Cobblestone
Below My Feet now available through
Ogden Park Music
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Below My Feet has a great communal feel to it. It is boldly
genre-crossing and yields new discoveries with repeat listens. More - Chip Withrow, The Muse's Muse |
Cobblestone
Below My Feet is a kick-butt extravaganza of expectations-defying,
post-modern wonder. The louder it gets, the better it gets. - Steve Forrest, Seven Paws Press |
Perhaps many American people
will think “where the hell is Esslingen or Stuttgart, what on
earth is Reinheitsgebot...?” but these are absolutely great
ideas and bring the continents a little bit more near together. - Roy Jung, Germany |
| Cobblestone Below My Feet...and other tales of devils and onions - 2006 | |
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check out some tasty clips Cobblestone Below My Feet What We've Got All of That Zydecongo Stomp ![]() Buy this CD! |
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Artist: Chemystry Set Title: Cobblestone Below My Feet UPC#: 795201100429 TC-05, 2006. File under "Music" Ogden Park in collaboration with Tuber Creations Produced by Dickie Ogden and the Set, Chemystry Set's fifth CD, Cobblestone Below My Feet, ferments three years of travel, storytelling, friendships, and recording magic into a rich and highly intoxicating elixir. On their fifth release, the band that has made a name for itself over the last ten years with boundary-defying music and message-driven songs is coming of age in this beautifully dynamic tapestry of tightly-arranged and rockin' compositions. Written during and after their 2003 European tour, Cobblestone Below My Feet is an invitation across language, culture, and consciousness. Like a carriage ride through history, hitting the cobblestone with an amalgam of sounds and an ever-fresh poetic luminescence, this album takes the listener into another time zone, all along establishing connections not only to the present, but the future of humanity. With special guest appearances on Zydeconco Stomp by The Flux' Joe Balestreri on trumpet and Dan Heffez on Alto Sax. Horn arrangements by Research & Development's Nathaniel Hawkes and Baba Ndjhoni. Photography by Debra Baida Sven Eberlein - Guitar, Vocals Dickie Ogden - Drums, Gong, Vocals Patty Hughes - Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Farfisa Organ, Vocals Joel Oppenheimer - Bass Baba Ndjhoni - Mandolin, Ukelele, Vocals At this particular moment in time, when it feels like we live in an age where optimism is a rare commodity, Chemystry Set is here to remind us that itıs not too late, that there are still ways to improve things, and that you really can draw life-changing inspiration from music that genuinely matters. Yes, it really is as simple as that. Buy the album and see for yourself. - Scott Coldren |
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| Live at the Sweatlodge - 2004 | |
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check out some tasty live clips What We've Got Ogodo, Ano 2000 No Quarter Seed for a Dream ![]() Buy this CD! |
Artist: Chemystry Set Title: Live at the Sweatlodge UPC#: 795201100924 TC-04, 2004. File under "Music" Ogden Park in collaboration with Tuber Creations A high quality multitrack celebration and documentation of the final show on Chemystry Set's Pacific Northwest tour 2004. 80 minutes of music. It was an intimate semi-private party with open bar. The half-keg kicked right when the band finished! Good partying everyone! Rock, bluegrass, world influences, sometimes progish, groovy, 3 part vocals. Totally rocks. Sven Eberlein - Electric Guitar, Vocals Dickie Ogden - Drum Kit Patty Hughes - Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Vocals Joel Oppenheimer - Bass Baba Ndjhoni - Electric Mandolin, Ukelele, Vocals Every time I hear Chemystry Set I feel like I'm hearing it for the first time: musicianship tight as an atom, music wild and roaming as the imagination of the unknown. It's like everything and nothing I've ever heard, a screaming reminder that rock is rebellion and must be reinvented each time it's played, or else it's just pop. - Randy Lyman |
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| The Last Real Experience - 2003 | |
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Listen to some tasty clips The Last Real Experience Salaam Now and Right Here Follow the Idiopath Leading the Saint into the Fog Buy this CD! ![]() |
Artist: Chemystry Set Title: The Last Real Experience UPC#: 65905798192 TC-03, 2003, File under "Music" Ogden Park in collaboration with Tuber Creations Birthed by the ever-present spontaneous combustions of all that is Chemystry, and produced under the auspices of Dickie Ogden (Dr. Dickie), this third incarnation in the underground trilogy is probably the most refined and momentous creation in the Set's storied journey. Leaving more room for each song to breathe, the Set's ever evolving musicianship shines through the brilliant dynamics, giving more meaning to the album's daring arrangements and twists. And should you wonder about the implications of the album title, turn your attention to that most treasured and ancient wisdom, found between all lines and within yourself: The end is the beginning, be here now! Sven Eberlein - Electric Guitar, Vocals Dickie Ogden - Drum Kit, Vocals Patty Hughes - Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Vocals Joel Oppenheimer - Bass Baba Ndjhoni - Electric Mandolin, Vocals The Last Real Experience is fun, intriguing listening and a highly recommended purchase. It surprises me with new details every time I listen. - Steve Ekblad - Audiogrid.com Full Review |
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| The Space Between - 2001 | |
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Here's some clips to whet that appetite. You'll need Real Player to listen. Mwela wa Mwanami Magical Pie Sounds from Underground Tread that Atmosphere Chestnuts Mwanda wa SIDA If & When Sentinel Species |
Artist: Chemystry Set Title: The Space Between UPC#: 71428808292 TC-02, 2001, File under “Music” Tuber Creations The follow-up to “Life in the Underground”, “The Space Between” celebrates the growing of seeds and the evolution of life with an uplifting soul journey through themes of community, activism and transformation. An edgy jazzy world groove provides the musical canvas to effusive storytelling, creating a rich texture of multi-stylistic peregrinations. Featuring soul singer Krystle Jones (SF Funk Allstars). Recorded on 2 inch reel-to-reel by avant-garde maverick Oliver DiCicco. Acrylic on canvas cover by Matt Ritchie. Sven Eberlein - Electric Guitar, Vocals Brian Fishler - Drums Avidan Rose - Percussions, Vibraphone Joel Oppenheimer - Bass Baba Ndjhoni - Electric Mandolin, Acoustic Mandolin, Vocals Krystle Jones - Vocals Greg Carney - Guitar |
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| Life in the Underground - 1998 | |
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Listen to some tasty clips! Thwart Small To Be Kings Soiled The Way of Our Slow Strangle Ducttape The Rim Life in the Undergound |
Artist: Chemystry Set Title: Life in the Underground TC01, 1998, File under “Music” Tuber Creations A groundbreaking debut by the eclectic rock ensemble. 13 tracks weave their way through deep realms of consciousness, telling stories of rebellion, conspiracy, roots and hope. Guest appearances by bassoonist Paul Hanson (Windham Hill), percussionist Avidan Rose (Mobius Operandi, Myron Dove) and Soji Odukogbe (Kotoja, West African Highlife Band). Binaural audio clips from the hands and ears of multimedia guru Tony Idarola. Original ball point pen cover by Matt Ritchie. Sven Eberlein - Electric Guitar, Vocals Mark Sand - Drums Joel Oppenheimer - Bass Baba Ndjhoni - Electric Mandolin, Acoustic Mandolin, Vocals Dave Jacobsen - Keyboard Greg Carney - Guitar Some sounds
vibrate
between open-air jazz and old Genesis-type progressiveness. There's a
free groove that doesn't give away where the song is going next. All in
all, it's a great vibe.
- Tony Hicks, The Contra Costa Times |
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Check out these chunky mp3 morsels by Set Members: A Person Named Bodell - Sven's interpretation of a Hermann Hesse story (feat. Caitlin Stevens) Pax Americana - Johnny's State of the Union |
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