tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22593215753622088272024-02-06T19:14:23.313-08:00Dayglo FishermenAn indepth look at Dayglo Fishermen and their musicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-18465355812606525132021-08-12T05:36:00.000-07:002021-08-12T05:36:32.308-07:00The Discovery of Comet Nerdlinger<p>Twenty years ago, during the last days of spring in 2001, Dayglo Fishermen released '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html" target="_blank">Comet Nerdlinger</a>', the final album in what is sometimes referred to as the band's science fiction trilogy.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgij6k5PfDKgaYzPEJlaWFduzqhwK43N18U2xXdqtihoWZbyvU0P6KDGxOgSaIQ1ACa1E2qd0h5HiofXbLOL3W65rEpPHk3LzrGHpwBxbqolkbNj3oD2Q9v3LbxtJq5zH4XK_BrMMb2_Ns/s1414/comet_nerdlinger_album_cover_front_dayglo_fishermen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="1414" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgij6k5PfDKgaYzPEJlaWFduzqhwK43N18U2xXdqtihoWZbyvU0P6KDGxOgSaIQ1ACa1E2qd0h5HiofXbLOL3W65rEpPHk3LzrGHpwBxbqolkbNj3oD2Q9v3LbxtJq5zH4XK_BrMMb2_Ns/w400-h389/comet_nerdlinger_album_cover_front_dayglo_fishermen.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet Nerdlinger - CD cover: front - design and artwork by David Fothergill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><p>The first two albums in the trilogy, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html" target="_blank">Space Dog</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html" target="_blank">Painting Aliens</a>', are hard acts to follow. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html" target="_blank">Space Dog</a>' defined a new era for the band with its depth and polished orchestration, and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html" target="_blank">Painting Aliens</a>' showcased the band's commercial talent with a flawless collection of what have become classic pop tracks.</p><p>How does '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html" target="_blank">Comet Nerdlinger</a>' compare?</p><p>Production of the album started in early 1999, just a few months after the release of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html" target="_blank">Painting Aliens</a>'. Envigorated by the response to that album, and even though they were still in the middle of the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html" target="_blank">Painting Aliens</a>' promotional tour, the band started writing and recording.</p><p>In contrast to the rapid production of the previous album, which was recorded and released in less than a year, this time the band wanted to take their time. Over the next two and a half years, a rather eclectic set of tracks was recorded, initially at the band's Aqua-Lisa studio, and then later, following a couple of months of construction disruption, at a brand new custom-build facility, Cozmic Studios.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoFJP5j9n3JO7MDDtb4ldJhbVDIKhs0EF6ck-8P7Sr6f7E9A0uagpf2Rg0TkQALC97QG4EHjDaVrnvvo1n1LOlCBXI8Scj3lk1vgBgADDgwl-IGzNam-nNEutakd92d1KpIBEXeStN-M/s2048/dayglo_fishermen_comet_nerdlinger_band_photo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="2048" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoFJP5j9n3JO7MDDtb4ldJhbVDIKhs0EF6ck-8P7Sr6f7E9A0uagpf2Rg0TkQALC97QG4EHjDaVrnvvo1n1LOlCBXI8Scj3lk1vgBgADDgwl-IGzNam-nNEutakd92d1KpIBEXeStN-M/w400-h260/dayglo_fishermen_comet_nerdlinger_band_photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The official band photo for the Comet Nerdlinger album</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The album kicks off with '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/PenthousePerfection.mp3">Penthouse Perfection</a>', a fast, relentless song, simple in arrangement and instrumentation. The drum track, consisting of bass drum and snare and nothing else, is ever-present from the start as a distorted guitar and keyboard bassline accompany the almost detached tone of Ginny's vocal. There's heavy use of reverb on the sustained synth that fills out the choruses, and also on the synth that pops up to provide much of the melody in the second verse. The guitar mellows in the short midsection, losing the distortion to provide a momentary interlude before the final chorus erupts. It's a fun, but quite ordinary start to the album.</p><p>The next track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/SmokeyJoes.mp3">Smokey Joe's</a>', was one of the first written for the album, which is probably why it could sit just as easily amongst the tracks of the previous album. This up-tempo song has a strong narrative, telling the story of a wealthy man lead astray by a woman he meets at Smokey Joe's bar. Over the course of the night, he's unwittingly involved in a drunken robbery, trashes a sports car, and engages in drug-enhanced salsa dancing. They end up fleeing the city by getting the subway out to where it snows.</p><p>Right at the start, as the music builds, a brief radio sample gives us a clue as to the city where the debauchery takes place. From then on a catchy bassline drives the song along, accompanied by electronic drums and staccato distorted guitar that injects some essential menace. Richard's vocal tells the story in the verses, with Ginny taking over in the choruses. All the while, soft and often dreamy keyboard sounds, especially in the improvised midsection, accentuate the almost disembodied experience of the intoxicated pair. It's a solid and enjoyable toe-tapping track.</p><p>'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/PaintMeBlue.mp3">Paint Me Blue</a>' calms things down, and shows us the album's gentle side for the first time. Mellow piano and guitar chords introduce the song, along with soft acoustic-sounding drums bathed in a very subtle gated reverb. Ginny is given plenty of space for her vocals, which she uses well, deepening her voice on the verses and jumping an octave or more on the choruses. For the most part, the guitars and synths stay in the background, adding atmosphere and depth, and following the vocal melody on the choruses. </p><p>Like '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/SmokeyJoes.mp3">Smokey Joe's</a>', '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/PaintMeBlue.mp3">Paint Me Blue</a>' would have been at home on '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html" target="_blank">Painting Aliens</a>', settling right in with the lighter pop elements of that album. It's a thoroughly pleasant track, providing a relaxing breathing space for what comes next.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3bmlxcaobZRBdVzTwLMdTK9kmFvNsJn1vPqbsHpHbB2xv-TB5j5NKBAtulmkq_ogQOibxpzrLqwwENbZ9d25KHNhCFdEMmZCLZlzKHf7lgYIbgWGEw8YxN78abDWHiX9H-8jHmkpdvE/s1057/dayglo_fishermen_recording_comet_nerdlinger_2000.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="683" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3bmlxcaobZRBdVzTwLMdTK9kmFvNsJn1vPqbsHpHbB2xv-TB5j5NKBAtulmkq_ogQOibxpzrLqwwENbZ9d25KHNhCFdEMmZCLZlzKHf7lgYIbgWGEw8YxN78abDWHiX9H-8jHmkpdvE/w259-h400/dayglo_fishermen_recording_comet_nerdlinger_2000.JPG" width="259" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only known photos of the band working in Cozmic Studios during the production of Comet Nerdlinger. The photos were taken in October 2000 while recording the song 'Hang the DJ'. Seen in the top photo (from the left) are Sean Wills, Peter Fothergill and Richard Burton.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>The next track is often considered to be the album's true beginning, where new sounds and more unusual arrangements finally emerge. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/HangTheDJ.mp3">Hang the DJ</a>' starts with a sense of dread, as a brooding synth and the distant wail of a guitar are joined by a rough pulsing bass and drumline, and then the feared Jamaican voodoo posse, first featured in 1993 on the song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fishermen/Voodoo1993.mp3">Voodoo</a>', make themselves heard in a bone-chilling manner. Things progress hypnotically and ceaselessly, and soon we hear the very rare and deep vocal of former band member Sean Wills - the first time he'd recorded with the band since leaving in 1992. Ginny takes over the vocals for the next sections, with a break in between for something a little unexpected. And as if that wasn't enough, the classic Dayglo Fishermen trumpet sample is heard regularly, appearing behind and around the vocals.</p><p>This is essentially a dance track, an almost macabre one, well-suited to some of the darker nightclubs in the undesirable parts of town. It's one of the highlights of the album.</p><p>'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/TouchingTheUntouchable.mp3">Touching the Untouchable</a>' eases into existence with what sounds like a giant ship edging into port. Two mournful cellos play, and then a slow but powerful drum rhythm kicks in, followed by unusual and threatening synth sounds that lead into a sparse verse. Peter's excellent choice of sounds creates an effective cold-war ambience, especially with the metallic machine-like background pulse that tries to enslave us. It succeeds. There is no escape.</p><p>What stands out the most on this mesmeric track is Richard's vocal, which is arguably one of his finest, drawing us in with an emotional performance that oozes melancholy and pain, and that sits perfectly with the backing music. This is Dayglo Fishermen doing what they do best.</p><p>The mood is lightened considerably with the next song, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/Soncabaret.mp3">Soncabaret</a>'. A jaunty bassline introduces us to this high-tempo and highly melodic song. Simple drums and soft and delicate keyboards soon join the mix, and then the verse begins. Ginny's light and airy vocal speeds the song along, floating through the choruses as the guitar harmonises behind. The mood shifts slightly in the midsection, with additional drums and distorted guitar seeing us all the way to the final chorus and the long and indulgent half-tempo outro.</p><p>'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/Soncabaret.mp3">Soncabaret</a>' is probably the most popular song on the album, but despite that, it's only been performed live on two occasions; it was previewed to a very select audience during The Garage gig in 1999, and nine years later at the Limelight Theatre, Aylesbury in 2008. It deserves more, much more. Let's hope it's back on the setlist soon.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdthKVHNBJOI7t0Y_0FWVjmvolrsNU20vZrNasYOqcb8qLnYyYxunUevwYFQW-cRB9quoVVUHGjQwABTPeIUw8X6FWxVLpILk8zqkqBecw3wGpnzGuYQf7iN_sEZWqLB6bSkU7-p52asw/s846/garage_gig_1999_dayglo_fishermen.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="846" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdthKVHNBJOI7t0Y_0FWVjmvolrsNU20vZrNasYOqcb8qLnYyYxunUevwYFQW-cRB9quoVVUHGjQwABTPeIUw8X6FWxVLpILk8zqkqBecw3wGpnzGuYQf7iN_sEZWqLB6bSkU7-p52asw/w400-h369/garage_gig_1999_dayglo_fishermen.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rare photo of the exclusive gig at The Garage, Buckinghamshire, in October 1999. It was a phenomenal treat for the select few invited, who got to hear 'Soncabaret' and 'Your Favourite Love' more than 18 months before their official release. Seen above (from the left) are Richard Burton, Peter Fothergill and Ginny Owens.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Next comes 'Junk Culture', a trio of linked tracks that together total well over twelve minutes of music. </p><p>Junk Culture part one is called '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/CoffeeTableIceCream.mp3">Coffee Table Ice Cream</a>' and begins with the eerie backward sound of children's toys. Drums and bass appear, followed by a short guitar line played in reverse, which sets up the atmosphere perfectly for what is a song largely about disappointment. A more hopeful high piano melody appears later in the verses, contrasting nicely with the rest of the music that for the most part lingers in the lower registers. That lingering is especially evident during the expansive midsection that showcases the band's expertise at building tension and foreboding using only the very subtlest changes in tone and instrumentation.</p><p>As the final chorus ends, and the closing jangle of sound fades, we realise just how embedded '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/CoffeeTableIceCream.mp3">Coffee Table Ice Cream</a>' has become within our minds, creating an almost irresistible urge to play it again. A standout track.</p><p>Junk Culture part two, titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/YourFavoriteSlave.mp3">Your Favourite Slave</a>', boosts the energy levels immediately with harsh, heavy drums from start to finish. Strong guitar riffs dominate this track, filling out the background as the vocals evoke feelings of danger and submission. Ginny handles the main vocal, but Richard is heard in short electrifying sections that help lift the song out of the ordinary. It's an intense experience.</p><p>The final part, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/YourFavoriteLove.mp3">Your Favourite Love</a>', is quite the opposite of its predecessor. The gentle and heavily delayed guitar and heavenly canvas of keyboards give Ginny the perfect backdrop for what is a beautifully restrained vocal performance. At the halfway point a slow pulsing synth joins the mix, eventually becoming the only sound as the song reaches its poignant conclusion.</p><p>'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/YourFavoriteLove.mp3">Your Favourite Love</a>' became an unexpected hit at the band's concerts. It was first performed at The Garage in 1999 as part of an exclusive preview of two of the album's early songs. Later, in 2008, 2011 and 2016, it was performed at the Limelight Theatre. Ginny's remarkably emotional and often fragile performance of the song on those occasions far exceeded what she achieved in the studio. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqFTWuum8TPRNrIOK42UoZ5xQ28af3QIbRYdWFMF58qodZnXnsC9eayt4X66o5CrSQ1ZIh2i6H28eG6-G81N2b7t7I3-J5kpkbs4qdErBNSPvIV7gw6me9kzMIJio0LR17KPw_SoXEto/s1415/comet_nerdlinger_album_cover_inside_dayglo_fishermen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1415" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqFTWuum8TPRNrIOK42UoZ5xQ28af3QIbRYdWFMF58qodZnXnsC9eayt4X66o5CrSQ1ZIh2i6H28eG6-G81N2b7t7I3-J5kpkbs4qdErBNSPvIV7gw6me9kzMIJio0LR17KPw_SoXEto/w400-h389/comet_nerdlinger_album_cover_inside_dayglo_fishermen.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet Nerdlinger - CD cover: inside</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><br /><p></p><p>The song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/DrinkDanceKiss.mp3">Drink Dance Kiss</a>' is up next. It starts lazily, gradually building keyboards over a simple percussive sound. We hear the crowd of a lively bar, and then the drums and bass guitar finally lock the foundations of the music in place. Following an unusual three-bar loop, the verses tell us about the comings and goings of those in the bar. The midsection, with its baleful guitar and almost spooky synths, works well, bringing us down a little, reminding us that the worries of the world are still there, despite the dulling effects of a few drinks. Tomorrow will come.</p><p>The loose feel of the bass guitar lifts this track beyond the ordinary, giving the impression of a generally relaxed evening.</p><p>Despite the album being described as having a science fiction theme, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/NerdlingerOne.mp3">Nerdlinger One</a>' is the only track that fits that description. It's a pulsing, hypnotic track that begins with the voice of a boy offering sweets to a sinister-sounding creature. As that scene plays out, a fast heartbeat-like drum track builds, which is then joined by a deep bass synth that blends seamlessly with the rich pad sound playing minor seventh chords in the background. Guitars join in and the heart-beat drums intensify as Ginny's breathy repeating vocal lifts the first third of the track. The middle third is filled with guitar, heightening the drama with a long layered solo, before dropping back to a simplified heartbeat drumline.</p><p>It's at this point that the story of Comet Nerdlinger One is finally told. In a very rare vocal performance, Peter tells us about a mysterious dark comet that's approaching from deep space. As its dusty tail sweeps like a veil across Earth, the microscopic lifeforms within it descend and infect everyone on the planet. Humanity is dissolved and rises out of the atmosphere to merge with the comet, becoming part of the infection that will one day dissolve the beings of another world. It's an unusual and captivating piece, one that at the very least inspired the amazing album cover artwork.</p><p>A slow jazz drum pattern draws us into '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/ConstantRunning.mp3">Constant Running</a>', captivating us from the very start. The drums are brushed, not hit, and that, along with the mellow bass and gentle, other-worldly arpeggiated synths, creates a softness of feeling that has rarely been achieved.</p><p>Despite having what is probably the lowest tempo of any Dayglo Fishermen track, we remain spellbound as we are guided to the song's peaceful conclusion, enlivened right before the end by the unexpected piano chords. It all feels effortless, which is its greatest accomplishment of all.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Wfm9WwBlCRthE7S9OchZM0tJ1Y6yuyx6ols9uZce0UoaC90BqsHsSzK9J8Irg7dm8mQBxKjFKUsfdytS596uOS7U_CEvehL4vz0AGqAp0_nEgn14uZyM2Dh2hVjp-fmpn9ajY18GVDA/s1761/comet_nerdlinger_album_cover_back_dayglo_fishermen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="1761" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Wfm9WwBlCRthE7S9OchZM0tJ1Y6yuyx6ols9uZce0UoaC90BqsHsSzK9J8Irg7dm8mQBxKjFKUsfdytS596uOS7U_CEvehL4vz0AGqAp0_nEgn14uZyM2Dh2hVjp-fmpn9ajY18GVDA/w400-h310/comet_nerdlinger_album_cover_back_dayglo_fishermen.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet Nerdlinger - CD cover: back</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p>'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/DownDownDown.mp3">Down Down Down</a>' is a rock song, plain and simple. It wastes no time in getting up to speed as the guitars power us through the verses and choruses with accomplished ease. Keyboards add to the background ambience, coming to the fore only in the choruses to enhance the vocal line. An expected but expertly-played guitar solo dominates the midsection, building as it progresses, thrusting us into the song's final short verse and chorus.</p><p>The penultimate track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/TheValley.mp3">The Valley</a>', slows things right down again. Filled with dreamy and magical synth sounds, melodies and amiable guitars, the song treads easily on its path, like a journey through the pleasant parts of Middle-earth. Ginny's vocal is given plenty of room to shine and she makes the most of it, her tone and emotion perfectly pitched and full of hope and promise. This song could easily take you away if you let it.</p><p>The album's finale is an instrumental piece named '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/PicassoInBed.mp3">Picasso in Bed</a>'. It begins with an almost proto-human chant. As swelling strings fade in and the chanting ceases, birdsong materialises, and a guitar starts to pick its way into the mix. Soon new synth sounds wax and wane, along with an ever-changing guitar, and then a high piano melody plays lazily while alien clicks clatter at the very limits of perception. A repeating keyboard melody plays for the final minute, and the guitar chugs gently along with it until everything else fades and we are left with nothing but the whispering remains of reverberation. Masterful.</p><p>Dayglo Fishermen have composed many instrumental tracks, but with '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/PicassoInBed.mp3">Picasso in Bed</a>' the band has created one of the very best. The structure and layers of the piece are beautifully put together, with each sound perfectly placed, and nothing overdone. It's a truly sublime way to bring the album to a close.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2KufQuJai2usVYbU5G14-0iho0DShgHhXWbG5H5TqfocUCgaecYRCdBqGf2Mz2ojv6h0gCiqmef9FOZrrYG9TqtWS3YpxNMFjxQYq_FKprX9oEs0kSiv6iyw3Lrc-1gPS-rFKBNhxo8/s2678/dayglo_fishermen_comet_nerdlinger_cassette_inlay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="2678" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2KufQuJai2usVYbU5G14-0iho0DShgHhXWbG5H5TqfocUCgaecYRCdBqGf2Mz2ojv6h0gCiqmef9FOZrrYG9TqtWS3YpxNMFjxQYq_FKprX9oEs0kSiv6iyw3Lrc-1gPS-rFKBNhxo8/w400-h175/dayglo_fishermen_comet_nerdlinger_cassette_inlay.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet Nerdlinger - cassette inlay</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html" target="_blank">Comet Nerdlinger</a>' is a transitionary album, with some songs that would be more at home on the previous album, and others that could well have been held back for the following one. But it also has many tracks, such as '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/TouchingTheUntouchable.mp3">Touching the Untouchable</a>', '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/CoffeeTableIceCream.mp3">Coffee Table Ice Cream</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/ConstantRunning.mp3">Constant Running</a>', that carve their own unique path and belong firmly on this album and no other.</p><p>Fortunately, the occasional feeling that a song does not quite fit in here does not detract from our enjoyment. The album is a complex and entertaining collection of music, demanding at times, but littered with delightful surprises. It's a worthy addition to Dayglo Fishermen's vast back catalogue.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-61923477550930882852020-04-01T02:40:00.001-07:002020-05-07T08:40:30.129-07:00Thirty YearsThis month Dayglo Fishermen celebrate their 30th anniversary. It's a rare thing for a band to reach such a milestone, and it takes a special level of commitment and passion to get even close.<br />
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Over those three decades Dayglo Fishermen have released 20 studio albums - an average of one album every 18 months, and an average of one track composed, recorded and mastered every six weeks during that period. It's an astonishing achievement.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very early Dayglo Fishermen group photo, taken in 1991, during the recording of the band's second album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html">Strange Plaice</a>'. The band's so called 'classic' line up can be seen here (clockwise from the left): Eamonn Maddick, Peter Fothergill, Richard Burton, David Fothergill and Peter Carmichael.</td></tr>
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It's hard to choose just what to pick as highlights of the band's long career, so here's an extreme summary of how things have transpired so far.<br />
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In the Beginning</h2>
During the spring of 1990 four young men got together with the intention of recording a single song. It was meant to be nothing more than an example of what could be achieved in a hillside recording studio on the edge of a small town in a very rural location. After just a couple of hours the results far exceeded what was intended. The song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/Fish1990.mp3">Fish</a>' had been brought into existence. You can read the full account of how the band's first song was recorded in the article '<a href="http://dayglofishermen.blogspot.com/2012/02/fish.html">The Origin of 'Fish'</a>'.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The album cover cassette inlay for 'Drenched', Dayglo Fishermen's debut album, released in 1990</td></tr>
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That recording session cultivated such a wave of excitement and enthusiasm that the four men, Peter Fothergill, David Fothergill, Peter Carmichael and Eamonn Maddick, immediately made plans to record more together. Just a few months later Dayglo Fishermen released their debut album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html">Drenched</a>'. The music was an unusual and refreshing change from the high school rock bands that had saturated the local music scene. It was very well received.<br />
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Richard Burton, who had been working with Peter Fothergill for a couple of years on other projects, joined the band, bringing with him fresh ideas and his unique guitar sound. Over the following two years Dayglo Fishermen's extraordinary creativity was unleashed with such relentless passion that four more studio albums were released, including '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html">Strange Plaice</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-andsoitis.html">And So It Is</a>', most notable for the song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-andsoitis/ButWhereWereTheMice.mp3">But Where Were the Mice?</a>'.<br />
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With a new band member, Sean Wills, on board, that frenetic period culminated in the 1992 release of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-magic.html">Magic Organ</a>', which lingered solely on the dark side of life. The music is harsh, lyrically as well as aurally, but somehow just as compelling as much of their lighter work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The album cover artwork for 'Magic Organ', released in 1992 (left: front cover, right: inside cover). The imagery features an almost maddening array of burning scratches, which complements the music perfectly.</td></tr>
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The production of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-magic.html">Magic Organ</a>' proved to be an almost torturous experience which stretched an already growing tension within the band to its limit. Creative differences became intolerable. Read the article '<a href="http://dayglofishermen.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-art-of-darkness.html">The Art of Darkness</a>' to learn just how dark the experience of creating an album can go.<br />
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Second Wind</h2>
Dayglo Fishermen were down to just two members, but the air had been cleared and the future was full of promise. With renewed vigour Peter Fothergill and Richard Burton began work on a new album and in September 1992 released '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-what.html">What the Hell</a>'. The contrast with '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-magic.html">Magic Organ</a>' was profound. The new album was lighter, fresher, and positive, despite its occasional drift into political references.<br />
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Over the next two years the band released five more albums, which included the eponymous '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fishermen.html">The Dayglo Fishermen</a>' in 1993, but it was the release of the now classic '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>' a year later that really stands out during that period.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The album cover for 'Big Spoon', released in 1994. The album is widely regarded as one of Dayglo Fishermen's finest and most influential. </td></tr>
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>' was a significant change from the band's usual sequence of song structures, and that was exactly as it was planned to be. It was far more instrumental in nature, and featured a deeper and much more sophisticated sound that would be carried through to later albums. Read the article '<a href="http://dayglofishermen.blogspot.com/2019/08/">Big Spoon</a>' for a detailed account of the album.<br />
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Towards the end of 1994 the band took a long break from recording. Richard moved to southeast England, and within months Peter also headed south to London.<br />
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Rebirth</h2>
