LEON STEVENSON
Eclectic Canadian drummer, singer, songwriter and producer. Leon is former lead singer of 80s group The Extras. Smash hits guaranteed.
Today he freelances as a drummer for local acts and writes and records in his home studio in Oakville Ontario.
To keep things creative and fun he's formed an online collaboration with Czech robo-pop group Die Alten Maschinen with some surprisingly good results.
[scroll down]
MYSPACE
Check my leonsblues page for myspace nonsense and quality timewaster material. Yes, you can be my friend. Then check out crackleboxglitch for updates on my collab with Die Alten Maschinen. Something about medical electro rock n' roll. Fookin' brilliant !
Press Release
DIE ALTEN MASCHINEN
To Be Or Not
w/ Gerald V. Casale of DEVO
(X Production, 2008)
Die alten Maschinen are, despite their name, a new band which comes with music that can, without any exaggeration, be called 'robot pop'.
In their ideology, Die alten Maschinen are a project about machines which are friendly to people, about technologies which do not present any threat, which are designed to help humankind. The project is also meant to be a tribute to all dreamers, inventors and writers of the early idealistic sci-fi books, a tribute to the times when dreaming about the future was a joy.
The band consists of two musicians from the Czech Republic, Moimir Papalescu on electronic instruments and a saxophonist Petr Venkrbec, the overseas member is a Canadian singer and drummer Leon Stevenson and there is also the member of Devo, Gerald V. Casale.
The first fruit of this collaboration is the first single 'To Be Or Not', now released electronically as a download on iTunes and other servers (Amazon, Napster, etc). Along with the original song, there are mixes by the band members and by Czech DJ legend Pavel Bidlo.
Nov. 1st, 2008 is the release date of a special vinyl edition of the single, with original illustrations by top Czech comics artist Adolf Lachman. Vinyl will be available via a special website.
