Tubesnake

Songs From The Mind-Warp Pavilion

Stephen Wakefield (Waka) & Len Mustarde

After a two year stint with Tubesnake (TS VII) Waka left the band in June 2003 and decided to amuse himself by playing with his newly purchased Fostek portable recording studio and drum box. That summer he recorded a mixture of 11 Bowie songs and instrumentals and invited me over in the September to “another music in a different kitchen” (literally … his kitchen) to add lead vocals to 6 of the tracks. Two years later, in September 2005, I added my vocals to 5 of 6 more new tracks he’d just laid down. This was a total Waka project. He is responsible for all musicianship, backing vocals, recording, mixing and production. I just sang the long bits. His love of Bowie just exceeds my own. It was a total pleasure! Anyway, things move on and you can catch Waka in his new band The Glammed putting out a Glam/Punk niche that is seldom filled. Just Hang On To Yourself! … Lenny

I was pleased with the way the songs turned out and thought they would benefit from being sung by a “proper” singer. So, step forward my good friend and like-minded soul Len, who I knew was a big Bowie fan like myself and would enjoy putting his own stamp on some of these songs! Give them a listen and hopefully enjoy! … Waka

Here’s a selection from those sessions. PLAY LOUD!

“Soul Love”







“Win”







“Station to Station”







“Scary Monsters”







“New Killer Star”







Recording: Fostex VF160 Portastudio
Guitars: Epiphone Sheraton, Les Paul Custom, Les Paul Standard
Bass/Keyboards/Sax: Roland JV1010 sample box played on Roland Juno 1 keyboard
Drums: Zoom RT23 drum machine