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1. Lucien
2. The Monkey King
3. Jimmy Says
4. She Became The Aeroplane
5. Dead Man Walking
6. U R 1
7. Holy Moses #2
8. Maxine
The Lucien’s Library project is the result of various happy bouts of serendipity and coincidence, which suits the theme of the album well. In stark contrast to the process of recording ‘From the Ashes’, we had to keep the costs to an absolute minimum, essentially playing the songs live in the very rooms of the wonderful house you see in our recent photographs, video diary, and of course, the album cover. No click-tracks, no neat and tidy production, a warts-and-all album which better represents how we actually sound if you were to see us live. We recorded it over three days in July 2015, and as a result we feel the album captures a certain energy and character that can sometimes be lost when layering up a recording over a long period of time.
Lucien’s Library is inspired by the character of the same name from Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ books. A curator of an impossible and endless dream library documenting all unwritten books of the human collective consciousness. Originally, this was to be the album name only, but as our new ensemble took root, we then adopted the name for ourselves.
The album is your tour through some of this library. The songs are excerpts spilling out from the pages that surround you, the thoughts and dreams of our various characters. Characters like Jimmy the corporate man with his basic aspirations, the fire-gazing star-crossed lovers on a mountain top, Maxine and her machine, The Monkey King. The idea was to lyrically present a stream-of-consciousness exercise and explore this idea of dream imagery, dead men, shamans, love and aeroplanes.
Those of you in the know will recognise that we have covered a Phoenixdown song; Holy Moses. The reason for this is that we had reworked it for our live set, and felt it had a whole new vigour and energy. It also fit the theme of the album, whereas some of our other new songs did not. We have held these back for the next project later this year; the Blind Faith EP. We hope you accept Holy Moses #Vol 2 in its home as part of this library tour.
Once again, we thank you for enabling us to capture this musical snapshot. It was fun. We hope you enjoy it.
All the best
Lucien’s Library
credits
released March 11, 2016
Special thanks to Julius Champagne Rost and the Norcott collective, Jack Franks, Ian Renshaw, Mark Carrington, Amy Louise Harding-Smith, Ad Mc, Lynne Delph-Darvill, Anastasia Roudnizkaya, Jay Walker, Jane Stevens, Chris Franks, Jen Craven, Corey Mcvann, Gemsy Gems, Steve Bradburn, Thomas Evans, Zac Whitaker, Joan and Eric Hughes, Nikki Jones (big little sis x), Kerry Lanigan, Paul Humphreys, Jolanta Tacij, Dave Mills, Vicky Godber, Becky Clough, Dave and Jamie Niran Hughes, Dave Delph, Dave Smale, Simson Waitschulies, Tim Joaquim, Sharon Ogilvie, Bob and Ellen Alexander, Amy Lazzerini, Catherine Joans, Karen Naylor, and Kaya Phoenix
All songs by Martin Lee Renshaw and Lucien’s Library
Edited and mixed by Jim Harrison
Engineered by Nicky Oloffson and Phil Clarke
Recorded at Norcott Court, Berkhamstead
Mastered by Pascal Magdinier
Photography by Stewart Marsden
Design by Richard Kitchen
Lucien’s Library are; Martin Lee Renshaw, Jim Harrison, Jamie Andre, Mike Murphy, Simon Hadwin and Jamie Andre
Voice over by Pete Curtis
© 2016 PhoenixCastle Productions, all rights reserved. All rights of the producer and of the owner of the work reproduced reserved. Unauthorised copying, radio or TV broadcasting is prohibited. Manufactured and distributed in the EU by Lucien’s Library and PhoenixCastle Productions
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