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A C A D I E
The Internet newsletter for Daniel Lanois
Number 67, Monday 7 April 1997
Today's Topics:
Misc. Follow-ups from the Editor
Cedric Mnich
Re: Finding the Sling Blade Soundtrack
Re: Daniel's weird live instrument
Re: ACADIE Digest, Number 66 [re: the bootleg]
Cedric response
re: instrument
Bootleg and Dan on E!
Sling Blade Soundtrack
Brian Blade / The Devlins
Lanois on new Geoffrey Oryema
Re: instrument
Newbie/archive question
treatments?
Help wanted
Musicians
omnichord
Lanois
Okay, Everybody go buy the Joseph Arthur album...
Crash Vegas, Junkhouse CDs
Who were the Acadians? (the answer is here)
Re: Micheal Poitevin (my apologies)
Re: acadie 66, Kevan (about Sling Blade)
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POSTS: Please send all posts to lanois@sfbayconcerts.com
WWW: http://www.sfbayconcerts.com/lanois/home.html
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From: Kenley, ACADIE Editor
Subject: Misc. Follow-ups from the Editor
To those having difficulty getting the Sling Blade soundtrack: Island
Records have only become interested in promoting this album as a
result of the various film awards (Oscars, WGA, SWA, etc). However,
they assure me that it is now widely available at all Tower and Virgin,
Sam Goody and Blockbuster stores. I have little faith in their assurances.
But, any specific info on which stores and where people have tried to
purchase the soundtrack and failed would be most helpful. Island is
distributed by PolyGram (aka PGD) this should be somewhat helpful if
able to order.
Daniel is friends with the Devlins as they have recorded at Kingsway studio
in New Orleans, and also because of their mutual friend Malcolm Burn.
Hope this answers some of your questions. And, enjoy this _very_
ACADIE Digest...keep it coming!
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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:17:23 -0400
From: Éric Mc Comber
Subject: Cedric Mnich
The instrument you are refering to is called an Omnichord. Daniel can be
seen strumming it in the Robbie Robertson come back video Crazy River. He
also plays it on Acadie and on Yellow moon.
There is a series of strings used as controlers, sending impulse to a very
basic synth. Recent versions have MIDI output. Your left hand controls
buttons similar to those on an accordion, defining the chords to be
arpegiated on the strings.
Éric Mc Comber
à Productions
Accident d'hélicoptère dans un cimetière Terre-Neuvien.
Les secouristes comptent au moins trois cent victimes...
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From: Mats Lannér
Subject: Re: Finding the Sling Blade Soundtrack
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:55:59 -0500
The Sling Blade soundtrack can be ordered from CDNow,
http://www.cdnow.com. They list it for $15. There are probably several
other mail-order houses that also carry it.
>/Mats -- mlann@corechange.com
>
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From: "Thomas S. Wilson"
Subject: Re: Daniel's weird live instrument
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:37:26 -0600 (CST)
> I have seen Daniel Lanois on concert in Paris a few years ago and was
> amazed by a strange instrument he was playing. It makes a reall yweird
> sound, it is electronic and amplified, its shape is ovale and a little
> bigger than a dish. It is played as if fingers were passed on a
> photocell or something and have several buttons on it to change sounds.
This is probably an Omnichord. He uses it on a song aptly titled "Omni"
on the Sling Blade Soundtrack. It is basically a toy, making very cheezy
synthy sounds that only someone like Lanois could turn into something
listenable. I'm not sure the exact method of playing one. I saw Chris Knox
use one at a show, and I think you just pregram in a chord progression and
play notes on top of that.
Looking for one? try pawn shops!
it could also be a theremin the way you describe the "photocell" but they
generally also have antennae which you couldn't miss.
-Scott Wilson
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From: Rupshaw222@aol.com
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 13:01:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: ACADIE Digest, Number 66 [re: the bootleg]
I'm the one with the bootleg!!! I've been reading the on-going debate on this
tape and thought that i would check in. (Please don't e-mail me yet. I
appreciate all 500 of you that e-mailed me last time, but for now, my hands
are tied.)
After I first posted that message, I was put in contact with Lanois'
manager. I sent her a copy of the concert and someone at the lable's mail
room lost it or stole it, and she never got the tape. So I sent her another
one to her home a little over a week ago, and haven't heard back.
When I get any information one way or another, I will pass it along.
Thanks,
Ron
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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 14:24:45 -0600 (CST)
From: friction@ix.netcom.com (Jason Engberg)
Subject: Cedric response
Cedric Writes:
>>I have seen Daniel Lanois on concert in Paris a few years ago and was
>>amazed by a strange instrument he was playing. It makes a reall
>>yweird sound, it is electronic and amplified, its shape is ovale and
>>a little bigger than a dish. It is played as if fingers were passed
>>on a photocell or something and have several buttons on it to change
>>sounds. Unforntunately, I have no idea how it is called and you
>>might know what it is... I have been looking for that instrument for
>>such a long time. I hope you will be able to help me in my search.
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Cedric is describing DL's Omnichord which is reminicent of the
Harpsicord (forgive me spelling) except that the omnichord works more
like a synthesizer layering filters and such. Anyone who may recall
the Robbie Robertson video, "Somewhere down the crazy river" (which DL
produced and played on) he plays it on that. If I recollect
accurately, Omnichords are no cheap commodity but should be able to
find one pretty much anywhere obscure expensive instruments are found.
I bet you could hunt one down on the Web.
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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 16:29:37 -0500
From: carsten kroon
Subject: re: instrument
This is to the letter inquiring about the wierd instrument. I believe it is
called an OMNI. It can be heard on the track of the same name on the Sling
Blade soundtrack.
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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:59:05 -0400
From: burdick@wombat.eng.fsu.edu (Donna Burdick)
Subject: Bootleg and Dan on E!
Hi Acadie!
I wanted to mention something that I remember from the original post about
a potential 'bootleg' of DL's. I checked through posts that I had saved
and I went to the archive online but was unable to find that original
post--it must have been early October or something. Anyway, this guy said
that he had gotten the permission of DL and his management to record what
he recorded (a soundcheck, the set and an interview of memory serves at
all) and he informed them that it was going to be broadcast which it was.
So, it seems to me, that with this particular recording a tape tree
arrangement would not be out of line. However, that doesn't really seem to
be the prevailing feeling on this list which I respect. If someone else
has better luck locating this post maybe we could review it for any
conflicts that would prohibit a tape tree. That individual may no longer
be on the list so it may be a moot point in any case.
This weekend I saw Dan with Billy Bob Thornton on E! (News Week in Review).
It seems that there is some controversy surrounding the soundtrack to
Slingblade. BBT said when he got his copy that "It was great to see all
these pictures of our friends smiling and happy. But then there was this
picture of two people we didn't even know!" The record company had
included on the soundtrack a song by Local H which was not, apparentally,
part of Dan's soundtrack. Dan said, "It's just another example of record
companies getting involved and screwing things up." (That was a
paraphrase.) I don't recall seeing this discussed here, any thoughts?
Donna
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From: nigott@localnet.com
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:13:02 -0500
Subject: Sling Blade Soundtrack
Someone wrote in this past digest looking for the SLINGBLADE ST.
I just bought it at a store called Circuit City. I didn't look for it at any
other store since I've had incredible luck in finding CDs without spending a
small fortune.
Tracey
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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:45:36 -0700
From: yun@alumni.caltech.edu (Shu-Shu Loh)
Subject: Brian Blade / The Devlins
The May '97 Modern Drummer magazine has a cover story on Brian Blade. I
didn't read the entire article but was shocked to discover that his main
band is playing with Joshua Redman.
Also, regarding Rob Devlin (what? you're not a part of The Devlins?)--as
far as I know, the connection lies in Malcolm Burn. Info from an Irish
magazine, Hot Press: "The people they wanted to work with were a motley
bunch of talented individuals. Malcolm Burn, whose previous credits
include work with heavyweights of the calibre of Bob Dylan and Daniel
Lanois, produced the basic tracks in STS and completed the sessions in
Daniel Lanois' studio in New Orleans. Additional atmospheric touches were
provided by engineer Dave Bottrel, a veteran of Peter Gabriel's Real World
Studios. Robert Bell of The Blue Nile produced the song "I Don't Want To
Be Like This" and 4AD artist Lisa Germano lent herself as a background
vocalist."
