swingers in paradise

This is a new project, a collaboration of classic electronic artists, Eat Static's Merv Pepler and Tangerine Dream's Steve Jolliffe. This proved to be a dynamite combination as Merv's extensive knowledge of modern sampling methods combined with Steve's classical training, from the Berlin school of music alongside other famous electronic pioneers like Kraftwerk to form the Hi-Fi Companions. Steve had even been a formative member of Supertramp and over the years had developed his own production of modern music, having seen Eat Static and met Merv in the studio he realised the similarity in tastes they have today and this connection formed the Hi-Fi Companions and paved the way for the album, 'Swingers in Paradise'. much like the artists that made it, is a mature look at lounge music, sound images from their main influences, Ennio Morricone, Russ Meyer's movies, really musicianship mixed with a modern electronic twist, very much like Ralph Myerz recent stardom with his porn sound tracked beat cocktails, Hi-Fi Companions reekes of 50's parties, 60's saxophone and synthesisers yet has the modern breaks and beats of today's lounge music. This is lounge with style, not throw away background music, but modern engaging music, full of real instrumentation from classical trained musicians but with a depth that can only come from experience and a real sense of history. Old and new combine to form a modern electronic music on the rocks.