Zopp (Ryan Stevenson) Interview | ProgAxia Podcast
Description
Zopp is the brainchild of multi-talented musician Ryan Stevenson. This is Stevenson’s debut album under the Zopp name, recruiting Andrea Moneta on drums and percussion as well as Andy Tillison (The Tangent) to help co-produce and mix the album.
If you love the sort of music the Canterbury Scene had to offer in the past then this will hot that sweet spot. It pulls heavily on the Canterbury Scene vibe but with a fresh contemporary twist.
In this ProgAxia podcast, Ryan Stevenson explains the origins of the name, how he got together with drummer Andrea Moneta (who is also the drummer with Italian prog band ) and an insight on how the Zopp debut album was recorded.
The track Before the Light from the album was featured in 'The Best Progressive Rock of 2020' available on Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/RockinRebelRadio/best-progressive-rock-of-2020-rockin-rebel-radio/
You can listen and more importantly purchase the album from https://zopp.bandcamp.com/ It’s important to support new bands like Zopp.
The debut Zopp album was released April 10, 2020
Ryan Stevenson: Keyboards, Mellotron M4000D, Hammond organ, Arturia
analogue synthesizer, Korg CX-3 organ, piano, Hohner Pianet T, Nord Electro 5d, bass and electric guitars, voice, field recordings, percussion.
Andrea Moneta: Drums and percussion.
With:
- Andy Tillison / piano, Hammond organ, Leslie processing
- Theo Travis / flute on track 6
- Caroline Joy Clarke / voice on tracks 1,7,8
- Mike Benson / tenor saxophone on track 9
TracksSongs / Tracks Listing
1. Swedish Love
2. Before the Light
3. Eternal Return
4. Sanger
5. Sellanrå
6. V
7. Being and Time
8. Zero
9. The Noble Shirker
Total Time 44:53