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From: "Thomas S. Wilson"
Subject: Lanois on new Geoffrey Oryema
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 23:14:47 -0600 (CST)
Well, I just wanted to be the first to let ya'll know about the new Oryema
Album. Unfortunately, the CD is not produced by Lanois. Most of the
production is by Lokua Kanza who has a good CD called Wapi Yo, if you like
mellow african stuff. The ONE track produced by lanois has only lanois on
guitar and oryema on vocals. it is called LPJ Christine and here is what
the CD sleeve says about it...
"And anyway, was she really called Christine - the one for whom
guitars like herself used to dissolve into infinity?"
Hmm....
Anyway... I just got done playing about half of the album for my "new age"
show, and I'd give those songs a 10. Great production - good texture
melodies, just the right mix of instruments... the other half are pretty
poppy, I'd give them a 7.5, but I'm sure they'll groe on me before long.
Okay... I promise I'll shut up soon... this is supposed to be a low volume
list, but I was just wondering how many of you are musicians (probably a
lot of you...) and would anyone be interested in trading music and maybe
working on some tapes? anyone have dats? adats? I play guitar and violin
and I work with a female vocalist, piano/organ player, and a drummer, but
would love to see what other people play... there is a lack of musicians
around mississippi who aren't trying to impress each other and would never
see the beauty in music like lanois, oryema, etc... I'd also love to play
on other peoples stuff some or have you play on our stuff -
thanks for letting me ramble...
-Scott
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From: "Thomas S. Wilson"
Subject: Lanois on new Geoffrey Oryema
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 23:14:47 -0600 (CST)
Well, I just wanted to be the first to let ya'll know about the new Oryema
Album. Unfortunately, the CD is not produced by Lanois. Most of the
production is by Lokua Kanza who has a good CD called Wapi Yo, if you like
mellow african stuff. The ONE track produced by lanois has only lanois on
guitar and oryema on vocals. it is called LPJ Christine and here is what
the CD sleeve says about it...
"And anyway, was she really called Christine - the one for whom
guitars like herself used to dissolve into infinity?"
Hmm....
Anyway... I just got done playing about half of the album for my "new age"
show, and I'd give those songs a 10. Great production - good texture
melodies, just the right mix of instruments... the other half are pretty
poppy, I'd give them a 7.5, but I'm sure they'll groe on me before long.
Okay... I promise I'll shut up soon... this is supposed to be a low volume
list, but I was just wondering how many of you are musicians (probably a
lot of you...) and would anyone be interested in trading music and maybe
working on some tapes? anyone have dats? adats? I play guitar and violin
and I work with a female vocalist, piano/organ player, and a drummer, but
would love to see what other people play... there is a lack of musicians
around mississippi who aren't trying to impress each other and would never
see the beauty in music like lanois, oryema, etc... I'd also love to play
on other peoples stuff some or have you play on our stuff -
thanks for letting me ramble...
-Scott
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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 07:08:41 -0500
From: Joe Rubin
Subject: Newbie/archive question
Hi,
Great to be here. What a wonderful list. I get a great charge out of
learning the many tenacled Lanois associations and have enjoyed, without
exception, everything he has laid his touch to.
FWIW, probably the best concert I saw last year was EmmyLou (opening act:
Lucinda Williams) at Wolf Trap outdoor theater outside Washington D.C. She
fronted a quartet (sorry, I'm not familiar enough with the players) that
caught the ethereal essence of "Wrecking Ball" completely. I was blown away.
Speaking of Lucinda Williams, I'm wondering if Daniel has had any
connection/influence on the "alternative country" genre (especially the
likes of Steve Earle).
Also, I'd love to scan some archives of ACADIE digests. Available?
Later,
Joe
jrubin@idsonline.com
CC near DC
[The ACADIE Digests are available on the web site. The address is
http://www.sfbayconcerts.com/lanois/digests/archives.html -- Kenley]
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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 13:30:12 +0100
From: Brendan O Reagan
Hi, Can anybody inform me as to what treatments(effects) Daniel uses in
studio for his huge guitar sounds,please
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From: Lee Taylor
Subject: Help wanted
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 10:22:59 -0600
My home was burgled yesterday, and among the things taken was my copy of
Rocky World. I realise it is no longer being distributed, so if anyone
can help me locate a PAL version of the tape I would greatly appreciate
it.
