From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V12 #201 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Sunday, August 5 2007 Volume 12 : Number 201 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] What the world needs now... [Chandla911@aol.com] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 08:38:08 EDT From: Chandla911@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] What the world needs now... BBC JULY 25, 2007 COLDPLAY PLAN `HISPANIC' COMEBACK British rock group Coldplay have revealed that their new album will have an "Hispanic theme". A handwritten message on their website says that recording sessions in Spain, and a tour of Latin America earlier this year, have influenced their sound. "No maracas or castanets," the message said, "but a vibrancy and colourfulness that owes much to the atmosphere of Buenos Aires and Barcelona". Coldplay's fourth album, the follow-up to 2005's X&Y, is due next year. The group are among Britain's most successful acts, scoring international hits with songs like Yellow, Clocks and Fix You. 'Friction' X&Y was the biggest-selling album in the world in 2005, and the band have admitted there has been "tension" in the recording studio as they try to follow it up. "Tension is an inherent part of recording," a note on the group's website explained. "Without tension, there's no focus. What is remarkable is that this friction very rarely ignites into flame." The author, who uses the alias Prospekt, continued to say that the group had recently sat down with producer Brian Eno to review their progress. "Very little material got an unreserved thumbs up from everyone. However, far from feeling dispirited, we all came out feeling a lot more confident. "It feels a lot better to check the map and know which direction you're headed and how far you've got to go rather than wander around aimlessly and hope for the best." Fans widely believe the new album will be titled Prospekt. www.bbc.co.uk - --------------------------------------------------- VH1 JULY 25, 2007 - by James Montgomery COLDPLAY GO TO CHURCH, SAY NEW ALBUM WILL BE BLESSED WITH `HISPANIC THEME' 'The sights, sounds and flavors of Latin America and Spain have definitely been infused into this album,' band says in post. Coldplay's fourth album is shaping up to be quite the affair: Brian Eno behind the decks, recording sessions at church altars and - apparently - a "strengthening Hispanic theme." That's according to the bandmembers themselves, who posted a handwritten message on their site detailing the recording of their follow-up to 2005's X&Y, which they're working on in Barcelona, Spain. But before you get all excited for flamenco guitars and paeans to paella, remember, this is Coldplay we're talking about. "The sights, sounds and flavors of Latin America and Spain have definitely been infused into this album. The band visited Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico earlier this year. Chris [Martin] then came up with the idea of recording in Spain," the post reads. "The music and lyrics have begun to reflect the strengthening Hispanic theme. No maracas or castanets, but a vibrancy and colorfulness that owes much to the atmospheres of Buenos Aires [Argentina] and Barcelona. The effect is subtle but important." See, subtle. That's sort of been the theme Coldplay have employed for album number four. After all, the "announcement" that they were working with Eno didn't come via some wordy press release, but rather through an offhand comment the producer made in a BBC Radio interview back in February. And that news came on the heels of the announcement that the band wasn't working on an album at all - rather, Coldplay were settling in to enjoy "a much-deserved break," according to a spokesperson for their label, Capitol. And for their upcoming album, they're even keeping their travel subtle: trekking from church to church, recording on the fly. It's a manner somewhat unbecoming for one of the biggest rock acts in the world and its mega-famous producer, but according to the post, everyone seems to be enjoying the whole "under-the-radar" shtick. "We've been traveling light - an acoustic guitar, a couple of mics, a laptop and some headphones. We're recording in Barcelona, moving from church to church, setting up where we can: in front of the altar, under the pulpit," the post continues. "We've been playing at the feet of archangels. It's an odd scene: a host of saints look down impassively upon four unkempt bandmembers, circled around a single mic stand, singing loudly together as recorded guitars reverberate around the church. They're laying down backing vocals. Brian often joins them: group singing is one of his greatest joys." Funny, we always pegged Eno for more of a song-and-dance man. Anyway, earlier posts on Coldplay's site also indicate that Eno's longtime collaborator Markus Dravs is also along for the ride, and that the band has been working on twenty-five "pieces" of music for the new album. But there's still no release date or title, and Capitol had no additional information about the project when contacted by MTV News. All good things Richard Mills ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V12 #201 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest