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MMFSOG
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From the 2002 album, Not Dancing For Chicken, remastered in 2012.
@MikeKSmith - Live looping is treacherous. I’ve seen Steve cock this up more than once. The feet dance. Left turn at the lights and straight on till morning.
@DancingMonk - Perhaps we can play this on the bus to encourage a more relaxed journey. Oh it's a wonderful world.
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From the 2006 album Behind Every Word.
@MikeKSmith - A slow builder. Expansive. Steve’s music is a reaction or commentary on life, issues, politics etc. This says “optimism + realism” to me.
@DancingMonk - A beautiful example of how to build layers of increasing complexity & beauty over a simple foundation
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Shizzle
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Me, Myself And I
06:49
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From the 2006 album Behind Every Word
@MikeKSmith - The darker side of “Shizzle”. Brooding and tense, this takes the funk and turns it back on itself, oppressive. Searing.
@DancingMonk - Paddling like mad while presenting a calm face to the world
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No More Us And Them
05:47
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From the 2002 album, Not Dancing For Chicken, remixed in 2012
@MikeKSmith - Back towards the light, the contemplative, wistful side of Steve’s playing. Celebrating diversity and unity instead of divisiveness.
@DancingMonk - Calm, contemplative and reflective with just enough movement to stop you falling asleep
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From the album Grace And Gratitude (remastered 2019)
@MikeKSmith - What do you have to be grateful for? You get what you deserve. Or sometimes you don’t. And that’s a good thing.
@DancingMonk - Sinuous tangles through languid pools
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From the 2009 album Live So Far
@MikeKSmith - Live looping is treacherous. I’ve seen Steve cock this up more than once. The feet dance. Left turn at the lights and straight on till morning.
@DancingMonk - Perhaps we can play this on the bus to encourage a more relaxed journey. Oh it's a wonderful world.
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Virtue Of The Small
06:01
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From the 2000 album, And Nothing But The Bass
@MikeKSmith - This early track set out Steve’s stall for me. 20 years on, good things can still come in small packages. What promise! As Peel might have said “Fades out suddenly”
@DancingMonk - the Bass is really just a tenor guitar & you can do so much more with it - yay for the Bass
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Small Marvels
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From the 2011 album 11 Reasons Why 3 Is Greater Than Everything
@MikeKSmith - Small is marvelous here as well. All the usual adjectives apply, but add space and time to reflect. Don’t rush it.
@DancingMonk - simply & steadily driving to your destination (the autocorrect suggested Destiny)
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Jimmy James
06:13
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From the 2006 album, Behind Every Word
@MikeKSmith - This tune made me cry. A tender tribute to a friend lost. A simple melody wrapped in the ghosts of half-remembered stories.
@DancingMonk - ooh soundscapes, delicious noodles & a drop dead gorgeous tune
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The Creative (Ch'ien)
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From the 2012 album Believe In Peace
@MikeKSmith - Energy, motion, durability, perseverance. This track takes us on a journey of metamorphosis - from things we expect to the unknown. And on.
@DancingMonk - .... and relax
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