Someone Somewhere in Summertime

27/08/23 – Simple Minds release an incredible live version of Someone Somewhere In Summertime today in the lead up to the full album release of New Gold Dream – Live from Paisley Abbey on 27th October. Mixed by original producer Peter Walsh in all formats including Dolby Atmos.

Recorded during a special one-off live performance in Scotland’s 12th Century Paisley Abbey, Simple Minds performed their critically lauded & ground-breaking 1982 album New Gold Dream for Sky Arts’ ‘Greatest Albums Live’ series.

This very special recording will now be made available on Oct 27th, 2023 on red & black marble vinyl, CD & digital and is available to pre-order RIGHT NOW HERE:

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NEW GOLD DREAM – LIVE FROM PAISLEY ABBEY – SIMPLE MINDS

Deluxe CD

Ltd Edition Red Transparent Marble Vinyl

“When it came to choosing a venue to perform New Gold Dream, we wanted to do it somewhere locally. And obviously the band being from Glasgow, it had to be somewhere nearby. But it also had to be somewhere at some Grandeur and something that was just out of the norm, because it is a special album for us. And so Paisley Abbey, knowing its history and knowing the look of the place, we thought this would be something special.” – Jim Kerr

CD & LP TRACKLIST

01 – Someone Somewhere In Summertime (Live From Paisley Abbey) // 02 – Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel (Live From Paisley Abbey) // 03 – Promised You A Miracle (Live From Paisley Abbey) // 04 – Big Sleep (Live From Paisley Abbey) // 05 – Somebody Up There Likes You (Live From Paisley Abbey) // 06 – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (Live From Paisley Abbey) // 07 – Glittering Prize (Live From Paisley Abbey) // 08 – Hunter And The Hunted (Live From Paisley Abbey) // 09 – King Is White And In The Crowd (Live From Paisley Abbey)

‘New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey‘ finds Simple Minds at the very top of their game. Reminding people why, after 45 years, they are still such a revered band, and why New Gold Dream is such a critically acclaimed and special album.

Having celebrated its 40th birthday last year, the mesmerising New Gold Dream was the album that began Simple Minds crossover as a major force in the pop music of the 1980s, reaching number 3 on the UK album chart. Working with Peter Walsh, the band was able to realise the sophisticated, accessible pop sound they were striving for, whilst continuing their quest for experimentation.

This achievement was reflected in three incredible and successful singles: ‘Promised You A Miracle’, ‘Glittering Prize’ and ‘Someone, Somewhere (In Summertime)’, which U2’s Bono picked as one of his Desert Island Discs when paying tribute to the band and New Gold Dream’s influence on him and U2.

Tonight, Sky Arts transmit a one-off filmed live performance of Simple Minds playing their seminal 1982 album New Gold Dream. The performance was filmed a short distance from the band’s hometown of Glasgow, in the stunning setting of the 12th century Paisley Abbey.

Recorded late last year, the programme is part of Sky Arts’ ‘Greatest Albums live’ series, which captures iconic artists playing classic albums from their illustrious careers.

New Gold Dream – Live from Paisley Abbey offers fans the chance to buy the audio of this special one-off performance, either as a digital download, CD or a limited edition red transparent marble vinyl LP housed in a gatefold sleeve. PRE-ORDER HERE

Dolby Atmos news

Peter Walsh has mixed the latest #1 Alejandro Sanz album “SANZ” in Dolby Atmos at his London studio “e2immersive.” Now available on Apple Music, Amazon or Tidal. Read Peter’s interview for GQ magazine, in which he talks about what the Dolby Atmos format has to offer.

“It sounds more personal; you hear the emotion of the performance and the strength and commitment of the artist. You can hear every breath, every nuance”.

To read more in this article

Daniel Blumberg wins Ivor Novello Award

Co-produced, recorded and mixed by Peter Walsh, The World To Come soundtrack sees Daniel receive his first Ivor Novello Award. Directed by Mona Fastvold, the film had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Queer Lion award for best LGBTQ themed film.

The World to Come is a 2020 American drama film from a screenplay by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard, based upon Shepard’s story of the same name. It stars Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott and Casey Affleck, and follows two neighbouring couples battling hardship and isolation in mid-19th century America.

SANZ # 1 in Official Spanish Album Chart

Alejandro Sanz new album, mixed by Peter Walsh at e2immersive, London and PKO, Madrid was awarded platinum status on its first day of release and has entered the Spanish Album Chart at # 1.

Peter Walsh has returned to a much-loved genre and mixed all ten of these flamenco-influenced classics. He also recorded the rhythm section featuring Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez on drums, Israel ‘Piraña’ Suárez on percussion and Miami-based Gola on bass guitar.

It’s a retrospective collection, including a narrated and deeply intimate autobiography, a love song by Alejandro’s godfather with strings by Vincent Mendoza and a posthumous flamenco collaboration with Paco de Lucia.

Produced by Alfonso Pérez, Javier Limón and Alejandro Sanz. Recorded in Madrid in May 2021 and mixed in e2immersive, London and PKO Studios, Madrid. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Frank Arkwright.

