Nov 30 2008

The Fireman Electric Arguments 2008

Category: Musiclife download @ 4:27 am


What would seem to be one of the oddest examples of electronica
crossover was the Fireman, an ambient project concerning producer and
occasional Orb-collaborator Youth plus the dean of British rock,

Sir Paul McCartney, In truth however, McCartney had been involved in
London’s electronic and avantgarde music scene during the mid-’60s ù he
even prepared the tape loops and effects for the Beatles’ famed
“Tomorrow Never Knows,” probably the most famous use of musique concrΦte
in history,

The Fireman collaboration began in 1993, just at the height of the boom
in downtempo house, when a mostly featureless red LP named Strawberries
Oceans Ships Forest appeared on the shelves of record stores, A bout of
rumor-mongering reminiscent of the 1977 Beatles-are-Klaatu scam quickly
gave way to the fact that McCartney had indeed been a part of the
project, The album was licensed to America [ through Capitol ] as well,
though it received little press, Though the album smacked of a one-off,
the Fireman returned in 1998 with a second album, Rushes,



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