Light Blue Movers
TELEOLOGICAL DEVOLUTION - (THE VENICE SESSIONS PT. 1)
TELEOLOGICAL DEVOLUTION - (THE VENICE SESSIONS PT. 1)
1. PRELUDES
2. DESPERATIONISM
3. THEPOSTONPAGE6
4. DIRGE
5. EARTHDAY
6. APATHYISMS
7. NAIEVETE
8. BACKLASH
9. TRUTHS
10. FINALITY
Recorded completely live 14th and 17th December 2016
Produced By Adrian Harpham and Deron Johnson with Light Blue Movers.
Mixed and Mastered by Adrian Harpham at Terminator A studio NYC.
Deron Johnson - keyboards
Adrian Harpham - drums
Jonathon Levy - electric bass
Gabriel Gordon - electric guitars
All compositions written by Light Blue Movers except Naiveté written by Jonathan Levy
Atlas
Atlas
Vahana (Harpham, Johnson, McKay)
Last Page (Gordon, Johnson)
So Long (Coryell, Harpham, Johnson)
Upper Manhattan (Gordon, Johnson)
Eight (Harpham, Gordon, Mckay)
Arroyo Seco (Gordon, Johnson)
Atlas (Johnson)
Violent Lies (Harpham, Johnson, Hahner)
Serenity (Harpham, Johnson, Snyder, Levy)
Trains Don't Fly (Gordon, Johnson)
Worlds on Fire (Levy)
Refuge of the Roads (Mitchell)
Lonesome Autumn Blues (Gordon, Johnson)
Produced and mixed by Adrian Harpham
Deron Johnson: Keyboards
Gabriel Gordon: Guitar, vocals
Jonathan Levy: Bass
Adrian Harpham: Drums, percussion
Stephanie McKay (vocals on Vahana and Eight)
Jacques Schwartz-Bart (Sax on Vahana)
Professor Paul Willis (spoken word on Last Page)
Julian Coryell (vocals and guitars on So Long)
Gabriel Gordon (vocals on Eight, Arroyo Seco, Refuge & Lonesone Autumn Blues)
Miss Kenichi (vocals on Violent Lies)
Leyeux (vocals on Serenity)
Megan McCauley (vocals on Worlds on Fire)
Adrian Harpham (backing vocals on "Eight" and "Refuge In The Roads", acoustic guitar on "Serenity", additional keys on "World's On Fire")
Jonathan Levy (additional gtrs/keys on "World's On Fire")
Basic tracks on 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, recorded by Deron Johnson at ? Studios in Los Angeles
13 recorded by Deron Johnson
Basic tracks on 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12 recorded by Adrian Harpham at Terminator Studio - Manhattan NYC.
Mastered by Phil Nicolo at Studio 4 Recording - Conshohocken, PA
ABOUT LIGHT BLUE MOVERS
Light Blue Movers begins with a longstanding friendship; Keyboardist Deron Johnson and Guitarist Gabriel Gordon met in LA years ago and began writing, performing, and recording together. Johnson toured with Miles Davis for years, appeared on the Doo Bop album, and was the last keyboardist to play with Miles. Gordon is a session and live player who has worked with many, most notably Meshell N’dgeOcello and Natalie Merchant. The pair began writing in earnest together in 2011. As their unique sound emerged, they took it to the stage, adding Drummer Adrian Harpham and Bassist Jonathan Levy.
Adrian Harpham is as in-demand as it gets, with credits ranging from Henry Butler and Bernie Worrell to Donald Harrison and Screaming Headless Torsos. Jonathan Levy, has appeared on over 100 records as a session musician. After arriving in New York in 2011, Levy has worked with greats from Blitz The Ambassador to Jason Lindner to Steve Earle.
Light Blue Movers debut album ATLAS was released March 18th 2016 and features compositions from all of the band members, with Adrian Harpham in the producer’s chair. ATLAS has somber, impressionistic and soulful qualities with many layers of intricacy. The band strives for people to feel those qualities and escape their world to new frontiers in their mind. The band counts Miles, Radiohead, Bowie, and the Cocteau twins as influences, which are all evident but not overbearing. Progressive rhythmic sophistication and soul, balanced with funk and rock lay the foundation, with stunning vocals from guests Stephanie Mckay, Leyeux, Julian Coryell, Megan McCauley and Miss Kenichi.