'NOT FAR TO GO'

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Trevor Babajack has veered onto a different musical path. This latest direction highlights his sensitive song writing and musicianship combined with his well-known energy, creating a massive soundscape.

Combining the deliciously soaring violin from Jo Chambers and the energetic and driving percussion of

Jesse Benns, creating a fresh and unexpected new sound that is now the 'Trevor Babajack Trio' .

His music is influenced by his acquired passion for early rural Blues, mixed with the sounds of rhythmic African roots, in what can only be described as his own genre of original and seemingly improvised music, that makes him a thrilling and unique artist. His travels have taken him the length of the UK, across Europe and Africa, headlining Blues and Roots festivals, from little French cafés to The Royal Albert Hall.

Earning himself recognition in The UK Blues Awards as The UK Acoustic Act of the Year 2023, harp player and

song-writer.

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Trevor is proud of his brand new collection of self-penned songs reflecting mainly on life, lust and disappointment! And now has been voted by The Independent Blues Broadcasters Association presenter's

Album Pick of the Month. And has topped the IBBA Chart! And played on Radio 6.

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A coincidental theme that runs through the album is the feeling of travelling and movement, nostalgia and melancholia, complimented by the vast soundscape created by the Trio.  Except the solo performances of the ballad like tales of the heart, which can only be sung alone, expertly captured by

Paul Jones at Mu Mu Audio. 

                                                                     

Trevor chatted with Paul about a year before they started recording his

third solo album (Not Far To Go). He said that he was looking for a couple of

musicians to complement the songs that he was writing for the album…maybe

a percussionist and a violin.

As they continued chatting, Trevor said that he would really love

the new album to sound a bit more immediate with a minimal use of microphones.

Paul agreed that it would be good to capture more of the essence of his

live performances but with the control they needed to get quality recordings.

With this in mind Paul thought that it would be worth trying the Soundfield

microphone that they use for a lot of classical and solo instrument recording.

This is quite a specialised microphone with four separate capsules mounted

in a specially designed frame which means that the microphone can be used to

record both stereo and surround images. They opted to use it in stereo mode and

position it in the room so as to capture both Trevor's vocal and guitars at the same time in much the same way that someone in the front row of his audience might hear him. They were happy with the result and the overall sound provided great separation between vocal and guitars. As a backup they also recorded a separate guitar track when possible using the guitar pickup just in case Paul needed to slightly alter the guitar/vocal balance. The option to overdub both guitar and vocals became a bit limited, as does the ability to edit any mistakes! So the performances had to be up to scratch from the start, which they were. They had the sound close to Trevor's live sound, with the quality of a studio recording.

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THE MUSICIANS

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Trevor has co-written 6 albums and 2 solo albums but he reckons this is his finest album to date, playing the music what he wants to play, from the heart.

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Trevor can be contacted by:

email: trevorsteger@gmail.com

(0044) 7747 147 004

FB/IG @trevorbabajacksteger

(Or in his wood workshop, where he'll probably be making another guitar...)