(Funk, Progressive Fusion, Jazz-Rock) Luke Stone - Science Friction - 2006, MP3, 320 kbps

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Luke Stone has been an active member of the Kansas City/Lawrence music scene for over 15 years. Luke's inherent love for music started with a musical family -- his grandfather attended Juilliard, his grandmother is a professional pianist, and his mother sang with both the Kansas City Lyric Opera and Kansas City Chorale. At age 13, he started playing his mom's guitar, and shortly after began playing the drum set, influenced by his peers and bands such as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Phish, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, and many more. In high school, Luke studied the drums with Doug Auwarter and played percussion with the marching, symphonic, and jazz bands, later earning a college music scholarship to St. Joseph, Missouri.
In 1998, eager to put his academic studies to use, Luke moved to Lawrence, Kansas to pursue music. By collaborating with other musicians Luke's first band Space Pocket was formed, which has since found a receptive audience and embarked on small regional tours. With Space Pocket, Luke has shared the stage with many prominent musicians, including Widespread Panic, Jazz Mandolin Project, Karl Denson, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, and others. Currently, Luke is touring and playing locally with a band called Cosmopolitics. This band could be described as heavily composed progressive rock with a lot of improvisation. In this band you can hear some of Luke's compositions played live, as well as compositions written by the other musicians in the band.
In addition to performing, Luke is also a competent recording engineer. Since 2003, he has self-produced and engineered four solo CD's of all original compositions. The Rock, funky-fusion sound of his CD’s feature Luke playing all of the instruments with the exception of saxophone, and some keyboard and guitar leads.

2006 Release. Hailing out of Lawrence Kansas, Luke Stone is a solid multi instrumentalist that has done a heck of a job on Science Friction. Original writing , blending funk, jazz, soul and rock, this is a much recommended record for fans of Scofield's Bump, Garaj Mahal and George Clinton among others. Check out his David Byrne style vocals on a few cuts as well. Great Listening!!
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