News
2008:
New Album:
The new album "Back To The Cat" will be released on CD and LP by Central Control International March 31 (U.K.), April 5 (Europe & Australia) and April 22 (U.S. and rest of the world). It will also be available as a digital download via Barry Adamson.com (320kbs DRM-free mp3s) from March 17 and via other sites (iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, etc) from March 31 worldwide. A free mp3 of the track "Spend a Little Time" is available now here at Barry Adamson.com. The album is already being described as "the definitive Barry Adamson album" as it "takes you on a journey through noir, blues, soul, jazz and funk in a way that only Adamson can. It is the big one - the boldest, most brilliant album of his career."
Tracklisting:
The Beaten Side Of Town
Straight 'Til Sunrise
Spend A Little Time
Shadow Of Death Hotel
I Could Love You
Walk On Fire
Flight
Civilization
People
Psycho_Sexual
Live Shows:
UK
March 31 - Oxford - Academy
April 1 - Edinburgh - Voodoo Rooms
April 2 - Glasgow - Oran Mor
April 4 - Manchester - Lowry Theatre
April 5 - Bristol - Thekla
April 6 - Nottingham Rescue - Rooms
April 9 - London - Pigalle Club
April 10 - Brighton - Komedia
Europe
April 12 - Paris - Nouveau Casino
Australia
June 17 - Brisbane - Zoo
June 18 - Melbourne - Corner Hotel
June 19 - Sydney - The Factory
June 21 - Perth - The Bakery Artrage Complex
2007:
Live Shows:
November
20 - Barry Adamson with The Matana Roberts
Quartet - London, UK - Queen Elizabeth Hall (tickets)
21 - Barry Adamson with special guests - London, UK - Queen Elizabeth Hall (tickets)
Central Control International is pleased to
announce that Barry Adamson will be the Southbank Centre's Artist In Residence
for their festivities as part of this year's London Jazz Festival.
"It's Jazz, son - but not as we know it." - Barry Adamson
In addition to the widely circulated information surrounding Barry Adamson's
residency at the Southbank Centre here in London, we can now exclusively
announce that two of his former collaborators in the bands Magazine, The
Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds - in the form of Dave Formula and Nick Cave -
will be joining Barry Adamson onstage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall this
November. Further performance art and musical guests are still to be
announced!
November 20 - Barry Adamson, plus support from the Matana Roberts Quartet
In this exclusive performance, Adamson premieres the entirety of his hotly
anticipated new album with full band, as well as performing favourite tracks
from his back catalogue. The new album, heavily influenced by jazz, soul and
blues, is not due for release until 2008.
Support comes from saxophonist Matana Roberts and her Quartet, whose album The
Chicago Project is to be released in early 2008 on Central Control. The album
features bassist Josh Abrams (Town and Country, Prefuse 73), guitarist Jeff
Parker (Tortoise, Chicago Underground Trio) and drummer Frank Rosaly (Ken
Vandermark's Crisis Ensemble) - this is the dynamic line-up that will be
performing live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Post show event at The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall: Eugene Robinson
from Oxbow reads stories from his upcoming book Fight: Or, Everything You Ever
Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking But Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for
Asking, accompanied by Barry Adamson, Ross Mason from Wonb and members of
Strings of Consciousness. Post show is free admission to the general public.
TICKETS
November 21 - Barry Adamson "These Are A Few Of My Favourite Themes"
Renowned for his trademark sinful noir film scores, Adamson chooses a
selection of his (own?) favourite soundtracks for this performance. Featuring
special musical guests and unique performance collaborations, this evening
promises to be an unforgettable experience. Having covered, reinterpreted and
collaborated with artists as diverse as Elmer Bernstein, Archie Shepp, Serge
Gainsbourg, Nancy Sinatra, Angelo Badalamenti, Monty Norman and Dusty
Springfield, Adamson tries to give you a fair idea of what you can expect: the
unexpected.
Post show event at The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall: Barry Adamson reads
his published short-story Maida Hell (from the novel London Noir, published by
Serpents Tail), accompanied by a unique soundtrack by Barry Adamson, augmented
live with Matana Roberts and Pete Whyman on saxophones. Post show is free
admission to the general public.
