PASSENGERS: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS 1- Orig.1995 Eno, U2, Pavarotti
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Passengers: Bono (vocals, guitar, piano); The Edge (guitar, vocals, organ); Adam Clayton (bass, spoken vocals); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion, programming, synthesizer); Brian Eno (programming, synthesizer, vocals).Additional personnel: Howie B. (vocals, scratches); Luciano Pavarotti, Holi (vocals); David Herbert (saxophone); Holger Zschenderlein (synthesizer); Des Broadbery (programming).Recorded at Westside Studios, London, England and Hanover, Dublin, Ireland in November 1994. Includes liner notes by Ben O'Rian and C.S.J. Bofop.Personnel: Bono (vocals, guitar, piano); The Edge (vocals, guitar, organ); Brian Eno (vocals, synthesizer); Howie B (vocals, scratches); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); David Herbert (saxophone); Larry Mullen, Jr. (synthesizer, drums, percussion); Holger Zschenderlein (synthesizer).Audio Mixers: Howie B; Brian Eno.Recording information: Hanover, Dublin, Ireland; Westside Studios, London, England.Unknown Contributor Roles: Rob Crane; Larry Mullen, Jr.; Richard Baker.Arrangers: Paul Barrett; Craig Armstrong.Following their post-modern vibe further into Brian Eno's futuristic sound-space, U2 have now floated so far out of their customary atmosphere they've even abandoned their moniker. And with good reason. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS 1, a loose collection of compositions written for films which may or may not exist, resembles a U2 album in only the vaguest of ways--it is basically a Brian Eno concoction, with Ireland's finest contributing not much more than their distinctive instrumental feel and Bono's new-found subtlety around a vocal mic. Yet these characteristics are enough to identify the participants, and to raise Passengers above the standard electronic/ambient din that has taken over clubland in the 1990s.ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS 1 is not strictly an experimental excursion. While much of the album follows the atmospheric norm of Eno's own Soundtracks series (after which this project was named), there are a number of traditional "songs" interspersed between the synthetic canvases, and most of these are softer extensions on the ZOOROPA aesthetic. "Slug" finds Bono whispering wishes over tension-filled keyboard washes and layers of rhythm. "Your Blue Room," a relaxed kin to "One" and "The Unforgettable Fire," is U2 playing Tindersticks--full of menacing organ, faint, Duane Eddy-like guitar, and starring Larry Mullen, Jr. as a Euro Funky Drummer. Finest among these surreal moves is "Miss Sarajevo," which uses Luciano Pavarotti's tenor as a voice of empowered grief in the melancholy story of a war-torn beauty contest.When ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS 1 moves outward, it flies in the direction of the nearest rave--adding world-wide rhythms to Eno's ambient soundscapes, to form a compass of emotions. "United Colours" is a straight-up techno track with passing samples of scratched records, fly-by vehicles and looped voices. "One Minute Warning" is an eerie alarm, complete with African and electronic beats, a machine-gun ticker-tape pulse, and an incomprehensible Eno-led choir seemingly ushering in the apocalypse. The album ends with a mixture of the two explored worlds: "Theme From Let's Go Native" is a bit of tribal rockisms, led by a stray dub bassline and Edge's simple chords. As Bono repeats a wordless vocal phrase and the band gains a forceful rhythmic confidence around him, it becomes obvious that what started out as foreign turf for these Passengers, has become a musical home away from home. Portions of this page Copyright 1948 - 2014 Muze Inc.
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