Zopp, the debut album from Zopp will be released by Bad Elephant Music on 10th April 2020.

Zopp is the brainchild of composer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Stevenson, with collaborations from Andy Tillison and Theo Travis of prog legends The Tangent, and drummer Andrea Moneta (Leviathan). The band’s Canterbury-scene influenced instrumental progressive rock is an impressive addition to the BEM family.

Ryan is an award-winning composer, with credits for the music to many documentary films. In May 2019 he won Best Score in the IMDb industry-recognized American Tracks Music Awards for his work on The Perfect Gangster.

Zopp came to fruition in around 2010, born out of Ryan’s excursions into the Canterbury progressive rock scene of the 60s and 70s. As the music developed, Zopp has absorbed more influences, such as Stravinsky and Steve Reich as well as dabbling into the realm of ambient music. The sound is based upon vintage fuzz bass and Hammond organ sounds that weave with complex time signature changes, and on catchy melodies with ambient keyboard interludes, to charm and relax the listener with its beguiling fusion.

Track list:
Swedish Love
Before The Light
Eternal Return
Sanger
Sellanrå
V
Being And Time
Zero
The Noble Shirker

Line-up:
Ryan Stevenson: Keyboards, Mellotron M4000D, Hammond organ, Arturia
analogue synthesiser, Korg CX-3 organ, piano, Hohner Pianet T, bass and
electric guitars, Nord Electro synth, voice, sound design, noises, field
recordings, percussion
Andrea Moneta: Drums, percussion
with:
Andy Tillison: Piano, Hammond organ, Leslie processing
Theo Travis: Flute
Caroline Joy Clarke: Voice
Mike Benson: Tenor Saxophone

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/zoppmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/BadElephantMusic/