Themes for Falling Down Stairs is the debut instrumental album by Douglas Lee. Produced by Michael Rozon (Ministry) and Lee, it's an aural treat that takes the listener to a remote place in their imagination. Sounding like a mash-up of Nino Rota, Angelo Badalamenti, Miklos Rozsa and Carl Stalling, Themes is equal parts 40s Film Noir soundtrack, Romani gypsy music, Shibuya-Kei Japanese pop and 30s Shanghai cabaret. With postmodern arrangements incorporating electro-acoustic sounding devices and various exotic instruments to produce rich soundscapes, Themes for Falling Down Stairs creates an aural place which can be visited distinctly separate in time and space from the location of the listener. An audible cognitive illusion of a euphoric destination, rich with detail and immersive imagery. It's like nothing you have ever heard before.
credits
released October 23, 2020
Produced by Michael Rozon and Douglas Lee
All selections written and arranged by Douglas Lee (except "Jasmine Hover Blossom" written by Douglas Lee and Paul Pate)
Featuring:
Douglas Lee - musical glasses, guitar, koto, shamisen, organ, analog synthesizers, melodica, marimba, electric vibraphone, jaw-harps, tuned gongs and chimes, aprés baschet sound sculpture, suikinkutsu, vinyl manipulation, noise and soundscapes
Scott Doherty - rhodes piano
Sarah Kramer - trumpet
Heather Lockie - violin
Paul Pate - clarinets, saxophones and flutes
Robert Petersen - double bass
Danny Ursetti - drums
Danny Gomes - koto on “Jasmine Hover Blossom”
Deacon Marrquin - drums on “Evening Stars Of Cyrangoon”, “Montgomery’s Trek” and “Jasmine Hover Blossom”
Mike Penny - shamisen on “Lucky Money Music”
Artwork and cover design by Mary E. Pagone
Douglas Lee is an accomplished performer, composer and sound artist based in Los Angeles, California. A multi-disciplinary artist primarily inquiring the world through the sounding arts.
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