Ether (Fischer-Z album)

Ether was an experimental music project by John Watts, released under the name Fischer-Z. After releasing two successful solo albums and one album of remixes, since the last Fischer-Z album, Stream, John Watts had started to take an interest in creating big beat music. After creating a whole big beat style album in 1999 entitled Bigbeatpoetry, Watts carried on in a similar style for Ether. He recorded a number of songs, featuring only his guitar and voice, and then put them over cut-up beats as a rhythm track. Watts had also added a filmic touch to the project, he travelled throughout Europe and post-9/11 New York City to find musicians at random and record them using his laptop, in their homes and on the street. Sarah Vermeersch filmed & edited the process into a road movie. Ether was further released as a John Watts solo album (see: Ether Music & Film), including the road movie DVD and a CD of tracks from the Ether album that appeared in the movie.

Track listing

 * 1) "Ether"
 * 2) "Jukebox"
 * 3) "Supernatural"
 * 4) "Famous"
 * 5) "Glorious"
 * 6) "Beep"
 * 7) "Eclipse"
 * 8) "Amnesty"
 * 9) "Promenaders"
 * 10) "Fury"
 * 11) "Home"
 * 12) "Plummeting"
 * 13) "Anything"
 * 14) "Over"
 * 15) "Valley"
 * 16) "Only"

Personnel (as credited on CD)

 * John Watts - vocals, guitars, keyboards, plus
 * Tristan Banks - drums, programming, percussion & laid-back enthusiasm, Queen's Park
 * Pete Sinden - bass & stability, Flat 5. Brighton
 * Graham Bonnett - "Mr. Soundgood", Brighton & Saffron Walden
 * Felix Gauder - "Jukebox" production, Daylight Studios, Stuttgart.
 * Jens Krause - "Eclipse" production, wise words & warmth, Hanover.
 * Christof Stein-Schneider - rock 'n' roll guitar, Hanover.
 * Danny Dziuk - Hammond from the tower, Berlin.
 * Hans Rohe - slide guitar, atmospherics, Berlin.
 * Moe Jaksch - stand-up bass, Berlin.
 * Rausch - sex & drugs & rock climbing, Koln.
 * Phil Evans - devil's advocate production, clapping, keyboards, vocals on Greenpeace Roof, Antwerp & Brussels
 * Raoul Del Campo - accordion & cajon, Korte Achterom, Antwerp
 * Nikko Weidemann - organ, guitar & bonhomie, NYC
 * The 3 Rappers - rhymes in Times Square, Manhattan
 * Scott Allen - the funk cello, Blue Beach, Nice
 * Lucie, Emillie & Leila Watts - vocals, Flat 5, Brighton.
 * Ben Stobart - ragga, alto saxophone, Barcelona.
 * Rupert Cobb - muted trumpet, Flat 5, Brighton & trumpet at Rupe's Place
 * Dan Rehahn - fruity trombone
 * Kerry Wilson - tenor saxophone
 * Rob Reed - purple alto saxophone at Rupe's Place
 * Steve Cropper - electric guitar, The Grand Hotel, Amsterdam