Brother Lee is a British sonic conjurer who moonlights in groups like Bulldozer Crash, Inner Space Quartet, and The Peas. A genuine shapeshifter in the music world, Lee has gifted us a two-headed vinyl beast: the electrifying “Kiss The Sky” b/w “Winter Sky.” Initially released in 2022 by Funk Night Records, this double-sider is a feast for the ears—and a little weird around the edges.
Picture this: It’s 2018. Brother Lee has just returned from his last European adventure with Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra, his head still buzzing with the echoes of nightly performances.
On a rare day off, with nothing but his Tascam 8-track cassette recorder and an over-caffeinated muse, he decides to immortalize “Kiss The Sky.”
Having played it live so often, it was second nature. Within one feverish afternoon, Lee sang, played every instrument, and captured the track in raw, blistering glory. Yes, it’s distorted. Yes, there are tape dropouts. Yes, it howls with first-take magic.
Strap on a good pair of headphones, and you’ll catch Lee’s primal yells bleeding through the room mics like a ghost haunting its own masterpiece. While the 45 version trims it down, the digital release gives you the full, unbridled journey.
“Winter Sky” is like finding a glittering artifact buried under a forest floor. In 2012, Lee crafted a moody instrumental soundtrack for a promotional film by an Isle of Wight skateboard company.
“Winter Sky” is the lone survivor of those OST sessions, opening with a heavenly, lo-fi drum break that sounds like it was recorded in a cave where gods once jammed. What follows is a kaleidoscopic fusion of psychedelic funk, wailing slide guitar, Mellotron dreams, haunting acoustic strums, and analog synth sorcery.
It’s the kind of track that feels like it’s narrating a cosmic skateboard ride under a star-drenched winter night.
Lee has always followed his own cosmic compass, often trading high-paying gigs with big-name companies for quirky collaborations with friends and family.
This ethos is woven into every note he plays, and “Kiss The Sky” b/w “Winter Sky” is no exception. The tracks eventually made their way to Funk Night Records, courtesy of the legendary Misha Panfilov, and found their home on a 7″ vinyl alongside 45s from Lee’s band, Inner Space Quartet.
So, grab your headphones, sneakers, or maybe even your skateboard, and let these two tracks whisk you away to the outer edges of Brother Lee’s musical multiverse.
Check out “Kiss The Sky / Winter Sky” by Brother Lee on Bandcamp here.
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