Some Underworld related news. First up, Rick Smith…
A month after coming off the Olympics Opening Ceremony, Rick began work on another Danny Boyle project – scoring the director’s next movie, Trance. Both film and Rick’s soundtrack album were released in the UK last week and the US can look forward to the film’s opening later this week. Described as an “enrapturing score” and “a must-buy for anyone who wore out their copy of Isles of Wonder” (Q, 4 stars), the album features ten original compositions by Rick including a track written and recorded with multiple Brit Award winning singer Emeli Sandé (Here It Comes). Trance is available now as a CD and a digital download.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Essex, Karl has been busy rehearsing a new band for a series of live shows in support of his album Edgeland, which is out on 22nd April (“Both original and coherent, this is a brave and beautiful album” Q, 4 stars). The video for the first track taken from Edgeland – The Boy With the Jigsaw Puzzle Fingers – is online now – click here to view.
In addition, as announced this week by The Guardian (“a rather moving, artful documentary essay”), there is to be a long form documentary companion piece to the album. The Outer Edges is a collaboration with acclaimed director Kieran Evans (Finisterre, Kelly + Victor). The film tracks a peripheral route from north Essex to the Thames; a journey that follows the flow of the River Roding from its source to its conclusion at Barking Creek and along the Thames Gateway to Tilbury. Stopping off at allotments, boxing clubs, Saturday markets and working men’s clubs, the film celebrates the vibrant energy and attitudes of the people living and working within London’s invisible borders – the unmapped boundaries that Hyde crossed each day to record the album. Cut entirely to a soundtrack made up of deconstructed Edgeland tracks, The Outer Edges offers a fascinating insight into lives lived along the edges of London. The Outer Edges will be premiered at Sonar Sound in Tokyo on April 7th, and then released as part of the Edgeland CD/DVD package on April 22nd.
To celebrate the release of the album, our friends at Universal have announced an extremely limited edition vinyl release which comes with a numbered 12” X 12” litho print of the album sleeve signed by Karl. Strictly limited to 200, these are available for pre-order on a first come first served basis. Order here
More news when we have it.
Cheers!
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