Seven Bridges by Mongo Shakers
This collection of songs is dedicated to my Dad who died at the start of 2023 and is present throughout this collection of songs. His quiet pursuit of art and gentle love of music had a huge impact on me for which I am forever grateful.
This album is a collection of prog-hop, digital-jazz, ambient-electronica with the (un)usual blend of voice samples, live drumming, virtuoso guitar and beautifully blended textures and arrangements. It's a quieter, more inward looking collection than before. It reflects my state-of-mind dealing with age, the death of my father and the changes in world around us.
Tracklist
| 1. | Do you feel at home? | 5:20 |
| 2. | We Was All One | 5:10 |
| 3. | Imperial Feather | 6:36 |
| 4. | Voyelles en Couleur | 4:57 |
| 5. | Snow from a Distance | 5:14 |
| 6. | Amis | 4:22 |
| 7. | Chislehurst, Kent | 4:10 |
Credits
Mongo Shakers:
Matt Button – creative direction, arrangements, samples, drums, percussion, editing, mixing and production
Richard Ferguson – Ayr guitars, bass, musical virtuosity and sage advice
Glen Pierce – the voice of Chislehurst, Kent
Produced, organised and mixed by Matt Button on Garageband
Mastered with precision, expertise and soul by the indispensable Loz at Fat as Funk
Album cover design by Wendy Bartlet
© Mongo Shakers 2024
License
CC BY-NC 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.Tags
Mongo Shakers music is an audio casserole of mis-remembered 70s Smash Ups, prog hop, mind funk and audio tomfoolery.
They come from the creative community in Shoreditch in the 90s. The founders, Matt Button and the late Chris Grayson RIP, ran studios where free jazz maestros, punk poet lunatics and earnest young junglists jammed, and recorded.
They now live on a laptop by Teddington Lock.