Stephen Kent (musician)

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Stephen Kent, is a profesional didgeridoo performer. His musical career has taken him across five continents, living at various times in the UK, Spain, South Africa, Australia and the USA. His musical scores, composed for theatre, circus and dance companies, have received international acclaim and his work as a performer and recording artist has established him in the world music scene, exploring a broad range of playing styles and musical genres.

With the band Trance Mission, he has joined the ranks of Jon Hassell, Steve Roach, and Robert Rich in exploring a primal, techno-tribal music. He has appeared at the Starwood Festival [1] as a speaker and a performer, both solo and with Trance Mission. The present Trance Mission line-up includes Peter Valsamis on drums & electronic programming, Eda Maxym on Vocals, Geoffrey Gordon on keyboards, harmonium, percussion, and additional vocals, and Rufus Cappadocia on cello. (Both Stephen and Peter offer workshops as well.)

Kent has amassed a catalogue of over a dozen critically acclaimed CDs, including four solo releases and others with his group projects Trance Mission, Beasts of Paradise and Lights In A Fat City, and sitting in with artsts such as Airto Moreira, Cyro Baptista and Badi Assad. He made the album Halcyon Days (1996), together with Steve Roach and Kenneth Newby, and performed on the soundtrack of the Terence McKenna video Alien Dreamtime with Spacetime Continuum. His ground-breaking work has helped to redefine the sound of one of the world’s most ancient instruments.

[edit] Discography

1980 - Furious Pig - Furiuos Pig 12" EP [Rough trade]
1988 - Lights in a Fat City Somewhere [These Records/City of Tribes '93]
1990 - Lights in a Fat City Simple Harmonic Chaos (Video soundtrack. Independent)
1990 - Stephen Kent Ocho Elefantes [Burnt Earth Music]
1992 - Stephen Kent Songs From the Burnt Earth [Burnt Earth]
1993 - Lights in a Fat City Sound Column [Extreme]
1993 - Trance Mission Trance Mission [City of Tribes]
1994 - Spacetime Continuum, Terence McKenna & Stephen Kent Alien Dreamtime [Astralwerks]
1994 - Stephen Kent Landing [City of Tribes]
1994 - Stephen Kent/Various Artists Event Horizon [City of Tribes]
1994 - Trance Mission Meanwhile [City of Tribes]
1995 - Beasts of Paradise Nobody Knew the Time [City of Tribes]
1995 - Various Artists Event Horizon Psi [City of Tribes]
1995 - Beasts of Paradise Gathered on the Edge [City of Tribes]
1996 - Trance Mission Head Light [City of Tribes]
1996 - Stephen Kent, Steve Roach, Kenneth Newby Halcyon Days [Fathom]
1996 - Various Artists Event Horizon Tao [City of Tribes]
1997 - Stephen Kent Family Tree [Double CD - City of Tribes]
1998 - Badi Assad Chameleon (CD - Polygram Records)
1999 - Trance Mission A Day Out of Time [City of Tribes] April '99
1999 - Lights in a Fat City Memory Ground [City of Tibes] August '99.
2004 - Stephen Kent Oil & Water (Trance Mission Music)
2006 - Stephen Kent Live at Starwood (CD - Starwood Recordings / ACE)
2006 - Stephen Kent Live at Starwood (DVD - Starwood Recordings / ACE)