I'm pretty late posting it, but since I've been pretty obsessed with it lately and haven't written about it, I figured I should write about it. Alessandro Cortini (from Modwheelmood and formerly from Nine Inch Nails) started a new project last year called SONOIO. I never really got into SONOIO's debut album Blue, but this year, Cortini released a followup called Red, which is fantastic. And he released a video for the song "Enough". It's a very cool and simple video, and if you aren't in love with the song after one listen, you should probably check yourself in to a hospital as soon as possible, because there's something wrong with you.
You can listen to Red on the music player on the SONOIO website. You can also download the first four songs for free, or buy the full album in a variety of formats. If you scroll further down the page, you'll also find all of the same options for Blue.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Pretty Hate Machine cover artwork reimagined.
Nine Inch Nails' 1989 debut album, Pretty Hate Machine was remastered and is being reissued.
Although it's far from being my favorite Nine Inch Nails album, I really like the new cover of the album. Trent Reznor asked his creative director Rob Sheridan to reimagine the original Pretty Hate Machine cover, getting rid of the pink and changing the font. Here's what Mr. Sheridan came up with:
Although it's far from being my favorite Nine Inch Nails album, I really like the new cover of the album. Trent Reznor asked his creative director Rob Sheridan to reimagine the original Pretty Hate Machine cover, getting rid of the pink and changing the font. Here's what Mr. Sheridan came up with:
Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Patience And Productions Of Alan Moulder
Maybe about a year ago now I came across a great little biography about Alan Moulder on triple j. I just listened to it again, and I decided I wanted to post it.
A while back I posted an entry about Steve Albini, and mentioned that I'd love to work with him someday. There's kind of a long list of people I'd like to work with. One of them is Alan Moulder.
Alan Moulder is kind of known for being able to work with musicians that have difficult personalities. He must be really easygoing. Apparently, I like several musicians with difficult personalities, because Moulder has worked on some of my favorite albums.
He produced and engineered The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails. Here's a song from The Fragile called "Just Like You Imagined".
He engineered Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. Here's a song from Loveless called "Sometimes".
And though it's not one of my favorite albums, I think it's worth mentioning he co-produced Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins with his semi-frequent collaborator Flood (another producer I really like). Here's a song from Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness called "Tonight, Tonight".
The first nineteen minutes of the biography or whatever you want to call it is really good because he talks about all three of those albums. Some of the most interesting parts are where Moulder talks about working with Kevin Shields, Billy Corgan, and Trent Reznor, all of whom are known to have rather difficult personalities. There's a lot of great little bits about the making of The Fragile and having to deal with Reznor, and there are little clips of Reznor talking about working with Moulder. I loved hearing about how Reznor had issues when it came to his singing voice, because I do too. It's motivating in a weird way learning that someone you're inspired by has struggled with the same things you struggle with. Anyway, it's a really cool listen if you like any of those albums.
A while back I posted an entry about Steve Albini, and mentioned that I'd love to work with him someday. There's kind of a long list of people I'd like to work with. One of them is Alan Moulder.
Alan Moulder is kind of known for being able to work with musicians that have difficult personalities. He must be really easygoing. Apparently, I like several musicians with difficult personalities, because Moulder has worked on some of my favorite albums.
He produced and engineered The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails. Here's a song from The Fragile called "Just Like You Imagined".
He engineered Loveless by My Bloody Valentine. Here's a song from Loveless called "Sometimes".
And though it's not one of my favorite albums, I think it's worth mentioning he co-produced Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins with his semi-frequent collaborator Flood (another producer I really like). Here's a song from Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness called "Tonight, Tonight".
The first nineteen minutes of the biography or whatever you want to call it is really good because he talks about all three of those albums. Some of the most interesting parts are where Moulder talks about working with Kevin Shields, Billy Corgan, and Trent Reznor, all of whom are known to have rather difficult personalities. There's a lot of great little bits about the making of The Fragile and having to deal with Reznor, and there are little clips of Reznor talking about working with Moulder. I loved hearing about how Reznor had issues when it came to his singing voice, because I do too. It's motivating in a weird way learning that someone you're inspired by has struggled with the same things you struggle with. Anyway, it's a really cool listen if you like any of those albums.
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