BBC 6Music’s Shaun Keaveny hosted a panel on the “musicality of nature” and the Radiohead bassist was one of the special guests. It is quite clear from King of Limbs and Moon Shaped Pool that the band are inspired by the natural world, but O’Brien reveals that the inspiration has been there from the start.

“As a musician, for me, there’s something I find completely inspiring about being in nature. It’s never really quiet,” O’Brien told the panel audience.

“The first record we made solely in the countryside was OK Computer. It was [recorded] just outside Bath in a beautiful rolling valley surrounded by woodland. Very often we’d finish at midnight and go out. I remember one night there was a deep frost and it was a full moon and the whole countryside was lit up, those are my memories of that record, I’ve got very few memories of actually being at the coal face doing the takes.”

He continued: “One of the things we always used to do if it was getting too heavy in the studio, which was 99% of the time, was go for a walk.  The city can be great, you can get inspiration from the city, but there’s something very primal and profound [about nature], it’s almost existential. What are you doing on this planet? Those are the questions you start asking.”

Ed O’Brien’s solo album will be released in October this year.

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The musician has been hoping to go solo for a while now and said all the way back in 2016 that he wanted to release an album by the end of 2018. Good things come to those who wait and O’Brien has said that we can expect the album this fall.

He made the announcement during his appearance on That Pedal Show where he revealed that he has been working with an impressive range of talents. Producers such as Wolf Alice’s producer Catherine Mark’s and U2s producer, Flood, have been involved in the production of the record. The tracks will include music from a studio band which includes Dave Okumu, Nathan East and Omar Hakim, who worked with David Bowie. O’Brien will be doing vocals, electric and acoustic guitar along with the bass.

When asked how the album will compare to Radiohead’s music, O’Brien said: “You’ll make a little connection. There will be textures. There’s quite a lot of depth it. It’s a little bit magical realist, slightly psychedelic, a lot of colour.”

You can watch the talk here:

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BBC 6Music’s Shaun Keaveny hosted a panel on the “musicality of nature” and the Radiohead bassist was one of the special guests. It is quite clear from King of Limbs and Moon Shaped Pool that the band are inspired by the natural world, but O’Brien reveals that the inspiration has been there from the start.

“As a musician, for me, there’s something I find completely inspiring about being in nature. It’s never really quiet,” O’Brien told the panel audience.

“The first record we made solely in the countryside was OK Computer. It was [recorded] just outside Bath in a beautiful rolling valley surrounded by woodland. Very often we’d finish at midnight and go out. I remember one night there was a deep frost and it was a full moon and the whole countryside was lit up, those are my memories of that record, I’ve got very few memories of actually being at the coal face doing the takes.”

He continued: “One of the things we always used to do if it was getting too heavy in the studio, which was 99% of the time, was go for a walk.  The city can be great, you can get inspiration from the city, but there’s something very primal and profound [about nature], it’s almost existential. What are you doing on this planet? Those are the questions you start asking.”

Ed O’Brien’s solo album will be released in October this year.

The post Ed O’Brien Shares How Nature Has Inspired Radiohead From the Start appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

The musician has been hoping to go solo for a while now and said all the way back in 2016 that he wanted to release an album by the end of 2018. Good things come to those who wait and O’Brien has said that we can expect the album this fall.

He made the announcement during his appearance on That Pedal Show where he revealed that he has been working with an impressive range of talents. Producers such as Wolf Alice’s producer Catherine Mark’s and U2s producer, Flood, have been involved in the production of the record. The tracks will include music from a studio band which includes Dave Okumu, Nathan East and Omar Hakim, who worked with David Bowie. O’Brien will be doing vocals, electric and acoustic guitar along with the bass.

When asked how the album will compare to Radiohead’s music, O’Brien said: “You’ll make a little connection. There will be textures. There’s quite a lot of depth it. It’s a little bit magical realist, slightly psychedelic, a lot of colour.”

You can watch the talk here:

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