![]() ![]() In May 2011 the band released Key, their seventh album on V2 Benelux with original band members Rich Thair (drums), Ali Friend (double bass/vocals) and David Ayers (guitar). ![]() They appeared on the Glade Stage at Glastonbury 2009. The band released Pale Blue Dot (Lo Recordings) on 2 October 2008. Red Snapper appeared at the Bloc Weekend in March 2008. Saxophonist Tom Challenger played at the sessions and became a member of the band. ![]() They returned to the recording studio to work on new material for their sixth album. In late 2007, the band decided to rejoin after a jam session. Rich has been working with Jakeone on their band Toob, with Rennie Pilgrem and the TCR Allstars and Bomb the Bass. David has been focusing on writing music for TV with his work featuring on the highly acclaimed BBC show 'The Tribe'. Ali has been working with Beth Orton and his new band Clayhill. Red Snapper reformed in 2007 – this was posted on their MySpace page:Īfter 6 years apart concentrating on different projects, Red Snapper return. Later the Flameboy Records (owned by Jake Williams, former RS keyboard player) released a four-track vinyl called "RedOne", which included three tracks from Redone and a previously unreleased Red Snapper track entitled "Drill", featuring MC Det. Ayers and Felix Tod were credited as The Creation, Thair remixed "Ultraviolet", and the "Odd Man Out" (Odd Man remix) was done by Friend, Gavin Clark and Ted Barnes. Later in 2003, an album of remixes was released, Redone, which included tracks remixed by the Snapper themselves. It included a previously unreleased track, "Ultraviolet", which was also included on Red Snapper, a compilation of unreleased and rare Red Snapper tracks released by Lo Recordings in 2003. Īlso in 2002 the various artists compilation album It's All Good was released. Each member wanted to try a different musical direction. In interviews since the reunion the band said a reason for splitting was too much discussing what to play, rather than playing. In early 2002, Red Snapper announced its dissolution. The latter was replaced by Karim Kendra by their third album, Our Aim Is to Satisfy Red Snapper (2000). In 1997, Red Snapper (along with the Foo Fighters) supported the Prodigy on their Fat of the Land tour in the UK.įor their follow-up Making Bones they were joined by jungle MC Det, Byron Wallen the jazz trumpeter, and singer Alison David. The band were a somewhat unusual feature of Warp Records' 1990s roster: in contrast to the studio-oriented IDM the record label primarily dealt in, the band had a live and organic sound: a smoky mixture of dub, jazz and all tempos of breakbeat from trip hop to drum and bass. ![]() The band released three EPs on Flaw Recordings before signing to Warp Records for their debut album, Prince Blimey (1996). ![]()
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