tom Marriott [Pest]. 

And then come the remixes... 

Maverick audio- visual duo Sculpture start us off. Fresh from releasing two acclaimed albums on Dekorder, the pair grab Snorkelʼs “Wet Tongue” and drag it kicking and screaming into the BBC Radiophonic workshop for a playful, dubbed-up workout. 

Slowfoot alumni Crewdson and Robert Logan come next. The former twists ʻDead Skinʼ into a beautiful mutant, oozing soul and glitch and his trademark junkyard clatter. Logan takes on ʻStop Machineʼ whipping up a blizzard of chops and edits. 

The set closes with another duo, this time former Rothko members Mark Beazley and Crawford Blair with their new project, the majestic Rome Pays Off. Blissfully ethereal as one would come to expect, their remix of “Loophole” closes the set in classy style. 


"‘One Long Conundrum’ is appropriately titled, being a nine-plus minute jazz-based improvisational piece that incorporates elements of Krautrock, dub and vintage electro avant-garde weirdness. It’s pretty spaced out, far out and doodlesome." [Whisperinandhollerin.com] 

"So a remarkable listen all round, highly recommended." [Incendiary Magazine] 

"The title track is a brand new recording that throbs through its 8 plus minutes, with attitude, bass and scatter shots of electronic mood." [Terrascope] 

"...a killer improvisation... ... For nearly ten minutes the quintet jam out on lean, punchy steppers' percussion with taut, sparing interplay between guitar, keys and trombone inna pensive fashion." 
[Boomkat] 

"... an outstanding EP. 9/10" [Soundblab] 

"a real genre-fuck-fest, featuring krauty grooves and jazz moods, under the soundscape of a cinematic experience." [The 405] 

‘One long conundrum’ is 9 and a half minutes of krautrock madness, a droning beat that serves as the digital foundations for several instruments to springboard into a sort of ethereal watering hole. It is massively impressive, more so after reading that the whole goshdarned thing was pretty much improvised by this 5 member army. Brilliant and perfectly executed, it’s a great calling card" [Sloucher] 

One Long Conundrum

Taken from the album 'Glass Darkly' [Slowfoot Records CD/DL]

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