Light & Shade
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| Light & Shade | ||
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| Double album by Mike Oldfield | ||
| Released | 2005 | |
| Recorded | 2004-5, Buckinghamshire | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 82:01 | |
| Label | Mercury | |
| Producer(s) | Mike Oldfield | |
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Forthcoming |
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| Mike Oldfield chronology | ||
| Tubular Bells 2003 (2003) |
Light & Shade (2005) |
Forthcoming |
Light & Shade is a two-disc album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It is the first album to be released by Oldfield following his signing with Mercury Records. The album was released on 26 September 2005. Some of the music on these CDs was originally released (with alternate mixes) on the soundtracks to his virtual reality games, Tr3s Lunas and Maestro.
On his official website Oldfield recently reported that besides the standard version of the album, a 5.1 surround mix of the album has been produced as well. In addition, four tracks from Light & Shade will be made available in the U-MYX format for fans to mix themselves.
Inspired by the Buddha Bar two-disc albums, which offered two genres of music for two different moods, Oldfield similarly divided this album. The first nine tracks are dubbed "Light" and feature brighter and quiet pieces; the second half of the album is the "Shade" portion and brings in a much darker feel.
Oldfield's attraction to vocal modification surfaced again, this time in the form of Vocaloid, a virtual vocal software package.
The tracks "First Steps" and "Ringscape" were arranged by Robyn Smith. Christopher von Deylen makes a guest appearance on "Nightshade". Oldfield repaid the favor by playing guitar on "Morgentau", a track from the Tag Und Nacht album for von Deylen's band Schiller.
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[edit] Equipment list
Guitars
Paul Reed Smith Signature 1990
Ramirez Classical 1974
Fender Precision Bass 1964
Piano
Steinway Grand 1928
Keyboards
Computers
Mac G5 (Logic 7)
PC (Windows XP Pro with FL Studio)
Software Plugins
Glaresoft: iDrum
Linplug: Albino 2
Native Instruments: Absynth 3 / Altered States / FM7 / Morphology / Reaktor / Sounds of Polynesia / Wired
REFX: Vanguard
Spectrasonics: Atmosphere / Stylus RMX
Steinberg: Groove Agent / Hypersonic / Kantos / Slayer / XPhrase
Virtual Vocalist Software: Vocaloid / Cantor
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Light
- "Angelique" – 4:40
- "Blackbird" – 4:39
- "The Gate" – 4:14
- "First Steps" – 10:02
- "Closer" – 2:51
- "Our Father" – 6:50
- "Rocky" – 3:19
- "Sunset" – 4:47
- "Près de Toi" (Bonus Track)
- "Quicksilver" (U-MYX version)
- "Our Father" (U-MYX version)
- "Slipstream" (U-MYX version)
- "Angelique" (U-MYX version)
[edit] Shade
- "Quicksilver" – 5:55
- "Resolution" – 4:33
- "Slipstream" – 5:15
- "Surfing" – 5:36
- "Tears Of An Angel" – 5:38
- "Romance" – 4:00
- "Ringscape" – 4:22
- "Nightshade" – 5:11
- "Lakme (Fruity Loops)" (Bonus Track)
