Multi-instrumentalist and composer Luke Stone has been an active member of the Kansas City/Lawrence music scene for over 15 years. Luke's inherent love for music started with a musical family -his grandfather attended Juilliard, his grandmother is a professional pianist, and his mother sung with both the Kansas City Lyric Opera and Kansas City Chorale. At age 13, he started playing his mom's guitar, and shortly after began playing the drum set, influenced by his peers and bands such as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Phish, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, and many more. In addition to performing, Luke is also a competent recording engineer. Since 2003, he has self-produced and engineered four solo CD's of all original compositions. The Rock, funky-fusion sound of his CD’s feature Luke's playing on all the instruments with the exception of saxophone, and some keyboard and guitar leads © 2012 Cosmopolitics http://cosmopolitics.net/?section=news
Influenced by artists that include Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Phish, Genesis, Herbie Hancock, and Steely Dan, Kansas’ multi - instrumentalist and very underrated musician Luke Stone has released four solo albums and two albums with Cosmopolitics. “Elaborate Mess” is a mix of funk, progressive fusion, and jazz rock of the highest calibre. Luke is one of the most unconventional and unorthodox musicians you will ever hear and with his original eclectic music he has been pushing the boundaries of progressive rock and creating wonderful and original music for years now without due credit. “Elaborate Mess” is a great album which is VHR by A.O.O.F.C. Luke credits the one and only Britney Spears as improving his drum playing in a very unlikely way! Check out his great “Science Friction” album on this blog. Listen to his “Somethin's Gotta Give” album and Cosmopolitics “Mental Hygiene” album. Support real music [All tracks @ 320 Kbps: File size = 114 Mb]
TRACKS
1. Dandiego (05:48)
2. Viking Girlfriend (04:39)
3. Minor Organ Donation (05:58)
4. Stumble Around (05:45)
5. Time is Money (07:01)
6. Robot Picnic (04:15)
7. Silent Cid (09:26)
8. The Syndrome (06:20)
All tracks composed by Luke Stone except drum part for "Silent Cid" composed by Matt Gader
MUSICIANS
Luke Stone - Hammond B3, Various other instruments, Voices
Brian Baggett - Guitar on Tracks 1, 2, 4 & 8
Eric Levy - Fender Rhodes tracks 3 & 4
Todd Wilkenson - Saxophones on Tracks 2, 3, & 7
Jesse Malloy - Tenor Saxophone on Tracks 4 & 6
BIO
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Luke Stone has been an active member of the Kansas City/Lawrence music scene for over 15 years. Luke's inherent love for music started with a musical family -- his grandfather attended Juilliard, his grandmother is a professional pianist, and his mother sang with both the Kansas City Lyric Opera and Kansas City Chorale. At age 13, he started playing his mom's guitar, and shortly after began playing the drum set, influenced by his peers and bands such as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Phish, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, and many more. In high school, Luke studied the drums with Doug Auwarter and played percussion with the marching, symphonic, and jazz bands, later earning a college music scholarship to St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1998, eager to put his academic studies to use, Luke moved to Lawrence, Kansas to pursue music. By collaborating with other musicians Luke's first band Space Pocket was formed, which has since found a receptive audience and embarked on small regional tours. With Space Pocket, Luke has shared the stage with many prominent musicians, including Widespread Panic, Jazz Mandolin Project, Karl Denson, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, and others. Currently, Luke is touring and playing locally with a band called Cosmopolitics. This band could be described as heavily composed progressive rock with a lot of improvisation. In this band you can hear some of Luke's compositions played live, as well as compositions written by the other musicians in the band. In addition to performing, Luke is also a competent recording engineer. Since 2003, he has self-produced and engineered four solo CD's of all original compositions. The Rock, funky-fusion sound of his CD’s feature Luke playing all of the instruments with the exception of saxophone, and some keyboard and guitar leads. © Luke Stone 2005-2011
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