Sarah Brown new release 27/01/22

Kreidler new album set for Jan ’22 release

Berlin-based experimental electronic band Kreidler has completed its latest set of unique rhythmic instrumental soundscapes. Mixed by longstanding collaborator and friend Peter Walsh at e2immersive in East London.

Peter Gabriel live albums re-released

* Article from RealWorld promo material *

Across the months of August, September, October and November 2020, four classic Peter Gabriel concerts will be released on vinyl by Real World. Three of them for the first time. A twenty-year period of live performance is captured by the four releases, and over forty different songs.

All the albums have been Half-Speed Remastered and cut to lacquers at 33RPM by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering, mastered by Tony Cousins at Metropolis and overseen by Peter Gabriel’s sound engineer Richard Chappell. The LPs also come with a hi-res audio download code.

The series commences with Plays Live, Peter Gabriel’s first live album from 1983, which will be re-released on 2LP on 28 August. The album was compiled from live recordings made at four venues across the American Midwest in late 1982. It is effectively a sign-off to the first phase of Peter Gabriel the solo artist. As such, it’s a celebration of all that was achieved on his opening quartet of self-titled long-players, while also standing as confirmation that Peter was an engaged and engaging frontman. The 2LP artwork replicates the original vinyl release with all imagery newly re-scanned.

A month later, we jump forward musically to the tour that supported the release of Peter Gabriel’s fifth solo album, ‘So’, with the release of Live in Athens 1987 on 25 September. Recorded at the open-air theatre above the Greek capital, ‘Live in Athens 1987’, captures the final shows of the This Way Up world tour and five musicians at the peak of their game, playing the songs from the album that had catapulted Gabriel into the pop stratosphere. The show features a special guest appearance by the young Youssou N’Dour on a rousing rendition of ‘In Your Eyes’. Though previously a concert film, this is the first time on vinyl for ‘Live in Athens 1987’, presented as a 2LP set, with brand new artwork by Marc Bessant, Gabriel’s long-time designer.

By the third release, on 23 October, we find ourselves immersed in the spectacle of the Secret World Live tour. Conceived by Gabriel and Robert Lepage, this is the show that accompanied the release of the ‘US’ album and features a collection of songs that spans Gabriel’s solo career until that point; from debut single ‘Solsbury Hill’ to ‘Digging In The Dirt’, ‘Steam’ and ‘Blood Of Eden’. All delivered in a thoroughly committed and total performance by Gabriel and band and recorded over two nights at the Palasport in Modena, Italy in November 1993. Special guest appearance by Papa Wemba. This is the first time on vinyl for ‘Secret World Live’, which is presented as a 2LP set.

The last release of this series is Growing Up Live, released on 27 November. Following the release of his album ‘UP’, Peter Gabriel went on the road for the first time in a decade. Once again collaborating with production designer Robert Lepage to create a spectacular and theatrical live experience, with the band performing in the round. The concert was recorded over two nights at the Filaforum in Milan in May 2003 and features notable contributions from the likes of The Blind Boys of Alabama, Hukwe and Charles Zawose, Sevara Nazarkhan and the voice of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Previously a concert film, it is the first time on vinyl for ‘Growing Up Live’, presented as a 3LP set in gatefold sleeve, designed by Marc Bessant.

Plays Live	Live in Athens 1987	Secret World Live	Growing Up Live
28 August, 2020	25 September, 2020	23 October, 2020	27 November, 2020
2LP	2LP	2LP	3LP

Daniel Blumberg new album

On&On – which follows 2018’s Minus, Blumberg’s debut for Mute – is a consolidation of the deconstructed song aesthetic he has developed, operating at the intersection between conventional song structures and free improvisation. Now he takes this further, incorporating recurring, shape-shifting motifs and at times dissolving the boundaries between songs altogether. Title track ‘On&On’ appears four times across the arc of the record as if coming in and out of focus, an infinite song that encapsulates the paradox of the circle, existing in a liminal space between perpetual motion and stasis, as Daniel sings: ‘On and on and on and on and on…’

The album was born out of live sessions with the same core group of players as Minus: Daniel Blumberg (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Ute Kanngiesser (cello), Billy Steiger (violin), Tom Wheatley (double bass) and Jim White (drums), with the addition of electronic maverick Elvin Brandhi (vocals). As such it represents a deepening of relationships and distillation of techniques for this tight-knit group of free-playing musicians, who are loosely based around Café OTO.

It was recorded by Peter Walsh (Scott Walker), who captures the group’s extraordinary performances – encompassing the full expressive range of their instruments from softly-bowed melodies and tender vocal harmonies to rough-hewn scrapes, plucks and rattles – while the sound of the room and the outside world spill naturally into the sound field, as Toop puts it “as if a window has opened”.

Read David Toop’s essay here: http://mute.com/daniel-blumberg-david-toop/

Visconti Studio Winter School

Sarah Brown – Recording 3 additional tracks following on from the original 7 recorded at Abbey Road Studios end of 2019

Featuring Chris Spedding (guitar) Colin Good (piano) Tom Wheatley (upright bass) Courtney Hoilett (drums)

Daniel Blumberg – Details will follow on this project.

