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A C A D I E
The Internet newsletter for Daniel Lanois
Number 30, Monday, 15 July 1996
Today's Topics:
More Lanois Influences
Previous mail 'More Lanois Influence'
DL and Manu Katche
reverb
reverb
Lanois on other artist's work
Lyrics - the next 3...
So as to avoid another 3-message digest... :-)
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Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 13:18:17 -0700
From: Tony Dunne
Subject: More Lanois Influences
I decided being the only Irish person so far to subscribe to the Acadie
collective that I might as well throw in my own small musings on the
wider subject. Being a big fan of Lanois's music and his production work
I've picked up lots of interesting news and info from this group (
many thanks ) eg. I recently got "Night Song" by Nusrat Fateh Ali
Khan/Michael Brook on the strength of subscribers comments and I wasn't
disappointed. Moreso, Emmylou's 'Wrecking Ball'
Anyway, I bought a tape by Sarah McLachlan, "Fumbling Towards Ecstacy",
which was selling cheap in a sale in HMV in Dublin. It was bought with no
prior knowledge just because I liked the title (and it was really
cheap!). After a few plays I was noticing similarities in guitar sounds
and style to Lanois work, which got me curious. On reading the liner
notes it mentions Daniel Lanois in the 'thanks to' section. Still more
curious I emailed McLaghlan's Record company, Nettwerk, and received some
info explaining the link. First off, McLaghlan is Canadian and the guy
who produced FTX is a Pierre Marchand (who co-wrote title track). He used
to engineer for Daniel Lanois in the past (how long ago or on what work I
have no idea) and to me it certainly shows all over this album.
This may be old news to most of you as FTX is a 1994 release. Regardless
of the Lanois connection this is a superb album in it's own right with
McLaghan an accomplished songwriter, and this chance purchase would
certainly make me check out her previous work. From browsing the archives
of the Acadie newsletter I detect that there are some of you interested
in exploring any Lanois link, no matter how far stretched and I think if
the purists could hack crossing the country divide to 'Wrecking Ball' (
even tho' it's certainly not a country album) FTX is certainly worth a
listen.
p.s. does anyone know more about the McLaghlan/Marchand/Lanois connection
? Incidently if anyone is interested Nettwerk's home page is
http://www.netwerk.com
and they have biography/discography etc. on Sarah McLaghlan
Tony Dunne
Dublin Institute of Technology
Ireland
dunne@dit.ie
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Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 13:29:32 -0700
From: Tony Dunne
Subject: Previous mail 'More Lanois Influences'
Correction :
I gave the Nettwerk home page address as
http://www.netwerk.com
This should have been
http://www.nettwerk.com
Cheers
Tony Dunne
dunne@dit.ie
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Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 08:58:40 +0200
From: Goetz Lorenz
Subject: DL and Manu Katche
Hi,
on the list Daniel Lanois' work on other artists work you forgot his
guitarplaying on 3 or 4 tracks on Manu Katche's solo album called "It's
about time". I think this is the only solo album of Peter Gabriels
drummer Manu Katche.
Regards Goetz
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Date: Tue, 09 Jul 96 22:15:00 -0100
From: hollen@stacken.ct.se (hollen)
Subject: reverb
(From Lars Hollen, Sweden)
In an interview in a Swedish music paper (from 1993) DL Says that
he always tunes his digital reverbs. And I wonder: how??? How can
you tune a reverb? I know how to set the delay time so it corresponds
with the song's tempo, but a reverb? Does anyone know?
"I tune them [the reverbs] to frequences that harmonize with the music."
He says that he doesn't want a reverb to sound like an added resonance.
It must have a *musical* value. So, how does he do it?
Hollen in Sweden
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From: LISAPEARL@aol.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 14:28:07 -0400
Subject: Lanois on other artist's work
I am a frequent visitor to Toronto and have in my posession a couple CDs that
I've
purchased there that may possibly be additions to the Lanois on other
artist's work
list. First, I've seen in the archives of Acadie some mention of the Kumbaya
concerts
that are held in Toronto each Labour Day weekend to benefit Aids programs in
Canada. I've attended that last two of these and am looking forward to
attending again this year. Compilation CDs are released each year that are
related to the Kumbaya concerts. The one for 1994 includes a song called
"Praying for the Rain" by a very popular Hamilton band called Junkhouse. This
is a live version of the song from their first CD "Strays" (I should mention
Bob Lanois took some of the pictures in the CD booklet). It was recorded
March 26,1994 at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. I was lucky enough to have
been in the audience for this performance. Lanois joined Junkhouse on guitar
for this song. On the Kumbaya CD, this song is listed as the
"Ram Jam Edit", which is actually an error. I have a cassette single that
includes this
song and it is listed as the "Rain Jam Edit". On the Kumbaya CD, "Praying for
the Rain" is credited to 'Junkhouse (with guitar sideman Daniel Lanois)'. For
those who are interested, this CD also includes music by Sarah McLachan,
Bruce Cockburn,Celine Dion, Rush, and other somewhat lesser known (in the
U.S.) artists.