In the spring of 1996, with Peter established in London, and Richard in Buckinghamshire, Dayglo Fishermen began recording once again. They were joined by Ginny Owens, a talented local singer with a unique voice. Just over a year later the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>' album was released. The album was a return to a more typical song structure, but with more a more refined sound and some wonderfully subtle layers of orchestration. And it was all crowned with the smooth and often haunting sound of Ginny's vocals. You can read an in-depth account of the album in the article '<a href="http://dayglofishermen.blogspot.com/2018/01/space-dog-pound-of-hound.html">Space Dog - The Pound of the Hound</a>'.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The album cover artwork for 'Space Dog' (left) released in 1997, and 'Painting Aliens' released in 1998</td></tr>
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Just a year later Dayglo Fishermen released what has become known as their classic pop album: '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html">Painting Aliens</a>'. The blending of traditional pop methods with the band's own unconventional ideas proved highly popular, making it one of the band's most accessible albums ever. Read a detailed account of the album in the article '<a href="http://dayglofishermen.blogspot.com/2018/08/painting-aliens.html">Painting Aliens</a>'.<br />
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Many of the album's tracks, such as '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/SomethingsWatching.mp3">Something's Watching</a>', '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Underground.mp3">Underground</a>' and the title song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/PaintingAliens.mp3">Painting Aliens</a>', were so popular that they have been performed at every one of the band's concerts ever since the album was released.<br />
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Into the New Millennium</h2>
The frequency of Dayglo Fishermen releases would slow quite significantly from now on, but the creativity and desire of the band never waned. As the rest of the world embraced the possibilities of the new century the band quietly recorded and released an eclectic series of albums, including '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html">Comet Nerdlinger</a>', '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-queen.html">Queen of the Sunset City</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-boat.html">I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats</a>'. Each album features a wild variety of styles and textures, and each saw the band's technical and creative abilities reach new heights.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The album cover artwork for 'Comet Nerdlinger' - released in 2001 (top left), 'Queen of the Sunset City' released in 2003 (top right), 'I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats' released in 2006 (bottom left) and 'In the Limelight', the band's first live album, released in 2008.</td></tr>
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This period closed with the release of Dayglo Fishermen's first ever live album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-limelight.html">In the Limelight</a>' - a recording of the band's exhilarating 2008 concert at the Limelight Theatre in Aylesbury, UK.<br />
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Up Until Now</h2>
The arrival of advanced new equipment energised the band. The result, in 2010, was the release of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-moons.html">Moons That Cast Their Light</a>'. The album has a retro feel and is brimming with sparkling synths, lush guitar textures and dreamy vocals. It contains several stand out tracks, including the quirky pop song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moons/TeenAngst.mp3">Teen Angst</a>' and the beautiful '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moons/NeverAShadowWithoutALight.mp3">Never a Shadow (Without a Light)</a>'.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The band photo used in publicity for Dayglo Fishermen's 2011 concert following the release of the album 'Moons That Cast Their Light' the previous year. Seen on the top row are Richard Burton, Ginny Owens and Peter Fothergill. Below is Sean Wills, a former band member who had been a featured artist on the last few albums. He would rejoin the band as a full member after the concert.</td></tr>
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To help promote the album, in 2011 Dayglo Fishermen performed once again at the Limelight Theatre in Aylesbury. The concert, which featured performances of many of the band's classic songs as well as new material, was such a success that a live recording of the event, titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-concert-260311.html">260311</a>', was released soon after.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dayglo Fishermen performing at their 2011 Limelight Theatre concert. This photo was used as the cover for '260311', the live album of that performance, which was released later that same year.</td></tr>
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After opening a new dedicated production facility in London, Dayglo Fishermen commenced work on the album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>', which was released in 2015. The album is a powerful mix of pulsing synthesiser rhythms, energising guitars and expansive and layered vocals. At times it's purity of vision is quite astonishing as each track leads into the next. The article '<a href="http://dayglofishermen.blogspot.com/2015/11/midnight-souls-revealed.html">Midnight Souls Revealed</a>' provides a full insight into each song.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The CD cover and inside images for the 2015 album 'Midnight Souls Still Remain'</td></tr>
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The band immediately started work on another album, but in 2016 still found the time to showcase '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>' and, of course, some of their classic songs live at the Limelight Theatre. The following year they released a live DVD of the event titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-come-alive.html">Midnight Souls Come (a)Live</a>'.<br />
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In recent years Dayglo Fishermen have been very tight lipped about an album's contents before release, and their latest studio album was no exception. There were many rumours, of course: the main one being that the album was far more instrumental in nature. When the album was released in 2019 that rumour was proven correct. Named simply '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-time.html">Time</a>', the album is an epic soundscape that's like nothing else the band has ever released, yet it's also unmistakably Dayglo Fishermen with influences stretching back to the band's earliest compositions. Read '<a href="http://dayglofishermen.blogspot.com/2020/01/time-has-come.html">'Time' Has Come</a>' for a detailed account of the album.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover image for the album 'Time', released in 2019</td></tr>
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Back in 1990 Dayglo Fishermen embarked on an epic journey, one that is still underway today. The destination is unknown and it may never be reached, but along the way the band have managed to create quite remarkable music. And they have honoured us by releasing it for all the world to hear.<br />
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With their latest album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-time.html">Time</a>', now available to stream on all the major music services, such as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1mIRPsflHwGi7xSrnYVu79">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Dayglo-Fishermen/dp/B085LW6RXV/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Dayglo+Fishermen&qid=1584300055&s=dmusic&search-type=ss&sr=1-2">Amazon Music</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Dayglo_Fishermen_Time?id=Bngjdueunpcwyfd4a6lt43f2wlm">Google Play</a> and <a href="https://www.deezer.com/en/album/135200212">Deezer</a>, the whole world now has even more opportunity to hear the band's work.<br />
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Here's to the next 30 years...<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-58950192648459217862020-01-01T08:38:00.000-08:002020-01-01T15:05:30.813-08:00'Time' Has ComeIn November last year Dayglo Fishermen released their much anticipated new album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-time.html">Time</a>'.<br />
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Just over two and a half years in production, the album marks a departure from the relatively conventionally structured collections of songs that the band usually releases. Largely instrumental in nature, the new album is vast and epic in its scope, and has been described as "<i>a remarkable cinematic journey through the lightness and darkness of existence</i>", and "<i>an immense soundscape that straddles worlds and dimensions</i>".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The CD cover image for Dayglo Fishermen's album 'Time'</td></tr>
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As the album plays, and as each track seamlessly blends with the next, there is a clear impression of sophisticated progression; like a complex story unfolding as its tapestry of plot lines and twists weave together in an often unpredictable, but ultimately satisfying, fashion.<br />
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The album begins with the rush of waves as '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/FirstLight.mp3">First Light</a>' eases us into that story. The gentle sound of water as it shifts sand and pebbles is incredibly soothing. A mellow keyboard pad joins the mix as the waves slowly intensify, and then a thoughtful guitar melody takes control. The guitar evokes images of deserts and salt flats; an intriguing contrast to the waves that continue to ebb and flow all around. The track's intention, perhaps, is to issue a warning that our planet's current oceans will one day become arid and lifeless. That may be reading too much into a beginning that, for most, will having nothing but a calming effect. It's a perfect start to the album.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/TimeOutFromThisWorld.mp3">Time Out From This World</a>' comes to life with an indecisive drift through random radio stations. A luscious synth pad begins swelling back and forth - a fine complement to waves of the previous track. A gentle bell-like arpeggio begins, and then drops away as a rich bass sound take charge, accompanied by a soft jazz drum section. Guitars build, and the bells return, almost whistling at times as the multiplex of textures intermingle: and all of this progresses at a leisurely pace, instilling a sense of security and peace, and feelings of confidence and serenity with the accomplished ease we expect on any band's 20th studio album. As things drop away an almost vocal synth begins a regular punch of the sound space. A muted trumpet, a familiar sample to those that have listened to the band's previous albums, plays mournfully, eventually followed by a more optimistic piano that lifts the mood with a beautiful melody, and then the main sequence returns. As a distorted guitar builds and slides up in pitch the track drops back to skim through some radio stations once again. Here we are left to drift awhile, unfocused, until a lonely voice asks 'Can you hear me?'.<br />
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North African flutes play through the introduction of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/BeforeTheStorm.mp3">Before the Storm</a>' evoking thoughts of deserts, campfires and deep sunsets. A hypnotic drum sequence soon kicks in, followed by a rasping synth bass sound, and then layers of guitar begin to build as keyboard pads swirl in the background. An unexpected synth melody suddenly appears as an interlude, but it's short-lived. The main theme returns, this time with a wandering bass guitar line in the mix as the guitars layer up once more. As the keyboards build in the background a distorted guitar takes over to create the track's final crescendo. And then things drop back until the drums cease and a brief whisper of voices is heard; an eerie hint of what is to come later on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The CD inside cover image for Dayglo Fishermen's album 'Time'</td></tr>
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A rich rhythmic synth riff, drifting left and right across the aural landscape, heralds the start of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/TheHeavensOpened.mp3">The Heavens Opened</a>'. As the soft synth bass drum sequence begins two bass lines, keyboard and guitar, play along, matching the bass drum. Ever so gently a guitar joins in, strumming slowly and sweetly, and then a high and pulsing staccato synth cycles through the octaves as it fades in over several bars. An orchestral flourish rushes in to signal the start of the second and highly melodic section. Everything picks up as full drum sequence and a compelling synth melody takes over. Things repeat, building in intensity, before dropping back to the rhythmic synth riff. Whale song makes a surprising appearance here; A classic Dayglo Fishermen ploy, and then a pulsating synth introduces itself. A guitar plays around, until the orchestral flourish launches the final act. The pulsating synth takes control this time, playing through its addictive melody. As the key rises a powerful distorted guitar harmony joins the fray, lifting the track up to its glorious finale before releasing the listener back to how it started. It's an incredibly energising experience.<br />
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The whisper of voices returns, their words incomprehensible, mysterious, even ominous. At a remarkably slow 30 beats per minute '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/CracksAppear.mp3">Cracks Appear</a>' begins. A lonely bass drum, accompanied by a plucked double bass, maintains the feeling of dread as a distant distorted guitar comes into play. A sparse piano plays chords on the beat, and soon some light cymbals manage brighten things just a bit. The voices return on occasion to remind us of their presence, and a whirling section of strings building during the sparse middle section, both of which remind us that there is something sinister lurking just beyond our comprehension. Everything works together to instil a chilling and almost hopeless sensation. As the track draws to a close with melancholic piano and a short guitar melody, the voices make a final appearance and repeat their unfathomable message.<br />
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A pulsing synth bass and gently chugging guitar brings us back from the brink of darkness as '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/GhostsInMyLife.mp3">Ghosts in My Life</a>' kicks in. Soon a simple, soft synth melody captivates the listener. After brief and sparkling bridge section the synth melody plays again, this time with some interesting interplay with another synth and guitar. And soon we are in new section, with vocals, accompanied by powerful sustained keyboards that fill the background with a broad and rich sound. A simplified first section plays again, and then we enter a sparse middle section as an unusual synth sound plays, interspersed with some heavily distorted guitars, building until the vocal section returns and brings everything to a close.<br />
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Dominated by a loosely tapped cymbal rhythm, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/DarknessFalls.mp3">Darkness Falls</a>' ends the first half of the album with a softly hypnotic piece. Despite its title, the track feels light and soothing as guitars and smooth keyboard pads drift around. Some deep chanting voices appear now and then, which are slightly unsettling, if only for the briefest of moments, but those moments are forgotten as uplifting vocals take over. A distorted guitar leads the listener out of the track and on to a moment of silence in preparation for the second half of the album. Its an outstandingly fluid composition.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The CD back cover image for Dayglo Fishermen's album 'Time'</td></tr>
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/AnEnchantedEvening.mp3">An Enchanted Evening</a>' begins with a mellow and sustained synth sound. The curious and soft hooting of birdsong is soon heard, captivating the listener as a gentle and sparse guitar starts to play. And so it continues, drifting beautifully without purpose and structure, drawing the listener in, and closing out the world beyond. It's as if nothing else exists, and nothing else matters. It's quite possibly one of the purest moments of pleasure on the album, made all the more remarkable due to the absolute simplicity of the track's arrangement. Perfection.<br />
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A mid tempo drum and bass rhythm, complete with the crackle of dust on a stylus, lead us straight in to the wonderful '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/IReturnedHerGlance.mp3">I Returned Her Glance</a>'. Gentle guitar and mellow keyboards ease things along until the vocals, softy spoken, begin, and then a superb instrumental section builds, with a loosely played high synth arpeggio twinkling all around until a guitar melody takes over. The vocals return briefly, and then another instrumental section, featuring an exquisitely played piano melody, takes the piece to its conclusion. This track stands out as not only one of the finest on the album, but as one of the band's finest ever. It is impossible to praise it enough.<br />
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A fast and complex rhythm of cymbals, both acoustic and synthesised, takes us in to '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/NoOneHome.mp3">No One Home</a>'. Guitar and keyboard bass lines kick in with the drums and after a bizarre trumpet plays a brief solo a soft keyboard melody begins; a comfortable contrast to the oddly timed and staccato synth bass. All the while a gently strummed guitar, and later a distant distorted guitar, provide a subtle but vital depth to the sound. As the track progresses we are treated to a mix of sections featuring a walking lead synth backed by organs, and a longer part with a simple but effective guitar melody - essential as always with the bass line as it is. Vocals appear briefly in the later stages, providing a satisfying human presence in the lead up to the finale.<br />
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With its synth dominated melodies '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/FightOrFlight.mp3">Fight or Flight</a>' is the perfect companion to the previous track. The melodies evoke more tension this time, and the more unusual drum rhythm and a sustained bass guitar over the synth bass line enhances that feeling. Numerous lines of guitar - plucked, sustained, distorted - build as the piece progresses, dropping back on occasion to make room for vocals. The concluding section intensifies with a rich distorted guitar melody that provides an immaculate harmony to the ongoing keyboard melody beneath it. As the guitar slides up into a wash of reverberation we are left alone, expecting a moment of contemplation. But it is not to be.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos from inner sanctum of Dayglo Fishermen are very rare nowadays. This one was taken in the band's primary production facility, Cozmic Studios, sometime in 2018 as the album 'Time' was being recorded. The new Korg Kronos Workstation is shown, along with some of the band's vast collection of guitars, all of which feature heavily on the new album.</td></tr>
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An interlude of sorts follows. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/ExorcisingGhosts.mp3">Exorcising Ghosts</a>' is a brief return to the vocal section of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/GhostsInMyLife.mp3">Ghosts in My Life</a>'. Most of the orchestration is stripped away leaving nothing but the guitar and voices. Despite its familiarity it is still an unexpected shock that creates a moment of confusion, jarring us out of the mood created by the previous two tracks. We are being set up for something quite different.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/SurfingOnACloud.mp3">Surfing on a Cloud</a>' starts with a short vocal before a simple up-tempo drum sequence begins. We are teased for a while with bursts of synth bass and a deep chorused pad sound, drawing us in until the fast bass arpeggio kicks off. Distorted and clean guitars build along with the keyboards as this relentlessly shameless and unapologetic dance track does exactly what it's supposed to do; get our bodies moving and our minds freed of inhibitions. It's so refreshing, and utterly addicting.<br />
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The sound of random radio stations returns. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/TimesUp.mp3">Time's Up</a>' takes us back to an earlier track for a while; the final section of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/TimeOutFromThisWorld.mp3">Time Out From This World</a>'. There's an additional guitar melody in the mix, subtly lifting the mood and circling us back to our experience an hour ago.<br />
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Smoothly, and without a sign of tension, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/BarefootThroughMyHeart.mp3">Barefoot Through My Heart</a>' begins. The final track on the album is a canvas of soft and sustained synths, with a sparse echoing melody dancing in the high notes. Now and then a slow breath eases in and out, and then a bass guitar booms into existence. As the piece draws to a close guitars suddenly join in creating a short rhythmic section that soon drops back to the soft synths. The arid guitar from the very start of the album returns, and then the ambience of the seashore drifts back into our consciousness. The music has gone. We are left standing in the foaming water as waves crash and sand rushes around our feet.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-time.html">Time</a>' is an extraordinarily mountainous experience of emotions. At its peak we feel the joyous delight of life, and in its deepest valley we are grasped tightly by tension and dread. It is by far Dayglo Fishermen's finest ever concept album.<br />
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All the tracks of the album flow together beautifully, and that's how it should be experienced. If you are lucky enough to own the CD version then that is the best way to play it, but if not the following links will allow you to hear the album as it's meant to be heard - as a two-part experience.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/Time_Tracks1-7Linked.mp3">'Time' Part One - Tracks 1-7 Linked</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-time/Time_Tracks8-15Linked.mp3">'Time' Part Two - Tracks 8-15 Linked</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-54892495398673138862019-08-01T01:01:00.000-07:002019-08-01T01:01:01.470-07:00Big Spoon<div dir="ltr">
25 years ago this month in 1994 Dayglo Fishermen released the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>' album. It represented a marked change from the band's typical song structure and sound, and featured a partly instrumental set of compositions. The band's sound had quite suddenly evolved into something much deeper and much more sophisticated.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover image for the 'Big Spoon' album</td></tr>
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For the previous two years, from 1992, Dayglo Fishermen had had only two band members: Peter Fothergill and Richard Burton. They had already released four albums as a duo, most notably their eponymous album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fishermen.html">The Dayglo Fishermen</a>', and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html">Animate</a>'. Both albums contained some of the band's finest material yet, but Peter and Richard had tired somewhat of the typical song format. The desire to create a collection of works that pushed boundaries, and that would also evoke surprise and wonder, was strong.</div>
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With that in mind, in the spring of 1994 the production of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>' began.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Burton (left) and Peter Fothergill. This photo was taken during a band photo shoot soon after the completion of the 'Big Spoon' album in 1994. Ultimately none of the photos were used on the 'Big Spoon' album cover, but the results of the shoot were not wasted. One of the photos was used on the inlay of the 'Hocus-Pocus' album, released later that same year.</td></tr>
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By early summer the album's music was complete. A cover image was chosen: a photograph taken by Peter of the '<a href="https://walkerart.org/collections/artworks/spoonbridge-and-cherry">Spoon Bridge and Cherry</a>' sculpture in Minneapolis, USA during his extended visit there the year before. Former band member and graphic artist David Fothergill was asked to design the cover and inlay.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Fothergill poses proudly with the 'Spoon Bridge and Cherry' sculpture in Minneapolis shortly after its discovery in the of summer of 1993. The unusual and iconic sculpture, created by Claes Oldenburg, has since become synonymous with Dayglo Fishermen's music.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The full cassette inlay for the 'Big Spoon' album</td></tr>
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The album starts with what is probably the smoothest sounding track the band has ever recorded. Titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Minneapolis2000.mp3">Minneapolis</a>', the song eases in with a gentle keyboard pad, and then a bell-like melody plays. Soft drums soon kick in along with strummed guitar. The vocals in the verses are actually a conversation with a native of Minneapolis, Rebecca Forman, who rambles on about glitter punks, bra babes, cross-dressing dogs, heroine, and fornicating on the big spoon; all important topics in the city at that time, no doubt. After breaking in the middle for guitar and keyboard solos, the track continues to the end just as it started. It's an incredibly relaxing experience.</div>
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Energy levels receive a radical boost as the next track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Lisa.mp3">Lisa</a>', kicks in. From the start the punchy drums, laced with gated reverb, pound out a powerful rhythm. Equally powerful synths and guitars are soon playing off each other, filling the soundscape of this instrumental track with huge and instantly memorable melodies. It rarely relents, with minor breaks here and there, and ends as dramatically as it starts. At almost seven minutes long, it risks being too much to take in for such such an intense track, but Dayglo Fishermen are experts at judging such things. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Lisa.mp3">Lisa</a>' takes the listener right to their threshold, threatening to overwhelm at any moment, and then sets them free.<br />
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The first version of this track actually appeared on the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html">Animate</a>' album a year earlier. Titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/NagLisa.mp3">Nag Lisa</a>', it's well worth a listen to hear the origin of this remarkable composition.</div>
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Ethereal synth cymbals lead us in to the low tempo '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/PullingPunches.mp3">Pulling Punches</a>'. It's a welcome change from the frenetic nature of the previous track. Distorted guitar and mellow keyboards soon fill out the background of the intro. As the verse begins the guitar becomes a staccato chug creating space as Richard's vocals take the lead. Choruses remain instrumental, building on the theme set up during the intro, until the mid section drops back to synth cymbals and drums before the guitar solo eases into play. It's a laid back track with an edge, and it's brilliantly executed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A photo taken in the relaxation area at Artlite Studios. The image shows Peter Fothergill (left) and Richard Burton just after the completion of the 'Big Spoon' album.</td></tr>
