ARTIST: Roger O'Donnell
TITLE: The Truth In Me
LABEL: Great Society/World's Fair Records
GENRE: Electronic
BITRATE: 189kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 59m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-10-24
RIP DATE: 2006-10-12
Track List
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1. My Days 3:41
2. For The Truth In You 4:17
3. The Truth In Me 5:21
4. Not Without You 3:32
5. He Sent You Angels 9:19
6. Treasure 3:41
7. This Is A Story 6:43
8. This Grey Morning 4:41
9. Tired Of All This 3:44
10. ...And So I Closed My Eyes 14:04
Release Notes:
http://www.rogerodonnell.com/
http://www.myspace.com/rogerodonnell
http://www.worlds-fair.net/
http://www.99xoutof10.com/
Roger O'Donnell, long known as the man behind the keys for legendary bands like
the Cure and earlier for The Psychedelic Furs, steps out on his own with his
beautiful new album The Truth in Me. A collection of songs composed and recorded
using a single instrument, the Moog Voyager. An instrument with it's own cult
following, the Moog is generally not known for the very warm and undeniably
human sounds that become immediately apparent upon listening to this fascinating
work.
Always an artist of unique vision, Roger O'Donnell's playing and songwriting can
be found on era defining records and he has performed on some of the biggest
tours and festivals all over the world. His contributions have always had an
amazing influence on the bands he played and wrote with. Following the inclusion
of his song "Another Year Away" on the soundtrack for the Moog Documentary,
Roger was encouraged by one of the film's producers to do an entire album
orchestrated with a Moog Voyager. Since Roger had enjoyed working with the
Voyager on the soundtrack, the idea appealed to him: "My initial idea (for the
soundtrack) was to try and write a song and record it using only a Moog and
that's what happened. I knew from my early days that I could orchestrate using
mono analogue synths so in a way I was revisiting my roots."
"Definitely not a concept album, more of an album concept, it was a re-visiting
of my early days of composing using limited instrumentation. Consciously
un-compromised or commercial, it's a mainly instrumental journey through my
musical influences and where I am now (vocalist Erin Lang sings 3 songs). I was
also inspired by Bjork's use of a single instrument, the voice, on her record
Medulla. I found the Voyager really easy to work with and thought that maybe I
had found my own voice and could do something that was entirely original.
Finally, music that I am satisfied with and that satisfies me, The Truth In Me
says what I have been trying to say for a long time."
The Truth In Me has inspired a number of musicians to join Roger in his
exploration. Remixes have already been done of a number of the album's tracks by
such luminaries as Jimmy Tamborello of The Postal Service/Dntel/Figurine, Kieran
Hebden of FourTet, The Notwist/Console, and Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf.