UTIS Booklet final.qxd:Layout 1 02.04.2007 19:43 Uhr Seite 2 UNDER THE IRONED SHEETS Keane fans air their dirty laundry ⅚ presented by Keane.at UTIS Booklet final.qxd:Layout 1 02.04.2007 19:44 Uhr Seite 4 Atlantic by Joanna Palazzolo is it any wonder? by Radioplay To me there has always been a haunting element to the lyrics in Atlantic. Whilst Like many fans, I first heard Is It Any Wonder? when it received its U.K. radio pre- thinking about which song I wanted to cover for UTIS I could hear my own ver- miere on Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show in April 2006. To say I was astonished was an sion of Atlantic going around in my head. I wanted to slow things down and create understatement - I loved the song itself, but was particularly blown away by the sonic effects that they'd managed to achieve using pianos and synths - some an atmosphere with the lyrics. When I hear this song I think of being up in an particularly "guitar-like" sounds, most notably the piano riff with its heavy wah aeroplane flying back and forth from my home in England to New York to visit my and distortion. then boyfriend now husband, which is why I ended the song with a jet plane. The lyrics speak of my thoughts and fears on those journeys whilst crossing the At- I decided to attempt to cover the track for two main reasons - firstly, its just a lantic. I wanted to give the song a different feel as if I was in a place where lo- great song and its good to hear Keane doing something so full-on. My second (and perhaps greater) motivation was to satisfy my own music-geek desires in nely angels sing me to my sleep. All of the sounds I chose on the song were to an attempt to replicate some of the extreme crazy sounds that Tim managed to give a sense of being up on plane in my own cocoon with the wind and other- get out of his piano - however, there's even some guitar in there! My original worldly sounds. I used the sound of a heartbeat which I felt went with the mood intention was to have a guest vocalist on this track but lack of time meant I didn't and captures a bit of Ultravox's Vienna, one of my favou- have time to properly pull this together (sorry Kerry!) - rite songs. I recorded the song in the early hours of my so, this version has my own vocals on it. freezing cold New York apartment on my Roland Fantom The track was recorded at home using Adobe Audition X8 which I bought a week before this recording. It was my on a Mac Pro, using a variety of sounds, guitars, virtual first time performing, recording and mixing a song on a synths and external effects. keyboard and I was chuffed to make a Keane song my first. Name: Martin McDonald Forum name: for a moment Forum Name: Mart Name: Joanna Palazzolo Web: http://www.radioplay-online.net Email: [email protected] http://www.myspace.com/radioplaymusic UTIS Booklet final.qxd:Layout 1 02.04.2007 19:44 Uhr Seite 6 nothing in my way Leaving so soon? by Twilidyne by Artemis We decided to make a cover of Nothing In My Way because it was one of our fa- It all began on a fateful Saturday... Heather set down a boogie at the pianoforte, vorite songs on the album. We both have a friend who we think this song applies while Jessica ate her mac and cheese. In-between the chastising of little sisters, too. He had been going through a tough time in his life and it was obvious that Jessica swooned the red-hot mic with her sultry vocals, then passed it on to He- something was wrong, but he tried his very hardest to cover it up. ather. Pausing to purge the inner lining of her lungs through extreme coughing fits, Heather managed to lay down her vocals with her lungs still in tact. Teacher We recorded this song using a few diffrent digital piano. We decided to go with said the bubonic plague would never hit ya, but she also told us Pluto was the the original introduction because we wanted it to be a bit diffrent than the album version. We were able to create the distorted piano sounds by using actual dis- ninth planet from the sun. When Heather is not enduring the deterioration of her tortion pedals for electric guitars and some of the effects on the music studio lungs, you can find her speaking Chinese and Russian to hobos at Arizona State program we used to record the song. After the instrumental part of the song was University. And when Jessica is not eating mac and cheese, you can find her ea- done we recorded our vocals ting pie at ASU while engrossed in a book detailing the and finished the song. engineering of chemicals. The two joined forces under the alias "Artemis" 4 years ago, but the band is (or as you say Bandmembers: over the pond, "the band are") more of an occasional ren- Derek Jevens, Deni Robnolt dezvous revived now and then to remember that what- Web: www.myspace.com/twilidyne soever our soul is destined to inhale, we shall exhale all (Derek Jevens: Piano, Bass, Synths, through music. Drums, Vocals (in Broken Toy) and backing vocals in Nothing In My Way Bandmembers: Jessica Bender, Heather Nyhart Deni Robnolt: Vocals in Nothing In My Forum Name: artemisartemis Way, backing vocals of Broken Toy.) UTIS Booklet final.qxd:Layout 1 02.04.2007 19:44 Uhr Seite 8 a bad dream by Adrien & Lojay Hamburg song by Lojay Here are Adrien « Polar » Bolko (19) and Laurence « Lo » JAY (35) from France. Hi! My name is Laurence “Lo” Jay (35) from Bordeaux/France, where I studied Adrien from Champagne, where he studies multimedia, and Lo from Bordeaux international trade and foreign languages. I now develop my own network mar- where she’s doing network marketing, met in Paris at a Keane’s gig. Their keting business along with playing jazz and pop music as a real passionate! encounter was a revelation ! I’ve developed a true love for Keane’s magical sound in which I recognize myself We recorded A Bad Dream in one shot at a Lo’s friend’s home studio in Bordeaux and this similar particular feeling I get when I write my own songs, which I have and created our own intimist and spontaneous sound with Lo on her Martin & Co done for twenty years now. I also love singing and playing guitar and banjo. guitar and Adrien on keyboard. It was a real challenge to experience this crazy I chose Hamburg Song which could’ve been part of my own recent life and love adventure for we didn’t know each other and had no idea what would come out! story and I wanted to try to give as much as emotion as Tom does on this tune in Besides it was the very first my own way by creating a different but still intimate recording session for Adrien sound based on acoustic guitar. I used my old Martin & ! Thanks Antoine for being a Co and did the recording session in Bordeaux at a good great helpful sound engi- friend’s of mine called Antoine Muel. neer. We had a blast ! Bandmembers: Adrien “Polar” Bolko and Laurence “Lo” Jay Name: Laurence “Lo” Jay Web: http://www.lojay.net Web: http://www.lojay.net UTIS Booklet final.qxd:Layout 1 02.04.2007 19:44 Uhr Seite 10 put it behind you by Amy Keller the iron sea by Radioplay I originally chose Hamburg Song because the guitar chords were fairly basic, but When I first watched the Strangers DVD, the section that interested me about it the song has come to have a special meaning for me. The words express perfectly the most was watching Tim alone in Helioscentric, experimenting with new my feelings about a difficult situation I faced in the past few weeks with a person sounds - the most exciting of which was watching him bash out an overdriven I care about. Learning to play Hamburg Song gave me an outlet for my emotions. melody at the CP-70, heavily drenched in tape echo. I was delighted to discover Here’s my version of Hamburg Song with me singing and playing guitar. that original melody morphed into what we now know as The Iron Sea. This epic instrumental is the cornerstone of the album, simultaneously deeply mournful I decided to cover Put It Behind You one day before the final due date for this pro- and uplifting, evoking the turmoil and pressure the band were going through. ject since no one had submitted a cover for this song. Four hours and some very tired, bruised, and numb fingers later, I had learned the chords and recorded My aim was to concentrate on taking the epic nature of the track and twisting this version. And, I love this song - it has good advice from Tim R-O! So here’s it into something even more evocative and filmic. The dis- my version of Put It Behind You with me singing and play- torted piano that is the bedrock of the original is still pre- ing guitar. sent, but is now layered deep within a darker, orchestral backing.