"an incredible body of music from one of the country's least known yet most talented musicians in the whole field of modern electronic music....he was, is and always will be, much missed" Andy G

"Jake was one of those very special guys that you knew, once you met him, was cool" Swordfish

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 acid trance, dub to drum'n'bass; he happened to live down the road from me in Weybridge, introduced me to the joys of The Orb and Orbital and changed my musical obsessions forever.

Jake moved to Glastonbury, we lost touch and it was a shock to hear he had died from epilepsy in 2005

20 years on, and thanks to his brother Silas, to Swordfish (another old friend of Jake, who mastered everything for free) and two of Jake's partners in creating music - Brian Trower and Matt Hillier - I've been able to put together this retrospective of his more chilled recordings (although Optica do let rip on 'Analogue Spectrum'!).

£2 from the sale of each double LP and each 3CD set will go to an epilepsy charity nominated by Jake's brother and there will also be a contribution to the Stephenson family

(I know 90s ambience is not your 'typical' Fruits de Mer release, so I've kept the vinyl run to 300 copies and the CD version to 200 sets, but this project means a lot to me)

Double LP track listing

LP side 1
Optic Eye - Crystal Moon from 'Trance' (w/Brian Trower)
Alien Mutation - Alqa from 'Essence Of Ambience'
Dr Psychedelic - Space Cake from 'Essence Of Ambience'

LP side 2
Jake Stephenson - Sunrise from 'Chilled Trance'
3rd Eye - Dreamy Spliff from 'Chilled Trance'
Lunar - Life Spectacular from 'Chilled Trance'

LP side 3
Crystal Moon - Sea Of Mermaids from 'Temple' (w/Matt Hillier)
Ganja Beats - Space Is High from 'Paradise & Tranquility'
White Star - The Lost Forest from 'Chilled Trance'

LP side 4
Optica - Analogue Spectrum from 'All The Colours Of The Rainbow') (w/Brian Trower)
Shamanic Tribes On Acid - With The Wind Blows Peace from 'Ambient Odyssey'
Optica - Glow With All The Colours Of The Rainbow from 'All The Colours Of The Rainbow)'(w/Brian Trower)

3 CD set

CD 1
as per the double LP, but without 'Glow' (due to space constraint, added to the end of CD3 instead)

CD2
Symbiotic - Minute Of Technology from 'The Essence Of Ambience'
Endless Bliss - Bass Meditation from 'Chill@The Global Cafe'
Optica - Hashidity (Red Kingsize mix) from 'All The Colours Of The Rainbow' (w/Brian Trower)
Bass Meditation - Welcome To Paradise from 'Ambient Odyssey'
Dr. Psychedelic - Force Of Light from 'Chill Out Trance Volume 2'
Alien Mutation vs Indigo Egg - Sea of Tranquility from 'Microcosmacrocom' (w/Matt Hillier)
Alien Mutation - Ambience to Addle Your Brain from 'Vir2ual Trance 2'

CD3

Ganja Beats - Floating In Rainbow Bubbles (Ultra Chill Mix - edit) from 'Psymeditation 2'
Alien Mutation vs Indigo Egg - Gateway To The Sun from 'Microcosmacrocom' (w/Matt Hillier)
Bass Meditation - Deep Space from 'Chill Out Trance Volume 2'
Crystal Moon - Butterfly from 'Temple' (w/Matt Hillier)
Visions Of Surya - Kaleidoscop from 'Visions Of Surya' (w/Matt Hillier)
Space Trip - The Cosmic Key from 'The Essence Of Ambience'
Dr. Psychedelic - The Golden Light from 'Chill Out Trance'
Optica - Glow With All The Colours Of The Rainbow from 'All The Colours Of The Rainbow)' (w/Brian Trower)

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