Thanks
Lee
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Date: Thu, 03 Apr 97 23:21:00 -0100
From: hollen@stacken.ct.se (hollen)
Subject: Musicians
Hi!
Dear Sonciator@aol.com
You wrote: "I've found some of the conversation here
to be very technical and musician oriented."
I think that's because many of us are musicians...
and we like to discuss HOW to do it (good music).
You know , every time I hear Acadie I just think
"God, I wish I could do that, how does he do it?"...
Many musicians like Lanois!
Hollen (a Lanois-wanna-be)
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Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 10:00:32
From: Eric Terpening
Subject: omnichord
Cedric Mnich asked about a strange instrument. Could this be the infamous
"omnichord?" I have been curious about the omnichord for some time. I
haven't been close enough at a concert to see it so I don't even know what
it looks like.
Also, this may be old news but Emmylou Harris is supposed to be on the new
Dylan album, how much I'm not certain. She was on the LJ album and on the
SB soundtrack. I figured those tracks were all recorded around the same
time if not during the WB sessions. But what of this Dylan record? Was
she in Miami for the Stormy Season sessions? Is Emmylou going to be on
every Lanois-produced project in the future? (I for one wouldn't mind.)
Eric
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Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 13:13:51 -0800
From: Erin Ellia <109te8bg8rog@mail-cluster.internetmci.com>
Subject: Lanois
Hey! Just came across your page and thought you might like to know that
Daniel Lanois will be performing (for free) at the Hear Music store in
Berkeley (Fourth St., next to Bette's Oceanview Diner) this coming
Thursday, April 10. The time is not definite yet, but it'll be in the
afternoon sometime. He's doing an interview on KPFA and then going
straight to the store for the performance.
Thought you and yours might be interested.
Cheers,
EGE
[Erin, thanks for the lead. Here is the CORRECTED INFO: Daniel will be
performing live at KCRW (Santa Monica College) 89.9 FM LA on
Wednesday, April 9 on "Morning Becomes Eclectic, host: Chris
Douridas at 11 A.M. Joining him will be EmmyLou and Tim Gibbons.
Then, he will be performing LIVE at Hear Music in Santa Monica
at the 3rd Street promenade between 5-7 P.M. on the same day. I hope
some of you can go and I hope the rest of you will record what is
aired on the air so you can share it with those of us outside the Los
Angeles area. The above performances are in support of the Sling
Blade soundtrack -- Kenley]
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Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 02:16:53 -0700 (MST)
From: "Antonio S Abeyta" <21113@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>
Subject: Okay, Everybody go buy the Joseph Arthur album... :)
I almost forgot my new music suggestion :) Okay, Crash Vegas and Junkhouse
could count, but the BIG suggestion is:
Joseph Arthur - the album is called "Big City Secrets" and it's the first
U.S. 'pop' album released on Peter Gabriel's RealWorld label. Wow, wow,
wow - all I can say is wow - This is one GREAT album...! The lyrics are
neat-o, kinda quirky, and the music is _excellent_ - there are slight
hints of Eno and Peter Gabriel, and even Lanois in the music. Eno +
Gabriel do some backing vocals on one song.
I've been singing (albeit a little off key... :) ) a few of the songs for a
week straight - they're very catchy, but not annoying. A definite
must-have! :)
Ant
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Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 01:39:16 -0700 (MST)
From: "Antonio S Abeyta" <21113@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>
Subject: Crash Vegas, Junkhouse CDs
RE: Crash Vegas - I was able to pick up their CD "Stone" this weekend -
I've listened to it once through and it's pretty good so far - This is the
one that Jocelyn isn't on, though there is a Lanois writing credit on one
song - I'm assuming it's her. Kind of a cross between 10,000 Maniacs,
Cowboy Junkies and the Wild Colonials... Bill Dillon also guests on this.
I also picked up a CD by Junkhouse - called "Strays" from 1993, I think.
It's also pretty good - produced by, guess who - Malcolm Burn... Tim
Gibbons (from the Sling Blade soundtrack) has guest vocals and a co-writing
credit for one song.
