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He has worked alongside talented musicians such as Malcolm Middleton, King Creosote, Kris Drever, and John McCusker. With an impressive discography spanning multiple genres, Woomble continues to captivate audiences with his evocative storytelling through music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lo-soul","title":"Lo! Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLo! 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Soul\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded remotely between Roddy's home in the Hebrides and Andrew's studio in Dundee throughout 2020 while Scotland was locked-down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoddy explains: \"Andrew describes moments of the album as 'Dystopian-pop' which I think is as good a description as any. Lockdown gave me the sense of a collective melancholy, a shared remoteness and isolation - that has been a guiding influence throughout all the songs. It is the most unusual record I have made, and made in the most unusual way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross his twenty-five year career, \u003ci\u003eLo! Soul \u003c\/i\u003emay well be Woomble's most inventive, creative album to date. From undulating synths and ambient soundscapes in the abstract narratives of 'Atlantic Photography' and 'Secret Show', the sun-tinged horns of 'Architecture in LA', a mellifluous Mellotron or perhaps a piano chime. 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In September 2018, \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Mitchell\u003c\/strong\u003e (my frequent solo collaborator and Idlewild band mate) \u003cstrong\u003eOliver Coates\u003c\/strong\u003e (Cellist, Composer, Producer, Pal) and I were playing a concert at The Dell of Abernethy in the heart of the Cairngorms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe concert was in an actual teepee, although one with a capacity of fifty, a bar and a fire pit. In the twilight between soundcheck and gig Oliver decided to compose a piece to function as environmental music while the audience arrived, a \"\u003cem\u003edystopic collage of Roddy Woomble's cut-up phonemes with cinematic drones\u003c\/em\u003e\" is how Oliver describes it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was to function instead of playlist music; to condition the atmosphere. Oliver set to work recording me reciting several lines from my notebook, which were then spliced and triggered by computer algorithm while cello \u0026amp; synth drones of varying length looped and grew underneath the booming \u0026amp; panning cut ups of the words, chopped in the tradition of Williams Burroughs to reveal subterranean, cultish and hypnotic meaning through abstract play of sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen played back through the PA system it sounded both fractured and soothing and suited the atmosphere of the evening - it was the start of autumn, with a chill in the air - the audience was getting close to the fire, drinking beer and gin, with this strange and hypnotic soundtrack all around them quietly playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe concert itself was lovely - Oliver played an amazing set followed by Andrew and I, with Oliver joining us on Cello (and laptop) for several numbers. 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A bold new chapter, the songs shift through electronica to moments of shimmering art-pop.  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