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jason on 03/28/2011 at 12:00PM
Delicate Steve / Bad Panda / Dumbo Gets Mad
With one free Creative Commons song every Monday for well over a year now, Bad Panda Records has introduced us to an incredible range of musicians from all over the world, sometimes even from our own backyards.
Delicate Steve is the solo recording project of Steve Marion, a 23-year-old from Fredon, New Jersey, deep in the forestry alongside the Delaware Water Gap. His debut album Wondervisions shines with instrumental rhythmic, melodic, and textural ideas -- "Butterfly" offers a glimpse. Wondervisions was recently given a proper release via David Byrne's Luaka Bop label, where Delicate Steve fits nicely among international superheroes like Os Mutantes and globally-minded sound-absorbing young folk like Javelin.
Delicate Steve recently blossomed into a 5-piece for a string of live dates with Akron/Family (they're on the west coast right now -- tourdates here). I had the chance to catch a live set during SXSW, and they do a great job bringing the album to vibrant life, allowing Steve to focus on dishing out his trademark liquid smooth guitar runs. They told me that Delicate Steve has also been jamming on some new ideas as a band, so keep an ear out!
Oh! and speaking of Bad Panda Records, their first-ever vinyl LP release is out now from Dumbo Gets Mad (BP#49), also available for a free download in exchange for a tweet -- here's a track off Elephants at the Door:
