Mysteryfunk

Limited edition, vinyl-only debut from tripped-out trio Garage A Trois.

The way out sounds on this disc sprouted from late night fishing expeditions while recording Stanton Moore's solo album All Kooked Out. The co-conspirators:

Stanton Moore (drums & percussion),

Charlie Hunter (eight string guitar and talkbox),

Skerik (saxophonics, keyboards and fx)

So powerful was this meeting of these three (together for the first time ever, on this session) that in three days they not only polished off one bad-ass album, but had enough mojo in reserve for a totally different concept: an all-live, dubbed-out trio, playing club-ready but sample-free grooves. Well aware of the numerological as well as artistic synchronicity, we called it... Garage A Trois.

Despite the eclectronic atmosphere of this record, everything was improvised on the spot and recorded entirely live (with no overdubs, no headphones, and no samples). And despite the presence of drums, bass, guitar, saxophonics, keys, and lots of dubbed out effects, every funky sound was laid down in real time by just three musicians - a feat made possible not by elaborate planning but by the multi-instrumentalist skill of each conspirator in this fearsome threesome.

The results sounded at once like the future and the past, and really deserved the kind of "in the present" artwork that they are wrapped in: a hand printed, limited edition album cover. Back to the new school!

The album artwork is hand-letterpress printed, making each numbered album cover extra groovy - and ensuring that no two are exactly alike.