Artist(s) .........:: John Digweed & Nick Muir Feat John Twelve Hawks
Title .............:: The Traveler
Genre .............:: Electronic
Record Label ......:: Bedrock Records
Catalogue Number ..:: BEDTRAV01CD
Source ............:: WEB
Quality ...........:: 320kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Full Stereo
Duration ..........:: 02:04:23 (285.MB)
Release Date ......:: 06-10-2014
Support ...........:: http://www.beatport.com
Tracklist .........::
1. First Line 4:57
2. Live Off The Grid 7:12
3. Am I Awake 4:36
4. Capoiera 6:56
5. Stay In The Present 2:31
6. The Traveler 4:57
7. The Truth 4:51
8. Battle 4:48
9. Find The Way 4:03
10.Damned By The Flesh 5:20
11.3B3 5:49
12.We Are All Connected 5:23
13.Last Line 2:44
14.The Traveler 60:16
Release Note ......::
John Digweed and Nick Muir's partnership has been one of electronic music's
most fruitful pairings, leaving a body of work thats seen them become one of
the worlds most highly regarded production duos. While science fiction and
electronic music have intertwined at numerous points since the emergence of the
genre from Jeff Mills to Global Communication and beyond - together with
bestselling author, John Twelve Hawks, Digweed & Muir have taken the
relationship into new territory and the album, The Traveler, is the result of
this symbiotic connection. Hawks wrote his trilogy of The Traveler novels while
listening to Digweeds mix albums and weekly radio show, Transitions. After
contacting the UK DJ and producer and an exchange that crossed several years
(for reasons John outlines below), they agreed to work together to bring Hawks
works to life via a collaborative album, and with Hawks as the narrator. The
end result saw Hawks travel to the UK in secret, (he lives off the grid, hiding
behind a secret identity due to his beliefs regarding the intrusiveness of the
modern state and digital society themes that are central to his work) and
recorded his spoken word contributions to accompany an electronic music
soundtrack created by Digweed and Muir. The meeting took place in the middle of
nowhere, Hawks then disappeared back to whence he came, and the three have had
limited contact since. The Traveler is a unique and fascinating album,
providing a listening experience that exists far beyond the dancefloor though
the track 3B3 will be released as a single including a picture disk format. The
music draws the listener deep into the world of the The Traveler, brought
further to life by Hawks spoken word passages taken directly from the novel.
The accompanying physical release features extensive sleevenotes and artwork,
making it an extremely collectable item for fans and beyond. JOHN DIGWEED
SAID:It all started when a copy of the book The Traveler was sent to me from
John Twelve Hawks publishers with a letter explaining that John had been
listening to my Transitions Radio show while writing the book and wanted me to
have a copy as a thank you. Due to my busy schedule it wasnt until the
following year when I was on holiday that I finally got a chance to read the
book. From the very first page I was hooked and couldn't put it down until it
was finished. Digweed continues:I left a little thank you message in Jan 2009
thanking John through his website and didnt think any more about it. Fast
forward to Oct 2010 when, in the course clearing out my junk emails, I came
across a reply from John Hawks himself - which I had completely missed. You can
imagine how I felt! I responded straight away and this is an extract from the
reply I received: I just wanted to say that I've followed your career over the
years and have always wondered if we could create a project together.
Contacting you was not a casual action. I know what you've done. In fact, while
I'm writing this, I'm listening to GU 006: Sydney. I played what I call the
"dark" CD -- CD 1 -- hundreds of times while I was writing book two of the
trilogy, The Dark River. I'm bringing it up because -- like any good DJ -- you
were able to establish a building momentum, a mood and a climax. This is what
any dramatic form does: a film, novel or play. So I thought, why not mix
genres? A telephone conversation was arranged with John on his satellite phone,
conducted via his voice scrambler that he uses on all his telephone
conversations. We agreed that Nick and myself would attempt a project
consisting of music based on passages from the book and after some initial
discussions, it was decided that John Twelve Hawks would be the narrator. This
posed a problem however, as John maintains strict secrecy about his identity in
order that he may express his ideas about modern day threats to personal
liberty more freely. At first, a meeting with him seemed out of the question.
So we tried recording his voice down the phone through his voice changing
software, but it quickly became obvious that we would need to record him
directly in order to ensure his narrated contributions were clear and fully
audible. We put this to John and he graciously agreed. We arranged a meeting
with him, 'off the grid' as he puts it, in the middle of nowhere. He duly
arrived at the appointed time, obviously we can't say anything about this
meeting, what he looked like or how he was as a person as this would betray his
trust; however, all went well and we recorded his narrated passages which he
delivered perfectly like the consummate professional he is. And then, after a
few brief pleasantries, he was gone as quickly as he had arrived. We havent
seen him since, nor spoken to him save for a few communications relayed on
email from his protected account. His contributions have been treated and
changed with software in a variety of different ways on the album and the
original recordings of his voice have been deleted to further protect his
identity. These measures may seem drastic but this is how he wishes to conduct
his career as an author in relation to the subject matter he deals with and we
completely respect that. He is a perfect example of how it is possible to
operate within an underground culture and we are privileged and delighted to
bring a musical perspective to his ideas.