MARIZANE “Stage One”
2003（VIBRO-PHONIC） ￥1,100(taxin)
David Bowieがボーカルで演奏がQueen、そんな笑っちゃうくらい完璧なバンド（※でも彼らが実際にコラボしたUnder Pressureという曲の頃の80'Sサウンドとは違います）。クラシカルな美しいピアノや、ここぞというところでBrian Mayばりのギターソロが炸裂する徹底ブリ。実際に本作にはDavid Bowieのプロデューサー、Tony Viscontiも参加。さらにはBlian WilsonバンドのDarian Sahanaja そして、盟友WondermintsのProbyn Gregoryあたりもゲストミュージシャンとして名を連ねている。尋常じゃない探求心がこのポップ・パラレルワールドを生み出している原動力となっているのだろう。
Track Lisiting:
1 Of the Alien Christ (03:41)
2 Devil's Address (03:57)
3 Preternatural Baby (03:43)
4 Libertine (02:54)
5 Sad Foolish Robot (04:00)
MEMBER
Todd Jaeger
Debbie Shair
Jeff Kluesner
Jim Laspesa
SITE
OFFICIAL: www.chrismurphy.net.au/
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/chrismurphy
BIOGRAPHY
You have to go back to 1992 to get the full story. Debbie Shair (keyboards) was shocked to discover Todd Jaeger (vocals, bass, guitars, and theremin) huddled in the corner of his parents garage in Los Angeles; not so much shocked by the fact that he was recording in the garage, or that he was in fact huddled, but more importantly due to the fact that the incredible music he was creating was hidden from the rest of the world.
Forming Marizane, the pair gained the attention of Tony Visconti, famed producer of albums by T.Rex, Badfinger, Procol Harum, and you guessed it, David Bowie (albeit pre- and post-Ziggy). Working with Visconti, the pair moved to New York, played shows and assembled a collection of tracks and then moved back to L.A. in 1996, added guitarist/drummer Jeff Kluesner, and prepared to release Marizane's debut album, Hypercube Sideshow.
Unfortunately, the release was canned when Shair sustained an injury that prevented her from playing keys, and those songs only saw the light of day when Marizane released a limited-run of Songs from the Hypercube Sideshow in 2001.
Skip ahead a couple of years, and Marizane is back to make a proper debut. Following the recording of a song for the Mayor of the Sunset Strip soundtrack Marizane culled three Visconti-produced tracks from the Hypercube Sideshow sessions, along with two more recent tracks (which included guest musicians Darian Sahanaja and Probyn Gregory of the Wondermints) for their 2003 EP release Stage One.
A few more years later and now Marizane is ready to release a full length CD entitled Cosmosis that will feature many surprise guests, explore strange lands from the deep jungles of the Pacific islands to the Promontory flats of distant times, and provide clues to the location of the ultimate hidden treasure. All aboard.....