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As the guitar of the previous track continues to fade '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/BeyondTheEdge.mp3">Beyond the Edge</a>' begins. A pounding mid-tempo drum beat starts things off, with a harsh synth bass and guitar line soon joining the mix. As strings and pipe-like keyboards come and go the vocals begin. And so it continues, occasionally dropping down to a single note of a guitar or a keyboard riff, before building rapidly once again. The song is remarkably hypnotic: it entrances the listener and captures their attention in a seemingly unbreakable manner.</div>
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The band knew that '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Lisa.mp3">Lisa</a>' would become a firm favourite, and so thankfully decided to rework it here. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/LisaComposed.mp3">Lisa Composed</a>' begins in a slightly gentler fashion with the synth and guitar melody, but soon the slightly altered but familiar gated drums spring to life once again. This time an arpeggio guitar is added to the mix, changing the feel and boosting the appeal of the melody even further. Towards the end things reduce to echoing synth stabs, and then build up to a final blast of the main theme, before a dissonant chord drops the track down to just the synth melody to finish.<br />
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At over eight and a half minutes in length ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/WaitForTheDream.mp3" target="_blank">Wait for the Dream</a>’ is the longest track on the album, and a truly epic instrumental. It starts at an almost inaudible level with deep synth tones, building slowly with guitars, and then after a minute or so percussion and mellow keyboard riffs kick in. Things keep building, with sustained synths and guitars adding to the mix, and then at just beyond the halfway point it breaks down only to slowly build again, this time with flute-like synths first, a deep bass and a harder drum sequence. The guitar also becomes harsher and more imposing. Like many of the tracks on this album, it merges with the next before the listener realises it's over. It's utterly mezmerising, and certainly one of Dayglo Fishermen's finest compositions.</div>
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Gentle guitar introduces the listener to '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/DataKnight.mp3">Data Knight</a>'. A soft keyboard pad soon appears to reinforce the idea that this is going to be something quite dreamy, but then things change. Heavy drums and bass kick in, and then a quite sinister string and piano riff takes over. Three and a half minutes into the song Richard's softly spoken vocals finally appear, followed by an intentionally painful guitar solo. Dropping down to just drums and piano for a while, the final couple of minutes builds to a crescendo, before dropping back to ever deepening strings. It leaves the listener feeling quite tense, but strangely energised. It's a very interesting effect.</div>
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Next up is '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Shakopee.mp3">Shakopee</a>'. The track is named after a native American chief who lived in Minnesota in the late 18th century. A southwestern suburb of the city of Minneapolis is also named after him. This instrumental track begins with a sustained distorted guitar note which is then followed by distant pulsing synth chords. Other synth lines are brought in creating an air of tense expectation, with a guitar riff fading in from beneath enhancing the effect. Things break down before heavy drums kick in, accompanied by deeply flanged guitar. A disturbing voice is heard in the background, speaking in an unknown language that may well be a native American dialect. As a long guitar solo plays out the track ends with a sudden roll of drums, and then gently blends with the next track.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Samobor.mp3">Samobor</a>' begins with deep synth sounds and then a gentle guitar riff appears briefly, before everything drops away for a lone high-pitched keyboard line to take over. This more positive sounding track soon builds as guitars, drums, bass and keyboards layer together in a rousing progression of instrumentation, before a sudden drop off takes us back to the gentle guitar heard at the beginning to finish things off. The tone of the album is lifted by this track, and what comes next will continue that.</div>
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A bright keyboard riff - a mix of piano and choir - marks the start of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/ArkAngel.mp3">Ark Angel</a>'. This up-tempo track maintains its positive tone throughout as the vocals, spacious synth pads, gentle guitars, and piano progress to the middle section, where things drop back to sustained synths, before slowly building up to a guitar solo and then a final tumultuous chorus. It's a lively way to bring the album to a close. The song proved so popular that the band released it once again on the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-hocuspocus.html">Hocus-Pocus</a>' remix album (along with '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-hocuspocus/BeyondTheEdge.mp3">Beyond the Edge</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/hocuspocus/Lisa%20Composed1994.mp3">Lisa Composed</a>'), just a month after the release of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>'. Dayglo Fishermen worked fast in those days...</div>
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-hocuspocus.html">Big Spoon</a>' is often considered to be a turning point in Dayglo Fishermen's development, but it's more of an excursion. It's a journey to an experimental and self-indulgent land: a place that's great to visit and explore, but not for too long. The band soon returned from that place for the albums that followed.<br />
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In an earlier article I looked back at Dayglo Fishermen's <a href="http://dayglofishermen.blogspot.com/2014/10/epic-instrumentals.html">epic instrumental tracks</a>, but there are many very short tracks, mainly instrumental, that are often overlooked. They shouldn't be as they are well worth a listen and make essential contributions to the overall feel and tone of their respective albums. So here they are, in chronological order, and all are under three minutes long.<br />
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The early examples of those short tracks tend to be the oddest, and the first one, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/MysteryArtist1991.mp3">Mystery Artist</a>' from the band's 1991 album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html">Strange Plaice</a>', certainly fits that description.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover image for 'Strange Plaice', Dayglo Fishermen's second album, released in 1991. Design by David Fothergill</td></tr>
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The track starts with a voice announcing 'This is a lush one' to an adoring background audience, and then a brief but alarming siren-like synth sound leads in to a rapid bass arpeggio. A synthetic voice starts speaking in the manner of a game show host and then a bass drum kicks in accompanied by a heavily flange-laden high-hat sequence. The siren synth sound appears once again, drowning out the game show host, and then everything comes to a halt as an echoing voice proclaims 'Mystery artist'. An energetic folk violinist plays for a while, before the synthetic game show hosts returns to bring things to a close. This track is seriously odd, which makes it a strong contender for the title of Dayglo Fishermen's strangest piece of work ever.<br />
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Interestingly, the track was originally much longer. Thankfully the <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-pizza/MysteryArtist.mp3">full length version of 'Mystery Artist'</a> was eventually released nine years later on the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-pizza.html">Dayglo Pizza</a>' album. Unfortunately the mystery violinist is totally absent from that version.<br />
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Six months after '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html">Strange Plaice</a>' the band released their third album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fresh.html">Fresh Gin</a>'. It's a perplexing album, with much of it making use of backwards versions of previous tracks overlaid with new material. Amongst all of that, though, are a few very interesting short pieces that stand out as probably the finest works on the album.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover image for the 'Fresh Gin' album, released in September 1991. The photo is of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi">Guglielmo Marconi</a>, the inventor of radio communications. The shades he's wearing were added by the band. If Marconi had really worn such sunglasses his sense of fashion would have been as revolutionary as his inventions.</td></tr>
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The first example is the opening track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fresh/FlysEyes.mp3">Fly's Eyes</a>'. It begins with a gentle but mildly creepy voice introducing the band and the music that will follow. Meanwhile, in the background, the band can be heard chattering and laughing inanely while <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics">Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics</a> are read out. And then a powerful and sustained synth sound begins, overlaid with a brass melody. This builds as a vibrato-laden saxophone joins the mix, which is then replaced by a high synth. Things soon drop back as what sounds like a distant timpani drum pounds out an ever quickening rhythm. And then a pounding drum and bass line kicks in for the final few bars. It's a weird and memorable introduction to the album.<br />
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At just over one and a half minutes in length, the third track on the album, titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fresh/DaygloAquariumOpening.mp3">Dayglo Aquarium (Opening)</a>', begins with a percussive synth drum and bass sequence, which is soon layered with deep strings and staccato panpipes. As a distant organ melody begins to cycle round and round a couple of saxophones start playing in a seemingly random fashion. And then everything drops away to leave the deep strings, accompanied by the ever-present organ melody. After a few bars the strings disappear and the track finishes with the repeating organ melody as it fades away. With its unusual melodies and gentle percussion this track fits perfectly on the album. It could certainly have been extended to become a full-length composition, but its intention was to work as an introduction to the related piece that follows ('<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fresh/DaygloAquariumMainMovement.mp3">Dayglo Aquarium (Main Movement)</a>'), and in that regard it works perfectly.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fresh/FlysReprise.mp3">Fly's Reprise</a>' provides the introduction to side-two of the album (this was a cassette-only release), and as the name suggests, it's a remix of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fresh/FlysEyes.mp3">Fly's Eyes</a>'. There is no spoken introduction this time. Instead a high-pitched and echoing synth start things off, followed by a heavily chorused keyboard sound playing through the chord sequence. A choir sample plays the main melody, replacing the brass sound of the first version. The twinkling sound that accompanies it suggests that a version of the Korg M1's famous 'Universe' sound is being used. The timpani sound is replaced by a deep organ, which stops abruptly before the drum and bass section begins. As the chorused keyboard plays a rather dissonant progression a sampled voice is heard, and then the track ends with screams and a round of applause. This version has a more ominous feel than the first, and it works well in the context of the album. Interesting indeed.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fresh/SFCart.mp3">S. F. Cart</a>' lasts barely more than a minute, and is one of the shortest of all the tracks mentioned in this article. It's a frantic composition, featuring backwards drums and squidgy bass in a relentless tumble to the end where a panther's roar finishes things quite abruptly. It's all taken from '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/CastAdrift.mp3">Cast Adrift</a>', the final track on Dayglo Fishermen's debut album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html">Drenched</a>'. The use of reversed samples of earlier work is a theme on '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fresh.html">Fresh Gin</a>', so in that sense this track fits in well. It certainly provides an energising interlude between the two lengthy and low-tempo tracks that precede and follow it.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Q4wBOxXf6lb-7Z6_FzZ9qfY7lLPZ-lYYvtq4mqvI8vFMOq4DpiVpC6nlOAPkUzMGTy6FMkFKUsZT3SIeYTLza8NdRMgOzCTRaEfMJBO0mgxSlqDh2xUk6lQ9LBUfpkNudSQgOHly2AU/s1600/dayglo_fishermen_and_so_it_is_cover_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="800" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Q4wBOxXf6lb-7Z6_FzZ9qfY7lLPZ-lYYvtq4mqvI8vFMOq4DpiVpC6nlOAPkUzMGTy6FMkFKUsZT3SIeYTLza8NdRMgOzCTRaEfMJBO0mgxSlqDh2xUk6lQ9LBUfpkNudSQgOHly2AU/s400/dayglo_fishermen_and_so_it_is_cover_image.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover image for the 1992 album, 'And So It Is'. Artwork and design by David Fothergill</td></tr>
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Dayglo Fishermen's fourth album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-andsoitis.html">And So It Is</a>', recorded in January 1992, contains three tracks that are under three minutes long. Two of them - '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-andsoitis/FormsCollide.mp3">Forms Collide</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-andsoitis/ButWhereWereTheMice.mp3">But Where Were the Mice?</a>' - are fantastic songs (the latter being one of the band's most popular songs ever) but the focus of this article is instrumentals, which leaves us with the intriguingly titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-andsoitis/ThisIsRadioDayglo.mp3">This is Radio Dayglo</a>'.<br />
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The track is actually a remix of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/Drenched.mp3">Drenched</a>', the title track of the band's first album, but without the synthesised voice. Instead two loosely played guitars strum away over the busy and heavily effected drum track. The deep plucked bass line of the original remains, giving a solid foundation that enables the off-beat snare to continue for the entirety of the track. For the final minute, as the guitars play off each other with a relaxed ease, an unusual pulsing synth sound enters the mix, which eventually finishes the piece awash with an ever deepening reverb effect. As with most tracks on this album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-andsoitis/ThisIsRadioDayglo.mp3">This is Radio Dayglo</a>' is a largely forgotten and unusual pleasure. It's well worth rediscovering.<br />
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Short instrumental tracks take a back seat for quite a while after that. In fact, another one does not appear until the release of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-queen.html">Queen of the Sunset City</a>' 11 years later. Thankfully that album provides like no other.<br />
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The album opens with '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/StrangeDelight.mp3">Strange Delight</a>', which at a length of only 38 seconds is the shortest of all Dayglo Fishermen compositions. It begins with the eerie voices of two children, and then a simple monophonic drum and bass track starts up, reminiscent of the preset rhythms of cheap keyboards of the 1980s. A guitar-like keyboard sound plays throughout, its melancholic melody complementing the little voices that take the track to its sudden echoing conclusion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover image for 'Queen of the Sunset City', released in 2003. Artwork by Richard Burton, design by David Fothergill. Richard's original acrylic painting for this now hangs proudly on the wall within the confines of Mammoth Studios, the band's London recording facility.</td></tr>
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At about the half-way point of the album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/SelfishBitch.mp3">Selfish Bitch!</a>' makes itself heard. It begins with a sparse piano and drum pattern as a distorted guitar fades in from the distance. A bass line quickly joins the mix. The piano melody reappears and is joined by a sci-fi synthesizer sound. Things very quickly drop back to drums, bass and guitar, before ending pretty much as it began. It leaves the listener bemused but wanting more, and it certainly has the potential to be a full length composition.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/RequiemPart1.mp3">Requiem I</a>' follows immediately after. It begins with a rich string keyboard sound, accompanied by an almost wispy synth that plays in the upper octaves. The guitar melody begins, gently at first, but it soon becomes harsher and more sinister as the strings deepen. And then, as the strings bend even lower, an abrupt and dissonant chord signals the end of the guitar's work. The strings deepen even further, and then fade away. It ends far too soon, but fortunately there is a second part which we'll come across shortly.<br />
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Experimental and avant-garde jazz is not something Dayglo Fishermen are known for, but '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/ColdWar.mp3">Cold War</a>' comes very close fitting into both those categories. It begins with a rich and full-bodied deep bass, with a light and loose piano line joining in a bar later. Seemingly random cymbals then play. Other than the bass there is nothing to easily latch on to, which has a remarkably hypnotising effect, sending the mind free-wheeling to the edge of oblivion. As it fades out after less than two and a half minutes the listener is brought back to full consciousness at least ten minutes too soon. This track would still work at twice the length.<br />
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The penultimate track on the album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/RequiemPart2.mp3">Requiem II (A Song for Anja)</a>', is a lighter version of the first part. Strings, this time gentle and soothing, bring us back into the Requiem world. An acoustic guitar plays freely, mesmerising the listener and taking them far away from the realms of reality. The wispy synth sound soon returns to drift around in the background. It is an astonishingly beautiful piece of music.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Instead of an album cover, something different: the teaser flyer to promote the album 'I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats'. Despite what the flyer says, the album was eventually released in the autumn of 2006, not the spring. Artwork by Richard Burton, design by Peter Fothergill</td></tr>
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The final example is from the band's 2006 album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-boat.html">I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats</a>'. Titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-boat/SongToSayGoodbye.mp3">A Song to Say Goodbye</a>', the track begins with the gentlest of keyboard sounds playing a slow and contemplative chord sequence. A very distant high synth fades in behind a rather pensive trumpet melody. A sparse and delayed guitar plays in the background, which continues after the trumpet vanishes. At the half-way point a new and more percussive keyboard sound joins the mix, adding a new layer to the chord sequence. A mournful wah-wah guitar takes the lead, before dropping away to let the original guitar become more prominent again. And then a deep and resonant synthesiser finally assumes control in the last section as all other instruments drop away.<br />
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As the final track on the album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-boat/SongToSayGoodbye.mp3">A Song to Say Goodbye</a>' is a very poignant way to finish the album. The touching, and even regretful, emotions it evokes in the listener are extraordinary considering the short length of the piece.<br />
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Listening to all of the above tracks is a fantastic demonstration of Dayglo Fishermen's ability to summon the strongest of emotions in the listener, even in the shortest of compositions. I recommend taking the (short) time to experience to them all.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-8684333950010945892019-03-04T00:46:00.000-08:002019-03-04T00:46:03.107-08:00Unfathomable LyricsThere are many songs on Dayglo Fishermen's vast back-catalogue of albums that contain quite unusual lyrics. This is part of the appeal of the band, but it can also cause confusion and even frustration as to what the meaning behind the lyrics actually is. There is never an official explanation, and that is probably because the band wants the listeners to make up their own minds, or interpret things in relation to their own lives.<br />
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One song in particular has been the subject of great debate, but so far a comprehensive and widely accepted definition of its true meaning has yet to emerge. That song is, of course, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/Flaxen.mp3">Flaxen</a>', from the band's 1993 album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html">Animate</a>'. It's heavy drums and bass, drenched in gated reverb, pound away relentlessly as some of the most unfathomable lyrics in history are unleashed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover image for Dayglo Fishermen's 1993 album, 'Animate'</td></tr>
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The song contains four distinct sections of lyrics, so let's take each in turn. First I will attempt to explain the story. Only then can a possible meaning, if indeed there is one, become clear.<br />
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Part One</h3>
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<i>Listen, extraordinary<br />Legendary, driving, pounding<br />Disenchanting harmonies<br />Need settlement inside a globe<br />Relocate the spinal chimes<br />Within its clamouring confines<br />Of masquerading slimy, shiny<br />Apple-feasting fools</i></blockquote>
I consider the 'harmonies' mentioned in line three as some kind of intelligent beings. The preceding adjectives suggest that they are quite amazing, famous, but ultimately disappointing creatures. They need to be moved into some kind of globe, for protection from something yet to be revealed. Within the globe are apple-eating entities, but they are 'masquerading'. This suggests that they cannot be trusted. But what else can the harmonies do but join them?<br />
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Part Two</h3>
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<i>Phantoms silhouetted sharply<br />Petrify the incandescent<br />Bodies that revolve around and round<br />The focal point of sound<br />Eradicate with shrewd precision<br />Dissonant, mischievous tones<br />Purify and fully mend<br />The madness: it must end</i></blockquote>
The phantoms are without doubt what the harmonies are fleeing from. Whatever they are, they appear suddenly from the direction of the light to mask their approach. They terrorise the harmonies as they go about their business at 'the focal point of sound': their home. The time has come for the phantoms to be destroyed. The whole area must be cleansed of their presence before peace and sanity can return.<br />
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Part Three</h3>
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<i>Shadows casting incantations<br />Spectral ghouls from fiendish nations<br />Trample massively upon<br />The sound assembled cunningly<br />Grievous situations need<br />Omnipotence excessively<br />The Mystic Mite of flaxen flesh<br />Must rule the waves of pain</i></blockquote>
A great war takes place. 'Spectral ghouls' - beings from numerous worlds - unite against the phantoms, but the phantoms prove to be a formidable foe. With the situation becoming desperate, and defeat almost inevitable, the harmonies and their allies call upon the 'Mystic Mite', an immortal and golden-skinned entity, for help.<br />
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Part Four</h3>
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<i>They caterwaul atrociously<br />Then stress-fully depart the sphere<br />As glowing grinning escalating<br />Soaring symphonies unfold<br />'Agonising tones!' they wail<br />Cringing as their size reduces<br />Flinching densely as coercion<br />Shapes a singularity</i></blockquote>
The Mystic Mite's almost god-like powers prove to be most effective. The phantoms, who had surrounded the globe where the harmonies had fled to, scream and disperse as the Mystic Mite's extraordinary capability is unleashed. But they cannot escape. The Mystic Mite forms a singularity - a super-dense point of matter with an inescapable gravitational field - right next to the phantoms. They are crushed by the singularity's incredible forces and effectively vanish.<br />
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Peace returns. The harmonies are safe, or so they may think.<br />
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Choruses</h3>
The choruses are filled with quickly spoken and often mumbled Japanese, which is largely incomprehensible. The final chorus closes with a repeated phrase which translates to English as follows:<br />
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<i>This is the facsimile mode</i></blockquote>
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How does this relate to the story? Perhaps this is a warning to the harmonies? Perhaps the apple-feasting fools are not really their friends? After all, they are described as 'masquerading'. Perhaps they are involved in some sort of cloning activity, and invited the harmonies into their globe with malicious intent? Could the globe be the 'facsimile mode'?<br />
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It seems that the harmonies, desperate to escape the phantoms, failed to see the mortal danger that faces them once the Mystic Mite leaves. Their fate within the 'facsimile mode' may well end up worse than the one they would have suffered at the hands of the phantoms.<br />
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The Meaning?</h3>
I have let my thoughts dwell on these lyrics for quite some time, but any deep meaning eludes me. I suspect there isn't any. At most it is telling us that there is safety in numbers, and that it is wise to maintain a good relationship with those that can help you in a crisis. And it is also useful to know someone very powerful who you can call on during the very worst times.<br />
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But it is also telling us to beware of those that offer help too readily. However desperate you become for help, always remember to read the small print.<br />
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If there is a deeper meaning then the lyrics will need many more years of study to uncover it. That is no bad thing. Many works of art are discussed and reinterpreted again and again for decades, even centuries. Such efforts can arguably be more enjoyable and satisfying that the artwork itself. That may well be the case here.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-12681795934571842682019-01-01T08:32:00.000-08:002019-01-01T08:32:33.157-08:00Quietly in ProductionIt's well over three years since the release of Dayglo Fishermen's last studio album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>'. But there still has not been much official news about the new album that's currently in production.<br />
