White Elephant - Sir John (clip)

White Elephant - Sir John - Mark E remix (clip)

My version of the old Rev. Gary Davis song

Hesitation Blues

Lovers

Lovers (B.J. Smith Remix)

Whopping great end of the night re-work made with the original multi-track parts. 

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Long Train

Up For Air/ White Elephant

Promo mix with added FX for maximum relaxation purposes
***Released 25th January 2019***
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B.J. Smith returns to NuNorthern Soul after a short break from his last outing ‘Between Ship and Shore parts 1,2 & 3’ to bring us an incredible selection of audio journeys through ambience. A much in-demand collaborator who excels in both acoustic and electric guitar formats, who has played with the likes of afro-dub disco act Akwaaba, Nuphonic band FUG, Krautrock legend Holger Czukay and is currently a member of Smith & Mudd and White Elephant. He has confounded expectations not only with the versatility of his playing, but in the music he is capable of creating and on the instruments he chooses to do so. Nowhere will that be more apparent than on this, his latest album for NuNorthern Soul. 

Produced using a strict recording technique with spontaneous composition at its heart, this album sees B.J. Smith explore an ambient and meditative music he's previously not been known for. Gone are the disco beats and, on many tracks, the percussion altogether in favour of multiple layers of Smith's many instruments. Aside from the assistance on some tracks by a hang drum player, every other sound you hear on this album comes from Smith himself, improvising each live performance, purposefully avoiding loops and samples.

Smith admits that he was listening to 'Ambient 1: Music for Airports' by Brian Eno and featuring Robert Wyatt when he first laid down the initial tracks for the album in 2013. It has taken until now to refine the recordings and for both Smith and NuNorthern Soul to release what stands as a distinct departure for both.

1 Breathe 8m 02s
2 Ebb & Flow 8m 19s
3 Scape 5m 33s
4 Halsa 4m 35s
5 Over Land & Sea 11m 33s
6 Far Away Island 10m 13s
7 Dawn 8m 05s
8 Roo Tree 5m 33s
9 Hey Do Voodoo 10m 17s
10 Mantraesque 6m 18s

From The Ash

B.J. Smith 'From The Ash' Promo Mix [NUNS015D]

Let's go trippin' and even when the sun is gone we still have the moon. ☺

Intro: Red Dead Redemption 1 Original Soundtrack by Rockstar Games
Outro: Live recording of a pack of coyotes at Yellowstone National Park, USA
Cover: My van Samson at the Adriatic Sea, Croatia
Artwork: Kim Füllgraf

Isabeau Fort - Road trippin'

White Elephant is a collaboration between Crazy P's Jim Baron and Chris Todd with Ben Smith (of Smith & Mudd fame). musically a blank canvas, here you'll find anything from extended valium-ambience to Balls out Kraut Rock pop.