Lady Blackbird - Black Acid Soul (September 3, 2021 Foundation Music)

The highly-anticipated and debut album Black Acid Soul, due for its long awaited release on September 3rd via Foundation Music/BMG.

With a voice that has stopped critics in their tracks, Lady Blackbird is a revelatory new talent with music that transcends the jazz scene through which the LA-based artist is rooted. Reflecting influences as varied as Billie Holiday, Gladys Knight, Tina Turner and Chaka Khan, with critics drawing comparisons to Adele, Amy and Celeste, Lady Blackbird’s distinct and beguiling talent is not one to be missed.

Honouring the great's has come as a musical process to Lady Blackbird, having recorded her highly anticipated debut album Black Acid Soul in legendary Studio B (Prince’s room) in Sunset Sound, produced by Grammy-nominated Chris Seefried.

Minimal yet rich, classic yet timely, the album connects backwards to Miles Davis (his pianist, Deron Johnson, plays Steinway Baby Grand, Mellotron and Casio Synth throughout) and forwards to Pete Tong (he made the Bruise mix of ‘Collage’ his Number Two Essential Selection tune of 2020) and, yes, Victoria Beckham – Matthew Herbert’s remix of second single ‘Beware The Stranger’ soundtracked the designer’s Spring/Summer 2020 Fashion show.

Its 11 tracks have a sound, feeling and attitude that speak of Lady Blackbird's deep experiences in music.

1. Blackbird

2. It's Not That Easy

3. Fix It

4. Ruler Of My Heart

5. Nobody's Sweetheart

6. Collage

7. Five Feet Tall

8. Lost And Looking

9. It Will Never Happen Again

10. Beware The Stranger

11. Black Acid Soul

Produced by Chris Seefried

A&R by Ross Allen

Deron Johnson playing Steinway Baby Grand, Mellotron, Casio Synth

Jon Flaugher playing Double Bass

Jimmy Paxson playing Drums, Percussion

Chris Seefried playing Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews playing Trumpet

Recorded and Mixed By Seth Atkins Horan

Mastered By Bernie Grundman, At Bernie Grundman Mastering LA CA

Recorded at Sunset Sound LA CA

Mixing at Gnu Gnome LA CA

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Light Blue Movers - Teleological Devolution (the Venice Sessions pt​.​1) ROPEADOPE RECORDS September 7, 2018

2016..couldn’t wait for that year be over.

As the year was winding down, chaos, turmoil, serious events and transitions would not let up. 

Trump had just been elected. Adrian broke 2 bones in his leg. Gabe moved from NYC to California, then Paris. Prince died, Bowie died. 

Light Blue Movers booked their CD release show in Los Angeles for December 2016. 

It was decided that it would be good for all 4 members to arrive in LA early to rehearse for 3 days but also - book studio time to record the unit LIVE - all 4 in one room. On the previous release, the record was made in groups of 1s 2s and 3s but never - all four. 

West Triad Studios in Venice became the place and they decided to just “let tape roll” on 2 different nights- 4 hours each night. 

Upon entering the sessions; there were no songs in existence, No keys, chords,melodies, words, arrangements or grooves discussed.. just tempos and then.. go! 

What came out next was - unapologetic, searching, sonic freedom that literally sounded like.. life itself. The sound of music only for the sake of finding ANY music available in the air - expression that cannot be said through words. 

This body of work is a direct reflection of the world we were in then and still are in now - even more so.

Recorded completely live 14th and 17th December 2016 

Engineered by Erich Gobel and Julian Coryell at West Triad Studios - Venice, California. 

Deron Johnson - keyboards 

Adrian Harpham - drums 

Jonathon Levy - electric bass 

Gabriel Gordon - electric guitars 

Produced By Adrian Harpham and Deron Johnson with Light Blue Movers. 

Mixed by Adrian Harpham at Terminator A studio NYC 

Mastered by Adrian Harpham at Terminator A studio NYC 

All compositions written by Light Blue Movers except 

Naiveté written by Jonathan Levy

1. Preludes

2. Desperationism

3. Thepostonpage6

4. Dirge

5. Earthday

6. Apathyisms

7. Naivete

8. Backlash

9. Truths

10. Finality