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The first, and barely noticeable, confirmation that a new album is in the works appeared on the band's official website early in 2017. Look at the first entry on <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-history/music-downloads-history-2017.html">the history page for 2017</a>. It's probably the most low-key announcement of the commencement of a new album that the band has ever made.<br />
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A year later on this blog a little bit more information on the new album was revealed in the article '<a href="https://dayglofishermen.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/instruments-of-mass-destruction.html">Instruments of Mass Destruction</a>', indicating that it will be largely instrumental. It is mentioned as almost an after thought: a casual comment to finish off what is a remarkably insightful read. That brief comment will certainly have set the minds of fans racing.<br />
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Unfortunately no more details than that are available, and it's unlikely that anything else will be officially revealed until very close to the album's release. But, for well over a year now, there have been numerous signs that things are progressing steadily. A sustained increase in activity has been noticed at the band's main production facility, Cozmic Studios, and also at their South London production suite, Mammoth Studios.<br />
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Such activity does not provide any clue as to what the new album will sound like, but the more observant among you may well have noticed other recent changes that could offer up some idea as to the sound of the new album. For example, it did not go unnoticed that the band debuted a new synthesiser at their 2016 Limelight Theatre concert - the Roland FA-06.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A major clue as to how the new Dayglo Fishermen album might sound was spotted at the band's most recent Limelight Theatre concert in 2016. That clue is the band's new synthesiser, the Roland FA-06, which was debuted without warning. It can be seen here being played by Peter Fothergill.</td></tr>
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The rich sampled and synthesised tones of the keyboard can be heard on the recording of that concert, titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-come-alive.html">Midnight Souls Come (a)Live</a>', and on the numerous concert DVD exerts on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/dayglofishermen/videos">the band's YouTube channel</a>. Listening and watching those gives tantalising hints as to the aural textures that can be expected on the new album.<br />
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More unconfirmed information seems to have been leaked directly from Dayglo Fishermen's production facilities. It's been said that there is a new guitar and new effects equipment at Cozmic Studios. And there's even another new synthesiser at that studio: a Korg Krome workstation.<br />
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Finally, it's no secret that Cozmic Studios was recently converted into a state-of-the-art 32-track recording studio, which will certainly influence the sound of the new album, and add new depth to the band's compositions. Recording and mix-down will now remain entirely in the digital domain, which will result in a clarity of sound never before heard - an intoxicating prospect.<br />
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All of the above shows that the band are investing heavily in keeping their sound current and relevant, and are maximising their ability to realise their creativity.<br />
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Of course, trying to imagine how the new album will sound is an almost impossible task, even with the clues mentioned above. Dayglo Fishermen are never predictable. It's best to just wait for the album's release, however long and grueling that wait may be.<br />
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It's 20 years since the release of Dayglo Fishermen's now classic pop album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html">Painting Aliens</a>'. Written, produced, engineered and released over the course of only one year, the album is a remarkable blend of the band's unique quirkiness with traditional pop.<br />
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For many the album is quite simply Dayglo Fishermen's finest collection of songs ever.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The CD cover image for the 'Painting Aliens' album. It was designed by former band member David Fothergill.</td></tr>
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Almost immediately after the release of their album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>' in August of 1997, and no doubt on a high from that album's reception and success, the band reconvened in Opium Studios, their main production facility at the time. With intense focus, and with the level of creativity at its most potent, several tracks were recorded within just a couple of months, including '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/LoveRescueMe.mp3">Love Rescue Me</a>', '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Voodoo.mp3">Voodoo</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Circus.mp3">Circus</a>'. The new album was rapidly taking shape. Its feel and direction were clear.<br />
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In early 1998 production had to be halted for a while as the band and its equipment moved to a new recording facility, Aqua-Lisa Studios. The band used that downtime to organise a photo shoot for the new album's cover.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The band photo for the album cover, taken in early 1998 by photographer Steve Wright</td></tr>
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Moving to a new recording facility was a risky move while in the middle of a production; one that had the potential to disrupt the creative flow. But fortunately it seemed to have quite the opposite effect. A desperate desire to get back to writing and recording resulted in another couple of months of frenzied work, with the likes of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/SomethingsWatching.mp3">Something's Watching</a>', '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Underground.mp3">Underground</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Passion.mp3">Passion</a>' created during this period.<br />
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By the time summer arrived the music for the album had been completed. The band contacted former band member David Fothergill and asked him once again to design the cover. The design he created was a perfect fit for the songs, and has become as iconic as the music itself.<br />
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In August 1998, exactly a year after the release of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>', Dayglo Fishermen released '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html">Painting Aliens</a>'. It was a remarkably fast turn around, and yet the 13 tracks on the album feel in no way rushed. The album received immediate praise, and it is now generally accepted to be one of the band's most finely crafted collections of music.<br />
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Calls were once again made for Dayglo Fishermen to perform live.</div>
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Six months later those calls were answered. The 'Painting Aliens' concert tour started in February 1999 at the Rock Garden, a subterranean venue in London's famous Covent Garden.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dayglo Fishermen performing at the Rock Garden, London in February 1999. It was the first concert of the 'Painting Aliens' tour. This image shows the band in the closing moments of what was a truly epic performance of the song 'Voodoo'.</td></tr>
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The final concert of the tour took place in October 1999 at The Garage, in Buckinghamshire, very close to the band's primary production facility. It was an intimate and private affair, with specially invited guests only: a fitting way to end the album's promotion, and the perfect way to thank the band's closest supporters.<br />
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The album's title track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/PaintingAliens.mp3">Painting Aliens</a>', starts things off. It was written late on in the production process and is an energy-packed and instantly appealing sci-fi themed song tinged with the expected Dayglo Fishermen oddness. The song is about an alien that visits Earth in a red and blue saucer ship. The alien reveals he has learned our language from our books: not the easiest way to do it when you're not on this planet. And he also knows how to cook. He eventually takes someone for a ride in his saucer, leaving them in a daze. It's a light, catchy and amusing way to begin the album. And things only get better.<br />
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The second song, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Underground.mp3">Underground</a>', maintains the tempo but alters the mood significantly with a much denser sound. The track begins with a rough distorted keyboard sound, accompanied by a mournful guitar. The rhythm soon kicks in and a strong synth bass and chugging guitar grips the listener as the verse begins. The following chorus oozes smooth power as the now echoing vocals become serious and determined. And if that isn't enough, the middle section contains what is probably the most intense and dramatic keyboard solo in the band's history. It's no wonder that this is the most eagerly anticipated track whenever the band play live.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/SomethingsWatching.mp3">Something's Watching</a>' slows things down a bit, but despite its highly melodic nature there is still an air of tension as the song's subject matter - paranoia and alien impregnation - mesmerises the listener. The percussion is light but relentless, and is accompanied by a smooth bass and a gentle guitar line. As the verse progresses subtle pitch-bended keyboard sounds are introduced in the background, enhancing the sense of eeriness. Sliding guitars in the chorus boost that sensation even further. It's easy to see why this song has become one of Dayglo Fishermen's most popular tracks, and one that's been performed live at every concert since its release.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The inside image of the 'Painting Aliens' CD cover</td></tr>
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The next track. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Blue.mp3">Blue</a>', lightens the mood significantly. The brushed drums, plucked bass, acoustic/electric guitar mix and electric piano give the song a soft Jazzy feel, with Ginny's confident and gentle vocals lifting things up to something that is truly pleasant. The track gives the impression that the album is switching direction to something happier and more carefree. But that is not the case.<br />
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Deep strings and a distant distorted guitar herald the start of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Voodoo.mp3">Voodoo</a>', a re-recording of a song the band originally released on their eponymous album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fishermen.html">The Dayglo Fishermen</a>', five years earlier in 1993. This version feels much more orchestral as the rich keyboard string section leads the listener through the entrancingly sung verses and choruses, all accompanied by heavy drums and a rich bass line. Dropping right down to almost nothing, the middle section slowly builds to an epic keyboard and guitar solo leading into the final chorus. It's a magnificent experience. </div>
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Appetite.mp3">Appetite</a>' comes next, and is actually a re-working of the song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-storm/TheSenseOfYou.mp3">The Sense of You</a>', which featured on one of Richard and Peter's other works titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-storm.html">After the Storm</a>', released in 1992. It's an enticing and joyful high-tempo track with punchy drums and bass. Light guitar and a dominant piano riff fills the chorus and the lengthy middle section, which at times seems to drift into a Latin feel. It all results in a positive and fun piece of music.<br />
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There are many aspects of circuses that are often considered disturbing (clowns in particular). The next track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Circus.mp3">Circus</a>', seems to capture that feeling quite well. With a very light up-tempo feel the verse starts things off nicely enough, accompanied by soft vocals. But the chorus that follows descends into something quite threatening as harsh guitars, an unnerving synthesiser riff and a forceful vocal performance change the mood significantly. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Circus.mp3">Circus</a>' was performed live only once at the Redeye in Islington, London in early 1998 as part of a short preview concert for the album.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only known images of Dayglo Fishermen performing at the Redeye in London in February 1998. The exclusive event was a preview concert for the 'Painting Aliens' album, which was released six months later. The songs played were 'Love Rescue Me', 'Appetite', 'Blue', 'Voodoo' and 'Circus'.</td></tr>
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/LoveRescueMe.mp3">Love Rescue Me</a>' is an edgy high tempo song. Its straight but powerful drum track races along with synth a bass that pulses in from nowhere to complete each bar. The guitar is particularly good, with distant arpeggios and staccato power chords in the verses. A pitch-bending keyboard riff sits ominously behind the vocals in the chorus, with more distant guitar finishing things off. This song was written very early on in the production of the album which is why it would have been a good fit for the previous album, too. It has a sound that seems to straddle both.<br />
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Songs about predatory females are not common, so the next track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Sharks.mp3">Sharks</a>', is a welcome addition to the genre. With its squidgy bass sound, electronic drums and its spooky goings-on in the background, the song paints an eerie picture in the listener's mind. Its message is basically beware, be wise, and know what you're getting yourself involved in - important in all aspects of life. After this, the third rather tense track in a row, it would be right for things to lighten up.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/ForeignAffair.mp3">Foreign Affair (JS Bach)</a>' is one of the gentlest songs that the band has ever written, and it comes at just the right moment on the album. Its soft percussion, which ebbs and flows beneath the melodic guitar arpeggios, perfectly complements the beautifully sung vocals. Underpinning all of this are mellow and wispy keyboards sounds, with a swelling synth lifting the middle section. There's an unexpected and almost groaning keyboard sound ever-present right in the background. It's a subtle touch that completes what could be considered the perfect song to drift away to.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cassette cover for the 'Painting Aliens' album</td></tr>
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The band raided Richard and Peter's other work once again for the next song - a new version of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-dangerous/AnotherWorld.mp3">Another World</a>', featured on the 1990 album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-dangerous.html">Love's a Dangerous Language</a>'. With its title shortened to '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/World.mp3">World</a>', the track oozes menace from the outset; an almost shocking contrast to the previous song. A punchy bass and a powerful synth line start things off, with a simple and relentless drum track pounding throughout. Dense distorted guitar fills the background. Richard's incredibly rough vocal fits the verses perfectly, with Ginny taking over for the choruses. The track develops some space towards the end, and then fades out: a rare event on a Dayglo Fishermen song.<br />
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The penultimate track on the album is widely considered to be the band's dance floor classic. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Passion.mp3">Passion</a>' wastes no time in getting down to business. Its deep bass, orchestral stabs, electronic drums and sensual and suggestive vocals entrance the listener with immediate effect. Subtle guitar licks skirt around the soundscape, turning into an echoing riff as the chorus take hold. It's an energising experience, and the song is demanded for every Dayglo Fishermen performance. The reaction of audiences whenever it's played makes it easy to understand why the band are more than happy to oblige.<br />
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Dayglo Fishermen excel at instrumental tracks, and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/IrritatingCliche.mp3">Irritating Cliché</a>', the final track of the album, marks a welcome return to such compositions after being noticeably absent on '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>'. A rough breathing sound introduces us to a gradually building symphony of breathy keyboard sounds. This is soon joined by a fast percussive sequence, and string sounds are quickly layered into the mix. At the halfway point this all drops away and is replaced by a soft synthesiser pad and mellow, almost melancholic, guitars. This continues, building once again, until the breathing returns and the track finishes as it starts. A sudden and perfect way to end the album.</div>
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Those who have heard '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html">Painting Aliens</a>' would be forgiven for thinking that Dayglo Fishermen had sold out to commercialism, and that the band were chasing some easy hits and even adulation. But there's nothing to suggest that in the production notes. The band were simply writing and recording what they felt like doing, just as they always have and always will. Nothing was contrived. Nothing was planned. Each track on the album is of its time: created in the moment, and for that moment.<br />
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When it comes to locations for band photo shoots Dayglo Fishermen almost always chose somewhere local to where they are recording or performing. There is never a desire to go anywhere even remotely exotic. The band likes to keep things authentic and maintain as close a connection as possible to the music.</div>
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During the band's early years, from 1990 to 1994, there was one location in particular that Dayglo Fishermen visited for photo sessions: the woods on a hill to the west of Hexham, Northumberland, just a short walk from what was then the band's only production facility: Artlite Studios.</div>
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The first major shoot in those woods was in early 1992 during the recording of the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-magic.html">Magic Organ</a>' album. The photographer, Mark Chapman, masterfully captured the tension of the music and the mood of the band, with the straight and almost bare trunks of the trees in the background addin<u>g</u> a level of bleakness and melancholy to the scene.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The official photo from the first Hexham woods shoot in 1992, taken during the production of the 'Magic Organ' album. From left to right: Peter Fothergill, Sean Wills, Richard Burton and Eamonn Maddick.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another photo from the 1992 shoot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An excellent group photo, but missing the dramatic angle of the one finally chosen</td></tr>
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The second major shoot was a year later in early 1993. Dayglo Fishermen now consisted of just Peter and Richard, and the shoot was for the cover image of the forthcoming album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fishermen.html">The Dayglo </a><a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fishermen.html">Fishermen</a>'. The photographer, J. Lorne Inglis, needed to create a lighter and more contemplative impression, and he succeeded. The resulting photos, especially the one finally selected for the cover, illustrate the dramatic change of mood in the band from the previous year. It was a perfect complement to the album's music.<br />
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The success of the shoot is all the more impressive if the weather is taken into consideration. It was a bitterly cold and grim day, and the lack of any insulating clothing meant that the band suffered considerably, with fears of hypothermia mentioned in the notes. Such torturous conditions are not apparent in the photos, which is a testament to the band's professionalism. Or perhaps the band was simply in a state of cold-induced delirium...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The photo chosen to feature on the cover of the band's 1993 album 'The Dayglo Fishermen'. Peter Fothergill (left) and Richard Burton.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chosen photo as it appears on the 'The Dayglo Fishermen' album cover. Design by J. Lorne Inglis.</td></tr>
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Within a couple of years of that 1993 photo shoot the woods were cut down. The landscape became truly desolate, but it may well have appealed to Dayglo Fishermen had they not long since moved south to a slightly warmer climate. The woods, so I'm reliably informed, were soon replanted and have since grown back to their former glory.<br />
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If the band becomes nostalgic perhaps they'll be found in those woods again one day.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-1521481808715393762018-02-01T00:42:00.000-08:002018-02-01T00:42:18.842-08:00Instruments of Mass DestructionIn an exclusive article, Dayglo Fishermen band member Richard Burton finally reveals the influences and secrets of the incredible guitar sounds he creates for the band's albums...<br />
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Through the years fans have continually asked me how I achieved certain sounds and effects from my guitar as heard on classic Dayglo Fishermen songs. Now I’m finally going to reveal all! <br />
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The first ever recording of my guitar work took place in March 1988 (yes that long ago!) at Peter’s studio on a track called ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-lamour/SecretsOfPassion.mp3">Secrets of Passion</a>’ which employed my first classic guitar set-up of Hohner Stratocaster (the blonde one, below), Carlsbro Hornet 45 watt combo and Pearl chorus and Ibanez analogue delay pedals. It's a very 80’s sounding set-up which can be heard all the way through our first solo album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-lamour.html">L’Amour de la Vie</a>’, think Andy Summers, The Edge etc.<br />
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This sound was soon supplemented with an Ibanez flanger pedal which featured heavily on the next couple of ‘solo’ albums with Peter ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-sensations.html">Sensations Without Thoughts</a>’, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-dangerous.html">Love’s a Dangerous Language</a>’ and especially on ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-curious-comforts-2017.html">Curious Comforts of Obsession</a>’ on tracks like ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-curious-comforts-2017/Spirit.mp3">Spirit</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-curious-comforts-2017/OpiumOpium.mp3">Opium</a>’.<br />
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In a parallel universe a band called the Dayglo Fishermen was stirring! Enter David (Dave) Fothergill who would use my equipment on the first Dayglo Fishermen album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html">Drenched</a>’ to great effect. There is some nice ambient guitar throughout the album especially on ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/EasyProjector1990.mp3">Easy Projector</a>’.<br />
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Loving the first Dayglo Fishermen album so much, and having worked with Peter over the past few years, I pushed myself into the band! And so began my journey with the Dayglo Fishermen.<br />
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The first album I worked on was ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html">Strange Plaice</a>’ from 1991, which is probably the most fun I have ever had in a recording studio – lots of jokes and <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-gallery/music-downloads-cartoons.html">cartoons</a> come to mind! But as far as the guitar was concerned I was finding my feet, trying to mesh with the keyboards and add something original to the mix. The sounds were a mix of delay, chorus and flanger with occasional overdriven guitar (through my amplifier), trying to emulate the sounds/styles of Prince, Cocteau Twins, Def Leppard etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recording 'Strange Plaice' at Artlite Studios, circa January 1991. I'm in the centre holding my Hohner Stratocaster. Such sessions were cramped, frenetic and fiercely creative. The other band members (left to right) are David Fothergill, Peter Fothergill (back left), Peter Carmichael and Eamonn Maddick. Top right is Richard Carmichael, who was a guest artist on the previous album, 'Drenched', and who just happened to be visiting the studio.</td></tr>
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This sound was employed for the next few albums – ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fresh.html">Fresh Gin</a>’, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-andsoitis.html">And So It Is</a>’ – but change was on the horizon. Around early 1992 the musical world was waking up to heavier guitar oriented music in the form of Grunge and ‘Achtung Baby’. Not that we could ever emulate this sound, nonetheless we certainly went for a heavier guitar sound which was reflected in our ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-magic.html">Magic Organ</a>’ album, along with darker lyrics and more metallic keyboards. The main guitar sounds on this album were compressed distortion from guitar effects (various boss effects borrowed from fellow band member Eamonn Maddick) and an over-driven guitar amp along with some delay – please note that there was little chorus or flanger used which was unusual for me at the time – have a listen to ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-magic/Hate.mp3">Hate</a>’, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-magic/SilentScream.mp3">Silent Scream</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-magic/BurnTheFlag.mp3">Burn the Flag</a>’.<br />
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More change was on the horizon with a major line-up change to the band, or should I say split. To cut a long story short we parted ways with Sean and Eamonn and so it was back to just me and Peter. The resulting album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-what.html">What the Hell</a>’ saw a more refined guitar sound, and so did the following album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-path.html">Keep to the Path</a>' – check out ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-path/LovingTheEnemyWhy.mp3">Loving the Enemy</a>’ – with a strong use of delay and chorus, but it was with the next album that the guitar stepped up a gear.<br />