Sarah Brown – New album

Sarah Brown is one of the most prolific and in-demand vocalists in the world. Apart from enjoying a busy solo career she has featured on records and tours with artists like Simple Minds, Roxy Music, George Michael, M People and many more.

The album was recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios and celebrates Sarah’s formative influences Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

FKA twigs

Watch this space…

Unable to post any further information concerning these sessions at the Strongroom but will update closer to release date.

Sound & Recording Studioszene, Cologne

On September 6^th and 7^th, the first Studioszene will take place at XPOST in Cologne, Germany. Studioszene is the community & workshop platform that brings recording, mixing, mastering engineers and producers as well as studio equipment and software manufacturers together. Over the course of two days, you will find a total of 50 workshops and talks on music and audio production in a 3,000 square metre venue. Additionally, Studioszene will also include 40 top manufacturers from the studio sector, who will present their products and innovations on site – ready for you to test.

Studioszene offers passionate music creators the opportunity to meet international and national engineers, exchange ideas and gain new insights, experiences and know-how. Leave routine behind, explore new horizons and increase your creativity!

It’s all about joining in!

Over the course of two days and in a total of 50 workshops and talks, established engineers and producers will show you how good sound is created already in front of the microphone and how they deal with various problems in the recording, mixing or mastering process. Furthermore, they will demonstrate how this results in the creation of a finished track.

In addition to music and audio production topics, our talks will also discuss everything to do with the music business – such as the development of music consumption, self-marketing, artists’ social insurance, retirement provisions for freelancers and much more.

To Studioszene, we have invited both top-class nationally and internationally renowned engineers as well as underground freelancers who will speak of their work and everyday studio life.

Everything the studio heart desires

The top manufacturers in the studio sector will exhibit their products and innovations on site. They will be available for discussions, product demonstrations and application-related questions. And, of course, gear talk and gear porn are also a must.

When: September 6-7, 2019

Where: XPOST Köln, Gladbacher Wall 5, 50670 Cologne, Germany

Opening times:

Friday, 06.09.2019, 12 noon – 8 p.m.

Saturday, 07.09.2019, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Why I have to visit Studioszene!

Networking.Know-how.Gear! These are the three decisive arguments. Studioszene attracts an ambitious specialist audience with whom you can talk shop and exchange ideas. The event thus offers a platform where contacts can lead to joint projects and jobs. After all: nothing is more important in the audio industry than networking.

In workshops and in face-to-face conversations you can gather new ideas, experience new creative approaches as well as gain a lot of experience and insights – to integrate into your work in the future.

Additionally, the top audio manufacturers’ products will be available for hands-ons. Product specialists will introduce you to the software and hardware, will explain their features and will answer your application-related questions.

Cologne – more than just Alaaf!

Cologne is a media city! Being based in Cologne, Studioszene is located in a town with a large studio and music scene as well as a lot of TV production companies. Music and audio production plays an important role in the cathedral city. Additionally, Cologne is easy to reach by public transport and via Cologne-Bonn airport – and also attracts international audiences due to its proximity to the Benelux countries and France.

Daniel Blumberg news

A little information on Daniel’s last album Minus. Produced recorded and mixed by Peter Walsh

Daniel Blumberg’s Minus is an astonishing work; one that weds an improvisational, free-music ethos to the rawest emotional songwriting, rooted deep in the personal turmoil Blumberg experienced whilst making the record. Minus is an album about breakdowns: relationship breakdowns, mental and physical breakdowns, breakdowns in communication, and the breaking down of received methods and practices. And situated at the broken-down heart of the record lies a pathological preoccupation with a breakdown of trust. But out of all this, and through the arteries of the album’s seven tracks, pulses a sense of growing fortitude and an almost mantra-like effort to create a way back into the world. Key refrains sound like the fevered incantations of a soul willing itself to recover, to find its voice again, and to resurrect the broken-down self.

Still only 27 years old, Blumberg has written himself a rich musical history; from his teenage band who signed to XL whilst he was still at school, onto and through the projects of Yuck, Oupa and Hebronix, whilst solidifying close creative partnerships with the likes of David Berman (Silver Jews), Low, Lambchop and Royal Trux’s Neil Michael Hagerty (with whom Blumberg has performed as a member of the Howling Hex). With Minus, though, there is a sense that Daniel Blumberg has finally arrived at the place he has been searching for.

Minus pulls the listener into the deep and nuanced reaches of the human soul and proceeds to drag them through all its fractured ventricles. Although the album’s approach can be traced back to improvised avant-garde experimentation, the overriding impact for the listener is Blumberg’s remarkable songwriting, and his natural talent for melody and composition. Minus stands as an arresting and progressive work, one which is set to establish Daniel Blumberg as one of Britain’s most unique contemporary voices.

Abbey Road Institute Workshops

May 2019 – Peter has been at the Abbey Road Institute London and Frankfurt presenting workshops and talking to the students about his long and colourful career in the music business.