The Woodentops are preparing for an album release, a record that will be called Fruits Of The Deep. When they toured last month they played some new songs along with songs from their 80s releases and last year they put out the Ride A Cloud single. Last Friday Rolo and the rest of the line up put out a new song, Dream On, with a pair of remixes, all of which are hitting the spot, sounding laid back, sleepy and full of the promise of spring/ summer. Dream On opens with some very Woodentops sounding acoustic guitars, some dub space and an electric guitar riff. It's lovely stuff.
The remixes come in the form of a Rolo Dub and a Balearic Ultras remix. Dream On (Rolo Dub) extends it out, bassline to the fore, with backing vox and sound effects (a plane taking off, hitting an old leather arm chair for a drum sound, a large metal tray from Morocco, backing vocals recorded in a long concrete corridor), acoustic guitars and what may be a melodica. As I said of the original version, lovely stuff.
The Balearic Ultras Brooking Bass Remix is longer still, ambient intro, kick drum and snare rattle, padding bassline, isolated backing vocal, angelic sounds slowly gathering pace and then Rolo's voice drifts in, 'dreamer, dreamer, dreamer, waiting for the time to come...'- and again, lovely, lovely stuff, and ultra Balearic.
All three can be bought at Bandcamp.
6 comments:
I’m loving the music, but finding the £3.50 per track price tag a stretch too far for my budget, sadly.
Yep, I know. I winced too.
Swiss Adam
Granular Tales felt like nothing short of a miracle. Can’t believe that was more than a decade ago. Obviously, I have high hopes this time around. The bar has been set very high. - Brian
Hello Khayem.its an awkward balance.I think maybe 3 pounds is right? 1 pound is ridiculous. these tracks cost about a grand each to make. I don't mix from home usually but even if I do its days of full on work , People in general are used to listening then, well they've heard it, can return but don't need to buy, or, move to Spotify. How the hell can we make quality recordings if we know its going to earn 100 quid. Perhaps on this, the price is not right? I'm finding my way in this now cottage industry . But a dj who plays it on radio or in a club is earning a few hundred or more and a radio show is surviving on the quality of music it plays.Thanks for your comment, I needed to read that, I was uncertain of the price. Why don't you drop me a line applebad@mac.com and I'll send you something.
Same goes to you Swiss Adam .its an awkward balance.I think maybe 3 pounds is right? 1 pound is ridiculous. these tracks cost about a grand each to make. I don't mix from home usually but even if I do its days of full on work , People in general are used to listening then, well they've heard it, can return but don't need to buy, or, move to Spotify. How the hell can we make quality recordings if we know its going to earn 100 quid. Perhaps on this, the price is not right? I'm finding my way in this now cottage industry . But a dj who plays it on radio or in a club is earning a few hundred or more and a radio show is surviving on the quality of music it plays.Thanks for your comment, I needed to read that, I was uncertain of the price. Why don't you drop me a line applebad@mac.com and I'll send you something.
I was blown away by Rolo's response...and mortified that my comment may have been read as meaning that I don't value the music and cost of creating it.
I did reply to Rolo but I've also been reflecting on this and other related conversations in the past few weeks and tried to articulate some of my thoughts on where I am and what I can do better.
https://dubhed.blogspot.com/2024/04/watched-all-i-can.html
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