The Fantom Man Feat. St3v3L33

Electronic wizardry underpins super sax themes from @St3v3L33, which float across all 4 stages of the journey...

Crystal Shards feat. The Fantom Man (EP available)

Jazz

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Neo-jazz - blend with electronic. 

Great Sax improv from @St3v3L33 

#eclectic #soundtrack #experimental

CONFLICTED Feat. St3v3L33

This a story about an emotional journey to the end ......Haunting sax by Steve Peck!

Trust the Doc Ed.72

"I could quite justifiably have reviewed The Fantom Man Feat. St3v3L33 and the track The End in the Jazz and International Journeys section given how much it is based on reverberating sax improv and rich jazz-infused piano chords but he calls it Ambient and, in essence, it is because of the way he has spaced out the sounds, put them through echo and other effects and created an enigmatic sound world. It is very musical and full of inventiveness with great dynamic contrasts and an ending that sees the track quietly deconstruct as unaccompanied sax fades into the ether. Beautifully put together and very listenable." Dr Neil March 300922

THE END Feat. St3v3L33

Atmospheric neo-jazz with hints of electronic. Moving, musical improv sax by Steve Peck.

**Track selected for Fresh on the Net's #EcelcticPicks Batch 466 **

Trust the Doc Blog Ed 74 review!! 👍😎🎷🎹

"The latest offering from The Fantom Man could arguably be described as Ambient Jazz. Gent El Saxo features St3v3L33 and it places TFM’s echoing saxophone switching between a cool melody and bits of improv while the backdrop is more like a downtempo electronic track with programmed beat and sounds coming in and out of the mix behind the sax which dominates throughout. It has a kind of calming atmosphere and the contrast between the organic and the electronic works really well."

Gent El Saxo Feat. St3v3L33

RELEASE DATE: FRIDAY 13th October 

A hop, skip and a jump down the rabbit hole into alternative singer-songwriter Phoebe Coco’s ecological EP to sing in the trees and dance on a moon-plane. 



‘Phoebe Coco has just the thing’
Tom Robinson- BBC 6 Music

Effortlessly compelling.
Adam Watson BBC Introducing Wales 


‘Feels like a dark fairytale…’
Sarah Gosling 
London artist and composer Phoebe Coco sets forth with a highly anticipated new EP release I Am Not a Machine this coming October the 13th, with a release show on the same date at Saint Pancras Old Church. 

Born in the rolling hills of The Bannue* and growing up in London, Phoebe Coco seeks living contradictions, the wilderness within the city; the forest within London’s walls. These themes are interwoven in her music, in lilting lyrics and layered landscapes of organic and electronic instrumentation, in a quest to marry the two worlds- the natural and the urban. 


Raised within a singing matriarchy of grandmothers, mothers and sisters, Phoebe Coco experienced live music from an early age. Songs were sung in all settings, from kitchen tables to bohemian parties. Now, on occasion, she invites her family on stage, who sing with her in ‘blood harmonies’- a phrase coined to describe the uncanny, specific and unusual sound of close relations singing together. These unique blood harmonies can be heard throughout the EP. 

As a community and ecological activist, environmental themes are at the foreground of I Am Not a Machine. Phoebe Coco’s writings and performances with trees have been aired by renowned nature author Robert Macfarlane on BBC 4’s Front Row. For the award-winning Urban Tree Festival, she created a project called Tree Song in which she composed, arranged and recorded a series of acapella, folk inspired songs to create a site-specific installation. Elements of this folk heritage are present in her single Machine: ‘ We are singing in a tree, connection fails, try again with your feet’. In an age of expansive development Phoebe Coco sought to “encourage us all to slow down, listen and reflect on how the old ways can meet the new.”


The EP was primarily recorded in Abbey Road and Tostada studios and was co-produced by Phoebe Coco and three times grammy award winning producer Eduardo De La Paz.
The music spans genres, in some places reminiscent of Bat for Lashes and other times Weyes Blood and Kate Bush. This translates live into a seven piece family band, featuring a selection of London's finest players in an amalgamation of complex vocal harmonies, rippling piano, soaring synthesisers, flute, saxophone, guitar and drums. Expect the full works from the full band on the Friday on the 13th October Launch Show. 

