Name: "Down a River" - SCI Sound Lab, Volume I by StringCheeseIncident in SCI Sound Lab, Volume I
Duration: 4 min 30 s
Description: Get a free download of the new 3 song EP at www.stringcheeseincident.com!

Hey All of You Freaks-
In May of 2015, the band rented a house in beautiful Sedona, Arizona and spent a week there hanging out and writing songs. We were all feeling especially reconnected to SCI and in a creative space, and sometimes it gets harder and harder to find those moments. So we felt the need to block out a week to get together in some remote part of the country. It proved to be a really productive week – we wrote and worked on over 20 songs!

As this was happening, we were in the process of building a studio in our home state of Colorado. We have been a band for 20 years now, and it was about time to have a real creative hub where we could gather easily to record new songs, write, hang out, etc. If we had a studio, we could track new songs instantaneously and get them out to you a lot quicker. When we released “Song In My Head,” we just felt like a lot of the steam was let out when we had been playing the songs for months, if not years prior to the album release. As a band it is always exciting to play them for you when they are really new, or at least not already staples in the repertoire.

We have been fortunate over the years to be able to live a bit outside the traditional model of releasing music. Whether it was releasing all of our live shows or having our own record label, SCI Fidelity, to release our own music and bands we love, we feel really lucky to have been able to make our own rules. Recently, we’ve been looking for an alternative to the normal and sometimes arduous process of releasing an album.

So, today, we are excited to announce “SCI Sound Lab” which will be our hub for releasing new music. The concept behind the lab was to create a home for our creative experimentation. We are starting by releasing, for free, three studio tracks that we recently worked on with Jerry Harrison. Two of these are first time recordings, Kang’s “Believe” and Billy’s “Down a River,” and one is a song we have been playing for a bit, Keith’s “Sweet Spot.”

In the coming months we are going to be releasing a bunch more music and other treats. We have six more studio tracks we recorded with Jerry that will be coming out very soon. But, the SCI Sound Lab is intended to be a place where we can continue to experiment with a wide array of different recording concepts. One day, we might put up demos of new songs we are working on. The next, we might put up some dance remixes of previously released songs. We will also be going into the archives to find some band selected live material. The exciting part is that this will be a completely open space for creativity. The aim is to create a vehicle for open expression – for us and our friends, guests, and even other musicians recording on their own – so that we can share more and more music with you, as easily as possible.

We know we are not re-inventing the wheel here. We’ve just grown a bit tired of not giving you guys more music, quicker and in a more efficient way. We are sort of making up the rules as we go. Will the music always be free? We are not sure. In a few weeks we are going to be announcing a pre-order that will feature the new music in different configurations than we are putting out today. Are we abandoning ever releasing an album in physical format? No. We are going to be compiling songs and releasing in vinyl and CD formats at some point down the road. The music will also be going up on services like Spotify. For now, we just wanted to get this music out to you so you can check out what we are up to.

These are exciting times in the SCI world. So, here are three songs for your listening pleasure! We had a lot of fun recording them and we are incredibly excited to play them on the road this summer. We are all itchin’ for some Incidents! Most of all, thank you for always supporting us and for being by our side in this long journey – we feel like the luckiest band in the world.

Much Love,
Billy, Jason, Kang, Keith, Kyle and Travis

SCI Sound Lab, Volume I

SCI Archivist Larry Fox hand picked some of his favorite moments from this year's Jamaica Incidents, and now we present to you, "Jamaican Jerk Cheese," a live compilation you can download for free. Listen to all 6 Jamaican Incidents in their entirety on LiveCheese.com and nugs.net.

Track 3 "Minor Swing" features The Travelin' McCourys 
Track 8 "Hey Pocky Way" features Bill Payne (Little Feat)

Recorded live at Jewel Paradise Cove in Runaway Bay Jamaica. 
Cover Photos by Keith Griner. Design by Dave Hearn.

"Jellyfish"

Black Holes

Artwork by Allie Pristas (Azura)
http://artazura.com/

Puddles For Oceans

“Colorado Bluebird Sky" - 5/1/14 New Orleans, LA

FABA

Selections from The String Cheese Incident's 2014 Fall Tour - every show is available for purchase at www.LiveCheese.com


"Joyful Sound" - 11/11/14 - Port Chester, NY

Selections from The String Cheese Incident's 2015 Summer Tour, including the legendary 3 -night run at Red Rocks. Every show is available for purchase at www.LiveCheese.com

"On The Road" - 7/24/15 - Morrison, CO

Get a free download of the new 3 song EP at www.stringcheeseincident.com! 

"Down a River" - SCI Sound Lab, Volume I

"Sweet Spot"  - SCI Sound Lab, Volume I

Get a free download of the new SCI Sound Lab EP at www.stringcheeseincident.com!

"Believe"  - SCI Sound Lab, Volume I

Howdy everybody, here's another brand new track from the SCI Sound Lab!  This is an easy, breezy, summertime feel good track featuring some hot tele picking by our good buddy Tyler Grant.  Que it up, grab your sweetie and "get tight"!

"Get Tight" (Single) - SCI Sound Lab

This is a tune I brought to our first retreat in Sedona, AZ. The whole band flushed it out and left me to write lyrics. As I sat with the song for a while, I thought it would be nice to have a woman's voice on the track. Bonnie Paine of Elephant Revival came to mind right away. So she and I sat down and wrote lyrics. The addition of her vocals really made the song come alive. Very excited to get this one out and into the world. Enjoy! - Kyle 

"My One and Only" (Single) - SCI Sound Lab

STS9 Live @ Red Rocks
Morrison, CO :: 9.9.2017

Get tickets for Red Rocks 2018 here: https://www.axs.com/series/6275/sts9-red-rocks-tickets

Some info about our upcoming 2-night Red Rocks run in Colorado on September 7th + 8th called: CAVE OF CRYSTALS...

We're once again returning to one of our favorite places on the planet for a 2-night RRX adventure!! Join us as we fill this legendary space with sound, light, and wonder 🔮 Our mission: create a cavern of dreams where we can explore new worlds and continue to discover what's real & imagined...

Joining us for our expedition will be our super special guests: 
Friday 9/7 :|: What So Not + DJ Z-Trip
Saturday 9/8 :|: TAUK + Cut Chemist

More info here: https://sts9.com/pages/red-rocks-2018

2017.09.09 :: Red Rocks Amphitheatre :: Morrison, CO

RED ROCKS 2018 TICKETS

Green Light (STS9 Remix) :: Live at Red Rocks :: 9.9.2017

String Cheese - Desert Dawn @ Electric Forest 12'

'Bhangra Saanj' is the culmination of a long-standing wish for a collaboration between SCI and Beats Antique. Michael Kang, David Satori and Sidecar Tommy all share a particular affinity for West African, Middle Eastern and Eastern European music... as well as funky stringed instruments, whether it be bouzouki, saz, ngoni, violas or electric mandolins. Once Kang visited Beats’ studio in Oakland, the track took to life, and 'Bhangra Saanj' was born.

"Bhangra Saanj" - SCI & Beats Antique - SCI Sound Lab - (Single)

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