In 2009, longtime San Jose musician Kenny Schick (and his wife, Sabine Heusler-Schick) started the company Basement3, which records and produces bands (not to mention help out with photography and graphic design). Schick is, of course, the perfect person to record other people's bands. He plays a million instruments and has been in a ton of completely different bands: Dot 3 (art-rock), Neosoreskin (circus-ska), Curveball (funk) and Dub Nation (reggae), plus he's released five solo albums. His latest, Shuffle, which comes out this weekend, is his first in six years. It's really a collection of old unreleased tracks and new songs. The title is appropriate because the album goes all over the map stylistically: Americana, post-punk, jazz, funk-the list goes on. It's truly eclectic.
In 2009, longtime San Jose musician Kenny Schick (and his wife, Sabine Heusler-Schick) started the company Basement3, which records and produces bands (not to mention help out with photography and graphic design). Schick is, of course, the perfect person to record other people's bands. He plays a million instruments and has been in a ton of completely different bands: Dot 3 (art-rock), Neosoreskin (circus-ska), Curveball (funk) and Dub Nation (reggae), plus he's released five solo albums. His latest, Shuffle, which comes out this weekend, is his first in six years. It's really a collection of old unreleased tracks and new songs. The title is appropriate because the album goes all over the map stylistically: Americana, post-punk, jazz, funk-the list goes on. It's truly eclectic.
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