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LOL HAMMOND – ALL THIS IS BLISS

March 22nd, 2002 by freddie96

LOL HAMMOND - ALL THIS IS BLISS LOL HAMMOND
All This Is Bliss
(Big Chill, 2002)

Lol Hammond’s debut album for the Big Chill is as multi-faceted as the man behind it. Variously mixing pure electronica with drum loops, guitar feedback and some memorable vocals – from Lorraine Mackintosh (Deacon Blue), Sally Rodgers (A Man Called Adam), and Nina Walsh (Sabrettes, Slab) – this is bliss indeed.

Track listing

1. Twilight Glitters
2. Baby Piano
3. Wave
4. Love Forgotten
5. Dust
6. Can’t Sleep
7. Big Sky City
8. F.X. Halo
9. Love Forgotten (revisited)

REVIEWS

Muzik
‘This music is hard to describe. It has a calmness, a stillness about it that is like a misty dawn deep in the English countryside. It makes you stop, sit, shut up. It can slow down your buzzing brain and help you breathe deep and fly off somewhere. HIghlights are ‘Baby Piano’, the sort of tune Enya would make if she made good records, and ‘Love Forgotten’, featuring the unmistakable Sally Rodgers from A Man Called Adam. What a breath of fresh air.’
* * * * * Chris Coco

Mojo
‘Prime chill-out album eased out by former Drum Club mainman.

‘From membership of techno free party nutters Spiral Tribe to playing ambient sets at The Big Chill festivals, Lol Hammond has come a long way in electronic music. More a gradual transformation than an overnight leap, he’s one of many electronic artists who’ve broadened their palettes over the years. Beautiful in its simplicity, it’s obvious Hammond is coming from the soothing, linear Eno end of electronica rather than the wibbly-wobbly weirdness of Aphex et al. From the chilled, dusky rapture of ‘Baby Piano’ to the lilting lament of ‘Love Forgotten’, featuring vocalists Lorraine Mackintosh from Deacon Blue and Sally Rodgers from A Man Called Adam respectively, this is downtempo beatitude in excelsis.’
Carl Loben

Seven
‘Lol Hammond is a happy go lucky guy about town, his music first got him recognition as one half of the Drum Club, then he went on to form Slab, with ex-Sabrettes supremo Nina Walsh, who delivers a beautiful, slightly spooked vocal over Lol’s lush melodies on ‘Dust’, one of the standout cuts on ‘All This Is Bliss’. Sally Rodgers from A Man Called Adam, and Deacon Blue’s Lorraine Mackintosh also sing on a couple of tracks. The instrumental soundscapes are rich in texture, and have a slight melancholy to them. Kick back and reefer roll with Lol.’
* * * * Dean Thatcher

Spaced
‘This is a hugely evocative album… poignant electronica with characterful vocalists, and creates an emotional ride that is perfect for those post-weekend blues. Outstanding.’
9 / 10 Barrie Williams

DJ
‘Taking the lead of fellow Big Chill stalwart Alucidnation, former Drum Club man Lol Hammond produces a very laidback album of electronic ambience and vocals. It is, for want of a better phrase, very head in the clouds – the kind of soft synth, cosmic ambience that recalls ambient times past, before all the subgenres of glitch, click house, folktronica and the like were invented to muddy the waters of the simple art of relaxation. In these cynical times it’s easy to scorn some of the sentiments on here, enclosed as they are in their own bubble of happiness, but in the right context – for example The Big Chill’s Naxos festival earlier this year – this all makes sense. So close your eyes, forget where you are for a moment, and surrender.’
* * * Steve Nickolls

The man behind the music

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Shooter Jennings

Telegraph – Herald (Dubuque) March 26, 2012 | megan gloss Shooter Jennings has enjoyed a prolific career since 2005, when he released his debut, “Put the’O'Back in Country,” which launched him onto Billboard’s country charts.

Seven years, three versatile releases, a record label and two kids later, the only child of the late country legend Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter is taking it back to his country roots with his latest release, “Family Man.” He joins Cody Canada and The Departed for the Magical Misdemeanor Tour at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the Mississippi Moon Bar, Diamond Jo Casino. web site cody canada and the departed

“We’ve really been done with this record for about a year,” Jennings said in a phone interview. “It was a little bit different this time around.” Unlike his previous releases, which were overseen by producer Dave Cobb, “Family Man” saw Jennings at the helm, collaborating with childhood friend and pianist Erik Deutsch. The duo formed The Triple Crown, a new country backing band, for the release.

“It came together in a weird and magical way,” Jennings said. “I feel like this record really shows where I’m at in my life. It’s a step I felt I really needed to take creatively. There was no answering to other people. Everything sounds and was done exactly how I wanted and is very true to my personal taste.

“I also knew that if this record was going to be successful, it was on my back,” he said. “It’s a step in a different direction. But it’s an exciting one. I’m happy about it.” According to his biography, music was Jennings’inevitable fate. His first years were spent in a crib on his parents’tour bus. He began playing piano by age 8 and had learned guitar and percussion by 14. By adulthood, Jennings uprooted from Nashville to Los Angelas, and from there, signed with Universal South Records. He went on to release his successful debut, “Electric Rodeo,” “The Wolf” and “Black Ribbons,” a dystopian concept rock opera featuring Stephen King as Will O’The Wisp. website cody canada and the departed

Jennings portrayed his father in the Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line” and is the host of “Shooter Jennings’Electric Rodeo,” a two- hour weekly music show on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Outlaw Country channel.

In 2009, Jennings became engaged to “Desperate Housewives” and “The Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo after proposing during a show in Utica, NY. The couple, who have put down new roots in New York, have two kids – Alabama Gypsy Rose, 4, and Waylon Albert “Blackjack,” 1.

These days, living the life of a family man and country rock star pose new and exciting challenges.

“It’s a huge part of my life,” Jennings said. “It’s not easy at all. Being away from them is pretty dang hard, but I couldn’t be happier. I try to take positive steps to making it work.” Jennings said his status as a tried and true family man also served to inspire his latest efforts, “Family Man” a second release that will be out this summer, while also producing other bands.

“I’ve really been allowed to have a lot, and my life as of late has definitely inspired me to write and keep busy,” Jennings said.

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