Year : 2009
Label : Eighteenth Street Lounge Music
Genre : Electronic, Pop
Style : Acid Jazz, Soul Jazz, Psychedelic
Fifth album from french multi-instrumentalist & DJ, Chris Joss (organ, bass, sitar) featuring german saxophonist Praful, norwegian pianist Alexander Von Mehren (vibraphone) & Cosmika (voices). "Sticks" is an instrumental album inspired by the swinging London sixties era including Psychedelic Rock, Soul Jazz and Indian Folk influences. An oriental atmosphere hovers on the album emphasized by the regular use of sitar which take us in a psychedelic journey. Titles include pure dancing tracks (Danger Buds, Zingy Twangs feat. Cosmika), Afrobeat (Root Juice, Tea Age Sea Feat. Alexander Von Mehren), psychedelic pop grooves (Charmer, Melisma Mercury Feat. Praful, A Soft Reprise) & cinematic atmosphere with "Night Scare" feat. Cosmika . All tracks composed, performed & produced by Chris Joss.
