http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10110563.stm
Jarvis Cocker creates National Trust countryside album
Former Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker has teamed up with The National Trust to release an album of birdsong, trickling water and creaking stairs. The rock singer swapped guitars for country gardens to create the 13 tracks of sounds from the Trust's properties. Cocker said the album, a free download, would provide a "holiday for the ears". He said: "It's not really meant to be listened to intently, like a piece of music, but more as something to have on in the background to aid relaxation." Sound engineers spent three months recording background sounds at historic houses and peaceful parks across the UK, and Cocker then mixed and produced the final album. The 33-minute recording includes the sound of a game of billiards at Upton House, Warwickshire, a music box playing in the nursery at Lanhydrock, Cornwall, birdsong at Belton House, Lincolnshire, and lapping waves on Brownsea Island, Dorset.
The rock singer swapped guitars for country gardens to create the 13 tracks of sounds from the Trust's properties.
Cocker said the album, a free download, would provide a "holiday for the ears".
He said: "It's not really meant to be listened to intently, like a piece of music, but more as something to have on in the background to aid relaxation."
Sound engineers spent three months recording background sounds at historic houses and peaceful parks across the UK, and Cocker then mixed and produced the final album.
The 33-minute recording includes the sound of a game of billiards at Upton House, Warwickshire, a music box playing in the nursery at Lanhydrock, Cornwall, birdsong at Belton House, Lincolnshire, and lapping waves on Brownsea Island, Dorset.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 13:41 (fifteen years ago)
What a beacon of hope in these dark times
― Coalition (Remix) (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 13:42 (fifteen years ago)
I wish he'd done this during the Pulp years
Track 1 - Older guy takes taxi home alone, after dropping art student girl off at her flat (he'd hoped she'd invite him up)
Track 2 - Rustling of cardigans on rack in vintage store
― Brio, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 14:00 (fifteen years ago)
Track 3 - Cigarette smoulders in ashtray next to slumped over nodding-out musician
― Brio, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 14:03 (fifteen years ago)
Congratulation to Jarvis on creating a "holiday for the ears."
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 14:04 (fifteen years ago)