Conceived over many years in the wilds of Cornwall, the Stonephace album bridges generations as well as genres, creating a timeless blend of electronica, jazz, prog hip-hop and psychedelia, all fueled by Rowe's pasties.

Multi -instrumentalist Larry Stabbins worked with most of the giants of European free jazz and improvisation over several decades as well as earning a living in the hard commercial world of crap gigs. He also played in the seminal pop group Weekend and was co-leader of Latin soul jazz band Working Week.

Krzysztof Oktalski is a vinyl evangelist and purveyor of the warped groove. The son of a DJ, Krzysztof has spent much of his life listening and searching out new music. The collective noise of his findings were added to the project and breathed new life into the compositions.

On hearing the rough mixes Adrian Utley, an old friend of Larry's, announced his enthusiasm to play on it and brought in fellow Portishead musician Jim Barr to play bass. Adrian's input added a vital link between the weird electronics and jazz sensibility.

Helm DeVegas added dirty funked up Cornish Hammond and the kitchen sink, as well as a lot of humour, while legendary trumpet virtuoso Guy Barker added serious sophistication to a context where you'd never expect to find him.

From the New York club-land gogo glitz of the opener, "Wedgehead Gets Lucky", to the fuzzy organ riffage, heavy-ass hip hop drums and general craziness of the epic final track - via spacey 7/4 time signatures and 15 second bursts of drum 'n' bass semantics - 'Stonephace' creates a unique universe reminiscent of the spaceships that never landed in Straw Dogs country.

The Stonephace live show features Stabbins on sax and flutes, Utley on guitar, DeVegas on keyboards and Oktalski with the down and dirty drums on vinyl and laptop, all bathed in visuals from VJ Stella Marina.

Photos by Georgia Gendall.