TICKETS
New interview: 1/26/07 Wrapped Too Tight, 9/25/06 Time Out London
New YouTube links: "Stranger On the Sofa" preview, "Black Amour" video, live at Camden Jazz Cafe 2006, '80s era interview/feature
New signing to Central Control International:
Strings of Consciousness, "a new contemporary-classical ensemble from
Marseille, France. Coming on like an expanded line-up latter-day Talk Talk
experimenting with Badalamenti-style soundscapes, twisted electronics and
soaring rock, their debut single will be available on extremely
limited-edition picture disc 7" and MP3 via CCI. We are accepting 7"
pre-orders now (with a view of shipping by the end of May), whilst for you
digital music lovers, please go to iTunes,
eMusic and Bleep/Rough
Trade Digital, et al, from Monday May 14th.
Their debut album, Our Moon Is Full, follows in September and features
collaborations with J.G. Thirlwell (Foetus), Eugene Robinson from Oxbow,
Barry Adamson, and many more… watch this space for more from them!
Click here
to check out Strings of Consciousness on MySpace, and click HERE
to pre-order the 7" picture-disc vinyl (whilst it lasts!!) for 5 GBP
including postage anywhere in the world.
Also available for you to check out online right now as part of the CCI Family
is the unveiling of a new work from filmmaker Natalie Turner, entitled
Lucifugum. Please follow this
link to watch the film (or scroll down)."
2006:
The new single, "The Long Way Back Again" is available on CD & 7" and digital download from barryadamson.com. The physical formats both contain an exclusive B-Side. A four track CD (limited to 250 copies) sold at recent shows is also now available exclusively via barryadamson.com and in November as a digital download ...
The new album "Stranger On the Sofa" was released May 29th in Europe, June 5th in the UK, June 13th in the USA and June 17th in Australia by Adamson's own Central Control International label. CCI is "a new label, born and raised in London, United Kingdom. It is looked after by Barry Adamson and a handful of trusted confidents." CCI has a My Space page which will feature streams from the new album in the near future. Also check out the mini-site for "Stranger On the Sofa" ...
"Stranger On the Sofa" reviews: 2ser, Amazon, Brainwashed, Celebrity Cafe, Delusions of Adequacy, Disorder, docrpm, Magnet, Modern Music, Pitchfork
Barry Adamson videos on YouTube: Black Amour, What I Means, Stranger On the Sofa preview, Man With the Golden Arm, Magazine "Shot By Both Sides" live, etc ...
Recent articles & interviews:
Bizarre
Magazine
In.gr
(in Greek)
Mic (live
review w/pics) (in Greek)
Drj.ru
(in Russian)
Drj.ru
(live review w/pics) (in Russian)
Times
Online (live review)
December, 2005:
Directly from Mr. Adamson:
"The great news is that I have a new album
in the can!
Fifteen tracks have been recorded, with the first ten mixed by Victor Van Vugt
(Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Beth Orton, Athlete) and the last five being mixed
(Victor) just after the holidays. I am thinking that twelve of the fifteen
tracks will make the grand final, which will be ready for general release at
the end of March/early April.
Until then, tracks will be able to be previewed at the end of January at the
website, and then available for download or purchase at; www.barryadamson.com
by those of you who have signed up (anyone reading this!) before it hits
stores (I'm hoping this will be beginning of March.) Also, information such as
the Title and the track-listing will be revealed at the first preview.
What's the album like? The people around me say I have extended myself. They
say that vibe-wise, this is the natural successor to Oedipus Schmoedipus. This
we will see.
Look out also at this time for tour dates."
2004:
April 8 - Adamson will perform at London's Barbican with Russel Maliphant's dance company, the BBC concert orchestra and a group of his own musicians. The set will cover Adamson's "Mute years", his cinematic pieces and other composers works. Tickets and more information available here ...
Adamson is currently working on various new projects: a new "movie album", four 10-20 minute movies, music for Russell Maliphant's contemporary dance work "Broken Fall" and possibly producer of an album for Mathew Doers' musical "Taking Step Three/Thirteen". See the official site for further details ...
