Steve Mason - Monkey Minds in the (2013) [FLAC]

Steve Mason - Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time (2013) [FLAC]

Released: 2013
Duration: 58:58
Genre: Pop/Rock
Style: Indie Electronic, Trip-Hop
Source: CD (tracks + cue)
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rate: ~ 900 kbps
Bits Per Sample: 16
Sample Rate: 44,100 Hz

01 The Old Problem
02 Lie Awake
03 Flyover '98
04 A Lot of Love
05 The Last of the Heroes
06 Lonely
07 Safe Population
08 Friends for Evermore
09 Seen It All Before
10 From Hate We Hope
11 Oh My Lord
12 Goodbye Youth
13 Never Be Alone
14 Behind the Curtains
15 More Money, More Fire
16 Fire!
17 Operation Mason
18 Fight Them Back
19 Towers of ower
20 Come to Me

The songscrap producer and haunted vocalist who made the Beta Band one of the brightest lights in Great Britain's post-Brit-pop world, Steve Mason was born in Edinburgh and formed the group during the mid-'90s. The Beta Band was originally a duo consisting of Mason and Gordon Anderson, although Anderson left the lineup shortly thereafter and the group coalesced around Robin Jones on drums, John Maclean on keyboards, sampler and turntables, and Richard Greentree on bass. From that point onward, Mason served as the group's unofficial leader.

The Beta Band earned heaps of critical praise with an opening salvo of three EPs, all released on Regal and leading up to the release of their acclaimed debut album, 1999's The Beta Band. (Their fame only grew after they were name-dropped in the film High Fidelity by John Cusack, whose character claimed -- and then proved -- that he could immediately sell five copies of their EP collection The Three E.P.'s simply by playing one track.) The follow-up, Hot Shots II, earned greater praise, although shortly after their third release, 2004's Heroes to Zeros, the band announced their breakup.

Mason had already debuted a solo project, King Biscuit Time, late in 1998, and during the 18 months that followed the Beta Band's breakup, he released a pair of King Biscuit singles -- including "C I AM 15," which reached number 67 on the British charts -- and a full album, 2006's Black Gold. One year later, he launched an electronica project called Black Affair, and a techno-influenced LP titled Pleasure Pressure Point appeared on V2 in 2008. He subsequently returned to a Beta Band format for his first album under his own name, a late-2009 single titled "All Come Down." The expected full-length album, Boys Outside, with production help from Richard X, appeared in 2010 on Double Six, distributed by Domino.