┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Auf der Maur - Oneworld │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│──┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│──┘ │ ││ │ Station....... BBC Radio 1 ││ │ Year.......... 2004 ││ │ Genre......... Acoustic ││ │ Air/Set Date.. 07/05/2004 ││ │ Release Date.. 15/05/2004 ││ │ Size.......... 21,6 MB ││ │ Tracks........ 01 ││ │ Length........ 15:41 min ││ │ Source........ DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) ││ │ Encoder....... Lame ││ │ Quality....... 192KBps / 44.1Khz / Joint-Stereo ││ │ ││ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│──────-· ││ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ ││ │ R E L E A S E C O M M E N T S │┐ ││ └─────────────────────────────────┘└─────────────────────────────│──┐ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│───┘ │ ││ │ The new band formed by Melissa Auf Der Maur (ex-Hole / ││ │ Smashing Pumpkins) have already had Top 40 success with ││ │ debut single 'Followed The Waves' and their self-titled ││ │ album. Here's Melissa's biog - in her own words! ││ │ ││ │ In 1994 I left my home in Montreal to join a big American ││ │ band. My official life in music had begun. ││ │ ││ │ I played bass in Hole for an intense 5 years, and then ││ │ joined Smashing Pumpkins to support their last album and ││ │ farewell tour. They were incredible years of my life ││ │ educational, like a Bachelor's degree in rock followed by a ││ │ Master's. All of which led me here: Auf Der Maur, my first ││ │ solo album. ││ │ ││ │ The recording process started in March 2001, but the ││ │ songwriting took place over the last decade. For creative ││ │ reasons, it was important for me to do this on my own, ││ │ before even entertaining the thought of a record company. So ││ │ I got a plan together and spent every penny I've made. I ││ │ just needed to make my album with no thought of how it would ││ │ get out there. ││ │ ││ │ I love music and I invited all of my friends down to ││ │ celebrate it with me. Music to me is about collaborating. ││ │ There are a lot of musicians with whom I worked on this ││ │ album: Chris Goss, who produced Queens of the Stone Age; ││ │ Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age and Brandt Bjork, ││ │ who were both in Kyuss (I think I was their biggest fan); ││ │ Eric Erlandson, with whom I played in Hole; James Iha, with ││ │ whom I played in Smashing Pumpkins; and Steve Durand and ││ │ Jordan Zadorozny, my original bandmates from my first band, ││ │ Tinker. ││ │ ││ │ This wasn't about just working with someone because I loved ││ │ their musicianship. This was about musicians in my life in ││ │ one form or another for over a decade, people who knew and ││ │ were sensitive to the fact that I had spent time in someone ││ │ else's musical world and wanted to build my own. They ││ │ supported me with their generous time and talent as ││ │ brotherly musicians. ││ │ ││ │ I wrote the majority of the songs, but I consciously made ││ │ room for two other songwriters: Josh Homme and Steve Durand. ││ │ Josh is one of my dream musicians and a complete ││ │ inspiration. Steve is my best friend and from my first band. ││ │ These guys represented my roots and my dreams. ││ │ ││ │ In the studio I ran a really tight ship. With my musical ││ │ responsibilities and a tight budget I had to crack the whip. ││ │ I would work with a drummer, lay down a foundation for a ││ │ song, then put its basic structure down -- guitar, bass, ││ │ vocal -- and then have these amazing musicians whom I ││ │ cherish in my life come in. I would designate them to ││ │ specific areas to put down the top layers, building the ││ │ ornate wall of sound I crave! ││ │ ││ │ This album has a big, sweeping sound. Chris Goss and I ││ │ produced it together and he was more of a musician/band ││ │ member than a producer. We recorded "Followed the Waves" as ││ │ a trial, to see if we really wanted to work together and it ││ │ was so laid back I didn't even think it'd make it on the ││ │ record. The only players on the original version of that ││ │ song were me, Josh Homme and Kyuss drummer Brandt Bjork. The ││ │ direction I gave Brandt was to just play it like Kyuss's ││ │ Blues For The Red Sun. So here we were recording the first ││ │ song for my first solo project for a potential first album ││ │ and I essentially had Kyuss as my backing band. Magical. ││ │ ││ │ With the closing chapter of the Smashing Pumpkins in 2000, I ││ │ took almost two years off after touring the world non-stop ││ │ for literally six years. I needed time to recuperate and ││ │ figure out what music and life meant to me. With this album ││ │ I've rediscovered them both and made my dream record in the ││ │ process. Enjoy. ││ │ ││ │ ││ │ ││ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│──────-· ││ ┌─────────────────────┐ ││ │ T R A C K L i S T │┐ ││ └─────────────────────┘└─────────────────────────────────────────│──┐ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│───┘ │ ││ │ [01] Auf der Maur - Oneworld 15:41 ││ │ ││ │ Total Playtime : 15:41 min ││ │ ││ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─────-· UKi