“boldly inventive…Steph Richards composes in ways that standard notation could never document” – the New York Times
“innately adventurous trumpeter Steph Richards continues forging a distinctive path through jazz and experimental music ****” – Downbeat
Richards never stops pushing boundaries –PopMatters
an exploration of the emotional dialogue between sound and scent, which evokes sensations that linger in the wordless space of sonic vibration and chemical reaction.
This project pairs bold new music with custom-designed scents to heighten both performance and perception. Featuring leading voices in creative music—
Jason Moran (piano),
Stomu Takeishi (bass),
Kenny Wollesen (drums, wollesonics)
—with scent design by multimedia artist Sean Raspet, it's an immersive experience for ears, nose, and mind.
. The music video is an animated surveillance fantasy that lives somewhere between John Carpenter's sci-fi thrillers and the Eames' Powers of Ten. The manic energy of the track first brought to mind the wildness of dancing atoms. Starting with that kernel of an idea, animator/director Cossa built outwards to create a loose paranoid narrative around the song's groovy hurtling musical figures.
Footage from the studio session for Supersense, this project includes music composed in tandem with complementary scents, intended to enhance and intensify musical output and the listener's input.