Devin Townsend

Spoiler:

Elrohir a écrit:
Par contre, je n'arrive pas à trouver de news sur son album de noël sur son site. Où as-tu lu cette news kikithehead ?

Elrohir a écrit:Rha j'viens de recevoir ma commande de CDs, dont l'Official Bootleg ! Un peu déçu du packaging (si on peut appeler ça comme ça :casque:)

Devin Townsend a écrit:Yeah sorry, I'm making plans now

You guys seem to be really supportive through this time where I needed to clean my brain and body up and get to the root of 'who I am'

What have I found?

That being sober and participating in reality is incredibly intense and unrelenting...so that where the music has gone....and I'm as surprised as anyone.

I'm taking time making my next move, but it's going to be a doozy...I just need to work some shit out and make sure family is set up first...I've had births and deaths recently and it is all lots to process.

I thought I would end up blowing into a pan flute and playing a zither, but it seems 'hippies' are the most hypocritical, bitter pricks there are... angry about shit they're paralyzed to do anything about.

Ziltoid was metaphoric about drugs in alot of ways...I've been clouded for 12 years, and time will show that record to be pretty important I think.

I see some folks supporting my work right now...I needed to make money while I figured shit out, so I made some records and produced some bands...cool people to, almost everybody I've worked with...
It's funny, SYL and DTB have been great, they leave me alone and know I've had a personal thing to get through...Gene has been really supportive....same with the rest of the guys...the guys that MATTER...It's funny to see a bunch of people who are not nearly as important yell at me over the internet about how I 'owe them'.

I have two years worth of powerful(!) music stored up, and you can bet you'll hear it in whichever way makes the most sense...so I'm just taking my time and not rushing anything. I'm 3 years CLEAN, and feeling strong...and that's not a moral thing either, I'm not anti drug or booze, it just made ME weak and vulnerable. Just know that when I DO say something again, I want it to be ABSOLUTELY accurate and unclouded.

...oh, did I mention unrelenting?


Again, to those who have supported, Thanks.

the dev a écrit:Ok...update.

There's two albums. One is an EP.

The first album is called 'Ki' and has 14 songs.

A Monday
Coast
Disruptr
Gato Negro
(Purge)tory
Stand
Waveform
Heavens End
Dinosaurs!
Lady Helen
Ki
Addicted
Quiet Riot
Demon League

It's not a band thing. It's the 'me' show, starring...me. I had talked to both Gene and Ryan about the drums, but decided in the end to go with someone totally different, style wise as well as scene wise. The dude's name is Duris Maxwell.

Ki has a bit of everything... a real purge. Complete 72 minute disk.

The EP has been written at the same time and is just an absolute chaotic bizzare alien headfuck called 'Deconstruction Of A Cheeseburger' and is primarily electronic and guitar / Orchestra orieneted. (no drummer, not DFH tho...) I'm trying to get a grant to use a real orchestra and choir. It's fucked and awesome. Based on Karl Jungs collective unconcious and how anything (a cheeseburger?) can be traced back to the source. It will probably be released on the web. We're about to start working on a new site.

Been designing amps and guitars with dudes. I'll let the cat out of the bag soon. Some cool stuff is on the horizon.

No more producing for a while

Filming the whole process for a bonus disk, (editing myself with Final Cut express...ugly bastard) ...taught by the Meatball.

Getting PT8 next week.

I'll get you more info soon.'

d

samportnoy a écrit:'Deconstruction Of A Cheeseburger : Il est taré (et génial) ce mec !!!!!!!!!!!!

bravewords a écrit:Canada's Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) has issued the following update:

"Hey folks, Dev here with the update for the second instalment of the DTP (Devin Townsend Project)

We are just readying the release of album two, Addicted, so here’s a few brief words:

With Ki, I kind of strode out in uncharted territories for myself musically, and loved the experience. But during the course of writing this four-record project, it was inevitable that I would end up writing a selection of tunes that were very much in line with my back catalogue. This group of songs is the second record in the series, and it is called Addicted.

Musically, Addicted is along the lines of the big, wall of sound hard rock/heavy metal of Ocean Machine and Accelerated Evolution (even Physicist at points). It is a very direct and ‘to the point’ album with an emphasis on groove and the chorus. In the past, lots of my records end up taking a kind of PINK FLOYD-ish route (between song meandering etc.) … Addicted is really simple: 11 rocking songs and no bullshit.

I wanted to make a record that was heavy, without being dark or depressing. When I got into metal it was for the energy behind it, but somewhere along the way that energy started getting really negative. In music right now, there’s a ton of heavy bands that are really depressing to listen to loudly. I wanted to make a record without any real deep metaphor on the surface. Something that sounds good, has a good beat, and a positive feeling. It is still heavy as-all-get-out, but I think there’s a differentiation to be made between being ‘peaceful’, and being peaceful but wanting to celebrate loud, crushing music.

The vocal duties on this record are handled by myself and Anneke van Giersbergen [formerly of THE GATHERING]. (I wanted to have male and female vocals kind of ‘tell the story’ so to speak). It’s an honour to work with her and she has a lovely, lovely energy. The other musicians on this record are Ryan Van Poederooyen on drums, Brian Waddell on bass, and Mark Cimino on guitars.

I love this record, it affects me in a way that I wasn’t prepared for. It’s a fully rocking album of optimism. If you just want to ‘play it loud’ without any crazy metaphor, this album might be for you!

On other notes:

I have been rehearsing with a new band, and we will start touring in early 2010, representing all the back catalogue of solo material, from Ki, Addicted, Physicist, Ziltoid, Terria, Ocean Machine, dtb, Infinity etc… I have some big plans for this and rehearsals are sounding amazing. The touring entity will be called ‘Devin Townsend’ and is essentially a way for me to get out there and interact again and showcase 15 years of music that never really got it’s fair shake. We look forward to seeing you out there!

I will start the work on the fourth record Deconstruction in Los Angeles in October, some great plans for that… (and btw, THAT is a heavy record with a lot of metaphor…) news on that as it comes!

So I hope you will enjoy Addicted, in the theme of the dtp, the reason Addicted exists is maybe a little deeper than what the record sounds like up front. But up front, it kind of states: ‘Life is tough, the world can be an ugly place…so let's forget about the dramas and ROCK – here’s some heavy guitars, big choruses and killer beats’."

Song Titles:

'Addicted'
'Universe In A Ball'
'Bend It Like Bender!'
'Beautiful Crush'
'Hyperdrive'
'Wild Hearts'
'Ih-Ah!'
'The Way Home'
'Numbered'
'Souls Awake!'
'Om'

kikithehead a écrit:Devin a mis à disposition sur son forum 3 bonus tracks de Ki
Devin Townsend - Ki bonus


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