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Scenic

by Stuart O'Connor

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1.
Clean Code 00:44
2.
We've waited beyond the normal scheme of things You've played your games and still it's all the same from here As above now let the seems sow As above I'll let you know We've hated all these times hard and soft You kept telling me and I kept yelling at you For a change of heart from what is lost As above now it's time for seeds to grow I'm looking for love and I don't wanna fuck it up
3.
The racket made stacks behind the sinus tires to lapse The rest assured ravers rights of passage peak to the max Safe in packs We're all one schizophrenic We're all flames we're all gas Hone in Zone out What we're we talking about? Again again! But how we pay the toll
4.
MENO 04:41
Inaudible ranting!!!!!!!
5.
So to a place where the ashes remain Just stories and shadows Wood cloth and bone Next to luxury items behind glass Exhibits to a time that shouldn't last Paradise lost to say the least Please don't mess with nature for nature is the beast Organic (Like the plague) a morbid statistic Our time is our age So hibernate into a head of swollen thoughts Like some humdrum ritual you play with what you've caught And when the ashes again take their bow We'll sigh at the news with our eyes looking down.
6.
All coped up in my little white cell I'm feeling fine degradation all the time separation Leaves no-one to cll at this hour Yet I sleep all day with nothing to say I think in round repetition like a time lost tradition Long ago you'd call now. Soon they will discover it all Soon they will know the truth Soon they will have to return Soon you'll see it too There are no answers right and wrong Only sane or insane ones We won't explain till it's all done Please remain calm and sombre till you are deemed healthy Cause it's an area of grey to celebrate and lock away You're out of line with the system Stigmatised and dismissed but you know You should be free. But they haven't found me yet But they always keep pace But I don't feel a threat And I won't leave a trace
7.
So this song used to be instrumental before the weekend But now I've had to give it words so I don't have to pretend For years now I've been splashing around in the deep end But my buoyancy comes from the help you give or else I'd descend Down So I'll offer advice the times I'm nasty and not nice I never mean them My signs of gratuity they come so sparingly but please believe them Taken for granted you're not there's not a day that I don't stop to see that You've been so loving to me and to say I ain't been easy is an understatement I am eternally grateful
8.
'Conversations' features excepts from interviews Collected between 2009 and 2012 The individuals interviewed were: Paul Stanton, Geoff Chidley, Roger Pride, Jean O'Connor, Yvonne Atkinson, Eric Coppin, Gavin O'Connor, Maureen Fox, Neil O'Connor & Paul Hamilton
9.
Can't you see You are our one You know it hurts to linger on Like a dream You're here then gone We never felt with moving on We pick flowers We dig dirt We brush tears We move earth We're alone We spend hours reading stone 30 years how we've grown Do you know? We chase time We grow up We get old We learn loves mysteries Open ways Some will shut 10,000 days All for what Do you see? Your guitar It sings this song You know it helps me be your son

about

Genre: Alternative, Experimental.

'Scenic' is the 4th of 4 albums all released on the same day as a part of the 'Go Forth Bright Scenic' project.

4 Albums - 4 Formats.

USB Drive, CD, Cassette Tape & 2 X Vinyl LP.

'Scenic' was released physically as a 2 X 12" Vinyl LP.

The second LP comes as a part of the Vinyl release only and features a 35 min live recording from Kobe, Japan. The recording features an mainly improvised collaboration with 'Haco' A musician for whom Stuart has found much inspiration in her work.

Order the Physical Double Vinyl LP from bigcartel or my website.

Each album has a running time of 44mins excluding bonus material which comes with the physical versions.

'Scenic' was the final piece of the 'Go Forth Bright Scenic' project and so it is self produced and recorded. It is a hugely personal collection of songs and one that took Stuart 4 years to complete.

The album includes a sample from Fugazi and a cover of obscure Japanese underground artist Mogura Ka Maigo (The Lost Mole).

