Ella Fitzgerald, Howlin Wolf, Son House, Lightnin Hopkins, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, Phil Spectors wall of sound, deep soul, the late great storyteller Spalding Grey, the upper reaches of the Macleay Valley and its floodplains, a couple of those great local country pickers back there and a horse I once rode up Temagog way called Trident.
Also, the book "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" written by a 23 year old woman in 1940 whose name evades me at the moment, Mohommad Ali, Steinbecks "Cannery Row" and Greek Rebetiko music about smoking hash and dancing on tables or around graves. Not to mention the music of the Rroma and the Balkans, and I really like old cars on dirt roads and surfing good waves is probably the most important thing Ive ever learnt to do in my life. And last but not least the lads I play with and my family Lotte, Joey and Zsa.
NEW ALBUM "THE JUNCTION OF THE TWO RIVERS" DUE OUT IN OCTOBER 2008!!!
CHECK THE SONGS OUT HERE FIRST! WE'VE JUST UPLOADED SOME!!
Lying somewhere between singer-songwriter folk, alternative country, cabaret style blues and sweetly executed experimental/electro pop, the Big Low sound is a refreshing journey down roads less travelled with some surprising detours into unexpected terrain.
PRESS QUOTES:
"The whole thing is a wonderful amalgam, where there is as much room for Kurt Weill and Tom Waits as there is for the Australian Outback"
Rotterdamse Daglad, the Netherlands 2005
"A wondeful mix of primal Americana sounds, peppered with European folklore and accentuated bu the use of rarities such as the singing saw, velofoon and turkish darbuka"
Volkskrant, the Netherlands, 2006
"The only act that managed to give us the feeling we were witnessing something special was BIG LOW - jimi hendrix jams with some berbers under the shadows of Uluru"
Live festival review, Belgium 2005.
DISCOGRAPHY:
2002 Ghost Hunt Migration
2005 No Tears in Paradise
2006 Ti Tree Bush Mix EP
2008 The Junction of the Two Rivers.
For more information contact info@smokedrecordings.com.
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Ik was een beetje afwezig hier de laatste tijd, zo druk met opnames van de nieuwe EP. Maar ik ben er weer, alles goed?
We moeten nu wachten op de eindmix van de nummers, maar ik heb toch alvast een ongemixt nummer online gezet om alvast te laten beluisteren of onze nieuwe stijl wel bevalt...
Mocht je nou gewoon een keer willen zien hoe we live zijn...
Jullie MAKEN geen muziek, jullie ZIJN de muziek! Wat een passie en wat een intensiteit! Fantastisch gisteren in de Groene Engel. En met de A50, dat gaat goed komen.
Thanks for the music lads,each album brings to my ears what 6 feet offshore perfect waves on a crisp morning brings to my senses,or what foie gras and a good bottle of sautern watching the sunset brings to my palete...pure joy...Thank you.
Hey Dan ,I despretly need to get a hold of the new album,ill make you a shooter for the right thats guna break off the studio when the ice melts,promise...cheers
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