The other CD is by another Hamilton artist called Dave Rave (real name
Dave Des Roches). I believe he currently resides in New York City. Daniel is
credited with singing background vocals on a song called "You're Back In
Town". Some of the recording of this CD was done at Grant Avenue. The record
company is Gritty City, which is based in Hamilton. The title of the CD is
"Three Octave Fantastic Hexagram".
Unfortunately, both of these CDs are available only in Canada.
Lisa Pearl Krolasik
lisapearl@aol.com
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Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 14:36:10 -0700 (MST)
From: "Antonio S Abeyta" <21113@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>
Subject: Lyrics - the next 3...
Okay - here's the next three lyrics - Thanks to all those who have send
suggestions and corrections - you've been a great help! :) Keep sending
them!
***Where The Hawkwind Kills
The (southern?) walls are closing in
I've looked at you and I've seen you
through your curtain
With a naked eye from not far,
I've shed a tear for you,
a flowing fountain
Flaming trees,
I'm lost in fields of your hair
>From where the hawkwinds kill
and the blood runs thin
I'll go now, fly I will
>From inside the gates of the stripping yard
I can't touch you, I can't feel for this thunder town
I want you now while my body is young,
my mind is strong away from this thunder town
>From where the hawkwind kills
and the dam runs deep
In this land of heaven, not so sweet
I turn my back to a godless night
I hear the mighty stranger over thunder hill
>From where the hawkwinds kill
and the blood runs thin
I'll go now, fly I will...
Over the mountain I must go
to see the valley below
Thunder town...
***Silium's Hill
Shoe Shine Mamma
spits for her money
wants to make a living
try to make her own
All she ever wanted was to
make her own money and
settle down on Silium's Hill
She prayed by the water on Manitou Bay
sipping ambrosia on a holy night
counting the lovers that had passed her way (passed away?)
They could not see her on Silium's Hill
On a frozen lamp pole I scratch her name
With my rusty old penknife on a empty heart,
standing by the window...
Is that you out there
at the Southern Cross over Silium's Hill?
Oh, baby will you ride with me
through the wheat towns to Medicine Hat
when the cold winds blow I'll be there
I'll hang on tight, baby she'll go for that
Now the old man knocks at my front door,
Shoe Shine Mamma isn't here anymore
there's a stranger in my place
looking out over Silium's Way...
Listen to the humming of the railway cars
my hands frozen on the wheel
600 miles away from home
running on the shadow of Silium's Hill
Somewhere back on Church Street
Shoe Shine Mamma spits for her money
trying to make a living, wanna make her own
down at the bottom of Silium's Hill
Mamma will I build a road
down at the bottom of Silium's Hill
***Ice
Yes it's cold by the river where you lay
In this godless place I kneel down and I pray
God help us through the night
God help us through the night
Your voice would fill the night
I think of yesterday
I wanna hold you
Your worn out hands don't touch me now
Here where it's stormy but nothing
God help us through the night
God help us through the night
This foolish night when I
hold my arms out and I cry (sounds like 'golden arms'??)
I want you to hold me
It'll come...slips through the cold night
'cause it's cold by the river where you lay
God help us through the night
God help us through the night
Through this foolish night when
I hold my arms out and cry
Yes it's cold by the river where you lay
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Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 15:16:10 -0700 (MST)
From: "Antonio S Abeyta" <21113@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>
Subject: So as to avoid another 3-message digest... :)
Okay, this list is pretty quiet lately. Everyone quietly anticipating
Dan's next project... :)
Here's some current favorite albums that I'd suggest:
Dead Man Walking - The Score (Not the Soundtrack, though it's very good, too)
This has some really beautiful and haunting music on it put
together by David Robbins (Director Tim's brother). Some of it might
be called Brook/Lanois-esque - one of the Brook/Nusrat tracks is
on it along with the full versions of the Nusrat/Eddie Vedder tunes.
Tower of Song: (tribute to Leonard Cohen) - Okay, maybe just a few songs
on it. Okay, maybe just Bono's cover of Hallelujah :) Peter
Gabriel and Suzanne Vega tracks are great too. Don Henley does a
loathsome cover of 'Everybody Knows' - for an INCREDIBLE cover of it,
find Concrete Blonde's version.
Ottmar Liebert's "Opium" - Very very cool flamenco influenced music. You
can use all those cliche words like 'soundscape' etc, but his
music is far from cliche - reminds me of Lanois and Brook in some
places, but this guy has a sound of his own - very experimental.
VERY much worth checking out. Cool CD-ROM visuals on this double
CD set, too...
Jerry Harrison's "Casual Gods" - I've just 'rediscovered' his solo stuff -
this album is very neat if you're a Talking Heads fan - maybe very
'80s, but still fun. I like it as much as David Byrne's solo stuff...
Plus, he's (Harrison) done pretty well as a producer...
Okay - just a few suggestions. Sorry to take up space :)
Ant
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