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Steve Smith - vocals/guitar & writer. A short acoustic tour during the late 90's with the Bonsai Band culminated in the album “Live at the Lounge Club”, which proved to be a turning point in my style of writing. Much of my work prior to that had been as a solo artist under the guise of ‘Pygmy's Idol' and I had used both midi and massive multi-tracking to try to capture the music I wanted to create. I had the pleasure of working with a fine guitarist Ian Ferguson for a short while but the final music I was creating was becoming too manufactured in sound, too artificial. It was during this time that the idea for the Bonsai Band emerged to help me gain a rawer sound. The Lounge Club tour help to mould that sound into a new direction while saying goodbye to the ‘Pygmy's Idol' sound and with it some old songs. Working with other musicians was a great inspiration and the new sound can be quite clearly heard on the “AN EP” release. This creativity also flows through the new album “...