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A treasure trove of rare, out-of-print library music grooves. Dive into a two-part cinematic love letter to Studio G, including some of the famed production house’s most sought-after cues, stitched together as mosaics.
This ones for the deep diggers. Jazz Dispensary is thrilled to announce Dream a Dream with Studio G: Cratediggers Archive (19702009), a brand-new Jazz Dispensary compilation culling 25 of some of the most compelling, sexy, and psychedelic mood-music cues famed UK music library production house Studio G ever produced. Released August 2025, Dream a Dream assumes the role of a surreal soundtrack scene-setter, zigzagging between melodic synergy, yacht-friendly jazz, Mort Garson-flattering psychedelia, and pastoral folk; casting moods in two distinct directions: morning and night.
The limited-edition Opaque Red LP set comes housed in a gatefold jacket and features commentary from Saint Etienne founding member Bob Stanley, liner notes by musician, producer, and dee-jay Ryan Jebavy (aka Leslie Saucer), and illustrations by renowned gig poster artist Ivan Minsloffknown for his work with New York Dolls, Willie Nelson, Queens of the Stone Age, and SXSW.
Established by John Gale in London in 1966, Studio G produced a wide range of genres and styles, geared toward local TV, sports programming and adverts. As Ryan Jebavy, producer of Dream a Dream, explains in his liner notes, it unleashed pastoral folk, maniacal horror, funk-spat jazz, quixotic pop, alluring electro and the usual novelty side spells of national anthems, childrens music and whatever other utilitarian cues society demanded of the moment upon the commercial space. Even as more sizable outfits such as KPM, Bruton, De Wolfe and Chappell consumed the majority of the marketplace, Studio G offered a truly fetching alternativesleek, hip art not previously seen on mostly unremarkable album covers released by neighboring companies, not to mention bold, daring and adventurous music cues truly unique to Studio G. Jebavy continues, What separated Studio G from the rest of the packwas Gales undying drive and commitment towards minimalistic, psychedelic-leaning production, by way of oceans of reverb and delay, and in some cases even tape loops, not to mention a sense of artistic style and design not previously harnessed from competing production companies.
In addition to serving as a fabled fountain of musical delights for several prominent British television programmesincluding Doctor Who, Vision On, The Snooker, Bowling, The Darts Show and Top Crown Studio Gs music has also been sampled by a slate of cutting-edge artistss, from the Chemical Brothers and U.N.K.L.E. to Tyler, the Creator and Knxwledge. Monty Python incorporated several cues for their witty third LP, Previous Record, back in 1972. And just recently, Aphex Twin shared his love for the label, including a cut in his latest playlist for Supreme.
Dream a Dream with Studio G: Cratediggers Archive (19702009) veers far from the typical compilation, aimed instead at re-imagining portions of the catalog as a stand-alone pseudo-soundtrack. Jebavy describes Side A (Dream Adubbed Psychotropic Hopping Morning) as radiating melodic synergy, yacht-friendly jazz, Mort Garson-flattering psychedelia (featuring Flower Garden, a cut used by prolific hip-hopper Knxwledge for 2012s anthrdreem), and endearing folk. Side B (Dream Btitled Space Temple Midnight) begins with a slow-motion, alien crash-landing, followed by exotic world trance, airy synth reflections, warped, fusion-kicked funk (including Workload, sampled by Tyler, the Creator for his 2021 track CORSO), sludgy swamps of supreme fantasy, and haunting, pensive mystery, Jebavy adds. Two stand-out orchestral pieces alonePastoral Reflections and Barcarolle Bluesare simply stunning.
Founding Saint Etienne member and respected music journalist Bob Stanley offers insight into his own curious entry point into library music (As a kid in the 70s, I was obsessed with music on the testcard, something that was on TV when there were no programmes. It was there to help engineers to tune a TV set. Most often, it was a peculiar picture of a young girl holding a rather creepy toy clown, and they were sat in front of a blackboard.), as well as his experiences as a savvy and highly influential sampler (The Cortex album ([Troupeau bleus1975] French prog/jazz beauty) is one of the records Ive discovered through samples (Tyler, the Creator; Wiz Khalifa) in recent years. Much earlier, pre-internet, it was always a thrill to stumble across the original source of a sample). (via Label)
Label: Jazz Dispensary, Craft Recordings
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered, Stereo, Red Opaque
Released: 2025
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Funk / Soul, Classical, Folk, World
Style: Soundtrack, Easy Listening, Orchestra, Ambient, Dark Electro
File under: Soundtracks
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