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Ade Stevenson
Funk / Experimental / Jazz

		Funk, phased & sorta jazz feedback guitarist Manchester United Kingdom Profile Views: 11285 Last Login: 11/26/2009
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Ade Stevenson: General Info

Member Since

4/21/2006

Band Website

http://theringmodulator.blogspot.com

Band Members

Various vibers along the way including:
Gilles Charmant - vocals (now doin film stuff with various dudes incl. Jim Jarmusch, Aki Karismaki and the like).
Jim Tregear - drums (now jazzing it up in the South of France).
Mark Higgins - bass (lost in action).
Matt Butcher - guitar and sound engineer (now Blur sound engineer)
Frank Keraudren - vocal and keys (now doin film in New York, New York)
The Fat Controllers - indie (some now in Brighton).
Ollie - vocals (lost somewhere in Wales).
Dave - guitar.
Matt Leach - bass.
Nick Murray - bass.
Chris York - manager (now big shot music promoter).
Archie Powell - bass (now producing the South Bank Show).
Mal Hyde-Smith- percussion (went on to play in Faithless).
Matt Benbrook - drums (went on to play in Faithless and Slinky).
Tina and Mez - vocals.
Dave Nicholson - saxophone (went off to do that Guildhall jazz course).
The Mal horn section.
James and Jude - vocals, bass and guitar (back doing The Flamingoes).
Kev Mathews - drums (now back with Sex Gang Children).
Paul McGill - vocals (now selling Absinthe and other addictive liquor).
The Massifunk crew including the lovely Sue Nove.
The Jensen guys.
Special honorary mention to Jane my beautiful wife who's always supported me 100%.
Honorary mention also to Emma Leon superstar make-up artist.

.. and many others - all good ...

Influences

James Brown, The Meters, Miles, Coltrane, Clyde Stubblefield, Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, Velvet Underground, David Sylvian, Chick Corea, Marc Ribot, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Terry Riley, Neu, Harmonia, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Albert Ayler, My Bloody Valentine, Spacemen 3, Cinematic Orchestra, The Stooges, The Headhunters, John McLaughlin, Johnny Marr, The Stone Roses, The Beatles, Roy Ayers, Kenny Wheeler, Talk Talk, Bowie, P J Harvey, Stevie Wonder, The Stones, Tortoise, John Scofield, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, John Etheridge, Soft Machine, Stereolab, Wes Montgomery, Syd Barrett, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Sun Ra.

Some of the people I've been fortunate enough to work with including Pete (Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3), Jason (Jason Spaceman of Spacemen 3 and Spirtualised) and Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine). Thanks to Pete for teaching me some great psychedelic recording techniques. Thanks also to Eddie Piller at Acid Jazz Records.

Some local Manchester players also including legendary guitarist Mike Walker, Iain Dixon, John and Judy from Little Green, Richard Iles, Luke, Steve, and Stuart from the Cinematic Orchestra, Mrs Columbo, Eddie Roberts and The New Mastersounds

Sounds Like

OK, I can get a bit too James Brown sometimes.

Record Label

Incl: Cheree, Acid Jazz, Cheeky, Warners

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About Ade Stevenson

Got into the guitar via James Brown, the Velvet Underground and the Stones. Played a few gigs in Manchester and Stockport pubs. Did a Stooges type thing at College - lotta fun. Got to do some great support slots for acts such as the Manic Street Preachers, Blur, and the James Taylor Quartet.

Next was a sort of pyschedelic blues band called 'The Beautiful Happiness'. We put out a few records on the Cheree label and did a fair bit of touring, variously supporting Ocean Colour Scene (Paul Weller's band) and Slowdive (now Mojave 3) amongst others. Our records were produced by Pete Kember otherwise known as Sonic Boom of the 'Spacemen 3'. I got to meet and work with some great (and very druggy) people such as 'My Bloody Valentine' and 'Spiritualised'.

Dramatic change of style next up and a bit of a home coming to a funk, acid jazz thing called 'Mal'. Lotsa gigs including residencies at The Jazz Cafe in Camden and the The Orange, West Kensington, London. Recorded for Acid Jazz and eventually got the big Warners Brothers record deal but never followed through somehow. Lost a few members to 'Faithless' - missed a trick myself there maybe.

