Celebrating 19 years of 3 Chairs with 19 classic cuts
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10 The Rotating Assembly 'Mess I Made'
Taking the role of producer in the most traditional sense of getting the most out of the band, Theo turned composer for the 2004 release of The Rotating Assembly's collective effort 'Natural Aspirations', which featured 21 musicians combining on and off throughout the LP. With large personalities such as Marcellus Pittman on the keys, Andrés on percussion, Rick Wilhite on the mix, and a host of other well-known live musicians in Theo's circle taking up a wide range of instruments and roles for the project, it's a mystery how the project never once felt overwhelming.
Unquestionably the least conventional of all the releases on the extensive catalogue of the 3 Chairs members, the tracks range from low-key jam session 'The Rust Organic', to the sweeping string masterpiece of 'Orchestral Hall', to the deeper than deep 'Melt'. However it's the high-octane, jazz-fuelled 'Mess I Made' we can't help but throw on every Sunday morning, Genevieve's soaring vocal over King Sunshine's instrumental backing as the percussion playfully fades in and out takes us to another time and space.
In the words of our favourite Youtube comment, "there's sublime, and there's this".
