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Release date ∶ March 21, 2021

All Tracks Edited, Arranged and Mixed by Moderator
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Added Electric Guitar by Vlad Zameretz, Saxophone by Oleksii Yatsyna, Bass by Franco Modarelli.
Artwork ∶  Irefaels
Graphic Editing ∶ Manolis Chalkiadakis - Backbonegraphics.
Mastered ∶  Blanka at Kasablanka Studio, France.
Executive Producers ∶ Basilis Foteinos & Andreas Pallidis. 

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Haunted Lover

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Alice

Four years after wowing listeners with his surprise debut album, All One, Ferdi Schuster is back with a similarly inspired sequel. Taking his distinctive, freewheeling approach to its predecessor, Playing Life  offers a set of inspired instrumentals full of soft-focus grooves, alluring musical motifs, subtle mood shifts and plenty of intricate musical details. In fact, such is the layered nature of the productions, you’ll still be noticing new things on your fifth or sixth listen.

 Those who know Schuster’s story and previous work for Claremont 56 won’t be at all surprised. Arguably the label’s best-kept secret, Schuster ended up on Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy’s label in 2017 after speculatively submitting a demo. Murphy was blown away by the quality of the publicity-shy multi-instrumentalist’s work and asked him to work on an album; two years later, All One appeared in stores and the rest, as they say, is history.

 Just as he did on his celebrated debut album, Schuster played every instrument, note, chord and riff on Playing Life, arranging and producing the whole thing at different points between 2020 and 2023. The results are undeniably spellbinding, with the talented artist arguably delivering an even more assured, attractive and entertaining set.

 For proof, check opener ‘Dream Quality’, a sumptuous affair in which immersive pads, jazzy guitars, twinkling keys and smooth bass rise above a dubby, minimalistic beat, the steel pan-infused gentle jog towards the dancefloor that is ‘A Step Further’, and the Balearic ambient jazz masterpiece that is ‘Due’. Or, for that matter, the lapping waves and deep, dubbed-out grooves of ‘Playing Life’, and the starry magnificence of ‘Light Minded’, where Ferdi offers a few nods to the great Pat Metheny over twinkling synths and sparse, spaced-out beat.

Everywhere you look across the album, you’ll find a softly spun, exquisitely executed highlight. There’s ‘Moving Forms’, whose instinctive beat pattern and sun-bright jazz guitars enrich the soul, the marimba-sporting sunset wonder of ‘Universal Dance’, the chunky dub disco shuffle of ‘Pulsing’ and the awe-inspiring brilliance of ‘Vastness’, a suitably star-gazing, effects-laden excursion that provides a fittingly impressive conclusion to an album dripping with emotion-rich sonic gold.

Playing Life

Reginald Hall - The Joke 
Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers - Georgia On My Mind 
Jackie Opel - You Send Me 
Old Metropolitan Band - Summertime
Cuban Mirimba Band – Beberu
Dee Dee Warwick – Girls Need Love
The Sweet Inspirations - That's How Strong My Love Is 	
Nina Simone - Be My Husband 
Joseph Spence and the Pindar Family -I Bid You Goodnight

Recent Songs #31 :: You Send Me

Back Into The Dream

The Spark

On the show this time, it’s the Rock n Roll Revival of the Hives.  Their latest is called “The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons” and it is available on their own imprint “Disques Hives.”

Live On KEXP

Live On KEXP, Episode 425 - The Hives

Give a man a mask, and he will tell you the truth - Oscar Wilde

Numb

A Southern American soul interpretation of Luther Vandross' iconic track. A daunting task, but one that Jeb Loy Nichols triumphs with, by creating something completely new. Taken from his new album 'Country Hustle' on City Country Club.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/03/14/premiere-jeb-loy-nichols-never-too-much/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/never-too-much

Listen on Youtube

Jeb Loy Nichols - Never Too Much (STW Premiere)

No One Else

In this episode John is joined by Gus Unger-Hamilton and Joe Newman from Alt-J, and producer Charlie Andrew to talk about how they recorded and produced the album RELAXER. The boys give a fascinating account of the thought processes and production techniques used in the recording of RELAXER. Hear how a friend's pavlovian response to the smell of burning wood, the Gus whistle test, and swearing at an old school master all left their mark on the band's third album Songs discussed: 3WW, House of the Rising Sun, Pleader &nbsp;

TN:16 Alt-J & Charlie Andrew

Tape Notes