Never Never Land

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:58:39
Personnel: Richard File (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, programming, sound effects, background vocals); Joel Cadbury (vocals, acoustic guitar); Ian Brown, Josh Homme, Robert del Naja (vocals); Jimmy Hogarth (guitar, acoustic guitar); Patrick Byrne (guitar, piano, background vocals); Antony Genn (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, omnichord, keyboards, synthesizer, glass armonica, waterphone, background vocals); Shawn Lee (acoustic guitar, drums); Lucy Wakeford (harp); Philip Sheppard (cello, electric cello); James Lavelle (Mellotron, sound effects); Damian Taylor (synthesizer, bass synthesizer, glass armonica, programming, waterphone); Psycho Pab, Richard Flack (synthesizer, programming); Jarvis Cocker, Brian Eno (synthesizer, sound effects); Aiden Lavelle (synthesizer); Richard Matthews (glockenspiel); Luke Bullen, Andy Peace (drums); Pablo Cook (percussion); Cameron Craig (programming); Prime Cuts (turntables); Graham Gouldman, Rose Blake, Beccy Byrne (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Jim Abbiss; Richard Flack; Cameron Craig. Recording information: 2Khz, London, England; Dos Shot Studios; Exponential Studios; Never Never Land Studios; Sphere Studios, London, England. Photographers: Barney Bankhead; Will Bankhead. UNKLE's long-awaited 2004 follow-up to 1998's PSYENCE FICTION sees DJ Shadow M.I.A. and mainstay James Lavelle instead employing longtime party pal Richard File, who replaces Shadow's loping, doom-laden vibes with something a bit more psychedelic and free-floating. A plethora of stellar guests solidifies the new sound, including Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja (the synth-laden "Invasion"), Jarvis Cocker and Brian Eno (the 4 a.m. paranoia of "I Need Something Stronger"), and Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme (the urgent "Safe in Mind [Please Take This Gun from Out My Face]"). "In a State" is a smooth, groove-heavy track, with File crooning a refrain that seems like it finally escaped from some mid-1990s dance-floor. Even some Stone Roses get thrown into the mix, with vocalist Ian Brown and bassist Mani reuniting on "Reign." The range of styles and moods here is impressive, considering that it all comes together with the epic scope of a soundtrack to some film too cool to ever be released.