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Official album track number 4 has been complete, and I’ve decided to change direction a little – up to this point my material has been focusing on fairly upbeat styles that would quite happily cater for indie bars. Whilst this may be fine for that particular market, from an albums perspective you would want to change the tempo slightly to relax the listener at various points (much like how an artist in a concert would follow a fast-paced song with a relaxing one). I’ve always enjoyed the idea of writing an album as though it was an unfolding story, where each song is part of a collective that makes up a whole feature.

Lady Love is a mash-up based on a song by Richard Swift (Lady Luck), a track I originally heard whilst browsing through various Blogs. His style is the old-school sound of soul, which from a production level is great. My take on the track was to mix sweet with sour – so whilst the lyrics are what you would expect, I wanted to interject a sense of joy in to the track… however during the mid-section and final chorus you will find that sour starts to creep in, so by the end the song fades out under the distorted echoes of tape… as though the tape has ran out, and all is too late. The Solina String Ensemble (retro organ), and Ensoniq ESQ1 (80’s digital synth) play a part in the production, alongside lots of outboard gear.

Challenges faced in this release will be clearing and setting up royalties with the respective parties – The song also contains 8 other samples from various bands, including Radiohead’s song Videotape. Clearing 1 sample may just work, but clearing up to 9 bands ranging from 1966 to 2008 is a logistical nightmare. So for now this is a production release. As with all of my tracks, if there are any disputes with associated publishing companies, then please contact Obscuresounds and I will take this track off immediately. Until that time though, enjoy!