This is also the first time Stuart has self produced material since his first album 'Autonomous Debut' in 2006 and he has worked with the same team to mix and master the material for the first time since then.

credits

released October 1, 2012

1. Clean Code
2. Normal Scheme of Things
3. One Schizophrenic
4. MENO
5. Organic (Like the Plague)
6. Time Lost Tradition / Bright Scenic Reprise
7. Eternally Grateful / The Penny Drop
8. Conversations
9. Your Guitar (Tsukinohi)

Produced by Stuart O'Connor

Mixed by Nick Hall Lazzerini and Stuart O'Connor

Mastered by John Mercer at Riverrun Studios, Bedfordshire, England

Recorded at a number of locations in the UK and Japan.

Album artwork

(Front and Back) Taken by Geoff Budd www.lensflare.co.nz
- In Tawharanui, New Zealand

'The Penny Drop' and 'Conversations' feature excepts from interviews Collected between 2009 and 2012

The individuals interviewed were:

Paul Stanton, Geoff Chidley, Roger Pride, Jean O'Connor, Yvonne Atkinson, Eric Coppin, Gavin O'Connor, Maureen Fox, Neil O'Connor & Paul Hamilton

1. Clean Code

Written by Stuart O'Connor, Dave Smale and Craig Harris

Keys / Synth - Dave Smale
Signals - Craig Harris
Ebow Guitars - Stuart O'Connor

2. Normal Scheme of Things

Written by Stuart O'Connor and Vicky Flint

Trumpet and Flugelhorn - Vicky Flint
Acoustic Guitar and Voice - Stuart O'Connor

3. One Schizophrenic

Written By Stuart O'Connor

Features a sample from the song 'Closed Captioned' Written and
performed by Fugazi and taken from their Album 'End Hits'
Permission kindly granted for use by Discord Records.

Percussion - Leon Camfield
Keys - Dave Smale
Violin - Rachel Steadman
Flute - Amy Lazzerini
Bass - Nick Hall Lazzerini
Acoustic Guitar/Voice/Additional Percussion - Stuart O'Connor

4. MENO

Written By Stuart O'Connor

Piano - Dave Smale
Violin - Rachel Steadman
Log Drum/Bass Metallophone/Button Bells/Mandolin/Acoustic Guitar/Bass/Percussion/Electronic Beats/Monotron/Ebo Guitar and Voice - Stuart O'Connor

5. Organic (Like the Plague)

Written By Stuart O'Connor

Tenor Sax - Roger Pride
Guitar/Keys/Textures/Percussion/Voice - Stuart O'Connor

6. Time Lost Tradition

Voice - Nick Hall Lazzerini
Voice - Amy Lazzerini
Acoustic/Nylon string and Resonator Guitar/Chimes/Textures/Voice - Stuart O'Connor

Bright Scenic Reprise

Written By Stuart O'Connor

Violin - Rachel Steadman

7. Eternally Grateful

Written By Stuart O'Connor

Bass - Nick Hall Lazzerini
Voice - Julia Bell
Acoustic and Electric Guitar/Chimes/Percussion/Rhythm Synth/Voice - Stuart O'Connor


The Penny Drop

Written by Eric Gebow, Vicky Flint, Dave Smale, Stuart O'Connor

Omnichord - Eric Gebow
Trumpet - Vicky Flint
Piano / Synth - Dave Smale
Signals - Craig Harris
Bass - Nick Hall Lazzerini
Violin - Rachel Steadman
Ebow Guitars/Textures - Stuart O'Connor

8. Conversations

Written by Dave Smale, Stuart O'Connor, Roger Pride, Riad Abji

Piano - Dave Smale
Tenor Sax - Roger Pride
Double Bass - Riad Abji
Acoustic Guitar - Stuart O'Connor

9. Your Guitar

Written by Mogura Ka Maigo (Lyrics by Stuart O'Connor)

Mogura Ka Maigo (The Lost Mole) can be found here:
www.myspace.com/mogurakamaigo

Voice - Julia Bell
Nylon String Guitar/Voice/Harmonica/Glockenspiel - Stuart O'Connor

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Stuart O'Connor UK

Full time touring internationally since 2006.

Over 2000 shows - in UK Japan, New Zealand, Australia, S. Korea, Italy,
Germany, Colombia, France, Poland, Austria, Czech Rep, Thailand,
Netherlands, Switzerland, United States.

Sharing billings with
Damien Rice, Billy Cobham, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), The Staves,
Ocean Colour Scene, Mad Professor, Ed Sheeran, James Bay, To name a few.
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