Those global proponents of wacky deep space euphoria are back! Grey Area, after a short hiatus, have returned to the studio to get busy on another full-length album! When asked which musicians they would like to use for the initial sessions... Grey Area made a wish list... J.S Bach for his inventive arpeggios, Hendrix for his florid sonic manipulations, John Bonham for his sheer percussive brilliance and Karen Carpenter for her haunting vocals (and nutritional knowledge). When told these artists were all dead, Grey Area went into shock... they were out of touch, and would have to produce the album themselves! But the band aren't strangers to going it alone, long hours in the studio have hardened them to solitude, resulting in three albums... "Grey Area" 1997, "Absolute" 1999 & "Penumbra" 2002, and a recent retrospective of their work "And Then The Clouds" 2005, which also included some rare and unreleased material, the band has also been released on countless compilations.
When not recording, Grey Area is in demand playing festivals around the globe. Moving audiences with their funky, bass heavy, melodic atmospherica; they have performed at some of the planets most important gatherings. However Front man and spokesman Alex Salter is currently enjoying a break from gigging, he is recovering from a case of "DJ's Brow" contracted in 2004 when concentrating too hard on a set and trying to look cool at the same time. Salter recalls, "I was concentrating really hard on this mix, and I thought I'd just look cool, just for a second you know, that's when it hit me, my eyebrows just froze, I couldn't see athing, it was terrifying". Salter has since recovered, and plans to return to live work later in 2006. Meanwhile the studio is keeping him and the band busy, and their unique blend of organic and electronic music is continuing to evolve, Salter speaks out "I've never been satisfied with pure computer music, in letting the machines dictate the terms, the thought that a track is simply 200,000 mouse clicks, makes me almost ill. Although we make electronic music, we try to keep it as human as possible. By playing most of the parts by hand and using a lot of real instrumentation, we avoid computer timing and it sounds more natural, the process is also more satisfying".
Look Out for new Grey Area, coming soon to a store and festival near you.