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The ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fishermen.html">The Dayglo Fishermen</a>’ album from 1993 was our most accomplished to-date, incorporating a mix of ambient, dance, prog. and rock influences and this was reflected in the guitar sounds and set-up. The set-up included a new guitar – a Fender Stratocaster (the Black one in the earlier photo) and new effects - Boss Compressor/Sustainer pedal (see below) and most notably an Ibanez Wah Wah pedal. Songs which showcase the new sounds include ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fishermen/ForADay.mp3">For a Day</a>’, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fishermen/Trash.mp3">Trash</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fishermen/DownAndOut.mp3">Down and Out</a>’.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Boss effects pedals</td></tr>
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The following albums ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html">Animate</a>’ (1993) and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>’ (1994) featured a similar guitar set-up but more refined. And so ends our Northern Chapter.<br />
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<h2>
South Bound</h2>
In the autumn of 1994 the band relocates to the South East of England (London and Buckinghamshire) and we start work on a new album in late 1995 with a brand new member - vocalist Ginny Owens. The 1997 album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>’ features an eclectic range of guitar styles and sounds, which fit the broad pallet of songs. Two songs which stand out from a guitar perspective are ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/WorldsInARoom.mp3">Worlds in a Room</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/SpaceDog.mp3">Space Dog</a>’.<br />
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A more complete and assured guitar delivery was achieved on the next album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html">Painting Aliens</a>’ (1998), featuring new sounds from my Fender Deluxe 122 50W amp, Aria Pro multi-effects unit (chorus, delay and EQ) and Boss Turbo Distortion pedal (shown above). A bigger much fuller sound was achieved throughout the album but most notably on tracks like ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Underground.mp3">Underground</a>’, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Passion.mp3">Passion</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/PaintingAliens.mp3">Painting Aliens</a>’. Of note during this period I was influenced by guitarists such Robin Guthrie, The Edge, Johnny Marr, Robert Fripp etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rare images of me during the recording process - Left: preparing to record for the 'I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats' album in early 2006. Right: working with Peter on the 'Midnight Souls Still Remain' album in 2014.</td></tr>
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Over the next few albums - ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html">Comet Nerdlinger</a>’ (2001), ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-queen.html">Queen of the Sunset City</a>’ (2003) and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-boat.html">I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats</a>’ (2006) - the guitar sounds mature and are supplemented by new guitars - Fender Stratocaster (the red one), Epiphone Les Paul, Takamine acoustic guitar, and my favourite effects unit – the Boss ME-50 multi-effects unit (see below). From a guitar perspective, highlights include ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/RequiemPart1.mp3">Requiem I</a>’, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/Soncabaret.mp3">Soncabaret</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-boat/WhenSummerEnds.mp3">When Summer Ends</a>’.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Boss ME-50 multi-effects unit</td></tr>
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<h2>
Recent Times</h2>
And so to recent times with the release in April 2010 of ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-moons.html">Moons That Cast Their Light</a>’, and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>’ in October 2015. Both albums are the pinnacle of the creative path the Dayglo Fishermen have undertaken over the past (nearly) 30 years, with strong creative songs and some of my best playing and sounds to date. All this and Sean coming back to the band, too! <br />
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Songs ’<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moons/NeverAShadowWithoutALight.mp3">Never a Shadow (Without a Light)</a>’, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/OutOfThePicture.mp3">Out of the Picture</a>’, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/FracturedHeart.mp3">Fractured Heart</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/MidnightSoulsStillRemain.mp3">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>’ encapsulate this new found song writing confidence and creative streak.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My latest guitars</td></tr>
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From a soundscape perspective the guitar sound benefited from new equipment including new guitars - Schecter Omen Extreme and Fender Telecaster (the blue one, above), Marshall 100w combo amp (see above) and Zoom G1XN multi-effects unit (below).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Zoom G1XN multi-effects unit</td></tr>
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<h2>
A New Chapter</h2>
The story does not end there though. Work is already underway on our next album, which promises to be predominately instrumental and a return to some of the themes of earlier albums such as ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>’. Already there is some interesting guitar laid down on our new state-of-the-art 32 track recording system… so watch this space for more news.<br />
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In the meantime, happy plucking!<br />
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Richard Burton - 12 January 2018<br />
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<h2>
Full Equipment List</h2>
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Effects:<br />
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Pearl chorus pedal<br />
Ibanez analogue delay pedal<br />
Ibanez flanger pedal<br />
Ibanez Wah Wah pedal<br />
Boss compressor/sustainer pedal<br />
Boss turbo distortion pedal<br />
Boss flanger pedal<br />
Aria Pro multi-effects unit (Chorus, Delay, EQ)<br />
Boss ME-50 multi effects unit<br />
Zoom G1XN multi-effects unit<br />
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Guitars:<br />
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Hohner Stratocaster (Blonde)<br />
Fender Stratocaster (Black)<br />
Fender Stratocaster (Red)<br />
Fender Telecaster (Blue)<br />
Epiphone Les Paul<br />
Schecter Omen Extreme<br />
Takamine acoustic guitar<br />
Custom Precision bass<br />
Yamaha TRBX174 bass<br />
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Amplifiers:<br />
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Carlsbro Hornet 45w amp<br />
Fender Deluxe 122 50w amp<br />
Fender Mustang practice amp<br />
Marshall 100w combo amp<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-91424591873199685162018-01-01T03:30:00.001-08:002018-01-01T03:30:28.103-08:00Space Dog - The Pound of the HoundThe summer of 2017 was the 20th anniversary of the release of Dayglo Fishermen's '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>' album. The anniversary passed without fuss, which is a shame as the album was a significant milestone in the band's history and development, and something well worth celebrating.<br />
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Now is certainly a good time to look back on how that album came about.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Space Dog' CD album cover - design by David Fothergill</td></tr>
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In late 1994, following the release of their album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-hocuspocus.html">Hocus-Pocus</a>', other commitments forced Dayglo Fishermen to place all production on hold. The two band members, Peter Fothergill and Richard Burton, were heading south to London, and their Northumberland production facility, Artlite Studios, where the band's first 11 albums were recorded, had to be closed.<br />
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It was not until March 1996, 17 months later, that Dayglo Fishermen began working on their next project, this time in their new Buckinghamshire production facility, Opium Studios. More importantly, though, the band had recruited a new lead vocalist, Ginny Owens.<br />
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Ginny was not given much time to settle in. A few months after she joined the band they performed live at The Garage, a small private venue not far from the band's production facility. Unusually the audience was given a sneak preview of some of the songs already completed for the new album. It was no doubt a tantalising event.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rare image of the band performing at their first 'Garage' concert. It is the first time Ginny performs with the band. The select audience was treated to several songs from the unreleased 'Space Dog' album.</td></tr>
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With the release of the album approaching the band arranged a photo shoot. It was very formal, conservative, and even a bit sombre considering its purpose. It was not at all what would be expected. Perhaps that was the intention: to confuse and surprise, even to shock.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The unexpectedly formal band photo for the 'Space Dog' album cover</td></tr>
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Following the photo shoot, former band member David Fothergill was asked to design the cover image and inserts. An image he had designed the year before, showing an unusual dog in a snow-covered country lane, was chosen for the front cover. It was that image that gave inspiration for the album's unusual title.<br />
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Dayglo Fishermen performed another live concert in the spring of 1997 at the Rock Garden in London's Covent Garden. Again many of the new songs were played, including the recently completed title track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/SpaceDog.mp3">Space Dog</a>'.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dayglo Fishermen performing at The Rock Garden in London during March 1997. The gig was largely a preview concert for the 'Space Dog' album (released several months later). Songs performed included 'Under the Water', 'Worlds in a Room', 'Turn You On' and 'Space Dog' (which was the opening track performed).</td></tr>
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After a year and a half in development, and after being digitally mastered (a first for the band), the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>' album was released during the summer of 1997, and for the first time a Dayglo Fishermen album was available in CD format, as well as cassette.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Space Dog' album cover - cassette tape inlay - design by David Fothergill</td></tr>
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It's time to examine the album itself...<br />
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Composed to accompany the iconic album cover image, the opening track '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/SpaceDog.mp3">Space Dog</a>' is an epic song about an awe-inspiring, reality-splitting and space-travelling dog. The dog arrives on Earth in England during the depths of winter. She travels to the far north of the country, apparently having a great time, and then heads back into space to continue her interstellar quest, the nature of which is never revealed.<br />
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The song begins with a slow countdown, and then a hard rhythm kicks in, accompanied by guitar and a rather grungy keyboard riff. The mid section drops down to drums and guitar for a while, before building up to a new synth arpeggio and guitar solo. This is followed by a verse filled with a sample of the NASA radio conversation with Neil Armstrong as he prepares to step down to the Moon's surface. Perhaps it's that transmission that Space Dog detected, and which persuaded her to head in our direction.<br />
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At almost eight minutes long the song is the longest track on the album, so starting with it could have been an unwise decision. Fortunately the track is one of the album's most memorable. It's a fine way to kick things off.<br />
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The much lighter-feeling '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/TurnYouOn.mp3">Turn You On</a>' comes next. It is catchy pop song, dominated by melodic bass and guitar, and punchy drums, with organ keyboard sounds lifting the chorus. The song is an ideal live track, and was performed many times, including at the first Limelight Theatre concert in 2008.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/WorldsInARoom.mp3">Worlds in a Room</a>' brings the tempo of the album right down. The verses are mellow, with a gentle chugging guitar, soft keyboard tones, and Richard's spoken and almost whispered vocals. But the softness vanishes in the chorus. Sustained and distorted guitar, accompanied by a rather sinister synth line, fills the soundscape. Ginny's vocals take over the chorus with the now classic line 'I surrender to you, I give you all I can'. This song works particularly well played live, and has been performed several times, including at all of the band's Limelight Theatre concerts.<br />
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The tempo stays low for the next track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/FlyInTheWind.mp3">Fly in the Wind</a>'. But, perhaps thankfully, the tension has all but gone. Despite a decent dose of melancholy, the track manages to relax the listener with its smooth guitar and mellow synth brass melodies that seemingly drift off to infinity. Ginny's vocals enhance that effect even more, and exhibit a fragility that she would come to develop and use to great effect on later albums.<br />
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There are actually two earlier versions of this song, both of which were featured on the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html">Animate</a>' album in 1993.<br />
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Coming next is '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/ThingsFallApart.mp3">Things Fall Apart (The Centre Cannot Hold)</a>'. Edgy and mildly disturbing, it builds slowly from a repeating synth, adding drums and then bass and then guitar, and finally vocals. Feelings of menace and even dread are evoked as the hypnotic rhythm grips the listener to the end. It's quite a contrast to the previous song, and perfect preparation for the next.<br />
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Continuing on from the edgy and menacing feel of the previous song, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/UnderTheWater.mp3">Under the Water</a>' starts with a tense siren sound before launching straight into a heavy rhythm. Soft and distant synth melodies add to the atmosphere, with occasional calmer sections of electric piano providing a respite from the tension. The song is one of the standout tracks on the album and has been performed live several times.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/Cool.mp3">Cool</a>' is a melodic mid-tempo song that sits well at the album's halfway point. The song seems to be about someone experiencing a form of extended consciousness, or at least some wild visions. As the song progresses things get even stranger, with mention of 'The Guardians' (perhaps the same ones mentioned seven years earlier on the song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/EasyProjector1990.mp3">Easy Projector</a>') and a golden dome. Interesting. Very interesting.<br />
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A smooth synth bass line kicks off '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/HalfMoonJunction.mp3">Half Moon Junction</a>'. It's a light mid-tempo pop song with Richard singing the verse and Ginny taking on the chorus. The middle section drops down to a swelling synth pad before the rhythm and guitar return, culminating in an unexpected pan pipe solo. The track has a very clean and refreshing sound to it, and certainly deserves its place on the album.<br />
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Dominated largely by a continuous and heavily reverberated piano line, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/DivingForPearls.mp3">Diving For Pearls</a>' brings the tempo and mood right down. It's Richard''s turn to demostrate fragility as his vocals convey an impressive sense of suffering. As the song progresses the soundscape is developed by deep and echoing sounds. A gentle synth brass sound - a common theme on the album - fills the middle section. Distorted guitar makes an appearance in the closing moments of the track, rightfully kept in the background as the piano plays its final notes.<br />
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Although appearing towards the end of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>', '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/Shadowlands.mp3">Shadowlands</a>' was the first song to be recorded for the album. Most notably though, it is the first ever Dayglo Fishermen song to feature Ginny's vocals. The track begins with mellow synths and guitars, and then a gentle vocal by Richard eases us into the first verse. The first chorus erupts with drums, bass and piano, with Ginny's voice taking control. It's a simple and melodic composition that sits well within the distinctly lighter second half of the album.<br />
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The next track is '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/ItsOnlyPleasure1997.mp3">It's Only Pleasure</a>', which is actually the third incarnation of the song. <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/ItsOnlyPleasure.mp3">The first version of the song</a> appeared in 1993 on the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html">Animate</a>' album. Its catchy delayed synth and guitar riffs proved so popular with the band that <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-hocuspocus/ItsOnlyPleasure1994.mp3">a new version</a> was recorded for the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-hocuspocus.html">Hocus-Pocus</a>' album the following year. <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/ItsOnlyPleasure1997.mp3">This latest version</a> rides on the success of the first two with a simpler and less delayed arrangement. A worthy addition to the album.<br />
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Adding '2000' onto the name of things seemed to be a fashion in the nineties, and Dayglo Fishermen follow that trend here. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/Minneapolis2000.mp3">Minneapolis 2000</a>' is remake of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Minneapolis2000.mp3">Minneapolis</a>' which featured on their 1994 album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>'. Everything about the track is pleasant, from the smooth keyboards to the silky deep bass and the gentle guitar. Unlike the original, which featured the casual ramblings of a native Minnesotan, this version paints a lyrical picture of the city of Minneapolis, including a reference to the Claes Oldenburg sculpture '<a href="https://walkerart.org/collections/artworks/spoonbridge-and-cherry">Spoon Bridge and Cherry</a>' situated in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Sculpture_Garden">Minneapolis Sculpture Garden</a>, an image of which was used on the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>' album cover. A reference is also made to '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDS_Center">The Tower</a>' (known officially as the '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDS_Center">IDS Center</a>'), which is actually the skyscraper on which 'DGF' is written on that same album cover.<br />
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The album finishes with '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/CloseYourEyes.mp3">Close Your Eyes</a>'. It's a simple and mellisonant track, most notable for its frail and nervous vocals sung by guest artist Kate Archibold. The song was not originally recorded for this album, but for Richard and Peter's other work, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-opium.html">Opium</a>', in 1994. This is that exact same version. According to the production notes Kate was not used to singing in a studio environment so the nervousness in her voice is probably genuine, which makes the song all the more endearing.<br />
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It's interesting to note that there is actually an earlier version of the song. The original version of '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-storm/CloseYourEyes1992.mp3">Close Your Eyes</a>' was released in 1992 on the album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-storm.html">After the Storm</a>', another of Richard and Peter's other works. That version features Richard's voice, is much longer and consists of a more complex arrangement. It was certainly wise to create more space in the instrumentation for Kate's voice in the later version.<br />
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I've left '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/NightBoatToChina.mp3">Night Boat to China</a>' until last. It was not included on the original release, the reasons for which will become obvious if you listen to it. It was later added as the album was made available to download. At over seven and a half minutes long '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/NightBoatToChina.mp3">Night Boat to China</a>' is the second longest track on the album. It excels in monotony, but it can actually be quite hypnotic if listened to in the right mood. Amazingly the song was the first song played at one of the Garage concerts. Worth a listen, though perhaps just one time.<br />
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The '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>' album was the beginning of a new era for Dayglo Fishermen, an era of more structure and polish, and of more considered orchestration. It saw what appeared to be the end of the band's wild experimentation, and with it the apparent loss of innocent fun. But actually the band had simply evolved and steered itself in a new direction. The band were now operating on a completely different level. The album demonstrated that Dayglo Fishermen had not lost any of their creativity or passion - far from it, and it laid the groundwork for what was to come: a series of intensely original and professional collections of work with a maturity rarely apparent on the early albums.<br />
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That space-faring canine is to be saluted. Long may she roam the galaxy.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-32181442968634904892017-10-17T06:37:00.000-07:002017-10-17T06:58:42.680-07:00Bizarre Song TitlesWith well over 300 tracks available to download on their official website, Dayglo Fishermen have created an incredibly varied back catalogue of music. It's a tremendous collection of emotive, inspirational, serious, haunting, and more often than not, bizarre compositions that can impress and bewilder in equal measure. And that is probably the intention.<br />
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But it's not just the content of the songs that can leave the listener perplexed. Some of the song titles can have the same effect, and more often than not seem utterly disconnected from the lyrics or music. Here are some of the strangest, and the story behind them (if there is one).<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/BlueContainer.mp3">Blue Container</a></h3>
The song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/BlueContainer.mp3">Blue Container</a>' is the opening track of the band’s debut album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html">Drenched</a>'. Released in 1990, the track is the aural equivalent of Red Bull, and a highly potent way to kick off the band's first ever release. It's also likely to be have been the first experience of Dayglo Fishermen's music for many.<br />
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The Italian/piano house-influenced track begins with someone arriving at the door asking about a party. Judging by the echo the party is in a large stone building, maybe a castle - a premonition perhaps of <a href="https://dayglofishermen.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-first-dayglo-fishermen-performance.html">the band's first live event at the ancient Moot Hall in Hexham</a> the following year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A blue container, photographed by the band on the Northumberland coast in 1990, shortly after the release of the 'Drenched' album</td></tr>
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The unusual name of the track has no deep meaning at all. It is simply a variation of '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Box_(band)">Black Box</a>', the name of a popular house music group at that time. Apparently the band thought the piano on the track was very similar to that on on the song 'Ride on Time', which indeed it is.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/TES.mp3">T.E.S.</a></h3>
Like all the band's early albums, the album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html">Strange Plaice</a>' contains many bizarre song titles. One of the oddest is '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/TES.mp3">T.E.S.</a>'. The track features lengthy samples of tribal singing, recorded by chance as the band flitted through radio stations searching for inspiration. The samples are underpinned by a melodic reggae-style bass and guitar rhythm, and pan pipes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tribal singer</td></tr>
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Dayglo Fishermen had no way to translate what was being sung, and to this day the language of the tribe remains unknown. Without inspiration from the lyrics the band had no choice but to name the song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/TES.mp3">T.E.S.</a>', which is apparently an abbreviation of 'Token Ethnic Song'.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fresh/FCreekySirenNook.mp3">'F' Creeky Siren Nook</a></h3>
The band's third album,'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fresh.html">Fresh Gin</a>', is by far the band's strangest, with almost every song and title oozing oddness. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fresh/FCreekySirenNook.mp3">'F' Creeky Siren Nook</a>' has to be the strangest song title on the album.<br />
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It's almost impossible to figure out where such a name would come from until you realise that the backing music of the track is simply the band's earlier song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/FreeRokyErickson1990.mp3">Free Roky Erickson</a>' played backwards. The title, in case you haven't guessed, is an anagram of that song's name.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-andsoitis/ButWhereWereTheMice.mp3">But Where Were the Mice?</a></h3>
'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-andsoitis.html">And So It Is</a>' is a short album, recorded over a very brief period in January 1992. Despite that, Dayglo Fishermen managed to create one of their most iconic songs during that session: '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-andsoitis/ButWhereWereTheMice.mp3">But Where Were the Mice</a>'.<br />
