London Tapes by Lee Schornoz

Lee Schornoz presents his second solo album
after 22 years. In search of meaning and
inspiration, he began a seemingly endless
journey at the end of 2014. It led him via India,
Australia and London to Namibia and finally
back to his homeland, Switzerland.
The new album "London Tapes" is so called
because, at least in spirit, digitally created
recordings were put on analog tapes, although
this is not (completely) the case with this album.
And also because Lee was in London and was
looking for a way back with very simple song
sketches. In a studio in northern Namibia, singers
and rappers contributed song ideas in their local
language. Lee received additional support from
an authentic Afro-Reggae guitarist from the same
region. Schornoz took another year with the
release. He used this time to fine-tune the
recordings in his hybrid studio.
...
In addition to mainly analog peripherals, Lee also
used a real tape machine for the song "Mexico
Calls". The sonic design of the songs was laid out
with a lot of echo and reverberation in order to
clarify impressions of the vastness he
experienced on his long journey.
Lee's new record has become a lot quieter than
much of what you already know from him. It's
the side of him that seems unknown to many and
remains rather hidden. A common denominator
is that Lee Schornoz once again confesses to the musical loner: like an elephant bull he once turned his back on his herd for an indefinite time. He went
for the sheer reason of learning something new on a relatively lonely trip. Now he is back with an
album that illustrates his numerous experiences.

Tracklist

1.	Weather Report	2:24

2.	Botsuana Twist	4:01

3.	Mexico Calls	3:13

4.	Beat Machine	4:46

5.	Bird Reload	2:23

6.	Aakulupe	5:34

7.	Groove My Ass	1:35

8.	To Cut A Real Life Story Short	4:04

9.	Sunday Jam	4:23

10.	Fuck Of The End Of The World	2:14

11.	Worldmusic	3:33

12.	Croatian Beauty's Gone	5:13

Credits

released December 20, 2019

«…to Planet Earth, animals and nature… and to all my friends in Switzerland, especially those who lives in the city and canton of Bern, Fribourg/Freiburg in Üechtland, Zurich… and those in London, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Rundu and Windhoek, Berlin, Guja, Lyon, Russia, Hong Kong, New Dehli… - this album is for you!»
Very special thanks to my brother André Schornoz – our daily thoughts goes to our parents (R.I.P.)
Further special thanks for their love, friendship and help: Veronika Zbinden, Adi Flück & Sebi Zwahlen (technical support), Mago Flück and all the mates at Caliber Club 1.0, Bern, Tweuya-Shapwa Nelumbu for all his recording and casting work in Rundu, Namibia, all the musicians who helped out (see their names below), Marc Brunner for his artwork, Francis Foss-Pauchard and Endo Berger for their faithful friendship… All the bands and musicians I’ve ever played with over the last 35 years…
…a special hello and love to Simone Schwarz, Tania Steiner, Femke Dickson, Kai & Sandra Trachsel, Zeno Tornado and their families.

Financial support: Genossenschaft Migros Aare and Burgergemeinde Bern

Produced by Lee Schornoz
All songs composed, arranged and edited by Lee Schornoz
Picture by Veronika Zbinden
Cover art by Marc Brunner, burodestruct, Bern, Switzerland
Mastering by Adi Flück, Centraldubs Studios Bern, Switzerland
Contact: info@nicstage.ch
prostatarecords.ch

1 Weather Forecast
Recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Battersea/London, England; mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musician:
Lee Schornoz: Drum and percussion programming, sequencers, all guitars

2 Botusana Twist
Lyrics by Tweuya-Shapwa Nelumbu, Dominga Kangowa & Menette Tunemanya Hiyavali; basic track and guitars recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Battersea/London, England and Bern, Switzerland; vocals and percussion recorded by Tweuya-Shapwa Nelumbu at Kavango East Studios, Rundu, Namibia; additional guitars, trumpet and double bass recorded by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland; mixed by Lee and André Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland
Musicians:
Lee Schornoz: Drum and percussion programming, all guitars
André Schornoz: Double bass stick
Denis Pittet: Trumpet
Dominga Kangowa: Voice, speech
Menette Tunemanya Hiyavail: Voice
Tweuya-Shapwa Nelumbu: Percussion, speech

3 Mexico Calls
Recorded and mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musicians:
Lee Schornoz: Drum programming, Sequencer, keyboards, all guitars
André Schornoz: Bass

4 Beat Machine
Lyrics by Yoel, Ras Mungowa & Menette Tunemanya Hiyavali; basic track recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Battersea/London, England and Bern, Switzerland; vocals, guitars and percussion recorded by Tweuya-Shapwa Nelumbu at Kavango East Studios, Rundu, Namibia; trumpets recorded by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland; mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musicians:
Lee Schornoz: Drum and percussion programming, sequencers
Denis Pittet: Trumpets
Yoel: Speech
Menette Tunemanya Hiyavail: Voice
Ras Mungowa: Speech, percussion
Andreas Okaveto: Guitars

5 Bird Reload
Recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Battersea/London, England; mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musician:
Lee Schornoz: Drum and percussion programming, sequencers, all guitars

6 Aakulupe
Lyrics by Tweuya-Shapwa Nelumbu and Ras Mungowa; basic track recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Battersea/London, England and Bern, Switzerland; vocals, guitars and percussion recorded by Tweuya-Shapwa Nelumbu at Kavango East Studios, Rundu, Namibia; mixed by Lee and André Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland
Musicians:
Lee Schornoz: Drum and percussion programming
Tweuya-Shapwa Nelumbu: Percussion, speech
Ras Mungowa: Percussion, Speech
Andreas Okaveto: Guitars, percussion

7 Groove My Ass
Recorded and mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musician:
Lee Schornoz: Sequencer, keyboard

8 To Cut A Real Life Story Short
Basic track recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Battersea/London, England; bass overdub recorded by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland;mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musicians:
Lee Schornoz: Drum and percussion programming, sequencers, all guitars
André Schornoz: Bass

9 Sunday Jam
Basic track recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Battersea/London, England; bass overdub recorded by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland; mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musicians:
Lee Schornoz: Drum and percussion programming, sequencers, all guitars
André Schornoz: Bass

10 Fuck Of The End Of The World
Lyrics by Mago Flück; basic track recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Bern, Switzerland; lead guitar overdubs recorded by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland; mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musicians:
Lee Schornoz: Drum and percussion programming, sequencers, lead guitars
Mago Flück: Speech, Bass

11 Worldmusic
Lyrics by Meriam Sitentu, Elias Ndara, Ras Mungowa & Menette Tunemanya Hiyavali; basic track recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Bern, Switzerland; vocals, guitars and percussion recorded by Tweuya-Shapwa Nelumbu at Kavango East Studios, Rundu, Namibia; mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musicians:
Lee Schornoz: Drum and percussion programming, sequencers
Meriam Sitentu: Speech
Elias Ndara: Speech
Menette Tunemanya Hiyavail: Voice
Ras Mungowa: Speech
Andreas Okaveto: Guitars

12 Croatian’s Beauty’s Gone

Recorded by Lee Schornoz at nicstage Mobile Recording Device in Battersea/London, England; mixed by Lee Schornoz at Caliber Club 2.0 Studios, Switzerland.
Musician:
Lee Schornoz: Guitar

Press photos: Alex Güdel
Idea press photos: Corinne Gadient

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