Bernie Worrell: Wave From the WOOniverse out now, featuring unfinished, archived Worrell music produced by musical director, Evan Taylor
Bernie Worrell, awọn akọkọ psychedelic funk ati music legend ti Parliament/Funkadelic ati Talking Heads gbajumo, jẹ bi daradara nipa awọn oniwe-ọna-ọna-ọna ti o jẹ fun rẹ olori ti awọn synth ati gbogbo awọn ohun funkadelic. Ki, o ko ni iyanu awọn ọna rẹ posthumously ṣe iranlọwọ ni awọn igbeyewo session fun Bernie Worrell: Wave From the WOOniverse. Awọn album akọkọ ti Worrell ti a fi sẹyin lati fi awọn agbaye ti o ni 2016 jẹ ẹya-ọkọ-ọkọ-ọkọ-ọkọ-ọkọ ti o ni 13 awọn ẹya-ọkọ ti awọn ṣaaju ki o to akọkọ ti awọn iṣẹ lati awọn archives ti awọn Wizard of Woo.
“We were re-amping [running previous audio through an amp] Bernie’s clavinet [a keyboard] recording at my studio, Loantaka Sound, and the lights were dim, and I was only hearing his isolated keyboard, almost as if he was working out a part,” explains Evan Taylor, Worrell’s long-time collaborator, musical director, and most recently producer of Bernie Worrell: Wave From the WOOniverse. “Mo fẹ ki o le fẹ awọn agbara rẹ. Mo ti tẹlẹ lati wo o si wi, ‘Hey man...’ O ti wa ni paapaa akoko ti mo ti gba awọn goosebumps. Awọn akoko wọnyi yoo wa ni ipele nigba ti awọn ṣiṣẹ, paapaa nigba ti awọn akọkọ igbese nigba ti a yoo gbogbo fẹ si ọkan ninu awọn miiran ati ki o gbọdọ gbọdọ mọ pe a ti ṣe ọrọ rẹ.”
Bernie Worrell: Wave From the WOOniverse is truly a crash course on the funk genius of the P-Funk star. It was recorded in-part at Taylor’s studio, Loantaka Sound, and released on Org Music initially on vinyl on Record Store Day (April 20, 2024) ati ki o si digitally ati on CD this summer at all DSPs (link.ee/bernieworrellThe lineup pẹlu Bootsy Collins (James Brown, P-Funk), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), Fred Schneider (The B-52s), Mike Watt (The Minutemen, The Stooges), Leo Nocentelli (The Meters) ati Sean Ono-Lennon, Leo Nocentelli, Miho Hatori, Steve Scales, Marc Ribot, Fred Wesley, Marco Benevento, Stanton Moore, Steven Bernstein, Daru Jones, Will Calhoun, Buckethead, Norwood Fisher, ati ọpọlọpọ siwaju sii.
Worrell’s music and vibes were universally believed to be out of this world, in more ways than one. “He told me he wasn’t from here,” as Taylor, a multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and recording studio owner raised in New Jersey and living in Los Angeles, tells One West magazine. “I think we were in Montana, and he was smoking a cigarette outside and was just sorta looking up at the solar system. Then he turned to me and said, ‘Evan, you know, I’m not from here.’ And I believe him. I think all of those guys are from some other planet.”
Ni ko ni iyanu pe Taylor mọ ibi ti awọn olori ti awọn olori ti awọn olori ni akoko yii ni awọn ile-iṣẹ. Awọn meji ti a ti wa ni gbogbo ni lockstep musically, ti o ti ṣiṣẹ pẹlu fun diẹ sii ju 15 years. Taylor, eyikeyi akọkọ pataki iṣẹ bi a olupese ni 2010 ti a gbajumo Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Reinterpreting Black Flag, bẹrẹ ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Worrell, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer bi a ẹgbẹ ti Parliament/Funkadelic nibi ti o ṣe iranlọwọ lati ṣẹda awọn ẹya ara ẹrọ bi “Flash Light”, “Mothership Connection (Star Child),” ati “Five Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker),” ni 2009. O ti ṣiṣẹ bi awọn music director fun awọn 10-ọkan Bernie Worrell Orchestra, ṣẹda awọn ipo pẹlu awọn miiran awọn ẹya ara ẹrọ bi George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, ati Talking Heads, ati ki o coproducing trio Worrell's awọn iwe-aṣẹ - akọkọ 2010 Standards ati meji EPs Prequel and BWO Is Landing.