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Most of the lyrics were written with relative ease, but the band struggled for a while with the last line of the second verse which required a suitable rhyme for 'ice'; one that would be a fitting end to the story being told. Eventually, and in true Dayglo Fishermen style, the rather perplexing line 'Salvation was his, but where were the mice?' was chosen. After that the most appropriate title for the song must have become glaringly obvious.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-what/WTTPteranodon.mp3">Welcome to the Pteranodon</a></h3>
The '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-what.html">What the Hell</a>' album, released in 1992 was in many ways a transitional album. After the tense and often torturous recording experience of the previous 'dark' album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-magic.html">Magic Organ</a>' (see the article '<a href="https://dayglofishermen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-art-of-darkness.html">The Art of Darkness</a>'), only Peter and Richard managed to stay on as band members. The new album was lighter, fresher, and devoid of the harsh synths and guitars of its doom-ridden predecessor.<br />
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The album's final song is '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-what/WTTPteranodon.mp3">Welcome to the Pteranodon</a>'. It has a relentless and hypnotic quality, due mainly to the heavily delayed drums, random radio tuning sounds and melodic guitar. Only the chorus contains lyrics which state 'I'm looking for the perfect life'.<br />
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Unfortunately there is no clue from either the music or the lyrics as to why the song was given its title, and certainly the countdown at the end, and the massive explosion that follows, further clouds the issue. There could well be some unfathomably deep meaning in the name somewhere just waiting to be revealed. Perhaps the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteranodon">Pteranodon</a>, a huge flying prehistoric reptile, is intended as a metaphor for 'the perfect life'? That is something to be pondered.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/NagLisa.mp3">Nag Lisa</a></h3>
Why '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/NagLisa.mp3">Nag Lisa</a>' has such a title is unknown, which is a shame as the track (featured on the 1993 album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html">Animate</a>') is one of Dayglo Fishermen's greatest instrumentals. With a powerful non-sequenced synth line and guitar playing off each other through much of the track, and a spacial and rather dreamy mid section with its echoing piano and strings, it delivers an almost symphonic experience.<br />
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It's a truely epic composition.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/NagLisa.mp3">Nag Lisa</a>' proved so popular it spawn two sister tracks on the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html">Big Spoon</a>' album the following year: '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Lisa.mp3">Lisa</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/LisaComposed.mp3">Lisa Composed</a>', with the original making a reappearance six years after that on the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-pizza.html">Dayglo Pizza</a>' album.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/SpaceDog.mp3">Space Dog</a></h3>
In 1997, after a long break following their relocation to London, Dayglo Fishermen released the much anticipated '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html">Space Dog</a>' album. With a new vocalist, Ginny, on board, the album took the band in a new but no less interesting and unusual direction.<br />
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The album's title track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/SpaceDog.mp3">Space Dog</a>', is a bizarre tale about an interstellar dog, much revered throughout the galaxy, that travels to Earth and lands in England during a particularly cold winter. She is compelled to head north, enjoying 'a chilling place of mirth' on the way. But her visit is brief. She soon departs from what appears to be the far north of England and heads back into the void.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Space Dog</td></tr>
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Unusually the image for the album cover and the album's title were decided long before most of the tracks were even written and recorded. The song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/SpaceDog.mp3">Space Dog</a>' was written to fit in with the image, which has become one of the band's most loved and recognisable album covers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/IrritatingCliche.mp3">Irritating Cliché</a></h3>
Dayglo Fishermen's classic 1998 pop album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html">Painting Aliens</a>' contains some of the band's most recognised songs, but the album's final track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/IrritatingCliche.mp3">Irritating Cliché</a>', is often overlooked. This is a shame as it's another one of the band's great instrumentals.<br />
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Beginning with a deep and almost vocal synth it quickly builds to a crescendo of orchestral keyboards and guitar, before falling back to mellow and slightly melancholic second part played at half the tempo.<br />
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The original name for the track was actually 'Irritating Chloe'. Apparently it was written to intentionally annoy a local newspaper reporter who was not too complementary about Dayglo Fishermen's music. The band eventually decided against it and altered the name, perhaps because it would not be so annoying to her after all.<br />
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The music was used to great effect on the opening titles and closing credits of a short animation film, '<a href="https://youtu.be/wXeR2BaBd8Y">The Creature from Devil's Gorge</a>'.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/NerdlingerOne.mp3">Nerdlinger One</a></h3>
The '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html">Comet Nerdlinger</a>' album, released in 2001, featured a couple of unusually named songs, but '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/NerdlingerOne.mp3">Nerdlinger One</a>' is certainly the oddest one.<br />
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The album name was decided during a visit to a pub not far from Dayglo Fishermen's Buckinghamshire production facility. The album was about half way through the recording process at the time. A group of grey, bearded and slightly unkempt men were seen entering the pub, and the band joked that they were there to celebrate the discovery of a new comet. The name 'Comet Nerdlinger One' was given to that fictitious comet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comet Nerdlinger One - the original image for the album cover that was eventually replaced by a lighter version</td></tr>
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After a sample-filled intro of unusual sounds and the voices of child and of something not human, the track thumps to life with a high tempo bass and drum pattern and mellow synths and guitar. Those instruments soon build to a harsher sound, dominated by guitar, and then everything drops away as a spoken vocal tells the story of the comet's approaches Earth. But it's no ordinary comet. As our planet passes through the comet's tail microscopic alien life forms rain down, infecting all human life. We evaporate, and rise up to join with the comet.<br />
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Chilling stuff...<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/JhoedownOnMarsMarsbard.mp3">(J) Hoedown on Mars (Marsbard)</a></h3>
This final song title is definitely the most peculiar and surreal of them all, and we need to go all the way back to the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html">Strange Plaice</a>' album to find it.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/JhoedownOnMarsMarsbard.mp3">(J) Hoedown on Mars (Marsbard)</a>' begins in a dreamy fashion, with the Korg M1 keyboard's signature 'Universe' sound, before a high-tempo drum and base rhythm kick in. A voice begins singing a song that is obviously unrelated in any way to the backing music. The song, sung by a local folk vocalist, is actually Plasir D'Amour by John Baez.<br />
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The track is an incomprehensible mash up of genres that must be baffling even to hardcore Dayglo Fishermen fans (and even to the band itself).<br />
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The song finishes with cheers, shouts and a round of applause from a very excited audience. Whether that's for the performance of the vocalist, or for the bravery of the band to close the album with such a song is up to the listener to decide.<br />
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It's a classic early Dayglo Fishermen experience.<br />
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There are many more bizarre song titles in Dayglo Fishermen's vast collection of music. Most of those are to be found on the early albums, but the later albums also have their odd moments. Visit the <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3.html">music page</a> on the band's <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/index.html">official website</a> and see what you can find.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-14750870210783333632017-05-27T16:39:00.002-07:002017-05-28T06:57:28.408-07:00The Live AlbumsIn April 2017 Dayglo Fishermen released their latest live album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-come-alive.html">Midnight Souls Come (a)Live</a>'. It's the third time a recording of one of their Limelight Theatre concerts has been released (and also the band's first DVD release). Now would be an excellent time to discuss those three releases.<br />
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In the Limelight (2008)</h3>
It had been nine years since the band's previous concert at The Rock Garden in London, a period where Dayglo Fishermen had been focusing totally on their studio recordings. It was a time of fierce creativity during which the band released three albums of new material, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html">Comet Nerdlinger</a>', '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-queen.html">Queen of the Sunset City</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-boat.html">I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats</a>'.<br />
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With so much new material it was certainly time for a live performance, and when that performance finally happened in February 2008 at the Limelight Theatre, Aylesbury, UK, it was one that exceeded all expectations. For the first time the band felt compelled to release a live album.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the Limelight CD cover image</td></tr>
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And so it came to pass that Dayglo Fishermen's first ever live album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-limelight.html">In the Limelight</a>', was released in the summer of that same year.<br />
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The album captured the atmosphere and energy of the concert perfectly, and was well received. For many it was the first time they had ever heard the band perform live. The front CD cover image focuses on the audiences point of view, with the band seen in the distance rather than close up, directly appealing to those that were there on the night. The red colour scheme is a further reminder of the energy of that event.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the Limelight - full CD cover artwork</td></tr>
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The album's success was certainly the reason why the band did not hesitate to release another live album when the next opportunity arose.<br />
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260311 (2011)</h3>
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In 2010, two years after their first Limelight Theatre concert, Dayglo Fishermen released a new studio album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-moons.html">Moons That Cast Their Light</a>'. As usual it was a steady evolution of the band's quirky and often retro sound, with some of the tracks perfectly suited for live performance. It was therefore no surprise to anyone when the next concert date was announced. In March the following year Dayglo Fishermen performed at the Limelight Theatre once again.</div>
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This time the audience was even larger, and the band responded to that with a truly engaging performance, one that managed to exceed even the heightened expectations of those that had been present at the previous concert. It proved to be an enthralling evening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">260311 CD cover</td></tr>
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The live album of the event, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-concert-260311.html">260311</a>', was released only three months later. Such a release so soon after a concert is quite unusual, but it was most welcome. Everything about the album was kept simple. The name is just the date of the performance, and the cover image is a straight shot of the band performing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">260311 - full CD cover artwork</td></tr>
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It's a raw and very honest portrayal of the event, a perfect reflection of the atmosphere and nature of that night.<br />
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Midnight Souls Come (a)Live (2017)</h3>
In 2015, after five years of development, Dayglo Fishermen released their latest studio album. Titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>', the album features a powerful set of pulsing synthesiser and guitar songs layered with some of the most haunting and evocative vocals every recorded by the band.<br />
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The band were now ready to perform live once again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midnight Souls Come (a)Live DVD cover</td></tr>
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In September 2016, almost a year after the studio album's release, Dayglo Fishermen performed at the Limelight Theatre for the third time. The concert featured five tracks from the new album, and included some of the regular '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html">Painting Aliens</a>' classics that had featured at all the Limelight concerts.<br />
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The live DVD album was released seven months later in April 2017. It's name, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-come-alive.html">Midnight Souls Come (a)Live</a>' is a deliberate link to the 2015 studio album that featured heavily during the performance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midnight Souls Come (a)Live - full DVD cover artwork</td></tr>
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Unlike the previous live albums the front cover image does not feature the band in performance. It's an image of a face, serious and contemplating; a soul forming into a physical being from the surrounding elements.<br />
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It is a truly thought-provoking piece of art.<br />
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If you have been unable to experience Dayglo Fishermen live then any one of these albums from the Limelight Theatre trilogy is the next best thing to being there. Listen to them now on the <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3.html">music page</a> of <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/index.html">the band's official website</a>.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-54096598343497004652017-01-01T02:10:00.000-08:002017-01-01T02:10:35.546-08:00The First Dayglo Fishermen PerformanceIt's 25 years since Dayglo Fishermen first performed live.<br />
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On 21st December 1991, during a typically frigid evening in the far north of England, five of the band's members: Peter Fothergill , Richard Burton, David Fothergill, Eamonn Maddock and Sean Wills, came together at an ancient venue in Hexham, Northumberland, to perform their music for the first time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The teaser promotion image for the gig from the cassette inlay of the band's 'Fresh Gin' album</td></tr>
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Formed in the spring of the previous year, the band had already released three albums,and we're working on their fourth. Such a prolific spate of composition was the result of the ferociously creative energy that encompassed the band at that time. But the moment had arrived for Dayglo Fishermen to emerge from the studio and unleash their unique talents upon a live audience.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The promotional material for the band's first Moot Hall gig - left: teaser poster, right: main poster</td></tr>
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The chosen venue was Hexham's Moot Hall. At more that 600 years old, the medieval tower was the gatehouse to the town's old gaol. It was a perfect contrast to the band’s very modern and unique electronic music.<br />
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The building's Lockhart Room on the second floor, where many centuries before the local bailiff had entertained guests, was the largest room available. With its thick stone walls and the heavy old wooden ceiling high above, the room provided the space, acoustics, and also the intimacy, that the band craved for its first performance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Moot Hall, Hexham - the imposing venue for Dayglo Fishermen's first ever live performance</td></tr>
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The audience were mainly local inhabitants, along with a few curious media representatives. All were there to see one of the most original bands in a generation, a welcome departure from the usual school band rock that had saturated the local music scene.<br />
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The concert opened with something very unusual: '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_FlysEyes.mp3" target="_blank">Fly's Eyes</a>', a remarkably odd instrumental track from the band's equally odd third album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fresh.html" target="_blank">Fresh Gin</a>'. Somehow the music manages to create feelings of calmness, paranoia, tension, and even mild panic, and almost all at the same time. A quite astonishing way to begin a concert.<br />
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And then Dayglo Fishermen's first ever song, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_Fish.mp3" target="_blank">Fish</a>', began. It's the first of seven tracks from the band's debut album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html" target="_blank">Drenched</a>' that are played that evening, and at that moment in time their best known. Most bands would have left such a song for the encore. Starting with their most famous track was yet another example of the band's quirkiness, and perhaps a subconscious refusal to conform. With new synth and guitar lines, the live version differed quite significantly from the <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/Fish1990.mp3">studio version</a>, but retained the core drums and bass that fans would have wanted.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dayglo Fishermen performing 'Fish'. Left to right: Eamonn, David and Peter</td></tr>
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Next came '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_Snatch.mp3" target="_blank">Snatch</a>', a sample-saturated dance track that raised energy levels even higher at the historic venue. Taken from the band's second album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html" target="_blank">Strange Plaice</a>', the track pumped out its rhythm relentlessly, with live vocals appearing in the choruses for the first time that evening. The song ended in a very mellow manner, where the chatter of dolphins echoed in and out of a wash of soothing live synth tones, enhanced by the venue's natural ambience.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_BlueContainer.mp3" target="_blank">Blue Container</a>' kicked in almost immediately after. The track, Dayglo Fishermen's brilliantly executed piano house masterpiece, featured new guitars, piano and vocals, and kept the audience moving until its final notes. It was the last dance track for a while as the more synth-loaded music took a break.<br />
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The track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_GetOn.mp3" target="_blank">Get On</a>', came next. The backing is simple drums and bass, giving the guitars prominence for the first time that evening. The samples of the verse on the <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/GetOn.mp3">studio version</a> are replaced by live vocals, which gave the song new depth.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter, Sean and Richard fill the Lockhart Room with a dense texture of guitars and synths </td></tr>
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Another mainly drums and bass song followed. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_FreeRokyErikson.mp3" target="_blank">Free Roky Erickson</a>' began with its cheesy off-beat organ riff, but without the band's now legendary psychedelic echoing voices (the band surely now wish they had left them in). With the organ enhancing the mid tempo rhythm, Peter and David sang the song as a duet - to date their only live vocal performance with the band. Looking back it was a special moment indeed.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_TES.mp3" target="_blank">T.E.S</a>.' followed. Standing for 'Token Ethnic Song', the easy reggae-style rhythm track and guitars perfectly complemented the tribal singing and animal noise samples that echoed around the venue. For some reason most of the band abandoned the stage leaving Richard to carry the song largely on his own, which he managed with ease.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard was the lead vocalist during the gig, and on many of the studio albums that followed</td></tr>
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The dance tracks return. '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_WordsAndPictures.mp3" target="_blank">Words and Pictures</a>', another track from the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html" target="_blank">Drenched</a>' album, raised the energy levels as it pounded out its heavy synth rhythm. The <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/WordsAndPictures.mp3">studio version</a> is largely instrumental, with its choruses filled with a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Candy" target="_blank">John Candy</a> monologue from the film '<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planes,_Trains_and_Automobiles" target="_blank">Planes, Trains and Automobiles</a>'. The live version replaced the sample with a vocal performed by Richard - a wise decision. <br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_AlienWave.mp3" target="_blank">Alien Wave</a>', another sample-filled dance track, came next. It's short, but kept the audience entertained, and probably confused, with the seemingly meaningless string of voice extracts. The track, one of the band's most popular early works, went on to have two new versions recorded for the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-path.html">Keep to the Path</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html">Animate</a>' albums, both of which were released in 1993 (during the band's most prolific recording era).<br />
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Up next was '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_Drenched.mp3" target="_blank">Drenched</a>', an unusual choice for live performance, but it worked well. It's the title track of Dayglo Fishermen's first album, and largely instrumental. The <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/Drenched.mp3">studio version</a> features a digital voice generated by a Commodore Amiga computer, quite a revolutionary idea at the time. The live version omitted it, which was a shame, but the new funky guitar riff lifted the track sufficiently to make it a worthy addition to the set.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Incredible concentration...</td></tr>
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And then the strange and hypnotic '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_FunkyToaster.mp3" target="_blank">Funky Toaster</a>' was performed. It was yet another unusual choice for a live set, but also a clever one as it fitted in well with the band's image at the time. The audience were clearly amazed. The <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/FunkyToaster.mp3">studio version</a> once again included the Amiga computer voice, this time cleverly manipulated to give the impression it's in a drug-induced haze.<br />
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In a completely unexpected move, the band then performed the Queen song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_WeWillRockYou.mp3">We Will Rock You</a>' - a tribute to Freddy Mercury who had passed away less than a month before. As Peter performed the drums live on his keyboard, and with Richard on guitar, two guest artists sang the song to what must have been a very awe-struck crowd. It was compelling to watch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Performing 'We Will Rock You' (during rehearsal)</td></tr>
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-moot-hall-1991/Moot_Hall_1991_KeepToThePath.mp3" target="_blank">Keep to the Path</a>', another pounding synth dance track, was the gig's penultimate track. Layered with hard guitar riffs the track resonated power throughout the venue. Yet again, the Amiga computer voice present on the <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/KeepToThePath.mp3">studio version</a> was omitted. It would have been good to have included at least the final line which is spoken in a mildly creepy Geordie accent.<br />
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And then the finale, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-fresh/Mondrian.mp3" target="_blank">Mondrian</a>', began. Building quickly, the song became a wall of guitars and drums, punctuated with light pipe organs. The whole band lined up on stage, which visually reinforced the 'wall of sound' effect. It was a truly great ending to what had been an outstanding and memorable performance. Unfortunately the live version was not recorded and so will forever exist only in the memories of the band and the select audience.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final song, 'Mondrian' - a wall of musicians unleash a wall of sound</td></tr>
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That first live performance by Dayglo Fishermen was a groundbreaking event in the history of entertainment in Hexham. Its infectious energy and enthusiasm, its eccentricity and originality, and its divergence from normality, certainly affected the lives of all who attended. It was a unique evening, and something like it will never be seen again.<br />
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To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the concert a live album has been created with the memorable title '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-moot-hall-1991.html">Live at the Moot Hall 21 Dec 1991</a>'. This is the first time the recording of the performance has been released. You can <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-moot-hall-1991.html">download it now</a> from the official Dayglo Fishermen website.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover image for the commemorative 25th anniverary album of the first Dayglo Fishermen live performance </td></tr>
