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| From | Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Aluminum Group, Orwell, Daniel Carlson content... |
| Date | Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:49:59 +0000 |
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Thanks for that. Both were cool. I do own Orwell's "L'Archipal" and love it. Need more. Definitely heard the Aluminum Group influence on "Kloppo". There was a mention of the Webb Brothers. Anything going on with them after their wonderful album with Jimmy?
> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:16:28 -0400
> Subject: Aluminum Group, Orwell, Daniel Carlson content...
> From: danielcarlson@yahoo.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
>
> So here are a few oddball songs I was involved with last year and wanted to
> share. Both were part of a very strange project involving the German
> sports and music DJ Arnd Zeigler. While many of us know Arnd for his
> (late) radio show on German State Radio - Zeigler's Wonderful World of Pop
> - most of Germany knows him as a football announcer and commentator.
>
> Last year, Arnd won the German Sports Broadcast Journalist of the Year
> award. Part of the honor of winning this award is that a CD is issued of
> the winner's highlights (i.e. their big moments as sports broadcasters).
> In Arnd's case, he chose to intersperse those highlights with specially
> written and recorded songs by some of his favorite musicians.
>
> The first (Summer of '82) is by the wonderful French band Orwell (if you
> don't already know them, check them out!). I co-wrote the lyric and played
> Moog on it. My contributions aside, it's a really lovely piece - Jerome
> really rose to the challenge.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdFQZT-0WCQ
>
> My principle contribution (Kloppo! Kloppo! Kloppo!) to the CD began as a
> much cruder affair, with a track built around a tape loop of one of Arnd's
> football broadcasts. My collaborators - Johnny & Frankie Navin of the
> Aluminum Group, along with Neal Ostrovsky - took it to a far more
> sophisticated place with their amazing additions.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2eGgABs1TY
>
> Hope you all enjoy!
>
> And for those who keep track of my more traditional musical comings and
> goings, there's a new album on the way, produced by Chris Bruce. Stay
> tuned...
>
> Dan
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