Music: John Ashton – Satellite Paradiso
“A monstrous, swaggering wall of sound.” – Vive Le Rock (UK)
SATELLITE PARADISO is the new music project from John Ashton, formerly of The Psychedelic Furs (“Pretty in Pink,” “Love My Way”). Akin to his celebrated contemporaries, Johnny Marr, Will Sergeant and The Edge, Ashton is that rare breed of guitar player whom you can identify in a single note or chord.
The album features some 20 world class musicians, including bassists Sara Lee (Gang of Four, B-52s) and Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz); drummer Paul Ferguson (Killing Joke); guitarist Cheetah Chrome (Dead Boys, Rocket From the Tombs); Mercury Rev’s Anthony Molina and Jonathan Donahue; Flo & Eddie’s Mark Volman (The Turtles, Frank Zappa, T.Rex); and original Furs members Duncan Kilburn (sax) and Roger Morris (guitar, keys) – just to name a few.
Powerhouse vocalist Fred Schreck (The Ancients, Crush), bassist Robert Burke Warren (The Fleshtones) and drummer Frank Coleman (Jayne County, Bentmen) complete the core of the live band.
“SATELLITE PARADISO explores cosmological questions uniting science, nature, and temporality with a totalizing virtuosity. Distortion becomes a palpable electromagnetic field as Ashton embarks on a Dante-esque sonic journey through a rhythmic wormhole in space-time that leads somewhere between 1984 and a timeless utopian future.” – The Village Voice.
For fans of The Psychedelic Furs, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Cure, David Bowie, The Black Angels, Pink Floyd.
SATELLITE PARADISO
All Songs Written, Arranged, Engineered and Produced by John Ashton at Highwoods Recording Studios, Saugerties, NY. Invisible Arranged by John Ashton & Anthony Molina. Lyrics by Fred Schreck.
Mixed by Anthony Molina & John Ashton at White Light Recording Studios, Kingston, NY.
Mastered by Anthony Molina at White Light Recording Studios, Kingston, NY.
Satellite Paradiso logo by Dave Furneaux.
Album design by John Ashton with Frank Coleman.
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Invisible
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Samples, Loops
Gail Ann Dorsey – Bass
Jane Scarpantoni – Cello
Alexandra Cutler-Fetkewicz – Violin
Jonathan Donahue – Ambient Textures
Frank Coleman – Additional Drums
Dream
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Guitars, Keys & Samples
Frank Coleman – Drums
Gail Ann Dorsey – Bass
Roger Morris – Additional Guitar
Duncan Kilburn – Sax
Jo Quail – Cello
Jonathan Donahue – Subliminal Waves
Jen Gloeckner – Additional Guitar
Super Anti-Hero
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Guitars, Keys & Samples
Paul Ferguson – Drums
Sara Lee – Bass
Duncan Kilburn – Sax
Jo Quail – Cello
Mark Volman – Backing Vocals
Big Block
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Guitars, Keys & Samples
Paul Ferguson – Drums
Sara Lee – Bass
Duncan Kilburn – Sax
Jo Quail – Cello
Roger Morris – Additional Guitar & Keys
Frank Coleman – Piano
Still
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Guitars, Keys & Samples
Frank Coleman – Drums
Gail Ann Dorsey – Bass, Backing Vocals
Duncan Kilburn – Sax
Situation
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Guitars
Donny Yallech – Drums
Gail Ann Dorsey – Bass
Jen Gloeckner – Backing Vocals, Keys & Samples
Bad Blood
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Guitars
Frank Coleman – Drums
Sara Lee – Bass
Duncan Kilburn – Sax
Cheetah Chrome – Additional Guitar
Insomnia
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Guitars
BP Hurding – Drums
Sara Lee – Bass
Duncan Kilburn – Sax
Jen Gloeckner – Backing Vocals
Angelic
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Guitars
Paul Garisto – Drums
Sara Lee – Bass
Mars Williams – Sax
Amanda Kramer – Keys
Touch The Sky
Fred Schreck – Vocals
John Ashton – Guitars, Samples, Loops
Frank Coleman – Drums, Tablas, Piano
Gail Ann Dorsey – Bass
Duncan Kilburn – Sax
Jo Quail – Cello
Roger Morris – Additional Guitar
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All songs (c) 2014 Interstellar Sound PRS
Original Sound Recording (p) 2014 Super Anti Hero
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