Bozzio/Levin/Stevens
Black Light Syndrome
The Story
"Black Light Syndrome" was created when ex-Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, bassist Tony Levin and drummer Terry Bozzio went into the studio for four days to record an album. What they came up with was this incredibly creative mixture of progressive rock, jazz fusion and world concepts. The first track, "The Sun Road" was the first piece to surface by the grace of the archetypes of the band's collective unconscious. The rest of the tracks came together one of two ways: either mapping out a few sections as signposts, or with very little discussion and then the three musicians allowed the muses to use them as they would. Stevens later added additional melodies with affected guitar, Coral Electric Sitar, Ramirez Acoustic and Roland Synth Guitar. Amazing work!
The Music
14:37 | The Sun Road | Instrumental |
08:31 | Dark Corners | Instrumental |
07:25 | Duende * | Instrumental |
08:45 | Black Light Syndrome | Instrumental |
09:07 | Falling In Circles | Instrumental |
09:38 | Book Of Hours * | Instrumental |
08:49 | Chaos/Control | Instrumental |
* Acoustic |
The Artists
Steve Stevens | All Guitars, Production, Album Title |
Terry Bozzio | Drums, Production |
Tony Levin | Basses, Stick, Production |
Wyn Davis | Production, Engineering, Mixing |
Todd Langner | Mixing |
Robert Knight | Photography |
Maryanne Bilham | Photography |
Dan Hanley | Painting |
Scott Hamilton | Painting |
All compositions spontaneously composed by Terry Bozzio, Steve Stevens and Tony Levin.
Recorded at Clear Lake Studios, North Hollywood, California, January 27, 28, 29 & 30th. Guitar overdubs at The Purple Room, West Hollywood, California, February 5, 6, 7, 8, 9th. Mixed at Total Access, Redondo Beach, California, February 10, 12, 13, 14 & 15th, except for "Chaos/Control" mixed on the Euphonix Console at the Euphonix Studio, Studio City, California February 16, 1997. CD package design by 4D Advertising. |