cat #: open 04
artist: benguela
title: sui

a double album of 6 live tracks and a disc of remixes. this improvising trio create bowed, scraped, looped & warped soundscapes over which they develop ever intensifying grooves.

TRACKS: sui (cd 1)
1. southern right - mp3
2. the shunt dynamo - mp3
3. speed queen
4. beating round the bush - mp3
5. six strings and a bucket
6. chewing the cud

TRACKS:chop sui (cd 2)
1. felix laband - (beating round the bush remix)
2. burnt friedman & the new dub players - (southern right dub remix) - mp3
3. brad bird - (southern right 10'C mix) - mp3
4. djopperman - (the shunt dynamo cape l'agulhas mix)
5. dror eyal - (southern right bio config no.1 mix)
6. paul riekert - (chewing the cud he she it mix)
7. cocktail weightless - (southern right remix) - mp3
8. rovertman & st. david - (six strings and a bucket remix) *
9. captain asthma - (breakbeat remix) *
10. goodmorningboy - (beating round the bush nightdress mix)
11. captain asthma - (paper weight amb end mix)
12. james webb - (chewing the cud remix)

* - it seems we managed to get the listing of track's 8 + 9 on the 'chop sui' side of the benguela album wrong - track 8 should be rovertman and 9 should be captain asthma - huge apologies to both - we will correct the mistake by the second pressing. how embarrassing.

the 6 original live tracks were recorded in front of 30 friends (and later mixed) at sui studios, cape town on 08/02/02 by dirk hugo assisted by ramon dasilva. the set was completely improvised, and is presented as it happened with only a couple of small edits on tracks 5 and 6.
mastered by dave maclean and dirk hugo at maclean mastering
cover painting by charisse gardiner
design by roxanne spears

brydon bolton - electric upright bass
alex bozas - guitar & swivel chair
ross campbell - drums

remix by burnt friedman & the nu dub players: bernie the bolt: drums, andrew uren: bass clarinet, ian perry: bass trombone, charles mcinnes: bass trombone, timothy sutton: bass trombone, daniel schršter: bass guitar, josef suchy: electric guitar, b. friedman: kalimba, harmonica, keys, fx. drum samples used with kind permission of robert nacken, cologne. trombones 1,2 recorded by byron at mousse mastering in melbourne, december 2001. trombones 3 and bass clarinet recorded by b. friedman in auckland, january 2002. remix produced, guitars edited by b. friedman in cologne, january 2003. special thanks to david franzke, melbourne / jim gardener, auckland and drums of chaos, cologne. andrew uren and tim sutton appear by courtesy of 175 east, new zealand.

djopperman - cape l'agulhas where two oceans meet mix
acoustic guitar: michael hayward. gongs / tibetan singing bowl: john alissandri. djembe / piano / additional electric guitar / sound recording / drum programming / synths / production: heinz du toit, computer support: animatica (www.animatica.co.za)

PRESS QUOTES:
"a double album of rhythmic rebelliousness that scratches and jitters its way across your consciousness, combining the off-the-cuff improvisational textures of jazz with scintillating layers of fuzzy guitar, deep bass and metronomic percussion. it’s the most darkly atmospheric release of last year and this writer’s pick for album of 2003." - jon craig canavan - this day 16/01/04

alex van heerden
benguela
brendon bussy
enkeleen
derek gripper
felix laband

sir name
james webb
adam lieber
blackmilk