Stateless (Ninja Tune /K7 / UK) - Live

Epic Dream Pop

 

Stateless were formed in 2003 by singer-songwriter Chris James, who enlisted band members Kidkanevil (programming, samplers, turntables), Rod Buchanan-Dunlop (keys, FX), James Sturdy (drums) and John Taylor (bass) to bring his compositions to life. They recorded their eponymous debut album with producer Jim Abbiss (U.N.K.L.E., Arctic Monkeys) for Berlin label !K7, who released the album internationally in July 2007. The record met with acclaim from across the board, hailed by everyone from Mojo ("A visionary debut " ****) to DJ ("one of the albums of the year" ****1/2).

Stateless toured the album all over Europe , coming to the attention of legendary producer DJ Shadow, who enlisted Chris to sing on two songs on his album, “The Outsider.” This was followed by a huge world tour with over 80 shows in 20 countries. With their second album, “Matilda”,  James decided to adopt a different approach. The first decision the band made was to push their combination of classic songwriting and story-telling into deeper electronic territory. Kidkanevil pushed his beats and programming to a new level and with the help of producer Damian Taylor (Bjork, The Prodigy) this battle between classic songwriting and electronic programming and production took the album into a whole new territory. It has already been described as sounding like Jeff Buckley battling Modeselektor with a twist of Timbaland.

 

LINKS:

https://soundcloud.com/stateless-bandpage