The Seedy Arkhestra - Puzzle Vinyl LP

We are happy to finally have Chris Dowd’s 1997 project The Seedy Arkhestra album Puzzle available on vinyl.

Originally released in 1997 after his departure from Fishbone.  Chris was living in New York and enlisted a group of New York musicians to work with him on an album.  The album was recorded and released to critical acclaim, but very much under the radar.  This was before social media, streaming and even Napster, so to know about its existence, it would be word of mouth and luck to be honest.

This album reminds me of when Ice Cube left NWA and went to NY to work with The Bomb Squad.  A complete departure from what he had done for more than a decade with his brothers in Fishbone to explore a creative freedom with a clean slate.

Chris put together a creative bunch of people that included members of The Brand New Heavies, Maxwell, Parliament/Funkadelic, Lucy Pearl, The Dambuilders and Follow for Now.  It also included co write and performance contribution from Chris’ best friend and up and coming legend, Jeff Buckley.

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