1. he's sold 15 million records
3. but he lives in b.c. canada
5. he knows his way around a studio
6. he is generally quite nice, but sometimes can be a bit of a tosser
7. he can play the bass and guitar a bit and sometimes co-writes
8. if you work with him he will probably tell you interesting things about space and science and shit
9. he also takes photographs
10. he's sold 15 million records
when death cab for cutie guitarist/producer chris walla set about recording his first solo album 'field manual' he considered only one producer to join him, warne livesey.
piers henwood, the co-manager of tegan and sara, whom walla had just produced, mentioned to walla that lthe british producer of midnight oil, matthew good band, the the etc. had recently moved to vancouver island.
'walla, 32, didn't need a tonne of convincing. diesel and dust , the 1988 breakout release from midnight oil (which livesey produced), is one of his all-time desert island discs. "it was one of those life-changing records for me. the whole soundscape of that record was so foreign and so alien to me, and is something that has stuck with me into my adult life in a really big way"', says walla.
'he moved ... into livesey's ... studio, the command centre. the two worked tirelessly with very little outside assistance (aside from walla, drummers jason mcgerr from death cab for cutie and kurt dahle from the new pornographers are the only musicians credited on field manual).' *
the album is out on barsuk records and is in stores now. and of coarse available for download.
* excerts taken from the times colonist article by mike devin.
warne has just completed the new album from victoria's dynamic beat combo, the set. the album entitled 'never odd or even' is a hit filled / high energy / emo / pop / prog / rock concept album about the end of the world. it is also very, very good. you can hear tracks for yourself on their myspace page here. the CD is set for release in canada july 2008 and elsewhere later in the year.
also in the can is the debut disc from actor, singer, piano player and songwriter mark hildreth. hildreth's music echos the sounds of such giants as elton john, stevie wonder and john lennon. the album, is entitled 'complex state of attachment' and is an r&b tinged collection of 10 songs about love, compasion and humanity. preview tracks at his myspace page here.
congrats to jessie farrell for her country hit 'best of me' which wl just completed an ac version of.
kuba oms has just released his awesome hit packed soulful solo record 'how much time'. wl has mixed the new 54.40 release '100 songs' (his 3rd colaboration with the iconic canadian band).