Barry Adamson.com relaunched on June 11th, 2003.
February 2003
27 - London, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire (£15,
tickets available from gigsandtours.com)
A short European tour coincided with the release of "The King Of Nothing Hill"
(late 2002):
September
22 - Barcelona, Spain - Placa Del Rai Square (free entry,
open air)
24 - Lisbon, Portugal - Paradise
Garage
28 - Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
October
3 - Cologne, Germany - Stadtgarden
4 - Berlin, Germany - Loft
6 - Brussels, Belgium -
Beursschouwburg
9 - London, UK - The Marquee (£15, available from
gigsandtour.com)
November
9 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Het Nieuwe and De La Mar Theatre (Crossing the Border Festivals) (Real Audio here!)
The Brussels show was (bootleg) recorded by dtgrecords
and should be available on the next update, around the first of
November. The set list (same for Amsterdam): Cinematic Soul, What It Means, Whispering
Streets, Déjà Voodoo, Come Hell or High Water, Black Amour, Le Matin Des
Noir, That Fool Was Me, Jazz Devil, When Darkness Calls, Still I Rise, The
Monkey Speaks His Minds, The Pusherman (Curtis Mayfield)
Barry Adamson is the subject of the WZBC (Boston 90.3 FM) "Test Pattern" program, 6-7 pm on August 8th, 2003.
Fri 2nd August - Lisa I'Anson, BBC London, around 4 pm. BBC LDN 94.9
FM, online live in RealAudio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/insideldn/radio/lisa_ianson.shtml
Sun 4th August - Sean Hughes, 6 Music, around midday on
digital radio or digital TV & online live in RealAudio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/sean_hughes/
Tue 6th August - Andrew Collins, 6 Music, around 5.30pm on digital radio or digital TV & online live in RealAudio http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/andrew_collins/
"The King of Nothing Hill" / "Black Amour" / "Whispering Streets"
The latest album and singles. The singles "Black Amour" and "Whispering Streets" were released August 19 and November 4, 2002 respectively. The album "The King of Nothing Hill" was relesed September 2/3 (U.K./U.S.), 2002. Visit Mute's 'Advance! 2002.1" page to hear "Cinematic Soul" and "Black Amour" and the official site for more ...
Tracklistings for the "Black Amour" CD and 12":
CD:
Black Amour
Black Amour (Trojan Extended Pleasure Remix)
First Light
(Black Amour Video)
12":
Black Amour
Black Amour (Trojan Extended Pleasure Remix)
Amour (For Jocelyn)
Tracklisting for the "Whispering Streets" CD and 12":
Whispering Streets (Edit)
Whispering Streets (Aim Remix)
Whispering Streets (Funkstörung Remix)
Tracklisting and catalog information for "The King of Nothing Hill" CD and 2xLP:
The King of Nothing Hill
(Mute STUMM176 / Double LP STUMM176) 2002
Cinematic Soul (5:25)
Whispering Streets (5:00)
Black Amour (5:04)
When Darkness Calls (5:54)
The Second Stain (4:41)
Twisted Smile (5:52)
J'aime Paris (10:25)
That Fool Was Me (5:35)
The Crime Scene (6:23)
Cold Comfort (8:10)
Cinematic Soul (Welcome To The Megaplex) (3:40)
Press Release:
Barry Adamson releases new album,
The King of Nothing Hill on August 20
Highly influential and critically acclaimed
multi-instrumentalist, film composer, songwriter and vocalist Barry
Adamson returns with a new album The King Of Nothing Hill on August 20,
2002 through Mute.
The follow up to 1999's "best of"
collection, The Murky World Of Barry Adamson and the first new material since
As Above So Below released in 1998, The King Of Nothing Hill
features ten brand new tracks, all produced and performed by Adamson,
and includes the forthcoming single "Black Amour."
Born and raised in Moss Side, Manchester,
England, a love of cinematic scores and the punk explosion of the
1970s inexorably led Barry Adamson headlong into a career in music.
He was the bass player in the innovatory post punk band, Magazine
between 1978 and1982, then went on to become a founder member of Nick
Cave's illustrious Bad Seeds in 1984.
