Interview with Shaun from This Silent Divide

Interview with Shaun from This Silent Divide (31/08/2023)

One of the most beautiful melodies ever from my favourite band from my teenage years, Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark (OMD).

Originally from their "experimental album" Dazzle Ships in 1983.

All vocals, instrumentation and programming - Jeremy "Jay" Hay
Mix and Master - Jeremy "Jay" Hay

The Romance Of The Telescope - OMD

See these arms that were broken
How they held you so
Never once did they fail you
They wont let you go

Were just waiting, looking skyward
As the days come down
Someone promised thered be answers
If we stayed around

Over decades, now this romance
Has sustained us all
Never questioned, only giving
What it made us for


The Romance Of The Telescope (OMD Cover)

Rockets

To Be Your Man - by Pacific Deep

At a time when the world seems ever more uncertain it seems that we (really do) need more love! 

Love to help us cope, love to make a change, love to have the courage to do what's right, love to love and be loved.

I’ve had enough
Not going to take it no more 
It’s got to stop
This time I mean it for sure

The whole world would be laughing if we weren’t crying into our drinks 
When the cult of personality elects a man who doesn’t know who to think - yeah! 
It’s a bleeding shame 
National disgrace 
It feels like the beginning of the end of the world, we’re in the most dire straits.

We need more love!   
We need more love!
We need more!      

I simply can’t believe
That we’ve made it this far
We’ve got to change
It’s time to open our eyes

First thing we have to learn is the world doesn’t owe us  a thing
We all just swing from post to post like a punch drunk boxer in the ring
No, I’m not a preacher
No holy man
Just a simple man with a simple message and I’ll scream it as loud as I can 

We need more love!   
We need more love!
We need more 

Let’s stop these games that we play
Cause no-ones winning
We don’t need to have it all
It’s not the answer

You can’t believe what you read
Is it all fake news?
There’s only one thing that’s real
I tell you…

We need more love!   
We need more love!
We need more 

All music and lyrics: J. Hay AKA isunray
Vocals, programming, production and mastering: isunray

Many thanks to Cosmic Address for his help as always, love you man!

Produced in Propellerheads Reason
All vocals and mastering: Logic Pro X

We Need More Love!

A personal favourite from the 80's by the criminally under-rated A Flock Of Seagulls.

I promised my cousin years ago that I'd do a cover of this song, so Bob here it is...finally.

Special thanks to Kieran Williams for being Paul Reynolds incarnate,  this is our first production together and I'm excited for the next one already.

Thank-you to Mr Cosmic Address for Whooshs and Filters.

All vocals, programming, mix and master - isunray
Guitar - Kieran Williams
Whooshes and Filters - Cosmic Address.

This is Age Of Pop! production.

Coming next "Blue Monday" - stay tuned!

I Ran (So Far Away) - The Age Of Pop! (Cover)

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recorded December 2015 in Brooklyn, NY

Written by Greg Gonzalez
Greg Gonzalez - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Phillp Tubbs - keyboards
Randy Miller - bass
Jacob Tomsky - drums

Recorded by Greg Gonzalez
Mixed by Rocky Gallo
Mastered by Robin Millar

Cover photo by H. Fugo
Cover design by Randy Miller

Lyrics:

Staring at your Kate Moss shower curtain
Lying on the bathroom floor naked
Hiding coke inside all your orange pixie sticks
You take a rail & spread it on your tit

You’ve had a long list of lovers, 
But none of them matter to you except me
I’ve had a long list of lovers, 
But none of them matter to me except you

Sesame syrup
I heard it a long time ago

There’s a small black notebook that you keep hidden underneath your bed 
I’ve seen before
It says every dirty thing that you did with every single boy
You’ve ever been with…

& we fall asleep to the scent of long stemmed roses
Always dreaming of sex on the ceiling
& we sleep to the scent of long stemmed roses
Always dreaming of sex on the ceiling...

Sesame Syrup

Steve Lucas - Vocals
Kieran Williams - Guitar
isunray - Bass Guitar, Synthesizers, Drums, Vocal/Guitar Recording and Editing
Cosmic Address - Synthesizers, Drums, Arrangement, Mixing & Mastering

Thanks To:
SomeDesperateGlory for guitar production techniques
Deane Robieson for alternative outro idea.


Production Notes
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Digital Audio Workstation:
Propellerhead Reason
Apple Logic (for recording/editing guitar and vocals)

Drums:
Reason Kong/JP Kings of Kong refill; Samples from Oberheim DMX, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909, Roland CR-8000 

Synthesizers / Samplers:

Roland System 8, JX-8P
u-he Repro 5, Diva
Synapse Audio The Legend,
Rob Papen Vecto, Blue II
Propellerhead NN-XT, Europa
reSpire
Blamsoft Zero

Effects/Processing/Mixing/Master:

Softube FET Compressor, Saturation Knob, Amp
Synapse Fat Space, GQ-7
Propellerhead Reason MClass Compressor, Equalizer, RV7000, Scream 4, Pulveriser, Audiomatic, Synchronous, Neptune, BV512, The Echo
The Echo 
DDL-1  
Kuassa EVE-AT-1 EQ
Selig Gain, Leveler, DeEsser
Sonic Charge Echobode
iZotope Ozone 8
JP Chenille

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The original, groundbreaking version of this amazing song by New Order was released in 1983. It was a lot of fun attempting to recreate this classic using modern technology!

New Order Blue Monday - Cover by The Age of Pop!

Sugar Fix

Synths & Sounds:
Reason, System-8, JX8P, D-05, JP-08, Way Beyond Fairlight, Kings of Kong, Polysix RE, Mono/Poly RE, Antidote

Sugar Fix - by Cosmic Address

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ58TcQMRwc

https://smarturl.it/loveherleaveherlover

Love her leave her lover
Love her leave her lover
We watch you hold on but you gotta let it go
Love her leave her and watch her grow

Ooh she's lovin lovin lovin lovin lovin lately
From a different heart than last May
Oh I don't know what's right

She took me by the hand like where do we go?
I'm workin on a plan while we're takin it slow
My friends that talk to me know something I don't
But when I ask they just say

Love her leave her lover
Love her leave her lover
We watch you hold on but you gotta let it go
Love her leave her and watch her grow

Love her leave her lover
Love her leave her lover
You know she can't fly while her wings are yours
Love her leave her and watch her soar

Conversation talkin about moves and changes
Thinkin about what's best for you
The way I see it for me to love you and mean it,
I've gotta love you by leavin you

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