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(Art of Life AL1054-2)Digital Downloads | About the Music | Producers Notes | Selected Quotations
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Art of Life Records offers two options for purchasing digital downloads of our recordings via our web site.
You can purchase WAV or FLAC digital download audio files encoded at 44.1kHz/16-bit (CD Quality). WAV or FLAC Digital Download $9.99About the Music {top}
Art of Life Records is proud to present "Recalled to Life - Chapter Two", the follow-up release to Steve’s 2016 debut recording, “Recalled to Life - Chapter One” (Art of Life AL1046-2).
Steve was a member of the British group 'Igginbottom which recorded the album "Igginbottoms Wrench" in 1969 which also included guitarist Allan Holdsworth. "Recalled to Life - Chapter Two" is a continuation of the music that
appeared on “Recalled to Life - Chapter One” and includes fourteen original compositions by Steve. Three of the songs on “Recalled to Life - Chapter Two” originally appeared on
“Recalled to Life - Chapter One” and are included here as alternate versions featuring different musicians. Also included on the album are three previously unreleased bonus tracks
that feature Steve’s compositions written for strings and string quartet. The album features Pat Schroeder on drums, Dave Bryant on drums, Steve Zerlin on electric & acoustic bass, Denny Lalouette on electric bass
and Avzal Ismail on keyboards. Recorded at various locations in South Africa, India, United Kingdom and the U.S.A. All tracks mixed and mastered by Paul G. Kohler at Art of Life Studios in Charleston, South Carolina in
2015, 2016 & 2021. Producers Notes {top}
In October 2020 Steve and I had made plans to resume working on his second album of material at the end of January 2021. Sadly, Steve passed away on December 30th, 2020 in South Africa. Fortunately, most of the tracks for all
of the songs had already been recorded back in 2015 and 2016 by all of the musicians except for one bass track and one drum track for two songs. During that time I worked closely with Steve to create rough mixes of most of
the songs on “Recalled to Life - Chapter Two”. I had also saved all of the email exchanges between Steve and myself, over 3,000 messages, and was able to go back through all of the emails and take notes so I knew exactly how
Steve wanted each song to be mixed. Selected Quotations {top}"I just love these songs/recordings. You really did his talent justice. Sure, there’s a Holdsworthy appeal to his music but they are very different. I love all the different chords, chord melodies or just unusual melodies. “Week 31” got stuck in my head for a week, unabated. I think his guitar lines are very lyrical. Just very natural despite being so different to what’s out there. Not forced, not superficial, just Steve. This is a great album." - Wind O’Neal
"Steve Robinson co-founded 'Igginbottom with Allan Holdsworth. This early jazz pop band released its only album in 1969 with "Igginbottom's Wrench", but that didn't stop the two guitarists from staying in touch in the years that
followed. This resulted, among other things, in the co-written "Out from Under", which appeared on Holdsworth's I.O.U. album. Robinson moved to South Africa and although he remained active in the music world, it was only in 2016,
at the age of 67, that he made his first record under his own name, entitled "Recalled To Life – Chapter One" (See iO Pages, Issue Number iO141). As the title of this melodic jazz rock record already suggested, there was at least a second
part in the pipeline. Art of Life Records producer Paul G. Kohler and Robinson exchanged countless ideas, while the latter had already recorded enough material for a new record. Sadly, the guitarist passed away on December 30, 2020.
Kohler, however, continued to believe in the project, and as a tribute he recently published "Recalled To Life – Chapter Two". Among the eleven compositions are three alternative versions of songs from the first album, in which
Robinson was partly accompanied by other musicians. The mentioned "Out from Under" is one of them. These tracks are interspersed with the modest, cut in three, "Safely out of the Country - Parts 4, 5 & 6", which is dominated by the
fingerpicking technique. The five completely new pieces can be described as symphonic jazz rock, fusion with furious drumming and moving guitar ballads. Finally, the label boss gives a picture of Robinson's plans to write music
for a string quartet. The musician had already worked out compositions via MIDI, three of which were added as bonus tracks. The album thus acquired the same classical coda as, for example, Frank Wyatt's Zeitgeist.
The album artwork contains nostalgic photo material and backgrounds to the songs written by Robinson himself." | ||
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