▁on ▁the ▁short - l ived ▁EL M ▁Records ▁label . ▁After ▁the ▁commercial ▁failure ▁of ▁that ▁album , ▁H ovis ▁and ▁Th ibe aux ▁left ▁the ▁group , ▁and ▁Harrison ▁and ▁Williams , ▁occasionally ▁a ided ▁by ▁bass ist ▁George ▁Re iff ▁and ▁drum mers ▁D ana ▁My zer ▁and ▁Dar in ▁Mur phy , ▁began ▁writing ▁and ▁recording ▁what ▁would ▁become ▁their ▁second ▁album . ▁ ▁Success ▁of ▁Kont iki ▁and ▁release ▁of ▁The ▁Big ▁Picture ▁( 1 9 9 7 - 2 0 0 3 ) ▁ ▁Kont iki ▁was ▁recorded ▁primarily ▁on ▁ 4 - track ▁c ass ette ▁and ▁AD AT ▁and ▁included ▁elements ▁of ▁found ▁sound ▁and ▁psych ed el ic ▁experiment ation . ▁While ▁the ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁recorded ▁piece - by - pie ce ▁via ▁over d ub bing , ▁Harrison ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁three ▁tracks ▁recorded ▁by ▁the ▁live ▁band ▁to ▁be ▁" the ▁sp ine ▁of ▁the ▁record ", ▁show c asing ▁the ▁band ' s ▁rock ▁and ▁roll ▁sound . ▁Nash ville ▁music ian ▁Brad ▁Jones ▁helped ▁to ▁mix ▁and ▁compile ▁the ▁album ▁when ▁recording ▁was ▁complete . ▁While ▁un success ful ▁upon ▁release ▁in ▁America ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁in ▁England ▁on ▁the ▁Rain bow ▁Quart z ▁label , ▁champion ed ▁by ▁No el ▁and ▁Li am ▁Gall ag her ▁of ▁O asis , ▁among ▁others . ▁ ▁The ▁recording ▁of ▁the ▁band '