Zopp - Canterbury Scene

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New Canterbury Scene band from Nottingham UK, FFO Egg, National Health.
This was announced today on Bad Elephant Music's social media- album release date April 2020.

Zopp is the brainchild of composer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Stevenson, with collaborations from Andy Tillison (The Tangent) and drummer Andrea Moneta (Leviathan). 

Zopp came to fruition in around 2010, born out of Ryan’s excursions into the Canterbury progressive rock scene of the 60s and 70s. As the music developed, Zopp has absorbed more influences, such as Stravinsky and Steve Reich as well as dabbling into the realm of ambient music. The sound is based upon vintage fuzz organ sounds that weave with complex time signature changes, and on catchy melodies, with ambient keyboard interludes to charm and relax the listener with its beguiling fusion.

"A decade in the making..." says Ryan. "I set out with the intention to bring the 70's Canterbury Scene sound into the 21st century by fusing it with ambient, jazz and classical elements, all while maintaining integrity by using the same instruments and sounds that were used on the classic albums. Egg, National Health, Hatfield and The North and Stravinsky were all massive inspirations. I've been lucky to work with a number of very talented musicians during the recording process of Zopp namely Andrea Moneta, Theo Travis and Andy Tillison."

Andy Tillison's review of the debut record below- taken from The Tangent's Facebook page 

'Musically the debut album is like a large format excursion into some of my fave musical territories. The word CANTERBURY is written in Hollywood Size writing on the hillside... yet this is its own beast. The scale of it is almost orchestral (although it isn't orchestral at all) It's full on electric music, stuffed full of glorious fuzz organs, old clanky pianets, groaning Mellotrons and the occasional synthesiser. It channels Stravinsky, Egg, Hatfield and The North, Anglagaard, the occasional shade of Ambient with massed instrumentation in what to me has become one of the best largely instrumental prog related albums I have heard in a very long time.'

I will message HolyMoly now with samples from the debut record (private stream). Currently there are no public tracks available until pre-order developments. 

Like the band below on Facebook and follow on bandcamp >>

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Zopp Bandcamp

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IGNEO1991 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 08 2009 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 122	Post Options Post Reply Quote IGNEO1991 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Zopp - Canterbury Scene Posted: January 27 2020 at 12:59
	New Canterbury Scene band from Nottingham UK, FFO Egg, National Health. This was announced today on Bad Elephant Music's social media- album release date April 2020. Zopp is the brainchild of composer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Stevenson, with collaborations from Andy Tillison (The Tangent) and drummer Andrea Moneta (Leviathan). Zopp came to fruition in around 2010, born out of Ryan’s excursions into the Canterbury progressive rock scene of the 60s and 70s. As the music developed, Zopp has absorbed more influences, such as Stravinsky and Steve Reich as well as dabbling into the realm of ambient music. The sound is based upon vintage fuzz organ sounds that weave with complex time signature changes, and on catchy melodies, with ambient keyboard interludes to charm and relax the listener with its beguiling fusion. "A decade in the making..." says Ryan. "I set out with the intention to bring the 70's Canterbury Scene sound into the 21st century by fusing it with ambient, jazz and classical elements, all while maintaining integrity by using the same instruments and sounds that were used on the classic albums. Egg, National Health, Hatfield and The North and Stravinsky were all massive inspirations. I've been lucky to work with a number of very talented musicians during the recording process of Zopp namely Andrea Moneta, Theo Travis and Andy Tillison." Andy Tillison's review of the debut record below- taken from The Tangent's Facebook page 'Musically the debut album is like a large format excursion into some of my fave musical territories. The word CANTERBURY is written in Hollywood Size writing on the hillside... yet this is its own beast. The scale of it is almost orchestral (although it isn't orchestral at all) It's full on electric music, stuffed full of glorious fuzz organs, old clanky pianets, groaning Mellotrons and the occasional synthesiser. It channels Stravinsky, Egg, Hatfield and The North, Anglagaard, the occasional shade of Ambient with massed instrumentation in what to me has become one of the best largely instrumental prog related albums I have heard in a very long time.' I will message HolyMoly now with samples from the debut record (private stream). Currently there are no public tracks available until pre-order developments. Like the band below on Facebook and follow on bandcamp >> Zopp Facebook Zopp Bandcamp

Rivertree Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Band Submissions Joined: March 22 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 17573	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rivertree Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: January 27 2020 at 14:23
	promising read


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	Got your message and replied - thanks for your submission! Per my PM, I’m not involved with the genre teams anymore, but I alerted the team to your request and linked them to this thread.
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IGNEO1991 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 08 2009 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 122	Post Options Post Reply Quote IGNEO1991 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 29 2020 at 03:55
	Excellent! Thanks Steve! Looking forward to hearing from the team.

siLLy puPPy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator PSIKE, JRF/Canterbury, P Metal, Eclectic Joined: October 05 2013 Location: SFcaUsA Status: Offline Points: 14721	Post Options Post Reply Quote siLLy puPPy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 30 2020 at 08:12
	There is no music available. Might be advisable to not suggest an artist until they actually release the material. The Bandcamp page is completely blank for example. Re-suggest this once the album is released
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