Cloud to Ground marks former Zeppelin member's first album in collaboration with Norwegian ambient musician Helge Sten
Minibus Pimps, the musical coupling of Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Norwegian ambient musician Helge Sten, are set to release their debut album, Cloud to Ground. Due out on 3 March via Norwegian label SusannaSonata, the seven-track record marks the duo's debut release since they first started playing live together in 2011.
Cloud to Ground incorporates sounds generated by Kyma, a computer-based sound-design system that mutates organic instrument recordings. It was the same system that sound designer Ben Burtt used to create lonely robot Wall-E's voice in the 2008 CGI Pixar film and informs the album's electronic explorations of noise and rhythm. The new release will also feature tracks that were recorded during Minibus Pimps' live performances that have taken place in venues from Denmark to Norway to London. Sten, a prolific producer who has released music with Supersilent and under moniker Deathprod, said the album "contains composed and improvisational elements on an equal scale".
The duo, who lifted their name from a Chinese experimental track by Beijing Sound Unit, is Paul Jones's latest collaborative project. It follows Them Crooked Vultures, the supergroup formed in 2009 that includes Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.
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by Tshepo Mokoena via Music: Electronic music | theguardian.com
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