I started making music around 1991, recording into a Dictaphone or, boom box , as the Americans say. I released six cassettes in this way.
The recordings were mainly voice and acoustic guitar. I would describe them as shambolic and improvised; my guitar could have taken me to court for grievous bodily harm. Then in 1996 whilst on a day trip to the lovely and charming hamlet of Tiddlywink, I decided to purchase a four-track, and began to record music under the name Vase.
I chose the name Vase because porcelain is fragile and can be easily broken. My intention is to make music conveying a homemade sound with a melancholic tone, blending sparse acoustic and electronic structures with softly spoken vocals.
Over the years I have collaborated with George McKenzie (Headfall) and Matt and Sam Jones (Movietone /Crescent). They have added extra instrumentation, yet the songs still keep an understated, bare-bones atmosphere.
Artist: Vase
Title: Ghost Drive
Format: Cassette single
Cat no: Vase 16
Released: 2022
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Tracklisting:
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Ghost Drive
Side B
Studio C
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Artist: Vase
Title: Pixelated Red Squirrel
Format: CD album
Cat no: Vase 15
Released: 2019
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Tracklisting:
Bloody Numbers
Network Ark
Visitors (Listen) copyright control Stephen Lane 2019
Postcards
Flood And Flat
Merry Mesh
Ginger Rage
Spotlight
Wilt
A Stiff Love
Neon Prune King
Bulrush
Goodbye Pixels
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Artist: Vase
Title: Butterfly Field
Format: Cassette single
Cat no: Vase 14
Released: 2015
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Tracklisting:
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Butterfly Field
Side B
Back Seat Eyes
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Artist: Vase
Title: The Orange Willow Tree
Format: Cassette single
Cat no: Vase 13
Released: 2015
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The Orange Willow Tree
Side B
Fresh Eyes
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Artist: Vase
Title: A Distant Green for A Drier Shade
Format: CD-R album
Cat no: Vase 12
Released: 2011
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Tracklisting:
Eastern tip
Pixels
In the night
Light chop (Listen) copyright control Stephen Lane 2011
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Artist: Vase
Title: By the river
Format: 7" vinyl EP
Cat no: Vase 11
Released: 2008
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Tracklisting:
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Apple, table, penny (Listen) copyright control Stephen Lane 2008
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Artist: Vase
Title: Thoroughly Beastly
Format: CD-R EP
Cat no: Vase 10
Released: 2008
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Tracklisting:
Bobsled
Quiet purple posture (first version)
Shadow, nature
A shooting star
"It can be hidden"
Out of the cocoon
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Artist: Vase
Title: A Carving in The Wood
Format: CD-R album
Cat no: Vase 9
Released: 2005
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Belief and insecurity (Listen) copyright control Stephen Lane 2005
Twitchingly
O to be young
Irish heart
No reply
Hide my panama hat
Chameleon eyes
Towards the sky
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Artist: Vase
Title: A Campilation
Format: CD-R album
Cat no: Vase 8
Released: 2003
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Mao's dynasty
The king is dead
Stevie Wonder
I don't want wo be me
The final scene (Listen) copyright control Stephen Lane 1997-2003
The discovery
NYC
a
Alaska
Red = no red
Drenched in gel
Oak aged canopies (violin version)
When I lose my sight
Bit part
1994
Break dancing in my shell
After dark with the Minotaur
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Artist: Vase
Title: Teenage Moonlight
Format: CD-R album
Cat no: Vase 7
Released: 2002
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The Sphinx
Gentle waves, caress the boat
Light through windows
The shade is my buddy
Shapes in the light
Nocturnal locus
Under the orange tree
Bob
Fallen of the bobsleigh
Robotic feeling
Quiet purple posture
Wind in your hair
Alone on a saturday night (Listen) copyright control Stephen Lane 2002
A new state
A perverse prozac
A lost light
Slowly the night glows
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Artist: Vase
Title: No Cowbells
Format: 7" vinyl Single
Cat no: Vase 6
Released: 2000
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No cowbells
Side B:
Oak aged canopies
No longer
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Artist: Vase
Title: Nocturne
Format: Cassette album
Cat no: Vase 5
Released: 1998
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Artist: Vase
Title: A Clearing in The clouds
Format: Cassette album
Cat no: Vase 4
Released: 1998
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Artist: Vase
Title: What am I Going To Do...
Format: Cassette album
Cat no: Vase 2
Released: 1997
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