Subject: RE: [powderworks] Malcolm Burn - Breathe producer |
From: Michael Blackwood |
Date: 28/07/2009, 4:38 am |
To: Oils Powderworks |
I know there are a number of you who won't agree with me, but for me for what it's worth, "Breathe" for me is the best of the best. Before anybody sends me any hate mail, I know it's really a subjective matter. It's no secret that Rob Hirst didn't care for his experience making the album, but in the interviews on the "20,000 Watt" DVD, he also says that "Breathe" reflects the mystery, emotion, and ambience of New Orleans (which I'm sure remains there to this day, despite all that's happened there). I didn't like, honestly, the things I read about what Malcolm Burn did when he produced the record, but still it remains that I have a totally different take on it than Michael Blockwood (nothing personal of course), it doesn't feel "flat and muddled" to me at all. I put it this way in my amazon review:
"For me, the impact that the tracks have on me shifts (sometimes "Home" and "E-beat" sometimes the first two)as the ones that affect me most deeply change from time to time. It is never the same way twice whenever I play it; it feels like it's always in flux, and has a remarkable afterglow that lingers when I'm done hearing it. IT gradually grew on me in that weird way where the sound and lyrics of each song crept up into my consciousness, and before I realized it, I found that it blew me away. Only two or three other CDs have ever given me this sensation."
some people say it doesn't feel like the Oils at all to them, and I know it's just me, but I felt the heart and soul of the band pulsating in it throughout.
ok, so my question for Mr. Burn would be:
IS there any chance you would work with any of the members of the Oils again, in their other projects? (likely not Rob, at least I would imagine) and if so, would you do any of it differently? --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Michael Blackwood <blackwood_michael@
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