Studio: Bored of
Directives
Log Line: Catch Us
Live Somewhere On This Planet
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
‘On
The Beat and Path’ – a travel documentary series about music releases their global
soundtrack
 |
| Album Art by Steve Northcott Photography by Hannah Northcott |
Malaysia – May 5th,
2012 – After having traveled to 19 countries over the course of 15 months
in search of this planet’s musical pulse, musicians, filmmakers and vagabonds Gary Blanton and Steve Northcott are happy to release the official soundtrack to
their music/travel series, On The Beat
and Path.
The album contains 18 sonically diverse tracks recorded with
22 guest musicians and recorded in five countries.
The On The Beat and
Path Soundtrack is organized in to three distinct parts: On The Beat and Path recordings, Songs From the Mekong recordings and Live and Improvised recordings.
Part One: On The Beat
and Path
The first six studio recordings are songs written for On The Beat and Path by Steve and Gary
and include appearances by guest musicians from Malaysia, India, Cambodia,
England, Germany, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, and the United States of
America. These songs were written
and recorded in Bali (Indonesia), Kampot (Cambodia), Camburi (Brazil) and Kuala
Lumpur (Malaysia).
Part Two: Songs From
The Mekong
Songs From the Mekong
was a creative project that signaled the finale of the On The Beat and Path’s filming session. Steve and Gary, together with three musicians from Malaysia,
traveled to a small village in Cambodia where their creative mission was to
write and record five different songs in five days.
What emerged from these artists who had never previously
collaborated (or knew each other) was an exciting fusion of genres and musical
styles and are included here on the On
The Beat and Path soundtrack.
Guest artists on Songs
From the Mekong include Nadhira (Malaysia), Azmyl Yunor (Malaysia) and
Jason ‘Vandal’ Schadt (Canada).
Tracks were recorded in a small hut outside of Kampot, Cambodia at Bodhi
Villa Musician Retreat.
Part Three: Live and
Improvised
These last collections of songs contain magical music
moments collected from Gary and Steve’s travels while filming On The Beat and Path. They are live, they are improvised and
there were no second takes. This
unique collection of sounds include a by-chance meeting of a sitar player on
the beach in Goa, India which led to a seventeen minute jam, an improvised
comedy song about the germ killing agents in fresh fruits, an impromptu Laotian
freestyle poetry slam and the soothing sounds of the Brazilian ocean.
Tracks from this album have received radio play on BFM 89.9
(Malaysia) and AFO Radio (Malaysia).
For further information about the album, a copy of the album
for review purposes, for interviews or to learn more about On The Beat and Path, contact:
Steve@boredofdirectives.com
Gary@boredofdirectives.com
www.onthebeatandpath.com
The album can be purchased at the On The Beat and Path online store:
www.nimbitmusic.com/onthebeatandpath
Produced by Gary and Steve, musical brilliance was led to
this album by the following:
Engineers:
Malaysia recording at 21:05 Studios Engineered by JD Wong
Cambodia recording at New Leaf Studios Engineered by Hugh
Munro
Bali recording at SoulFlip Studios Engineered by Karsten
Schroeer
Musicians:
On The Beat and Path
(throughout album)
Steve Northcott: vocals, guitar, ukulele, and harmonica
Gary Blanton: bass, guitar, backing vocals
On The Beat and Path Band
Brian Morefield: saxophone
David Ross: lead guitar, backing vocals
Erik Richardson: drums, cajon, backing vocals
Songs From The Mekong
Nadhira: vocals, piano
Jason Schadt: vocals, beatbox,bungkau
Azmyl Yunor: mandolin, vocals, harmonica and guitar
Kyra Boyer: backing vocals
Sitar Jam:
Chandu: sitar
Vishu: bamboo flute
Gamelan Recording
(Everything Matters – Bali, Indonesia)
Karsten Schroeer: beats
Asep Bagja, Rudi Brewok, Asep Sukmana, Deni Ramdani, Agun
Adiputra, Aris Tanaya
The Cambodian Backpacker Choir
Track Listing:
On The Beat and Path
Soundtrack (19 minutes)
1.
Everything Matters (Bali)
2. Toda
Dia (Every Day) (Brazil)
3. We
Could Be Anywhere (Cambodia)
4. Fair
Weather Friend (Malaysia)
5. C’MON
(Malaysia)
6. On The
Beat and Path Outro
Songs From the Mekong
Soundtrack (20 minutes)
7. Where
The Hell Are Ya?
8. Every
Day
9. L’Orphanique (Live & Improvised at Kampot Music
School for Orphans)
10. The Bridge
11. This Wall
12. BONUS: LCCT (Boyer Remix)
13. Songs From the Mekong Outro
Live & Improvised
Jams (31 minutes)
14. Sitar Jam (India)
15. Wash Your Hands With Fruit (India)
16. Poetry in Laos (Laos)
17. BONUS: Ocean (Brazil)
18. Live & Improvised Jams Outro
Total Running Time: 66 minutes
Official Website: www.onthebeatandpath.com
Creative Studio: www.boredofdirectives.com
Social Media:
Twitter: @OnTheBeatNPath
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OnTheBeatAndPath
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/on-the-beat-and-path
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/OnTheBeatAndPath
Blogger: onthebeatandpath.blogspot.com
Vimeo: vimeo.com/user8260333
