1) Memphis-based musician Alec West (Another Green World) has been creating solo music since 2007. He is Influenced by 80s new wave, synthpop, and shoegaze. Another Green World hosts a warm tape-saturated sound with playful guitars, drum machines and synthesizers with distant and soft, dream-like vocals.
2) British band Another Green World have been recording and performing the most chilled, festival friendly soundscapes since 1984. Featuring ethereal keyboard wizard Paul Chousmer and psychonaut saxophonist Dan ‘Spannerman’ Carpenter. Between them producing an eclectic blend of electronica, woodwind and percussion, with melodies strongly influenced by the likes of Erik Satie, Holger Czukay, the Klezmer tradition and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. They came together for their first performance, an extended 4 hour improvisation, in Chislehurst caves, in 1984 (on a psychedelic mystery trip organised by Christian Paris of London underground club Alice in Wonderland).
In the years since their formation they have witnessed the birth of Club Dog, played live parachute sets at Whirl-Y-Gig, appeared at Megadog, The Big Chill and Return To The Source, became stalwarts of the festival scene, appearing regularly at WOMAD, Phoenix and Guildford festivals, also the early Glastonbury festivals, and a host of free festies and benefit gigs - anyone remember the Blue House in Hackney? - recent performances include …SOLFEST in Cumbria and ‘Faery Fest’ in Cornwall.
AGW contributed to a wealth of compilation albums in the UK and USA, including several Planet Dog, Return To The Source and Whirl-Y-Gig releases. In 1996, Another Green World joined Magick Eye Records and released the CD ‘Invisible Landscape’, Paul and Dan have worked with a host of artists over the years ~ recorded with Ricky Gervaise ~ toured endlessly with Webcore, not to mention ‘Ring of Roses’, ‘Earth Nicht’ and ‘Spannerman’. Together they toured with Circus Archaos and The Thunderdogs across Europe and Scandinavia in 1991-2. Dan has appeared with Jamiroquai ~ and toured in Australia with his own performance band ‘Spannerman’ ~ Is currently running a new Jazz-Punk Big Band ‘Spanner Jazz Punks’.
Paul managed, and played keyboards with, Webcore, facilitating several releases through Jungle records ~ Recorded and toured with Fields of the Nephilim 1989 - 91 ~ Produced Nitzer Ebb’s first recording ~ Appears regularly on Astralasia recordings and performances ~ Founder of Zuvuya, including recording a Peel radio 1 session in 1994, and producing the Terence McKenna album Dream Matrix Telemetry ~ Collaborated with Jake Stephenson (of Optic Eye - until Jake’s sudden and sad passing in 2005) ~ Features on the recent Judy Dyble albums ‘Spindle’ (check out …’See Emily Play’) and ‘The Whorl’~ Toured with Ozric Tentacles in europe in 2006. Paul lives and works in the dark wilds of Somerset, conjuring up new cinematographic soundscapes in his studio there ~ featuring Bass Clarinet, Bells and Electronica, ready for the more chilled spaces at festivals this summer ~ very spacy.
2) British band Another Green World have been recording and performing the most chilled, festival friendly soundscapes since 1984. Featuring ethereal keyboard wizard Paul Chousmer and psychonaut saxophonist Dan ‘Spannerman’ Carpenter. Between them producing an eclectic blend of electronica, woodwind and percussion, with melodies strongly influenced by the likes of Erik Satie, Holger Czukay, the Klezmer tradition and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. They came together for their first performance, an extended 4 hour improvisation, in Chislehurst caves, in 1984 (on a psychedelic mystery trip organised by Christian Paris of London underground club Alice in Wonderland).
In the years since their formation they have witnessed the birth of Club Dog, played live parachute sets at Whirl-Y-Gig, appeared at Megadog, The Big Chill and Return To The Source, became stalwarts of the festival scene, appearing regularly at WOMAD, Phoenix and Guildford festivals, also the early Glastonbury festivals, and a host of free festies and benefit gigs - anyone remember the Blue House in Hackney? - recent performances include …SOLFEST in Cumbria and ‘Faery Fest’ in Cornwall.
AGW contributed to a wealth of compilation albums in the UK and USA, including several Planet Dog, Return To The Source and Whirl-Y-Gig releases. In 1996, Another Green World joined Magick Eye Records and released the CD ‘Invisible Landscape’, Paul and Dan have worked with a host of artists over the years ~ recorded with Ricky Gervaise ~ toured endlessly with Webcore, not to mention ‘Ring of Roses’, ‘Earth Nicht’ and ‘Spannerman’. Together they toured with Circus Archaos and The Thunderdogs across Europe and Scandinavia in 1991-2. Dan has appeared with Jamiroquai ~ and toured in Australia with his own performance band ‘Spannerman’ ~ Is currently running a new Jazz-Punk Big Band ‘Spanner Jazz Punks’.
Paul managed, and played keyboards with, Webcore, facilitating several releases through Jungle records ~ Recorded and toured with Fields of the Nephilim 1989 - 91 ~ Produced Nitzer Ebb’s first recording ~ Appears regularly on Astralasia recordings and performances ~ Founder of Zuvuya, including recording a Peel radio 1 session in 1994, and producing the Terence McKenna album Dream Matrix Telemetry ~ Collaborated with Jake Stephenson (of Optic Eye - until Jake’s sudden and sad passing in 2005) ~ Features on the recent Judy Dyble albums ‘Spindle’ (check out …’See Emily Play’) and ‘The Whorl’~ Toured with Ozric Tentacles in europe in 2006. Paul lives and works in the dark wilds of Somerset, conjuring up new cinematographic soundscapes in his studio there ~ featuring Bass Clarinet, Bells and Electronica, ready for the more chilled spaces at festivals this summer ~ very spacy.
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