{"product_id":"ultrasonic-grand-prix-instafuzz-little-barrie-shawn-lee","title":"ULTRASONIC GRAND PRIX - Instafuzz (Little Barrie \u0026 Shawn Lee)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Limited Dinked Edition #268:  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e? Black, Blue \u0026amp; Gold triple colour vinyl *\u003cbr\u003e? Colour print *\u003cbr\u003e? Signed \u0026amp; hand-numbered edition *\u003cbr\u003e? Limited pressing of 300 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c\/strong\u003e = EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUltrasonic Grand Prix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of two vintage 60s guitars and their owners - multi-instrumentalist \/ producer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShawn Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and guitar maestro \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarrie Cadogan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLittle Barrie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI love my 1967 Vox Grand Prix guitar,” declares multi-instrumentalist\/producer Shawn Lee - creator, among other feats, of the soundtrack for Rockstar video game classic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBully\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and one half of Ultrasonic Grand Prix.“ It is a serious beast and an important part of my arsenal. Every tone you need…’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor guitar maestro Barrie Cadogan - of Nottingham Freakbeaters Little Barrie, best known for the main title theme of ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetter Call Saul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe The\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiam Gallagher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and playing on the soundtrack for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaz Luhrmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eElvis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ - it was the Vox Ultrasonic, also from the same period, that caught his eye. “I first became interested in Vox guitars because of people who used them like Spacemen 3 and the James Brown band of the late 60’s”, he explains, “but it was when I was part of a recording session at Anton Newcombe’s studio in Berlin that I had chance to get to know the Vox gear better. I was borrowing an Ultrasonic from a friend for a while and Shawn already had his Grand Prix. I thought it would be a good name for our project whenever we got it going.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“We’d been talking for years about making some kind of record. Cadogan explains, “but we were always being pulled in different directions with other commitments. Shawn got the ball rolling for real when lockdown happened, called me up and said, “You know we keep talking about doing a record, well the time is now”. I’m so glad he did.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the music that did emerge was weird, startling, and insatiably groovy. With one foot dipped in the organ-warbling garage of 60s psych, and the other vibrating in the mind-expanding fractals of the British Acid House boom, ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eINSTAFUZZ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ plies the earthly quintessence’s of blues, rock, soul and jazz, against the preternatural discomforts of programmed drums and unhinged synthesisers to produce something distinctly and nostalgically futuristic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s a style that pays its debt to this project's launch-pad inspiration, 2012’s ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePersonal Space\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ compilation. A collection of underground U.S 45s from the late 70s and early 80s fittingly dubbed ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eElectronic Soul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ - an appropriate descriptor, incidentally for these experiments from Ultrasonic Grand Prix.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith all the graininess of a documentary film compiled from bits and pieces of raw archive footage, INSTAFUZZ mashes various details and cuttings from its choice influences to invariably intriguing effects. The guitar twang-meets-intense synth of emphatic opener ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeamoon Rising\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ is The Limiñanas at The Haçienda. 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