{"product_id":"everyday-sun","title":"Everyday Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew studio recordings by \u003cstrong\u003eRoddy Woomble\u003c\/strong\u003e (Idlewild) Roddy - My new EP is not poems recited over music, or spoken word, but neither is it a straightforward collection of songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea for it was literally conceived in a teepee in the Scottish Highlands. 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. The evening had a spirit of collaboration about it, a spontaneous and creative feel, in the cold and magical highlands forest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A Modern Way","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50472782922059,"sku":"1093101","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/022dff9a-b4a4-4e1b-b8a0-9ce4cafa1000_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727423640","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/everyday-sun","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}