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█ RiPPER: .... [uF]Crew █ S ▄▀▀▄▀▀▄ ▐▒░ ▌
█ RLS DATE: .. May-20-2005 █ T ▐▓▒░▌
█ STR DATE: .. May-23-2005 █ A ■ ▄░ ▀█▀
█ ARTiST: .... Monoband █ T ▄▓▀▀▓█▀▄ █
█ ALBUM: ..... Mono Band █ S ▄▄▓▄▄░▄█■▀ ▄ ▄▄▀ █
█ LABEL: ..... Gohan Recordings / RMG █ ░▒▓█▀ ██▓▓▄█▓▀▄▓▒░▄█▄ ▓ ■
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█ TRACKS: .... 11 █ █ ▐█▓▀▐ ▌ ▒
█ LENGH: ..... 52:53.Minutes █ ▓ █▌ ▐░ ▌ ░
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█ You will hear something familiar about Noel █
█ Hogan's Mono Band, for the trademark, ringing █
█ guitars and fluid melodies bear the unmistakable █
█ imprint of his years with one of the world's █
█ most successful bands, The Cranberries. █
█ █
█ But his new music sounds fresh and different, █
█ too, from the subtle electronic touches and █
█ inventive programming to the wide and varied █
█ range of singers who give voice to his songs on █
█ the Mono Band's debut album. █
█ █
█ Like many of the best things in life, Mono Band █
█ came about by accident. The project's origins █
█ lie in discussions the Cranberries began two █
█ years ago to plan their next album. "I had an █
█ idea to take the songs in a different █
█ direction," Noel recalls. " For a long while I'd █
█ been listening to people like Beck and Moby and █
█ wondering how to incorporate the electronic side █
█ of things into my writing. We'd done the █
█ guitar-drums line-up over five albums and it was █
█ time to introduce something else." █
█ █
█ The first step came when Noel cut two tracks █
█ with the programmer Matt Vaughan (Alabama █
█ 3/XTC). " They sounded very different from █
█ anything The Cranberries had done before and I █
█ was really excited about the potential direction █
█ in which the band could go," he says. █
█ █
█ Yet in the end, The Cranberries decided to put █
█ the next album on hold. After more than dozen █
█ years of relentless touring and promotion which █
█ had seen them clock up album sales in excess of █
█ 38 million and play to hundreds of thousands █
█ around the globe, the band decided it was time █
█ for a break. The official line is that they are █
█ on a two year sabbatical. But Noel, who co-wrote █
█ such instantly recognisable hits as 'Dreams' and █
█ 'Linger' for the group, had new songs that █
█ simply wouldn't wait around. "So I continued █
█ down the road I'd started with Matt and the Mono █
█ Band album is the result. It wasn't really █
█ planned as a solo album at all. But the break █
█ allowed me to work full-time on it and █
█ everything happened in a very organic way." █
█ █
█ Programming was a new world to Noel, but the █
█ tracks he had cut with Matt Vaughan had excited █
█ his imagination. "Being a guitar player, █
█ computers had always scared me," he admits. "But █
█ the great thing about Matt was that he wasn't █
█ just techy. He was musical with it as well. He █
█ didn't dazzle you witt science. He taught me how █
█ to use the programmes and the next logical step █
█ was to buy a computer and build a studio at █
█ home. I couldn't have done the record without █
█ Matt and he was very generous and he taught me █
█ what to do. But it took making the record to a █
█ different level when I could do it on my own." █
█ █
█ Noel is the first to admit it was a steep █
█ learning curve and that he initially found █
█ working alone daunting. "I'd grown very █
█ comfortable working with the band and initially █
█ I found being solo nerve-wracking. There was █
█ nowhere to hide and nobody there to reassure me █
█ when the doubts crept in," he confesses. "But at █
█ the same time it was exciting, too. There was █
█ something very liberating about being in my own █
█ little studio rather than a formal band █
█ environment." █
█ █
█ As he developed a new way of working, a new █
█ sound emerged, too. "Of course, on one level █
█ there's a similarity with what I've done before █
█ because they're still my songs. But it feels █
█ like there's a freshness been sprinkled over █
█ them. There are things I probably would have █
█ done before if I'd been on my own rather than █
█ with the band." █
█ █
█ Several of the new songs were written in █
█ conventional style on guitar. But Noel also █
█ began to write drum and rhythm tracks, building █
█ up songs in the studio. "That was a completely █
█ new way of working for me and I embraced it. I █
█ was experimenting in a way that opened up all █
█ kinds of new possibilities," he says. █
█ █
█ After he had developed half a dozen tracks, he █
█ began to look around for singers. "I'm not a █
█ singer at all and I decided rather than just █
█ feature one voice as in the Cranberries, I'd use █
█ different voices. █
█ █
█ Those whose voices impressed him would be sent a █
█ song or two to try out. "It wasn't so much a █
█ recruitment process as me randomly coming across █
█ singers I liked and asking them to come on █
█ board," Noel explains. "They're more █
█ collaborators than featured vocalists because █
█ although I did all the music, the rest was down █
█ to them. It was really interesting to see what █
█ people would come up with." █
█ █
█ After all those years working with The █
█ Cranberries, it's hardly surprising that Noel's █
█ writing seems particularly to suit the female █
█ voice. Among those heard on the Mono Band album █
█ are the Swedish singe Alexandra Hamnede, who █
█ graces three tracks, with Kate Havnevik. and █
█ Angie Heart also appearing. But there are male █
█ voices, too, including Richard Walters guesting █
█ on three with Nicholas Leroux, and Fin Chambers █
█ from Irish band Woodstar appearing on one a █
█ pieece. Eagle Eye Cherry has also worked on one █
█ song but due to his own hectic schedule, the █
█ track remains unfinished and may have to await █
█ the next Mono Band release. █
█ █
█ Although most of the album was self-produced by █
█ Noel, he handed over the vocal parts to Stephen █
█ Street, who had helmed the Cranberries' albums █
█ over many years. "Singers are a breed apart and █
█ I wasn't sure I could deal with them so I called █
█ on Stephen," he jokes. █
█ █
█ On the instrumental æBrighter Sky' Noel enlisted █
█ the help of Marius De'Vries for remix duties. █
█ Marius is most known for his work with Massive █
█ Attack, U2 and Bjork as well as his soundtracks █
█ such as Moulin Rouge and Golden Eye. █
█ █
█ █
█ █
█ The Mono Band's debut album will be released in █
█ early 2005 and is certain both to delight █
█ long-standing Cranberries fans and to bring a █
█ new audience on board. Next up are live dates. █
█ "I've had so much fun making the record but I'm █
█ now putting together a bunch of people to tour █
█ it," Noel reveals. Among those playing with him █
█ will be bassist and younger brother Mike Hogan, █
█ so that half of the Cranberries at least will █
█ be reunited on stage. "Messing about in the █
█ studio's great, but what I've always got the █
█ biggest buzz from is playing live." █
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█ :01:. Brighter Sky 05:30:. █
█ :02:. Waves 05:30:. █
█ :03:. Why? 04:52:. █
█ :04:. Run Wild 04:33:. █
█ :05:. Home 03:53:. █
█ :06:. Invitation 04:08:. █
█ :07:. Crazy 03:59:. █
█ :08:. Hollow Man 04:07:. █
█ :09:. Miss P 03:40:. █
█ :10:. Indecisive 04:03:. █
█ :11:. Release 08:38:. █
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