Stephenson, Jake -& Friends-
Space Is High (2lp/orange)
Jake Stephenson was a lovely, positive, gentle guy and a remarkably prolific recording artist. He recorded under dozens of aliases, releasing a steady stream of albums in the '90s - from ambient to trance, dub to drum'n'bass. He died from epilepsy in 2005. 20 years on, thanks to his brother Silas, to Swordfish (another old friend of Jake, who has kindly mastered everything) and two of Jake's partners in creating music - Brian Trower and Matt Hillier - Fdm has been able to put together this retrospective of his more chilled recordings (although let's be honest, Optica do let rip on 'Analogue Spectrum'!). Take your pick between a double LP and a triple CD set (which includes some seriously extended, spaced-out recordings), with Jake appearing as Optica, Dr, Psychedelic, Alien Mutation and Crystal Moon, among his many aliases. Limited to 200 copies on orange vinyl.