there is a powerful depth to this. I am feeling this man  thanks for stopping NY because is sends me to other artist . great feel man.

Wow, so cool, great collaboration leaves me speechless ;)

Surreal trip fantastic in every way man what a meeting of the minds😊

Such Depth 🔥🔥🔥I’ve got to come back and have a few more listens ❤️🙏great work though guys ❤️

Beautiful collaboration. Original song perfectly realized. Wonderful result. Bravo.

The Quest for the Holy Dumpling is the second concept album from the Smoking Trout, a SoundCloud collaborative band started by me, Stonerjazz (Jeff), and Uziel in 2021. We build these albums by releasing one song at a time, so the story is a work-in-progress. This is the first track on the new album to contain words/lyrics so it's really kind of launching a new tale that we'll continue to develop over the next year or who knows how long! In addition to Jeff and Uziel, we were fortunate to be joined by TexMexShaman (Stephen) and Sonic Structures and Silent Stretches (Jo Richter). For me, this was a really rewarding collaboration and perhaps one of my favorite tracks I've been involved with. Thank you so much to all who contributed. See below for more detailed credits (in chronological order of when each person contributed to the track) and to read Jeff's fantastic lyrics.

If you're interested you can find our first completed album, the Land of Zed by going to the 'albums' tab on my page or by looking up 'the smoking trout' on BandCamp. 

Stonerjazz (Jeff) @user-911083679 
Lyrics, Lead vocals, bass, and cowbell percussion

Tea R. Sea (Terry) @tea_are_sea 
Synthesizers, quirky percussion hits, production

Sonic Structures and Silent Stretches (Jo) @sonic-textures
Additional drums and percussion, especially on second half

TexMex Shaman (Stephen)@texmex-shaman
Guitar

Uziel @user-455619833 contributed
Background vocals, fluttering and modulated clarinet sounds 


lyrics:

you may have heard the creaking noise and tiny footsteps n the darkened corridors
that stretch to the southern boundaries of the unpolluted parts
where souls are living with total disregard for the nature of the Holy Dumpling
floating on the cosmic stew that simmers horizontally to your soul ln your heart

Traveling with the HOBO CYBERPUNKS, l learn a thing or two from the leader of the band Cosmic Stu who n a wild tangent and a Rant, described a different spot
a flthy plot, lnvaded by tribe of bots, who stank of superficiality
an opportunity that he lost

The teachers teach ln empty auditoriums to pupils lost ln 4 inch screens
sequestered ln squalid scenes, that go unnoticed as useless lnformaton ls gobbled up and gobbled down ln every home and every town
Put the monster down and walk away He sald
lron John ls not afraid of the queen
and even though the prlnce ls doomed
the purpose doesn't change

let me introduce you to some members of the band
there's Sally and Roberta who play the clarinet with beauty and with Grace
who plays the violin and Viola who makes the Djembe
bounce around the brain
with subliminal referrels to her pleasure and her paln
The horns are played by the twlns
Maurece and Nostradamus, their trumpeting sublime

the accordlan of course ls played by Johnny who you might remember from the land of Zed, He did eventually get out of bed and sald
Ths reminds me of a time when thngs were real and l could feel the rope of
hope wrapped firmly around and round my throat
before l knew the truth about the Lle
before l knew the meaning of goodbye

Now Stu he claimed to know or knew the whereabouts of the holy condiment that grew only
just outside his windowsill (and was essential to the Dumpling's flavor)
where he lived ln another life with Mary-Ann his ex-wife
who left hm for a guy named Sid who was a maestro on guitar
and had a band that traveled wide and far
including Mary Ann, and Larry too

Looking for that very thing
Hoping for just one bite
of that heavenly delight
before the turning of the light

The Holy Dumpling (Smoking Trout #2) w/ STONERJAZZ, TexMex Shaman, Uziel, Jo Richter

New album Digital Molasses is now available on BandCamp and SC, will be released to other platforms in May! I'll be offline for most April, will catch up with you when I return.

On this page you'll find music from me as well as the collaborative SoundCloud band, The Smoking Trout.

Genre influences include electronic, downtempo, lofi, experimental, rock, blues, indie, prog, post rock, ambient, synthwave, trip hop, and hip hop. I make tracks primarily with Cubasis and Korg Gadget (iOS); Ableton Live; Korg and Moog softsynths, Volca Drum, Minilogue XD, Arturia Microfreak, Arturia Pigments, and the FabFilter Pro suite of effects and production tools.

The art featured as the background image on my main profile page here is by KEVLARD666 (www.instagram.com/kevlard666/) @ikelion666 and will be the cover of my 2024 album, to be released soon: Digital Molasses 

My sound has been inspired by Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, DJ Shadow, Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, M83, Godspeed you Black Emperor!, Mogwai, Pink Floyd, Animal Collective, Nicolas Jaar, Dirty Projectors, Massive Attack, Björk, Dan the Automator, Del, the Gorillaz, Reggie Watts, Ween, Neon Indian, Tycho, Ott, Shpongle, Danger Mouse, Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo, Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, Modest Mouse, Tool, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Hendrix, the Books, and too many others to list here.

Hope you will check out some of my collaborators:

@user-911083679 - STONERJAZZ
@user-455619833 - Uziel
@texmex-shaman
@sonic-textures
@grevusanjl
@enigmacurry
@mralchemy
@blackmarketbrains
@dough-factory
@winkandwoo
@jerome-hearn-994307260
@dubman-9
@archmageband2
@tot-beat
@ipg1
@zed4209819
@lala-land-361191160 - E.P. Beats
@llanpsych
@ruizzoidman21centurions
@Ladyofire
@josh-clary-1 Entheogenic Psychonaught
@themysteriousdecibel 
@k2andthe3
@cerulean_ascent
@nic_nic_nic
@nadiaselvaggi
@chefboyextreme
@scilentsymphony
@azealotrous
@noxpox13 
@pablomoretti
@prof-oddfellow - Neons Gone a Mad
GMO / Green Mercurial Owl 

Thanks so much for stopping by and listening!

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