A local second hand music store is having their annual inventory sale this
weekend and this is where I'm finding all this stuff (cheap!). No Lanois
stuff, though - I was hoping to pick up some copies of the Rocky World
video for people who don't have it, but no luck... :( I'll keep looking!
Ant
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From: Kenley Neufeld
Subject: Who were the Acadians? (the answer is here)
The following was copied without permission from the "Gale Encyclopedia
of Multicultural America" Volume 1 (c.1995).
ACADIANS, by Evan Heimlich
"Acadians are the descendants of a group of French-speaking settlers
who migrated from coastal France in the late sixteenth century to
establish a French colony called Acadia in the maritime provinces of
Canada and part of what is now the state of Maine. Forced out by the
British in the mid-sixteenth century, a few settlers remained in Maine,
but most resettled in southern Louisiana and are popularly known
as Cajuns.
Before 1713, Acadia was a French colony pioneered mostly by settlers
from the coastal provinces of Brittany, Normandy, Picardy, and Poitou --
a region that suffered great hardships in the late sixteenth and early
seventeenth centuries. In 1628, famine and plague followed the end
of a series of religious wars between Catholics and Protestants. When
social tensions in coastal France ripened, more than 10,000 people
left for the colony founded by Samuel Champlain in 1604 known as
"La Cadie" or Acadia. The area, which included what is now Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and part of Maine, was
one of the first European colonies in North America. The Company of
New France recruited colonists from coastal France as indentured
servants. Fishermen, farmers, and trappers served for five years to repay
the company with labor for the transportation and materials it had
provided. In the New World, colonists forged alliances with local
Indians, who generally preferred the settlers from France over those
from Britain because, unlike the British who took all the land they
could, the coastal French in Acadia did not invade Indian hunting
grounds inland.
The early French settlers called themselves "Acadiens" or " 'Cadiens"
(which eventually became Anglicized as "Cajuns") and were among the
first Old World settlers to identify themselves as North Americans."
If you would like to learn more, you should go to your local library and
see if they have copy of this book. It goes on to discuss Settlement
Patterns, Internal Migration, Camps, Acculturation and Assimilation,
Traditions, Customs, Beliefs, Music, Holidays, Health, Language,
Family and Community Dynamics, Religion, Employment and
Economic Traditions, and Politics and Government. 15 pages in all
with a wonderful bibliography and places to find more information.
Hope you enjoyed this little history lesson.
Kenley Neufeld -- lanois@sfbayconcerts.com
Editor, ACADIE: The Internet Newsletter for Daniel Lanois
http://www.sfbayconcerts.com/lanois/home.html
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Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:21:31 -0400
From: Martine Lacasse
Subject: Re : Micheal Poitevin ( my apologies )
Dear Micheal,
I want to apologize to you and to those that my message
might have offended. I guess it wasn’t clear. What I meant by the lack
of knowledge his the fact that here in Quebec, what could be compare to
the Grammy awards in the states, l’ADISQ, has never nominated him or
even honored him for all the work he’s done. And what his so frustrating
his the fact that they seem to forget that Daniel his from the province
of Québec. The guy his canadian. We should be proud of what he does even
if his not living here 365 days a year. But what makes me more mad, his
to see that here in the region of the Outaouais, were Daniel was born
(Hull), most people don’t even know who he is. But hopefully there are
people in Canada who know him and his work. To them and to me, he will
always be « un p’tit canadien français » and I will always love him.
Martine Lacasse
P.S. The french expression was said by Daniel himself in an article that
was made in 1993, in a magazine call « Compositeur Canadien ».
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Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:30:15 -0400
From: Martine Lacasse
Subject: Re : acadie 66, Kevan (about Sling Blade )
Hi Kevan,
just want to let you know that if you haven't found it yet, I
can get you a copy if you still interested. E-mail me! ( jc@sympatico.ca
)
Martine Lacasse
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The views expressed in ACADIE are those of the individual authors only.
ACADIE is released for the personal use of readers. No commercial use may
be made of the material unless permission is granted by the author.
Kenley Neufeld, ACADIE editor
http://www.sfbayconcerts.com/kenley.html
kenley@sfbayconcerts.com
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