“Awọn ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Bernie jẹ igba ti o wa ni ibamu si iṣowo ati iṣowo,” tọju Taylor. “Bernie fẹ lati mọ lati gbogbo eniyan ni ibi. Ṣugbọn pe Bernie ko wa ni ibi pẹlu wa, a fẹ lati rii daju pe a ti wa ni ifọwọkan ninu ohun ti a ṣe. A ti mọ pe a nilo lati rii daju pe a ko nikan ṣe ohun ti a fẹ lati ṣe, ṣugbọn ti a ti wa ni iṣẹ si Bernie. Abo mi ni lati rii daju pe awọn ọna ti awọn ti wa ni akoko si ohun ti Bernie ká aye ati iṣẹ lori Earth jẹ.”
Kẹsẹ Worrell ti lọ ni 2016, o si fi siwaju sii ti awọn igi ti awọn musicals ti awọn songs, awọn iwadi, awọn lyrics, ati awọn apapọ ti sonic magic. Awọn iroyin wọnyi ti a ti wa ni ko siwaju fun ọdun, gbigbe awọn idunnu lori awọn iroyin ti awọn iroyin 2 inch. Ni awọn ọdun lẹhin ti awọn iroyin, awọn iroyin ti a ri lati ṣe iṣeduro lati ṣe iṣeduro awọn ọna ti o ni iyanu. Lẹhin ọdun ti iṣeduro iwaju, awọn iroyin ti Bernie Worrell ti a ti sọ pe o jẹ akoko lati ṣẹda awọn iroyin rẹ. Evan Taylor jẹ nibi ti o lọ si.</pfseg
“Awọn akọkọ, o jẹ diẹ iyanu lati fẹ nipa Bernie's gbigbe, rán awọn music, ati ki o jẹ ni ayika o,” Taylor wi One West magazine. “So, I really did distance myself from that scene after he passed. But after some time went by, it was fun to dip my feet in the water again. After some time his widow, Judie, called me and she was looking for a home for the project. It just seemed like the time was right. I was ready to do this, like, emotionally and skill-wise.”
Taylor bẹrẹ awọn iṣẹ lori awọn ọja ni 2022. O gba awọn ohun elo ni orisirisi ipo ti idagbasoke, gẹgẹ bi awọn nọmba ti awọn akọkọ akọkọ. “Iyi ni a fun ilana,” o fẹ. “Awọn diẹ ninu wọn ti o ni diẹ ninu awọn akọkọ ti o ti gbọdọ lati wa lori awọn album, gẹgẹbi (Living Colour buburu) Will Calhoun, (Meters guitarist) Leo Nocentelli, ati (Talking Heads guitarist/keyboardist) Jerry Harrison. Diẹ ninu wọn ti o ti ṣaaju awọn ohun elo ati diẹ ninu awọn ti o ti a ti fi awọn ohun elo. Ṣugbọn ni ibẹrẹ, o jẹ pataki. A yoo fẹ
One standout track, “Transcendence,” was uncovered with a simple hand-written note that read “has potential” from avant-garde producer Bill Laswell (Fela Kuti, Motorhead, Laurie Anderson), is now a 17-minute meditation exploring Worrell’s classical influence before segueing into a trancy groove thanks to Marc Ribot (Tom Waits) and Norwood Fisher (Fishbone).
Bernie Worrell: Wave from the WOOniverse track listing:
1. Intro (Reflections on a Bird) - Feat. Nick Montoya
2. Distant Star - Feat. Jerry Harrison, Paul Dooley, Alecia Chourak, Invisible Familiars
3. What Have They Done To My Funk - Feat. Boots Colly, Michael Moon Reuben, Ouiwey Collins, Buckethead
4. Heapin'; Bowl Of Gumbo - Feat. Leo Nocentelli, Fred Wesley, Stanton Moore, Lonnie Marshall
5. Re-Enter Black Light (Phase II) - Feat. Sean Ono Lennon
6. The Big WOO - Feat. Fred Schneider, Binky Griptite, Marco Benevento, Jaleel Bunton, Kyp Malone, Ana Becker
7. Greenpoint - Feat. Steve Bernstein, Mauro Refosco, Smokey Hormel, Scott Hogan, Michael Jerome Moore
8. Soldiers Of The Stars - Feat. Daru Jones, Eric McFadden
9. Ati awọn Rain Subsides - Feat. Will Calhoun
10. Pedro WOO - Feat. Mike Watt
11. Contusion - Funkadelic
12. Transcendence - Feat. Marc Ribot, Norwood Fisher
13. Wave From The WOOniverse - Feat. Miho Hatori, Sarah La Puerta, Invisible Familiars