Since 1988, with the release of his debut album,
The Man With The Golden Arm Adamson has forged his own highly
acclaimed solo career with a series of distinctive and thematically
linked soundscape albums: Moss Side Story (1989), The Taming Of
The Shrewd (1989), Delusion (1991) Soul Murder (1992), The Negro
Inside Me (1993), Oedipus Schmoedipus (1996) and As Above So Below
(1998). Barry Adamson has also written for numerous film
soundtracks, most notably Derek Jarman's Last Of England’ in 1989 and
David Lynch's Lost Highway’ from 1996.
The anguished songs and poignant instrumentals,
all comprised of a miscellany of musical styles, are deftly blended
together in Barry Adamson's hands on his new album, The King Of
Nothing Hill, and the result is his own assiduously distinctive and
deeply personal cinematic sound and his singular narrative gift.
The Revolver Film Co's newsletter page states " Floria Sigismondi has 2 new clips in the works. The first is for Mute recording artist Barry Adamson. Barry & Floria have collaborated together in the past & this new clip promises more of their same amazing chemistry. The video for "Black Amour" was shot in Cuba and will be completed in the coming weeks."
Adamson has collaborated with Pan Sonic and The Hafler Trio for the Icelandic label Kitchen Motors. The cd is out now. A list of distributors and more info is available at Kitchen Motors with further info at Edda.
An excerpt from an interview with Pan Sonic from Release Magazine concerning the project:
"At the end of this tour, we are going to record something with a classical choir in Iceland. We've enlisted the help of Barry Adamson. I don't know quite what will come of it, but it sounds interesting. We certainly don't have any experience with this sort of thing, but then, Barry Adamson does. "
Miscellaneous
Soundtracking / Sheffield / UK / The Showroom Cinema / 23rd & 24th November
Soundtracking, a celebration of connections between popular music, continues for its third year two days of new films, digital pop promos, gems from the archive, and music and film meltdowns in the bar. We are also very pleased to present discussions with two highly contrasting composer/musicians whose work on mainstream, independent films and other projects has genuinely stretched and redefined the art of the cinema soundtrack
7.00pm 23rd
MICHAEL KAMEN
Hugely prolific, multiple award-winning
soundtrack composer whose vast body of work has moved effortlessly between
high octane Hollywood (Die Hards and Lethal Weapons) and the independent
visions of Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg, Neil Jordan, Alan Clarke and
others. Michael Kamen will discuss his career in conversation. He will
then be introducing one of his best loved works – Terry Gilliam’s
1985 masterpiece BRAZIL.
6.30 24th
BARRY ADAMSON
Originally bass player for Magazine and
The Bad Seeds, before he pursued a solo career of soundtracks for
imaginary films. Fusing a love of John Barry and film noir with the
furthest reachest of pop’s avant-garde, Adamson has written and performed
music for Alison Anders’ Gas Food Lodging, and David Lynch on Lost Highway.
Adamson will discuss his love of film music in both areas of his musical
career and explore how a film music fan became a film composer.
This event is an ideal opportunity to hear two very experienced musicians discuss their work in film, television and beyond.
To book tickets call: 0114 275 7727
For more information about any of these
events or to be sent a full programme of Soundtracking 2001
please email ben@showroom.org.uk
or call 0114 2763534
According to Mute USA Adamson has done work on a soundtrack for the French film "La Nature Morte D'un Flic" (Still Life of a Cop).
A new version of "Red Right Hand" by Adamson and Nick Cave is featured in the movie "Scream 3". Adamson contributed "Richard, It's Business as Usual" to the soundtrack for "The Beach".
"The Murky World of Barry Adamson"
On May 18, 2000 Mute Records released this "greatest-hits" album which features tracks from each of his albums as well as three previously unreleased songs: "Walk The Last Mile", "Mitch And Andy" and "Saturn in the Summertime."
A split 7" with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion entitled "Crime Scene" (on the Slut Smalls label) is out now. I bought my copy from Action Records in the UK.
For all of the latest official news, visit the Mute web site.