Wevie Stonder

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Wevie Stonder

| image = Wevie Stonder.jpg

| caption =

| background = group_or_band

| origin = United Kingdom

| genre = *Experimental

Comedy

| years_active = 1993–present

| label = Cack Records
Skam Records
Sonig

| alias = Wevie De Crepon

| website = {{URL|http://www.weviestonder.com}}

}}

Wevie Stonder {{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|iː|v|iː|_|ˈ|s|t|ɒ|n|d|ər}}

are a British group formed in Brighton in 1993. They have released 6 studio albums on Skam records, Sonig and Cack Records. The band's name is a spoonerism of American R&B and soul musician Stevie Wonder.

History

The band formed in 1993, when their first recording session resulted in a failed cover version of Stevie Wonder's “I just called to say I love you” and marked the birth of Wevie Stonder - a name which would go on to spark a fad of spoonerised names and puns in electronic music (such as Com Truise and Joy Orbison).{{Cite news |last=Muggs |first=Joe |date=2011-07-14 |title=Slick Jagger? Joy Orbison? Why silly names hide credible music |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/14/silly-names-credible-music |access-date=2025-03-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Their first LP "Eat Your Own Ears" (its name later taken by the London-based promotions company){{Cite web |last=Buckle |first=Becky |date=2022-10-11 |title=Avoiding the obvious route: Eat Your Own Ears is celebrating 20 years of off-kilter parties |url=https://mixmag.net/feature/20-years-eat-your-own-ears-tom-baker-warehouse-project |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Mixmag}} was released in 2000, and led to a series of records for Skam, radio sessions for the BBC, and live performances at electronic music nights and festivals around the UK and Europe - with their debut live show at Sonar festival, Barcelona.{{Cite web |title=Sónar |url=https://sonar.es/en/about/previous-editions/2000 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Sonar |language=en}}

After a very long hiatus, Wevie Stonder have a new album - "Sure Beats Living" - due for release in May 2025 on Skam.

Discography

=As Wevie Stonder=

Eat Your Own Ears (Skam, 2000)
Drawing on Other People's Heads (Skam, 2002){{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Marcus |title=BBC - Music - Review of Wevie Stonder - Drawing On Other People's Heads |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nx25/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}
Stoat (Skam, 2002)
Kenyan Harry EP (Skam, 2003){{Cite web |last=Nachmann |first=Ron |date=2003-11-28 |title=Wevie Stonder Kenyan Harry EP |url=https://xlr8r.com/reviews/kenyan-harry-ep/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=XLR8R |language=en-US}}
The Wooden Horse of Troy (Skam, 2005){{Cite web |date=2005-10-09 |title=Wevie Stonder :: The Wooden Horse of Troy (Skam) |url=https://igloomag.com/reviews/wevie-stonder-the-wooden-horse-of-troy-skam-cdlp |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Igloo Magazine |language=en-US}}
The Bucket (CACK, 2009){{Cite web |title=Wevie Stonder – The Bucket |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/wevie-stonder-the-bucket-14653 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}}
Small People / Shut the Gate (CACK, 2009)
The Beast of Wevie (CACK, 2017)

=As Wevie De Crepon=

The Age Old Age of Old Age Mini LP (Sonig, 2003)
Ton Wah 12 (Sonig, 2004)

=Remixes=

The man with the Xylophone skull (2001) for Rubin Steiner
King Holer (2002) for Fujiya & Miyagi
Pushchairs for grown ups (2004) for Team Doyobi
A buddha made of mud (2007) for Schlammpeitziger

=Radio sessions=

BBC Radio 3 – "Mixing it" hosted by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell, broadcast 2/6/06
BBC Radio 1 – "Breezeblock" Mary Anne Hobbs, broadcast 3/9/05

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.weviestonder.com}}

Category:British electronic music groups