The idea was to get a few great players together (Marcus Satchell – Bass, Scott Lambie -Drums, Sam Keevers – Keyboards) to join me for a recording session and just see what happens. We recorded mostly one-takers in a 4-hour period at Charlie Horse Studios (Phillip Island Australia). It quickly became obvious to me that this particular combination of musicians had a very special sensitivity when it came to interpreting these songs… the seeds had been sown.

Next, we flew in Kintsho Tshabalala from South Africa (percussion and bass) especially for the session. He immediately picked up on our vibe and began to weave his magic throughout the whole album. We were equally as blessed to have the opportunity to work with one of Australia’s most in-demand session singers, the brilliant and gorgeous Susie Ahern.

Through Kintsho we were introduced to Don Nadi. Don came in at a post-production stage and was responsible for programming extra percussion, keyboards, mixing, mastering, and co-producing the album. The great George Butrumlis (piano accordion) beautifully captured the loneliness in ‘Sailor’. Zenzile Tshabalala (Vocals) brought a piece of Africa to ‘More’ and Cosi (Paul McAuslan) brought along his cool self, his sax and his Jack Daniels.

This project wouldn’t have been possible without AgentKAOS (Jack Curphey, who not only executive produced the making of this album but was a constant and unrelenting force of nature in all matters, technical, musical, and spiritual. I added my bits, guitar, and vocals and this is what we came up with.

Simon Curphey, 2013

Words & Music by: Simon Curphey except 'Message' Lyrics: Simon Curphey & Dinny O'Brien (track 3)

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