Ugo
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Posted: Feb. 28 2005, 05:44 |
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As this "General Discussion" forum has more or less swallowed up what was once the "Criticism & Humour" one, I think I'm entitled to post this thing here.  It's not how I would like the new album to be - it's just some crazy ideas that I thought up after reading the other topics about this. So, even if it's all in the future tense, this is total fantasy and no reality. 
The new album's title will be:
Mike Oldfield & Friends: Getting it Together [aka The Ultimate Collaborations Album].
All the music will have an electronic/synthy foundation, but it shall feature plenty of real instruments as detailed below.
It will come out initially on a limited LP/Cassette edition; the CD (see below) will be released later.
Side One will feature a long (24-25 min.) instrumental track, divided in six movements:
- Movement 1 (a quiet melodic section) will feature Paddy Moloney on Uillean pipes.
- Movement 2 (tempo picking up a bit) will feature David Bedford playing piano and synths along with Mike.
- Movement 3 (a rock section) will feature Simon Phillips on drums.
- Movement 4 (an 'ethnic' section) will feature Pierre Moerlen on vibes and all kinds of strange percussion instruments.
- Movement 5 (an upbeat folk-like tune) will feature Leslie Penning on recorder.
- Movement 6 (the grand finale) will feature Mike as MC introducing all the others, playing guitar on top and of course concluding the piece by bashing his bells!
Side Two will feature six songs:
- Song 1 will feature Maggie Reilly.
- Song 2 will feature Barry Palmer.
- Song 3 will feature Anita Hegerland.
- Song 4 will feature Jon Anderson.
- Song 5 will feature Nikki B. Bentley.
- Song 6 will feature Mike and all the others, each one singing a line or two and joining at the end in a big choir.
The CD version, without copy protection, will be released 2-3 weeks after the LP/Cassette one. It will feature 7 tracks: track 1 will be the long instrumental piece, not broken down into tracks but indexed (you know what CD indexes are?); tracks 2 to 7 will be the songs.
A Limited Edition DVD, included free with the CD, will feature the videos (all made with CGI) for the six songs, plus a video performance, by Mike on acoustic guitar (or piano) and Leslie Penning on recorder, of Leslie's section in the long piece. (The full piece won't have a video.) As extras, the DVD will feature remixes of the songs by well-known artists, including Moby, and a 'do your own mix' DVD-ROM feature allowing viewers to mix the songs by themselves. The DVD-ROM section will also feature downloadable, high-quality mp3s of the remixed versions of the songs.
If the album is successful, a short European tour will follow, with Mike backed by a 7-piece band and three singers, two girls and a boy - they will not be the ones featured on the album, but new talents selected through a competition. The tour will feature the long instrumental piece and (some of) the songs, as well of material from Tr3s Lunas, and, of course, some of Mike's hits.
...And this is where the fantasy ends.
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Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian
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