All change again to join 'The Flamingoes', a power punky thing. They were mates of mates but it didn't really work out. Wrote some great stuff with James though. One or two other bands followed including 'Jensen' and 'Massifunk' but none seemed to quite do the trick.

So moved back home to Manchester and now working hard on getting my jazz muse sorted properly. Currently being mentored by ace guitarist Mike Walker. Mike is one the best players in the world having worked with many of the greats including Dave Holland and Steve Swallow, legendary composer George Russell, Kenny Wheeler, Anthony Braxton and Bill Frisell. It's a great privilege and flattering to get positive vibes from the man. Also meeting and hanging out with great jazz and funk dudes up here in MCR such as the phenomenal drummer Luke, John and Stuart from The Cinematic Orchestra and the funky folk from Little Green. In the process of putting my own jazz thing together.

I also blog about Manchester and jazz in the guise of 'The Ring Modulator' and co-host the EXR Jazz show on Manchester's ALL FM 96.9

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yoyo Online Now!	Aug 20 2009 10:19 AM Thanks for being friends :) Hope you like our old school Soul Music. Have a wonderful day!
hedge	Jun 3 2009 7:26 AM May 15th May 24th Special
The Moss Project	Jun 3 2009 7:26 AM
Freedom Principle Music	Jun 3 2009 7:26 AM
SpeedKing	Apr 16 2009 8:26 AM Hi thanks for the add,listen to my song and leave a comment :) WARKNIFE DEBUT ALBUM "DREAM OF DESOLATION" IS OUT NOW!! Ceck out us on: www. myspace. com/warknife
Anton Hunter	Apr 16 2009 8:26 AM Alright Ade? Long time no see, we should catch up soon. Maybe at this gig...
hedge	Apr 16 2009 8:26 AM
Hannah Peel	Mar 15 2009 9:58 PM hello ade! hope you are well? was great to see you the other week...fancy going to the next one in april? x
hedge	Feb 17 2009 2:16 PM
The Art of Tea	Jan 31 2009 11:55 AM
ioánni --> twitter.com/ioanni	Nov 20 2008 2:05 PM Hi there. I hope you're having a fine time this week! All the best. ioanni ambient / electroacoustic / downtempo electronica
hedge	Oct 9 2008 3:17 PM
findlay_hunter_rennie	Oct 2 2008 11:34 AM Concrete Moniker \|\| NEW RELEASE \|\| findlay_hunter_rennie emerge from Manchester's unsung experimental underground, with a debut album brimming full of razor sharp ideas, glistening soundscapes, soaring melodies and decomposed structures. All improvised, all live, always unpredictable. Cello meets guitar meets trombone meets laptop meets a lot of effects pedals. Download includes 6-track album, pdf liner notes and exclusive cover artwork by Becca Smith. www. concretemoniker. co. uk
hedge	Sep 15 2008 10:46 AM Shoreline Shoreline are an eight piece folk ensemble from Brighton, and part of the Willkommen collective that includes The Miserable Rich and Sons of Noel & Adrian. Their debut album is called Time Well Spent and it's absolutely gorgeous - officially released on 22nd September, advance copies will be available at this special album launch show. Soy Un Caballo Soy Un Caballo are a duo from Belgium who have produced a delightful first album, with a little help from an amazing line-up of musicians including Bonnie ÔPrinceÕ Billy (singing in French!). ÒÉsmooth harmonies and a smoother pop sensibilityÉ as cool as Jean-Paul Satre and as romantic as the Left Bank. Ó The Wire Danny Norbury & Andrew Hargreaves We've been trying to get Danny to come and play a solo set ever since Static Caravan released his mini-album, Dusk, on mini-CD last year. It sold out rather quickly, and picked up some great reviews, which is no surprise: it's a stunning piece of work. Danny is heading out on tour with The Boats later this month and has enlisted the help of Boatman Andrew Hargreaves for this special set. Advance tickets here
Silver Apples on Orchard Street...	Jun 27 2008 2:52 PM SAT 28TH JUNE!!! MINDTRAIN THIS MONTH PROUDLY PRESENTS... BEHAR'S Inspiration comes from traditional Bosnian folk music (Sevdah) - often described as ‘The Balkan Blues’. Behar are a newly formed group in the North-West and aim to bring this amazing music to new audiences. their music is passionate, soulful and poetic with stories to tell through unusual rhythms and beautiful eastern harmonies. imagine Broadcast scoring the BBC ghost stories for christmas and you may be somewhere close to the splendour of DAVID A JAYCOCK... all the way from Rio de Janeiro JOHANNE RUSSELL brings sunshine psych folk and Tropicalia tapped directly into the Gal Costa / Secos e Molhados / Os Mutantes source! weather permitting we'll be having a barbecue early doors, CHEAP bevvies, tropicalia djs, nudie 70's czech flicks...all on your doorstep!! (if you live in west didsbury...)
