Sans Noodles by Kev Hopper
On the new release Kev notes…"As it's the 32nd anniversary of my first solo album ‘Stolen Jewels' I thought it might be fun to revisit and update aspects of that album with this new 2022 release - namely the naive 'pots and pans style' (as I call it) sampling of the era which I'm still incredibly fond of. With new technology and greater computing power the art of sampling has changed a lot since 1989 but to this day I'm still excited by the early notion that you could pluck a sound from nature and pitch it on the keyboard to make tunes. This characteristic remains the original source of intrigue and wonder for me. On 'Sans Noodles' the odd sounds that result from this process are mixed in with twangy guitar, bass and a lot of faux vocal sequencing and ‘formanting' (or vowel sounds) to provide a surreal and sometimes perverse, organic source for the melodies".
Tracklist
| 1. | Fattened Chances | 3:36 |
| 2. | Jug-Poured Joop | 2:27 |
| 3. | Aroo R.A. | 3:34 |
| 4. | The Words You Missed | 2:27 |
| 5. | TruthTones | 5:26 |
| 6. | The Dog Walker | 4:06 |
| 7. | Return Of The Pink Robin | 4:14 |
| 8. | Theme For Young Lovers | 2:48 |
| 9. | Yellow Ken | 3:50 |
| 10. | Twombulated | 3:25 |
| 11. | Loftus Cheek Yonder | 3:07 |
| 12. | Fruit Flies (with Sharron Fortnam) | 3:16 |
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Kev Hopper is probably best known as the bass guitarist with Stump, the much beloved Irish-English indie/experimental group formed in London in 1983. Since then he’s amassed an incredible body of solo works, his mainly instrumental output has been diverse and best described as a hybrid style of experimental and melodic pop with his distinctive fretless, “squelchy” bass playing often to the fore.