Nature also prevails in Phoebe Coco’s acclaimed debut album My White Horse & I (2020), which was championed by Tom Robinson and also achieved local, national and global radio play from BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 2.  She has played stages far and wide, from Shambala Festival to Iceland Airwaves to Sofar Sounds and is well known on the London music scene, with recent shows including well-loved music venues The Old Blue Last, The Sebrite and Peckham Audio. 



http://instagram.com/phoebe.coco/
http://twitter.com/phoebecoco
http://facebook.com/phoebecoco/
https://www.youtube.com/phoebecocomusic
https://phoebe-coco.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2eTeVjDnOBzKMTyyRgRfIv
https://music.apple.com/bw/artist/phoebe-coco/465121809

*The Brecon Beacons National Park will refer to itself as Bannau Brycheiniog – or informally as ‘the Bannau’ in reclaiming its Welsh name.

Machine

When You Know (You Know)

Composer: Sonophoria
Performer: Sonophoria 
Producer: Sonophoria

Links:
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Follow Sonophoria on Instagram: SonophoriaMusic https://instagram.com/Sonophoriamusic

Vestige

A clatter of frantic beats rides over a dark, rebellious undertow of harsh bass and protesting vocals.

Future Sings

This track fuses elements of hiphop with classical music, jazz and electronic music. I composed it for my upcoming jazzfusion album "Reincarnation Of Joy".

DJIDADA SHADOWS SUN(16bit44.1kHz)

Single / No Return

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/bigbigsky/sadist

BIG big SKY - Sadist
Out December 2023
Watch the weird music video I made:
https://youtu.be/KBSYEkOeKbw?si=nizOCfgeD3dwQsbX

Recorded and Produced by me
Drums by Jack Gordon
Mastered by George Perks

https://www.instagram.com/big.big.sky
https://www.facebook.com/bigbigskymusic
https://bigbigsky.bandcamp.com

Sadist

CRYSTAL SHARDS 4 (feat. The Fantom Man)

HOW IT GOES

CRYSTAL SHARDS Part 1 Feat. St3v3L33

CRYSTAL SHARDS Part 2 Feat. St3v3L33

CRYSTAL SHARDS Part 3 Feat.St3v3L33

Written in Japan with ex Civil Wars singer songwriter John Paul White this song is taken from Bird’s forthcoming debut soundtrack album “Wider Than The Sky”

Wider Than The Sky

SHES LIKE A RAINBOW (RADIO EDIT)

Moving On was on the back burner for sometime before rediscovering to finished the track. It has a bouncy vibrant air to celebrate the theme of moving on in life whether this be a new lifestyle, relationship or just a New Year resolution. Just one of my Album Tracks on 'Candlelight Mood"Instrumentals.
https://shanitalee.bandcamp.com/album/candlelight-mood
Also music video soundtrack on youtube.com/@Instrumental Music68

Candlelight Mood

Moving On

STREAM

Fuck It

Got Me Fallin’ brings a smooth blend of velvety vocals and a seductive melody, IVANA takes you on a journey through the highs and lows of a relationship that's as intoxicating as it is complicated. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of the push and pull, the magnetic force that draws two hearts together despite the challenges that surround them.

Got Me Fallin'

WILD LIFE

Some sax put through a distortion amp and some more sax in echo and reverb chambers, spurt some it through a synth, add some heavy bass, a dash of drone and a slow heavy kick beat. 

Throw in a tambourine, and it all comes spilling out in a sinful mess.

Apart from the bass, drums and tambourine, all the other sound is made out of saxophone.

It sounds like you shouldn't do this kind of thing to a sax. But I like it. And I should probably be ashamed of myself!

There is no more!

Berlin

Messaging feat. St3v3L33

LOST Feat. St3v3L33

The Fantom Man’s music has been highlighted by critics for its atmospheric depth, inventive arrangements, and smooth yet unpredictable compositions. 

Reviews: 
https://freshonthenet.co.uk/ @signalcommittee #eclecticpicks
Dr. Neil March "Trust the Doc" Blog

"Intrusion" featured on Will Farr's Eclectic Mix! http://www.willfarrmusic.com/