Way Out West's new album

[Galapidate]

I haven't heard anything for awhile since they announced they'd release an artist album this summer. Anyone know if they're still going to and if so when?

[nightfly]

http://www.progressive-sounds.com/features/way-out-west-dont-look-now.asp

[NokturnaL]

"Luscious soundscapes shift gracefully through the spaced out breakbeat of 'Apollo', into the textured balearia of 'Chasing Rainbows', to the main room dirty odyssey of 'Killa' and onwards to the rollicking bongo twists and mangled basslines on 'Fear."

hmm.. sounds pretty interesting

[haazy]

waiting for this album

[Galapidate]

Thanks nightfly! Damn we gotta wait still a little while longer

[supaz]

about time they're coming out with one
what was the last one? "intensify" right?

seems like 2 years ago

[nightfly]

Intensify was 2001 I think. Yeah, definitely time, and it should be pretty amazing.

[SickBoy]

a must buy.

[Dajshin]

about time they're coming out with one
what was the last one? "intensify" right?

seems like 2 years ago

They released 'Intensify' 3 years ago...and yes it's about time to bring out a new album. Can't wait to get it in July.

[Loafer]

Way Out West -' Don't Look Now'
Label: Distinctive Records | Release Date: Monday, August 30, 2004

Tracklist:
Anything But You
Don't Forget Me
Everyday
Apollo
Chasing Rainbows
Fear
Coming Home
Just Like a Man
Killa
Northern Lights
Melt
Absinthe Dreams


Way Out West deliver their third pioneering studio album in a career that has spanned over 11 years, as 'Don't Look Now' is released through Distinctive Records on 30th August.

'Don't Look Now' glides from the staccato kick-drum and yearning vocals of upcoming single, 'Anything But You,' to the epic space age poignancy of 'Everyday'. Luscious soundscapes shift gracefully through the spaced out breakbeat of 'Apollo', into the textured balearia of 'Chasing Rainbows', to the main room dirty odyssey of 'Killa' and onwards to the rollicking bongo twists and mangled basslines on 'Fear.' "It just came out of a mad jamming session we did with our drummer, Damon, who used to be in Echo and The Bunnymen" says Jody Wisternoff.

'Don't Look Now' has been just over two years in the making. "We've worked on it pretty much every day, in between DJing, touring and the odd massive weekend bender" laughs Jody. "With our music we take the approach that you should do your best, no matter how long it takes. Music changes all the time and you need to experiment to find new sounds. Do your best or don't bother at all."

And as dance music has evolved, so too have Way Out West. What originally began life as a producer-based outfit has grown over the years. "We wanted to become more of a band," explains Nick Warren. "We needed a bit more of a culture going on. It's been around one and a half years since we got our secret weapon. It's nice though, really nice," he reflects.

As one third of Way Out West, Jody was into music at an early age. "I was kinda brainwashed by psychedelic acid rock," he ponders. "They're probably some of the earliest musical memories I have and the DIY aspect of music really interested me."

Nick, Jody's musical partner, has also been a music obsessive for as long as he can remember. His teenage years were spent rifling through record shops for punk, reggae and decent pop before the dance scene exploded. He DJ'd around Bristol before opening the South West's first Balearic night, 'The Wiggle' in the late eighties. His 'anything goes' approach to DJ'ing soon landed him a residency at the ground-breaking acid house mid-weeker 'Vision,' and it was in 91 he teamed up with local musicians to set up the legendary night '98 Proof.'

A couple of years later Jody and Nick first met. "Nick and me used to chat whenever he came into the record shop but it was actually my dad that suggest we hook up in the studio. He even ended up managing us for about 8 years," remembers Jody. "It was one of those parental things, they wanna take care of their kids."

The first big track, 'Ajare' was released in 94 through deConstruction, its pop hooks, bizarre samples and epic Hindu swirls taking the record to number 62 in the UK singles chart. The harder 'Domination' followed, before 'The Gift' crashed in at number 15 and established Way Out West as one of the foremost house acts in the UK. Their self-titled first album received huge critical acclaim in 97 and saw them tour across Europe with live shows at Glastonbury, MTV parties and the MIDEM festival in France. Switching to Distinctive Records in 2000, second album 'Intensify' followed, bringing with it the eponymous single 'Intensify,' 'Stealth' and 'Mindcircus,' another top 40 hit and dance chart number 1.

It is Omi who has been referred to as their secret weapon, and who makes up the final part of the trio. She first auditioned for Way Out West about seven or eight years ago with what she describes as her 'shouty rave diva incarnation.' "I hadn't really worked out my vocal style at that time," she confides. In what seems to be a prerequisite with the Way Out Westers, she was managed by Jody's dad in one band before opting to take a more experimental route, featuring on tracks for Starecase, an all girl drum 'n' bass outfit, Eden and one Peter Gabriel.

"We've just got back from a US tour," explains Omi. "It's been amazing. The feeling of performing in front of thousands of people, it's impossible to compare and to be working with Jody and Nick, I'm doing what I've always wanted to," she smiles.

After the tour that saw huge theatres sell-out and the LA movie-star wannabes lose their cool and get down to some dirty breaks, Nick, Jody and Omi are pretty much booked up for the rest of the year.

"We only had around three days off but the US was great. Now we can't wait to get the album out. It's bloody brilliant, definitely our best yet." All this plus live shows and DJ gigs at Glastonbury, and Creamfields confirmed and a second tour with dates across Romania, Ibiza, Helsinki, Spain and Greece. And of course, there's the release of their best album yet.


this info is supplied by Progressive-Sounds.com

[ReTrOGurLe]

WoW

Echo and The Bunnymen

that's all i saw on the previous post. DAMN!! I love ECHO ; )

Can't wait to get this release, definitely worth the wait [though long]

Ajare << love it
Domination << still going strong

WoW just hits the G-spot. you know, the groove-spot.

[harry ramsden]

well looking forward to this one.

i love the way nick warren creates a dreamy techy sound without pushing the music so hard it bursts the walls of the dream bubble, kinda like a reallllllly good blowjob

[JERRYNIMBUS]

can't wait to finally get Apollo what a track

[spacestation]

Killa is a stormer, hopefully it'll be the 1st single and if they let Lexicon Ave remix it, holy shit.

[Pataky P]

I waiting for new album!!