Everything But The Girl set for 'comeback'
After three years since the release of Everything But 1996 album,
'Walking Wounded', Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn are to release
the follow up on 27th September. Entitled 'Temperamental', it will
be their ninth studio album.
Having spent much time in the last few years club-DJ-ing
Ben says on the band's official web site - "I was proud of
the new ground we broke with Walking Wounded but I saw
that we wanted to get to the next level - similar grooves and
detailed songs but finding room for deeper, fatter sounds
and beats. Regular DJing opened my ears to such
possibilities." Tracy says "When it came to the vocals, I encouraged
Ben to experiment with my voice more, new sounds, dubbier ideas,
but without losing sight of that intense one-to-one feeling we got on
Walking Wounded. Ben would often trawl through my ad libs and
old takes, and sample additional notes and sounds, chopping them
back into the tune for new counter-rhythms."
During 1996 and 1997 Ben played drum n bass and freestyle DJ sets
across America, took over Howie B's slot at West London's
Sunday-nighter at 'The Paradise' in Kensal Green, spun drum n bass
at London's Bar Rumba and hosts his own Sunday night session
'Lazy Dog', at the Notting Hill Arts Club.
Back in 1994, EBTG collaborated with Massive Attack on their album
'Protection', with Thorn's vocals on the hit title track, and Massive
reciprocated on EBTG's album 'Amplified Heart' which yielded their
massive international hit, 'Missing', (remixed by DJ Todd Terry) which
reached number two in the USA.
The duo are due to tour the UK in November, the dates for which are,
so far, as follows:
6th November - Academy - Manchester
8th November - Town and Country Club - Leeds
10th November - Civic Hall - Wolverhampton
11th November - Octagon - Sheffield
12th November - University - Cardiff
14th November - U.E.A. - Norwich
15th November - Corn Exchange - Cambridge
16th November - Guildhall - Southampton
18th November - Forum - London
Ben also produced two tracks for the current album by singer/songwriter
Beth Orton. The album, entitled 'Central Reservation', was nominated
this week for the Technics Mercury Music Award and includes the songs
'Stars All Seem To Weep' and the title track, for which Ben performed
and programmed.
--
gender is just an excuse, relationship shouldn't just be an excuse,
love is often an excuse, although sometimes these excuses are all
we have to hold onto,
death is the reason and living is the celebration
- Beth Orton
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