''Ether'' was an experimental music project by John Watts, released under the name

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. After releasing two successful solo albums and one album of remixes, since the last Fischer-Z album, ''

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'', 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

#"Ether" #"Jukebox" #"Supernatural" #"Famous" #"Glorious" #"Beep" #"Eclipse" #"Amnesty" #"Promenaders" #"Fury" #"Home" #"Plummeting" #"Anything" #"Over" #"Valley" #"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

References

2002 albums Fischer-Z albums {{newwave-album-stub