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The band returned to the Moot Hall two years (and an incredible six albums) later for one more performance at the venue. By then the band had transformed into something different, and something a little more structured. Only Richard and Peter were in the band at that time, and they were joined on stage by the eminent Scottish artist and trumpet player J. Lorne Inglis. Sean Wills also joined the band on stage with his vintage synthesiser (Sean had left the band after the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-magic.html">Magic Organ</a>' album in 1992 and became a regular guest artist until he finally rejoined the band in 2011 to work on the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>' album).<br />
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Dayglo Fishermen have recently performed live once again in 2016, very nearly quarter of a century later. And the band still includes three members who performed at that very first gig.<br />
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If or when they'll play again is unknown, even to the band. Such forward planning is not really their thing. There'll be at least one new studio album before then.<br />
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After that, who knows?<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-80037653207557475162016-08-03T00:24:00.000-07:002016-08-03T00:24:27.092-07:00Vintage Synth: Roland MKS-70In an earlier article I discussed the Yamaha TX81Z, the classic synthesiser module that has featured on all of Dayglo Fishermen's albums.<br />
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That module is not alone.<br />
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The Roland MKS-70 is another classic synthesiser module that has also featured on all of the band's albums. Pictured below, the module, first released in 1986, was installed in Artlite Studios in 1989, shortly before the formation of Dayglo Fishermen. It's warm analogue sounds, still used in many studios today, added a depth and richness to the band's music - a perfect complement to the harsher FM synthesis tones of the TX81Z.<br />
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There are hundreds of Dayglo Fishermen tracks that feature this module's sounds, and there are some where the module almost takes over. One of those is '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/Fish1990.mp3" target="_blank">Fish</a>', the band's first ever song, recorded in 1990. The fast squidgy bass line that feaftures throughout is one of the MKS-70's signature patches. The relentless use of that sound is one of the reasons the song had such an impact when it was released on the album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html" target="_blank">Drenched</a>' later that year.<br />
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Another song on that debut album that features heavy use of the module is '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/EasyProjector1990.mp3" target="_blank">Easy Projector</a>'. The entire intro sequence features four of the MKS-70's sounds, and the whole song is underpinned by one of the module's mellow pads, ensuring a wide and relaxing soundscape.<br />
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Surge forwards 25 years and that same module can still be heard. The final track on Dayglo Fishermen's latest album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html" target="_blank">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>', titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/CoolPeopleMeet.mp3" target="_blank">Cool People Meet</a>', features a spacious flute-like sound that fills out the choruses. It shows the great versatility and timeless quality of the MKS-70, and illustrates just why such an aging sound module still has so much to offer, and why its popularity has yet to fade.<br />
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Despite the recent aquisition of a new state-of-the-art Roland synthesiser, the band's classic old Roland, the MKS-70, is certain to feature on Dayglo Fishermen's future albums and projects.<br />
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Long may it do so.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-36177373981584328622016-06-17T07:26:00.000-07:002016-06-18T07:44:45.631-07:00Publicity MachineFor any band, once a new album is due to be released, or a concert tour schedule is confirmed, a publicity machine whirs into action and a promotional campaign begins. This is usually a carefully planned and highly coordinated sequence of activities to make the most of all the avenues of publicity possible, both digital and traditional.<br />
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Dayglo Fishermen, however, prefer a more organic and random approach to publicity. And the promotional campaign for their upcoming concert at the Limelight Theatre, Aylesbury, UK, in September, 2016, shows little deviation from that approach. Here's the sequence of events:<br />
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Dayglo Fishermen's concert was announced on <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-news/music-downloads-dayglo_fishermen_concert-2016.html" target="_blank">the band's official website</a> in February 2016:<br />
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Soon after, the concert was listed on the <a href="http://www.qpc.org/Queens%20Park%20Arts%20Centre" target="_blank">Limelight Theatre website</a>. A banner with a link to it was placed on the band's website homepage:<br />
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In April 2016 the Dayglo Fishermen Tweeted the news about the concert:<br />
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And that was closely followed by the <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-news/music-downloads-concert-2016.html" target="_blank">publication of the concert poster on their official website</a>. The poster will eventually be seen around the theatre's locality (which will be the only non-digital promotion, apart from word-of-mouth):<br />
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The poster was shared on Facebook:<br />
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A teaser trailer for the concert was published on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/dayglofishermen" target="_blank">band's YouTube site</a> in June 2016:<br />
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The video was shared on Twitter:<br />
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And then on Facebook:<br />
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The band hopes, no doubt, that such Tweets and Facebook announcements are shared, and that the <a href="https://youtu.be/K0PFu0M97Hs" target="_blank">video teaser</a> goes viral - possibly the best publicity of all.<br />
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This may well be the end of the publicity campaign for Dayglo Fishermen's 2016 concert, or there may be a lot more to come. It's hard to tell when there's no strategy or plan to speak of.<br />
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What is clear, though, is that on 10th September 2016 at the Limelight Theatre in Aylesbury, UK, there is going to be an event not to be missed. Take note of all this promotional material and book your tickets now.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-71970149964558890692016-03-09T09:07:00.000-08:002016-03-09T09:07:22.988-08:00TX81Z - Vintage SynthOver the decades since they formed Dayglo Fishermen have used quite a number of different synthesisers. Some come and go within a few years. But a couple have stayed with the band from the beginning, and are still in use today. Let's have a look at just one of those: the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_TX81Z" target="_blank">Yamaha TX81Z FM Tone Generator</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The actual Dayglo Fishermen Yamaha TX81Z FM Tone Generator</td></tr>
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The band's Yamaha TX81Z sound module was actually purchased in 1987, three years before Dayglo Fishermen formed. It was used in Artlite Studios on all of Peter and Richard's early work that was the precursor to Dayglo Fishermen. As part of the studio's core equipment at the time it was destined to become a major element in the band's music. And that is indeed what happened.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The TX81Z nestled within an equipment stack at Mammoth Studios in 2012</td></tr>
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The module itself became very popular in the 1990s with hip-hop and dance music producers, mainly for its bass sounds, most notably 'Lately Bass'. That bass sound was most famously used for the bass line on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJQSAiODqI" target="_blank">Madonna's 'Vogue'</a>, and also on several Dayglo Fishermen songs, such as '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Minneapolis2000.mp3" target="_blank">Minneapolis</a>', the opening track of the 1994 album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html" target="_blank">Big Spoon</a>'.<br />
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The TX81Z module has featured on every one of the Dayglo Fishermen's albums, and on hundreds of their songs. Here are a few of the many tracks where the module really stands out:<br />
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Featured on the 1992 '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-what.html" target="_blank">What the Hell</a>' album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-what/NinePointNineFive.mp3" target="_blank">Nine Point Nine Five</a>' utilises one of the TX81Z's fine bass sounds, which makes good use of the module's portamento effect as the bass line often slides from one note to the next. The higher keyboard sounds are also classic TX81Z tones, including the bell-like intro sound that is featured throughout the song.<br />
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The bass sound mentioned above is also used to excellent effect on '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/WordsAndPictures.mp3" target="_blank">Words and Pictures</a>', from the band's debut album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html" target="_blank">Drenched</a>'.<br />
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'<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/ChurchOnTheHill.mp3" target="_blank">Church on the Hill</a>' is one of the more unusual tracks on the band’s 1993 ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html" target="_blank">Animate</a>’ album. Apart from some Korg M1 piano and strings, all of the keyboard sounds, including the percussion, were generated solely by a Yamaha TX81Z FM sound module, highlighting its versatility.<br />
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For a further example of a TX81Z rhythm track try '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/StairwayToHebburn.mp3" target="_blank">Stairway to Hebburn</a>' on the 1991 '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html" target="_blank">Strange Plaice</a>' album. Take care, though. This track is quite odd and potentially irritating, so you may not make it to the end, despite the fact that it's just over three minutes in length.<br />
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The '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-queen.html" target="_blank">Queen of the Sunset City</a>' album, released in 2003, featured a huge variety of music, and the TX81Z is exhibited on most tracks. The rasping bass line on '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/AngelCity.mp3" target="_blank">Angel City</a>', one of the album's standout songs, is an excellent example of the module's range of sounds when compared to the smooth bass line on '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-what/NinePointNineFive.mp3" target="_blank">Nine Point Nine Five</a>' mentioned earlier.<br />
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Also listen to '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/TurningGold.mp3" target="_blank">Turning Gold</a>' on the same album to hear the module's take on a bass guitar.<br />
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The module was used most recently on the 2015 album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html" target="_blank">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>’. On '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/SinkingDeeply.mp3" target="_blank">Sinking Deeply</a>' it provides the main keyboard sound, the sound that is featured from the very start of the song. This proves that, with the help of of a decent dose of effects, the TX81Z is still able to produce original and compelling sounds such as this, even after almost 30 years of use.<br />
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If you're familiar with the sound of Yamaha's FM synthesisers you should be able to spot the TX81Z in many of the band's songs. Just pick an album and see what you can find.<br />
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That simple little sound module has, without most people knowing, had a significant influence on the evolution of Dayglo Fishermen’s unique sound. And as long as its incredible internal battery lasts, it will continue to do so in the future.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-57508219082046858332016-01-01T01:57:00.000-08:002016-01-01T01:57:46.695-08:00The Hexham CourantDuring the early years of Dayglo Fishermen (1990 to 1994), when the band was based in <a href="http://www.visithexham.net/" target="_blank">Hexham</a> in the far north of England, the band received regular interest from the local press. This is not surprising, as the band's unique and distinctive sound was far removed from the usual school rock bands that were commonplace in the town at that time.<br />
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The band's first two albums, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html" target="_blank">Drenched</a>' and '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html" target="_blank">Strange Plaice</a>', featured some highly original dance tracks, and offered a quirkiness level that was off the scale, or at least it would have been if there was a scale of quirkiness to measure it by. It was a sound that had never before been created in the town, and it is unlikely to be again. It was a special time.<br />
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The town's local newspaper, <a href="http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/home" target="_blank">The Hexham Courant</a>, first published a feature about the band in October 1990, giving their debut album an outstanding review. The photo below shows one of the band members in the recording suite of Artlite Studios, Dayglo Fishermen's first production facility. The full article is included, too:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hexham Courant's first article about Dayglo Fishermen, published in October 1990.</td></tr>
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The paper went on to publish two more album reviews. The band's '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-what.html" target="_blank">What The Hell</a>' album was described as being '<i>as uptight as one of Bryan Ferry's loose silk shirts</i>'. Later the band's eponymous 1993 album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fishermen.html" target="_blank">The Dayglo Fishermen</a>' was described as '<i>an engineered piece of chilling, synthetic sound with a distance and apparent sophistication that rock could never manage</i>'.<br />
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On 22nd December 1993, just a couple of months after the production of the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html" target="_blank">Animate</a>' album (which was, for some unfathomable reason, to remain unreleased for several more years) the band performed live in Hexham's ancient Moot Hall, an imposing building that was once a medieval courthouse. The following month The Hexham Courant gave the concert a rave review, praising the band's '<i>unique and well-orchestrated sound</i>' and describing their songs as '<i>well polished, original and atmospheric</i>'. Along with the review the paper published the photo below:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dayglo Fishermen live at the Moot Hall, Hexham in December 1993. Published in The Hexham Courant.</td></tr>
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This was to be Dayglo Fishermen's last appearance in Hexham's local paper, for the following year the band uprooted itself and headed south, departing the town for the last time in search of new inspiration. The ten albums that followed are unquestionable proof that they found it.<br />
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Dayglo Fishermen were featured many more times in other local publications, such as <a href="http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Evening Chronicle</a> and<a href="http://www.thecrackmagazine.com/" target="_blank"> The Crack</a>, but it's <a href="http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/home" target="_blank">The Hexham Courant</a> articles that matter the most to the band.<br />
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The support of such local media is hugely important during the early stages of any new enterprise, and should never be underestimated.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-37942172687765792122015-11-01T07:13:00.000-08:002015-11-01T07:13:19.305-08:00Midnight Souls RevealedAfter a five and a half year wait, the immense patience of Dayglo Fishermen fans was finally rewarded in October 2015 with the release of the band's new studio album.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Midnight Souls Still Remain' CD cover image - front</td></tr>
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Titled '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html" target="_blank">Midnight Souls Still Remain</a>', the album's 12 tracks have already firmly embedded themselves as part of Dayglo Fishermen's immense back catalogue.<br />
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That's all well and good, but are any of them destined to become classics?<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/FracturedHeart.mp3" target="_blank">Track 1: Fractured Heart</a></h3>
A crash of thunder and a two minute rainstorm herald the start of the album, something only a seasoned and established band could get away with. After an aching guitar strains to break through the storm we hear the welcome tones of a slow base rhythm. As a distant police siren appears the song's main section thumps to life. It's a rousing piece of work, and features what is probably the best keyboard solo on the album.<br />
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According to the production notes, as well as being the first track <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/FracturedHeart.mp3" target="_blank">Fractured Heart</a> was the first song written for the new album way back in 2010. The notes also show that the original intention was to have the rainstorm intro as a separate track, allowing listeners to easily skip it if preferred. Bravely (and thankfully) that idea was dropped. The stormy introduction works well, and is essential to guide the listener into the right mood to feel the full benefit of the song that follows.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/TheGreatUnspoken.mp3" target="_blank">Track 2: The Great Unspoken</a></h3>
A short and powerful drum roll shocks the listener into the high-tempo sound of the second track, immediately followed by a rapid synth arpeggio. The song seems to build and build, before dropping right back to a relaxing interlude, complete with spoken french vocals - a tradition now on Dayglo Fishermen albums. Such tranquility does not last. A guitar solo leads the song back to a crescendo of choruses, with the synth arpeggio taking the song to its conclusion. It's a wonderfully retro-sounding track, and one that would have been a chart-topping hit back in the early 1980s.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/MidnightSoulsStillRemain.mp3" target="_blank">Track 3: Midnight Souls Still Remain</a></h3>
The title track of the album creates a lighter and more melodic feel as its mid-tempo, off-beat bass line confidently strolls along. With sparser guitars and keyboards, and gentle piano chords filling out the chorus, the song's dreamy vocals are given the space needed to flourish. They key change for the final chorus, and the vocal leap up another octave, take the song to its final satisfying peak, before letting the core rhythm play out. One of the stand-out tracks of the album.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/NoQuestionsAsked.mp3" target="_blank">Track 4: No Questions Asked</a></h3>
The tempo rises once more, quite considerably in fact as according to the production notes this track has the highest tempo on the album. After a rapid bass drum and guitar intro the song bursts straight in with two vocalists who continue together for the whole track. This dual and mainly spoken vocal, combined with a frantic and almost panicky bass line and regular offbeat synth stabs, creates a strong sense of intensity, and even anxiety. Wisely this lets up for a short time in the middle section of the song, but it comes back as expected, finishing with a long rock guitar solo.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/ICannotSeeYourFace.mp3" target="_blank">Track 5: I Cannot See Your Face</a></h3>
Things need to slow down a bit, and the fifth track on the album obliges. The song, about missing someone that has headed off to a war they will never return from, is a melancholic theme for the band, but this is offset by the unexpected guitar style of the verses and the highly melodic synth sounds of the chorus and solo. The song finishes with more unexpected guitar that emerges from the final instrumental chorus. As the sound of distant warfare haunts the end of the track the innocence of a child singing brings us back from the brink. A memorable and poignant addition to the album.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/OneDayIllSleep.mp3" target="_blank">Track 6: One Day I'll Sleep</a></h3>
This song is brimming with paranoia, making it a match with '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/SomethingsWatching.mp3" target="_blank">Something's Watching</a>', featured on the band's 1998 album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html" target="_blank">Painting Aliens</a>'. This time though the subject matter is demonic visitation within dreams. While not as horrific as alien impregnation, it is enough to bring back the feelings of anxiety aroused by the earlier track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/NoQuestionsAsked.mp3" target="_blank">No Questions Asked</a>'.<br />
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As always with Dayglo Fishermen's less positive songs there is some quirkiness to act as a counterbalance. In this case it's the vocals on the verses, which are sung in an almost country and western style. What inspired this is not mentioned in the production notes, but it was certainly the right thing to do. With tense choruses, and an even tenser keyboard solo, the track progresses without remorse. It finishes with a short verse ending with the ominous line 'One day I'll sleep, and they'll be there'.<br />
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With a punchy up-tempo beat, this bass guitar and guitar heavy song lifts the mood at the album's halfway mark. Borrowing one of its chord progressions from '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/Soncabaret.mp3" target="_blank">Soncabaret</a>' - one of the highlights of the 2001 album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html" target="_blank">Comet Nerdlinger</a>', the track cruises along, its momentum maintained by the captivating rhythm of the vocals, particularly in the verses.<br />
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The long solo section in the song stands out as a classic Dayglo Fishermen arrangement. Starting out with a haunting violin, it moves without warning to a series of rapid trumpet bursts, and then on to a pleasantly upbeat guitar solo, a solo that soon transforms into something much more edgy during the lead up to the final chorus.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/SinkingDeeply.mp3" target="_blank">Track 8: Sinking Deeply</a></h3>
Notable for its complete lack of cymbals on the drum track, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/SinkingDeeply.mp3" target="_blank">Sinking Deeply</a>' was actually the second song written for the album, sometime during the autumn of 2011. With odd lyrics that at one point compare the freakiness of snow to tangy fruits, the track features some highly original synthesiser sounds and patterns that flit across the upper octaves - a great contrast to the deep and dependable bass line that stomps along far below. The guitars complement all that perfectly, chugging along in the verses and sliding through the choruses.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/AfterHoursDownEmptyStreets.mp3" target="_blank">Track 9: After Hours Down Empty Streets</a></h3>
A single deep piano note immediately draws the listener into this song. As the brooding low tones of a sustained synthetic sound develops, pulsing up and down in volume rather than pitch, a gentle high piano melody takes us on to a trumpet and then the vocals of the first verse. This is the slowest song on the album, but despite that, and the gentleness of all the instruments and voices, the track somehow possesses a power and strength above all others on the album. Remarkable.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-HNzMaJPx7o8K6eefTvPQg4UFNaLxoWFEQ_qIXBQ23MLMZ3hkxG2Vm3ojWupeeF2j2LvTuzyP3iTgKQLABwJR60F6rvsVGrQPuLZVuIJF_Cq6_FKhNY3Fuy9hggeC5BiKMSARnDR5iw/s1600/Dayglo_Fishermen_Band_Photo_2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-HNzMaJPx7o8K6eefTvPQg4UFNaLxoWFEQ_qIXBQ23MLMZ3hkxG2Vm3ojWupeeF2j2LvTuzyP3iTgKQLABwJR60F6rvsVGrQPuLZVuIJF_Cq6_FKhNY3Fuy9hggeC5BiKMSARnDR5iw/s320/Dayglo_Fishermen_Band_Photo_2015.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Official band photo for the 'Midnight Souls Still Remains' album</td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/WillTheStarsComeOutTonight.mp3" target="_blank">Track 10: Will the Stars Come Out Tonight?</a></h3>
Featuring a dual vocal throughout, and also a dual bass line of guitar and keyboards, this slow melodic song creates a sense of peace and joy that's almost impossible to put into words. Every instrumental line is kept simple, allowing the vocalists the space to carry the song in a seemingly effortless manner. Its purity is almost perfect, and a fitting song to follow the gentle power of the previous track.<br />
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Of course, this is still a Dayglo Fishermen song, and the signs of that are obvious. The cymbals are not acoustic samples but synthetic, quite a contrast to the natural-sounding bass and snare drums, and the odd guitar at the start of the middle section is typical of the band, yet still unexpected. This song will become a favourite for many.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/RunningThroughMyDreams.mp3" target="_blank">Track 11: Running Through My Dreams</a></h3>
By far the shortest song on the album, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/RunningThroughMyDreams.mp3" target="_blank">Running Through My Dreams</a>’ is a frantic and quirky little track – an interlude of sorts before the grandness of the finale that follows. The vocals match the pace of the music, and the thickening layers of voices on the chorus, along with the alternating piano notes, gives the illusion of an ever quickening tempo, adding to the interest. There’s a lot of fun to be had here.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/CoolPeopleMeet.mp3" target="_blank">Track 12: Cool People Meet</a></h3>
The track’s vocal-only introduction sounds like it has a strong Gaelic influence, which doesn’t seem too unusual when you consider the band’s Northumbrian origins. With its slow tempo and folk-like melodies the song oozes power and emotion as the deep bass, spacious keyboards and mellow guitar create an epic soundscape. It’s a magnificent way to end the album, and to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover images of the albums from which 'Cool People Meet' samples were taken</td></tr>