Silver Apples on Orchard Street...	Jun 3 2008 1:39 PM THE FAMILY ELAN at the Art Of Tea, tuesday 10th june. dramatic, sensual, hypnotic & hauntingly beautiful devotional songs of autumn leaves and nights of fire and wine. Elan derives much inspiration from devotional and folk music traditions. The tanbur playing of the Kurdish Sufi mystic Ostad Elahi and Âshyq songs of the Azerbaijani sâz master Edalat Nasibov spring immediately to mind, alongside the rawer, more percussive sounds of the Yayla musicians of the Eastern Black Sea region – who fashion reed instruments from young pine saplings - like Hasan Yïldïrïm (who plays the violin like a drum) and Hayri Dev. The music of the Rebetes of early twentieth century Greece is an obvious benchmark, alongside more recent European folk revivalists like the Hungarian band Muzsikás. Other signposts might include the bouzouki inventions of Anne Briggs and the musical tapestries of the Incredible String Band. There is also a ‘pop’ sensibility lurking in there somewhere, though it is nigh on impossible to pin down in the conventional sense. The Family Elan is Chris Hladowski - bouzouki, vocals, guitar, baglamas, fiddle, gimbri, clarinet, thigh slapping, and an unknown Chinese Lute – and Hanna Tuulikki - metal flute, wooden flute, wooden recorder, plastic recorder, voice. Both players have been involved in critical groups such as A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Scatter, Nalle and One Ensemble, they release their debut album on Chicago’s Locust Records in late 2007.
Peterloo Massacre	May 23 2008 11:03 PM Thanks for the nice comment, I really like the songs the deep end and be. If you ever want to add some ideas to our musical mix I'd be interested to hear them. Paul
New Bohemia	May 22 2008 5:00 PM Hello Ade Stevenson Subdub&Exodus, New Bohemia, Vagabondz & The Doctors Orders have joined forces with Compost Records and the radio show Soulsearching to bring you an incredibly special weekend of music covering the best in Dubstep, reggae, hiphop, broken beat, drum & bass and dance-floor soul music on a setting taken straight from paradise. The festival site is in the gorgeous surroundings of Petrcane, close to Zadar, A fishing village on a peninsular where the Dalmation Coast meets The Adriatic Sea. For those in the know it will be recognised as the same sight that the Garden Festival is held. It has an outside Amphitheatre for live acts, a Beach Side Terrace for day & night time dancing and a 1000 capacity nightclub for the beats to go on right through the night. At this beautiful site you can swim in the glistening Adriatic, dance on the beach under the stars, join us aboard the swashbuckling Argonaut Boat Party, get your groove on to a Funktion 1 Soundsystem in a retro Studio 54 styled nightclub or relax beneath the pines along the forested coastline. Other acts confirmed include: Foreign Beggars Dj Chef/Chefal Bun Zero Ruckspin SMB INC & Medison Fliptrix Mc's Jila Andlar & Gusto + more to follow For the full line up, travel and accomadation and all other information please visit www. outlookfestival. com
MU	Apr 10 2008 5:10 PM Shaping up to be a wicked weekend at Djangos Riff next weekend! Cheggidout...
TWISTED WHEEL	Apr 5 2008 10:09 PM nice tunes man cheers for the addy drift its cool Jonny
Hannah Peel	Apr 3 2008 11:15 PM Hello! NYC was sooo amazing.did not want to come back in the slightest :-( will return soon I hope! Give you a buzz this weekend - sunday? han
Annalee	Mar 31 2008 3:51 AM I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. -Benjamin Franklin It is snowing here in the mountains of Utah! The winter just will not let go. Annalee
MU	Mar 31 2008 1:32 AM nice one for the add! Hope your can make our launch party on Sat!
Gavin Barras	Mar 16 2008 10:05 PM
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