Description

1LP Vinyl – DCAS008 – Limited to 300 copies.

Tony Soprano Band is an instrumental project recorded and released via Dune Castle Records, centred around live improvisation, collaboration, and the studio as an instrument. Operating as a rotating cast of musicians, the project is shaped within the Dune Castle environment.

Downtempo 1 sits at the intersection of live band interplay and downtempo electronic music. Drawing from the language of breaks, sampling and loop-based composition, every sound on the record originates from live performance. Drums, bass, synthesizers and hardware elements were performed simultaneously, with no fixed arrangements or predetermined outcomes.

Bringing together Daniel Rock (Bass), Lucky Pereira (Drums), Robert Downey (Sequencer, Drum Machine) and Winton Findlay (Synthesizers), the group recorded a series of extended improvisations, guided only by loose sonic direction and feel. What followed was a second stage of composition: Patrick Ryan edited these recordings into their final forms, selecting and reshaping sections before mixing the material into a cohesive sonic world.

The resulting tracks retain the looseness of their origin while revealing a quiet internal logic. Grooves emerge, dissolve and reconfigure; melodic fragments surface and recede. The music resists climax, instead favouring sustained atmosphere and feel.