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The song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/CoolPeopleMeet.mp3" target="_blank">Cool People Meet</a>' is all about the early years of Dayglo Fishermen, and features numerous samples from the band’s earlier songs, especially from the first few albums. Some are used quite subtly. Here’s a list of the songs used. See if you can spot them:<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/FreeRokyErickson1990.mp3" target="_blank">Free Roky Erikson</a>’, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/EasyProjector1990.mp3" target="_blank">Easy Projector</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/Fish1990.mp3" target="_blank">Fish</a>’ from the album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html" target="_blank">Drenched</a>’ (1990).<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-strange/Marsport.mp3" target="_blank">Marsport</a>’, the introductory sequence on the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-strange.html" target="_blank">Strange Plaice</a>’ album (1991).<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-andsoitis/ButWhereWereTheMice.mp3" target="_blank">But Where Were the Mice?</a>’ from the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-andsoitis.html" target="_blank">And So It Is</a>’ album (1992).<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-path/LoveAsEmotionFormsCollide.mp3" target="_blank">Love as Emotion</a>’ from the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-path.html" target="_blank">Keep to the Path</a>’ album (1993).<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/NagLisa.mp3" target="_blank">Nag Lisa</a>’ from the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html" target="_blank">Animate</a>’ album (1993).<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-space/SpaceDog.mp3" target="_blank">Space Dog</a>’, the title track of the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-space.html" target="_blank">Space Dog</a>’ album (1997).<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Underground.mp3" target="_blank">Underground</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/Voodoo.mp3" target="_blank">Voodoo</a>’, from the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html" target="_blank">Painting Aliens</a>’ album (1998).<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/NerdlingerOne.mp3" target="_blank">Nerdlinger One</a>’ from the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html" target="_blank">Comet Nerdlinger</a>’ album (2001).<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/MyFriend.mp3" target="_blank">My Friend</a>’ from the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-queen.html" target="_blank">Queen of the Sunset City</a>’ album (2003).<br />
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‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-boat/ScreamsInsideMyHead.mp3" target="_blank">Screams Inside My Head</a>’ from the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-boat.html" target="_blank">I Can See a Boat … It No Longer Floats</a>’ album (2006).<br />
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A final note: on the very limited edition CD version of the album tracks 1 to 6 and tracks 7 to 12 are all linked, providing an even more satisfying experience for the listener as the songs flow together. If you are not lucky enough to have a CD copy you can now download the linked versions of the songs in two parts. Just click on the links below, or go direct to the<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-midnight-souls-still-remain.html" target="_blank"> album page</a> on the website.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/MidnightSoulsStillRemain_LinkedTracks_Part1.mp3" target="_blank">‘Midnight Souls Still Remain’ – Part 1 – CD version tracks 1 – 6</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-midnight-souls/MidnightSoulsStillRemain_LinkedTracks_Part2.mp3" target="_blank">‘Midnight Souls Still Remain’ – Part 2 – CD version tracks 7 - 12</a><br />
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So, are any of the songs on the new album destined to become classics? The answer is a most definite yes.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-19968209722481396572015-09-10T13:21:00.000-07:002015-09-10T13:21:25.798-07:00New Album TeaserThe release of the new Dayglo Fishermen album feels tantalisingly close. And it is, according to the information in the <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-video/music-downloads-video-new-album-trailer-2015.html" target="_blank">video teaser trailer</a> published this month. We can expect it no later than November 2015.<br />
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The trailer gives the viewer a brief glimpse of parts of the album's cover image, and more crucially some excerpts from a few of the tracks. It's essential viewing for fans, and indeed for teaser trailer enthusiasts everywhere:<br />
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Such teasers are rare for Dayglo Fishermen. The band usually keep everything under wraps until the moment of release. But there have been some previous examples.<br />
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The band's 1993 album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fishermen.html" target="_blank">The Dayglo Fishermen</a>' had two tracks released three months early under the name '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-horoscope.html" target="_blank">Horoscope</a>'. The tracks had different names and lyrics to the final album tracks, but they certainly pleased those finding it hard to wait for the full release. And the bizarre and disturbing cover artwork made it something hard to ignore.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horoscope Cover Artwork</td></tr>
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Two further teasers were released, but in the less generous form of posters. The '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html" target="_blank">Painting Aliens</a>' album was announced two months before release. The poster was a little too revealing, giving away the album's full title, but at least it refrained from revealing the striking cover image, which was to become one of the band's most memorable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting Aliens Pre-Launch Poster</td></tr>
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In January 2006 a poster appeared to promote what was to become the '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-boat.html" target="_blank">I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats</a>' album. Part of the albums glorious artwork was revealed, but thankfully the title remained a secret.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats' Teaser Poster</td></tr>
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The poster announced that the album was due in the Spring of that year, but for various unfathomable reasons it was not released until October. It must have tried the patience of those keen to get their hands on the much anticipated release, after having waiting more than three years since the release of the previous album. It would certainly have induced a sense of stressful desire to hear the album.<br />
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But that is the power and the point of a good teaser release, whatever its form. It should do more than just wet the appetite. It should initiate a feeling of tense anticipation, and grow enthusiasm with every viewing or hearing.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-video/music-downloads-video-new-album-trailer-2015.html" target="_blank">Dayglo Fishermen's 2015 teaser trailer</a> certainly succeeds in that respect.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-16100309803977693152015-07-05T07:47:00.001-07:002015-07-05T23:59:04.280-07:00Layers of VideoMusic videos can often look simple, but such simplicity often consists of many layers of visuals to create the final result. Dayglo Fishermen videos are no exception.<br />
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To illustrate this, here's a break down of the final scene for the band's '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-mYqe-o9Os&feature=player_detailpage" target="_blank">I Can Dance Now</a>' video, a promo for their 2010 album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-moons.html" target="_blank">Moons That Cast Their Light</a>'. The scene utilises a still photo of the band several times with many effects, pans and zooms applied, creating a drifting and calming effect as the end credits are played<br />
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First, on top of a black background, a layer featuring a slow zoom in to Ginny's hair is added. The hue and saturation of the colour is enhanced, an animated CRT TV simulation is added, and finally the brightness raised to create an over-exposed look:<br />
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The next layer features a close up pan of the band photo from left to right. Again the hue and saturation are enhanced and an animated CRT TV simulation added. but this time the brightness is lowered to create a dark and shadowy impression:<br />
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Next a layer is added featuring a slow zoom out from Ginny to reveal the whole band. Initially the hue and saturation colour levels are high, but they reduce throughout the sequence until the image is black and white. The CRT TV simulation is also present once again, but softened to remove the grid effect:<br />
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And finally, a white text layer is added featuring a black outline and shadow to ensure the production credit is readable against the ever changing background:<br />
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The finished scene is remarkably mezmerising, compelling the viewer to watch right to the final fade. Watch it now, along with all Dayglo Fishermen promo and concert videos, on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/dayglofishermen" target="_blank">the band's YouTube channel</a>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-58237684776906080642015-04-25T03:36:00.002-07:002015-04-25T03:36:50.296-07:0025 Years in the StudioTwenty-five years ago this month, up a hill on the western edge of a small rural town in the far north of England, four young men gathered in a rather modest recording studio to record a single song. They were there to see a demonstration of some of the studio's equipment, and the song was intended to be nothing more than an interesting way to see the equipment in action.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original Dayglo Fishermen line-up<br />Eamonn Maddick, Peter Carmichael, Peter Fothergill and David Fothergill</td></tr>
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From the very start, that time in the studio became more than a mere demonstration. Something special was happening. Ideas flowed easily, and enthusiasm for what was being created grew with every moment. Within hours the song was completed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Drenched album cover</td></tr>
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That song was '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-drenched/Fish1990.mp3" target="_blank">Fish</a>', the first ever song by the band known as Dayglo Fishermen, and it was released to the world just a few months later on the band's debut album '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-drenched.html" target="_blank">Drenched</a>'. To find out more about that song and its production read the earlier article, '<a href="http://dayglofishermen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/fish.html" target="_blank">The Origin of Fish</a>'.<br />
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In the years that followed, and with various line-ups, the band have gone on to record numerous albums and perform concerts in some impressive venues, including 'The Rock Garden' in Covent Garden, London, and the Moot Hall, an imposing medieval building in Hexham, Northumberland.<br />
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After quarter of a century of recording and performing the band has amassed an extensive and remarkably diverse back catalogue of music spanning 18 studio albums and two live concert albums. All are available to download on <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3.html" target="_blank">the band's official website</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The album artwork from Dayglo Fishermen's extensive back catalogue</td></tr>
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Dayglo Fishermen have a new album scheduled for release later this year, and rumours from the band's inner circle suggest that it will be yet another unique and very special collection of songs.<br />
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The band's current line-up, Peter Fothergill, Richard Burton, Ginny Owens and Sean Wills, are showing no signs of retiring. They are looking forward to the next stage of the band's evolution, and even before the release of the new album they are germinating the ideas that will result in yet another collection of finely crafted music sometime over the next few years.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The current Dayglo Fishermen line-up<br />Peter Fothergill, Ginny Owens, Sean Wills and Richard Burton</td></tr>
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<span style="color: white;">Happy 25th birthday, Dayglo Fishermen</span></h3>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-91416267376843553192015-02-22T06:43:00.002-08:002015-02-22T06:43:40.195-08:00Chilling in the WoodsIt was March 1993. In need of a band photo for their forthcoming new album, Dayglo Fishermen headed into the depths of a Northumbrian Forest with the eminent Scottish photographer, J. Lorne Inglis. It was bitterly cold, and soon all concerned were experiencing the effects of mild exposure. Despite the suffering the band endured the lengthy shoot with good humour, which resulted in one of the band's most iconic photos, shown below:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover photo for Dayglo Fishermen's 'The Dayglo Fishermen' album<br />Photography by J Lorne Inglis</td></tr>
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The photo was used on the cover of the band's eponymous 1993 album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-fishermen.html" target="_blank">The Dayglo Fishermen</a>', and also in the follow-up album, '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html" target="_blank">Animate</a>' later that same year.<br />
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But there were also some other arguably more interesting photos take during that painfully frigid outing.<br />
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The one below is particularly interesting. The lighting conditions, combined with the band's clothing, posture and expressions, gives the impression that it was taken a century earlier. Its Victorian feel gives the image a sense of depth and mystery that was never intended or expected.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dayglo Fishermen as they would have looked circa 1880<br />
Photography by J Lorne Inglis</td></tr>
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An experiment with a wide angle lens produced the following close-up photographs. They present an informal and more playful aspect of the band:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interesting wide-angle close-ups<br />Photography by J Lorne Inglis</td></tr>
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Finally, in a remarkably over-exposed flash image, a former band member emerges from the darkening gloom to perform an expertly executed photobomb:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the darkness he came<br />Photography by J Lorne Inglis</td></tr>
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To see a few more visit <a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-gallery/music-downloads-group-1993.html" target="_blank">Dayglo Fishermen's group photos page for 1993</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-15169282767359973052014-10-18T11:48:00.001-07:002014-12-31T04:52:39.967-08:00Epic InstrumentalsThe instrumental track has been a regular feature of Dayglo Fishermen albums since the band’s inception. From soaring symphonies to sparse and often bizarre percussive experiments, the range of styles and moods explored demonstrates the breadth of creativity that has always been present in the band’s music. And such tracks also reveal the band’s shameless desire to regularly allow self-indulgence to take control. And there are a select few that can be quite comfortably described as epic.<br />
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The history of such epic instrumentals actually starts on the ‘Solo’ albums that Richard Burton and Peter Fothergill, two of the current band members, continued to work on for a while after the formation of Dayglo Fishermen. They were both keen to compose longer and more experimental tracks which at the time did not fit with the early Dayglo Fishermen ethos.<br />
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The first of such instrumental tracks appeared on the 1990 solo album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-dangerous.html" target="_blank">Love’s a Dangerous Language</a>’. Divided into two parts, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-dangerous/IvoryPartOne.mp3" target="_blank">Ivory (Part One)</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-dangerous/IvoryPartTwo.mp3" target="_blank">Ivory (Part two)</a>’, the first part is slow and smooth with a powerful but sparse drum beat. A gentle acoustic guitar strum constantly while an ambient and almost oriental-sounding keyboard melody comes and goes. Part two was recorded entirely live in a single take, which included the drums, played by guest artist Keith Hurst on his Simmons electronic drum kit. Due to a lack of space in the main studio, the drums were set up in the reception hall, which caused some technical challenges. Never the less, the track is a remarkably fluid layer of stirring piano, synths, and guitar.<br />
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What is still probably the most epic instrumental yet is ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-opium/Betaubung.mp3" target="_blank">Betaübung</a>’, which features on ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-opium.html" target="_blank">Opium</a>’, the final ‘Solo’ album, released in 1994. At almost sixteen minutes in length the composition is by far the longest recorded. It begins with a long intro of piano and flute, with strings and trumpet eventually making an appearance. Percussion doe not arrive until a few minutes later, and then the bass kicks in. And then it changes completely several minutes later. A melancholic out-of-time bell distorts the entire feel, closely followed by a harsh layer of bass and guitar that fills the sound space. And then, totally unexpected, a gentle and quite beautiful piano and wind finale closes the piece. This is an example of self indulgence at its most potent, and an example of what most bands would never consider doing, or have the courage to do. It's inspiring stuff.<br />
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It was not until Dayglo Fishermen’s sixth album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-what.html" target="_blank">What the Hell</a>’, released in 1992, that such an epic instrumental track made an appearance on one of the band’s albums, and it was probably no coincidence that it was the first album after all the band members, except Richard and Peter, had left. With the creative process now totally under their control the duo put together a smooth and generally upbeat collection of songs, a refreshing contrast to the harsh and disturbing ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-magic.html" target="_blank">Magic Organ</a>’ album released just five months earlier. The instrumental track in question, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-what/ShadesOfTheVisionary.mp3" target="_blank">Shades of the Visionary</a>’, starts with the sound of cars passing by on a highway and then soon develops a dream-like feel, especially during its sparkling middle section, which blends perfectly with the rest of the album’s songs. It is certainly the ideal antidote to the previous album.<br />
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A year later the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-animate.html" target="_blank">Animate</a>’ album featured the curiously titled ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/NagLisa.mp3" target="_blank">Nag Lisa</a>’. The intro of the track is dominated by a dense synthesiser melody and pulsing bass that alternates with a lively guitar riff, all of which is played live. Soon the sequenced drums and bass kick in, resulting in an energetic and almost relentless composition, apart from the ethereal middle section with a quiet voice reading astronomical data, that is. The track finishes the album on a dramatic high. It is definitely the stand-out piece of music on the album, and arguably from the band’s entire back catalogue. The band were so pleased with ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-animate/NagLisa.mp3" target="_blank">Nag Lisa</a>’ that a year later two new and quite distinct versions of the track were released. Named ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Lisa.mp3" target="_blank">Lisa</a>’ and ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/LisaComposed.mp3" target="_blank">Lisa Composed</a>’, both tracks concentrated on the melodies and feel of the live intro sequence of the original. The tracks were released as part of the ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html" target="_blank">Big Spoon</a>’ album.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Spoon</td></tr>
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The ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-spoon.html" target="_blank">Big Spoon</a>’ album, released in 1994, featured several instrumental works. Apart from the two ‘Lisa’ tracks mentioned above, and the menacing and almost disturbing '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/Shakopee.mp3" target="_blank">Shakopee</a>', the most notable is‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/WaitForTheDream.mp3" target="_blank">Wait for the Dream</a>’. It starts at an almost inaudible level, building slowly with guitars, percussion and synths, then it breaks to slowly build again, this time with flute-like synths first, a deep bass and a harder drum sequence. The guitar also becomes harsher and more imposing. Like many of the tracks on this album, it merges with the next and before the listener realises the song '<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/DataKnight.mp3" target="_blank">Data Knight</a>' begins. At close to nine minutes in length ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-spoon/WaitForTheDream.mp3" target="_blank">Wait for the Dream</a>’ is unfortunately the last of the long instrumental tracks. Later albums feature shorter works, but the influence of their lengthy ancestors is ever present, and the epic feel often manages to persist.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting Aliens</td></tr>
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It was another four years before the next epic instrumental materialised. ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-aliens/IrritatingCliche.mp3" target="_blank">Irritating Cliché</a>’, the closing track on the band’s popular 1998 pop album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-aliens.html" target="_blank">Painting Aliens</a>’, begins with a strange alien breathing sound and quickly builds to a rich symphony of strings and fast percussion. Half way through it changes to something slower and less dramatic. The guitars are now smooth, and the strings transformed into a mellow synthesiser pad. It ends as it began, with some alien breathing. Although not the albums title track, such obvious extra-terrestrial sounds tend to link this composition with the cover artwork more than the other songs. This track is featured on the soundtrack of the animation film ‘<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXeR2BaBd8Y&list=UUgyXSXK4lwKud8tMjqvSu8A" target="_blank">The Creature From Devil’s Gorge</a>’.<br />
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In 2001 Dayglo Fishermen released ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-comet.html" target="_blank">Comet Nerdlinger</a>’. That album’s offering, ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-comet/PicassoInBed.mp3" target="_blank">Picasso in Bed</a>’, starts of with some quite eerie tribal vocal samples, but soon transforms into a gentle composition of swelling synth pads and drifting piano. Some lengthy arpeggios give the track a more hypnotic feel, and what sounds like bird song makes an occasional appearance. It's an altogether rather pleasant piece of music, and at just over five minutes in length it's over far too soon.<br />
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On the most recent albums the instrumental tracks tend to be short and snappy, and far from epic. The very shortest is ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-queen/SelfishBitch.mp3" target="_blank">Selfish Bitch!</a>’, featured on the 2003 album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-queen.html" target="_blank">Queen of the Sunset City</a>’.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I Can See a Boat ... It No Longer Floats</td></tr>
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One notable exception is ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/free-music-mp3-boat/MemoriesOfEden.mp3" target="_blank">Memories of Eden</a>’ from the 2006 album ‘<a href="http://www.dayglofishermen.com/free-music-downloads-mp3/music-downloads-mp3-boat.html" target="_blank">I Can See a Boat … It No Longer Floats</a>’. At close to fourteen minutes in length it is truly epic, but the strong vocal content during the first five minutes discounts it as a true instrumental track.<br />
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Dayglo Fishermen have considered the possibility of doing a totally instrumental album. Such an album is not currently planned, but judging by the tracks described above it would certainly be something exciting and special, and definitely epic.<br />
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One day, perhaps…Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2259321575362208827.post-50280293617424160352013-05-02T13:32:00.001-07:002013-05-04T02:51:13.876-07:00Nine and TenQuietly, and without fuss, the production of Dayglo Fishermen's new album continues.<br />
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Following a very successful recording session at Cozmic Studios in February, the focus of activity has now returned to Mammoth Studios, the band's exclusive hillside production facility on the southern edge of London. <br />
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May 2013</td></tr>
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During the unusually frigid months of March and early April the album's ninth song entered production. Most details of the track are classified but those that are available promise a laid-back tempo anchored to a rich bass line with layers of smooth keyboards. Melodic guitars and vocals are to come later. More will be known once the final touches are put in place over the coming months.<br />
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With the ninth song's drums, bass and keyboards complete it will come as no surprise to learn that the album's tenth song entered production last week. It's at a very early stage, but the up-tempo track is already said to be shaping up to be one of the album's highlights.<br />
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There's an awful lot of work still to do, but the new album is currently on schedule to be released sometime in 2014.<br />
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