Cavalier (Lost Version)
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Posted: Dec. 09 2012, 11:47 |
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Quote (qjamesfloyd @ Dec. 09 2012, 04:40) | Quote (Korgscrew @ Dec. 08 2012, 18:22) | Drummer-wise, I'd love to see him work with Darby Todd - a man as at home with jazz as he is with metal or blues. Also, he had a great pairing on the Tubular Bells II tour in the form of Ian Thomas and Lawrence Cottle who, in that setting, didn't really get the chance to show just what a great rhythm section they can be together.
John Robinson (as featured on Altered State) has been doing some stuff for Mike in LA. If he's recording drums in London as well, I'd not be surprised if Ash Soan gets the call.
Simon Phillips was always a solid collaborator with Mike of course and Evelyn Glennie would indeed be a great choice of collaborator, though I think maybe she'd be at her greatest on a longer instrumental work (it would be lovely to hear some of her tuned percussion playing on his music, for example).
Studios...Mike's always seemed to like Abbey Road, with all its associations with the start of his career. Considering Steve Lipson's involvement, I'd not rule out SARM being used. It would actually be really interesting to see what would happen if he was holed up in British Grove for a while...with Mr Knopfler on hand as well, of course. |
The British Groove thing is a possibility, because as well as Mike giving Knopfler praise in the past(and It's rare for him to praise anyone) Knopfler has also been using Ian Thomas for studio and live drumming duties lately, and Ian Thomas has played with Mike too. |
I was aware of the fact but not of the music, so entirely appropriate that qjamesfloyd mentions it first!
I've occasionally perused Ash Soan's tweets since the Olympics (and gained a tiny insight into how inter-connected the drumming community is); it wouldn't be a surprise if he gets the London gig (or if Little Halings hosts it) but since our little game of Kevin Bacon last year, I really shouldn't be taken aback by these little connections and coincidences I keep noticing. I saw a bit of John Robinson in Spike Lee's Bad 25 documentary last week, and he may be a shoe-in for the LA sessions having laid down the drums for the Olympic tracks, whatever the mix was that Ash played live or along to.
A fellow Olympic drummer was Evelyn Glennie -who would certainly bring a lot to a percussion solo. I've not seen the evidence yet that they were there live, but amongst the credited drummers for the pre-recorded and Isles of Wonder track of And I Will Kiss are TB sequels specialist, Ian Thomas, and Mike's fellow Hair! musician, Frank Ricotti. He played percussion on the album that I discovered was at the centre of the universe last year; Grace Jones' Slave to the Rhythm - as written, perfomed on and assistantly-produced by Steve Lipson...
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