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Sonny & Cher, Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg, Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood, Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris, Les Paul & Mary Ford, She & Him... The history of popular music is full of mythical mixed duos. And here, a new tandem makes an entry greeted by a Qobuzissime! On one side, a gold-plated rock icon who occasionally comes out of his lair: Paul Simonon, ex-bassist of the Clash (that's him on the cover of London Calling!) and more recently member of The Good, The Bad And The Queen with Damon Albarn and the late Tony Allen. On the other, the folkeuse Galen Ayers, daughter of Kevin Ayers, the eccentric British co-founder of Soft Machine.
The album that these two have just recorded is however light years away from their history-laden resumes. From the very first notes of Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?, Galen & Paul play the troubadour card, the simple—not simplistic—walk between styles, landscapes and territories. Viscerally cosmopolitan and even European (they sing in English and Spanish, and talk about Paris), these ten tracks play it nonchalant with a street singer side. Mariachi fragrances, reggae sounds, the carefree Italian and French variety of the '60s—the concept of Galen & Paul is retro without being old-fashioned, funny without being potache, poetic without being cliché.
The duo is supported by impeccable musicians (guitarist Simon Tong—another one of Simonon's The Good… bandmates, jazz drummer Seb Rochford and Dan Donovan on keyboards), and by Tony Visconti, Bowie's producer who is more used to "big sound" records. And then there is Damon Albarn who comes to blow in his melodica on some tracks. In 38 minutes, Galen & Paul take us around the world, a warm, benevolent, nostalgic elsewhere that feels good. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
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Matt Roberts, Trumpet - Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Dan Donovan, Keyboards, Harmonium - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Sebastian Rochford, Drums - Dan Donovan, Keyboards - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Background Vocal - Damon Albarn, Melodica - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Sebastian Rochford, Drums - Dan Donovan, Piano, Background Vocal - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Sebastian Rochford, Drums - Dan Donovan, Organ, Piano - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Sebastian Rochford, Drums - Dan Donovan, Keyboards - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Tony Visconti, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Mixing Engineer - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Sebastian Rochford, Drums - Dan Donovan, Keyboards - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Sebastian Rochford, Drums - Dan Donovan, Keyboards - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aki Tominaga-Watkins, Flute - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Sebastian Rochford, Drums - Dan Donovan, Keyboards, Organ - Orphy Robinson, Marimba - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Sebastian Rochford, Drums - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Paul Simonon, Composer, Lyricist, Electric Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Tony Visconti, Producer, Mixing Engineer - Damon Albarn, Melodica - Simon Tong, Electric Guitar - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer - Dan Donovan, Keyboards, Background Vocal - Riccardo Damian, Engineer - Galen Ayers, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Galen & Paul, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galen & Paul, Galen Ayers, Paul Simonon, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
Album review
Sonny & Cher, Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg, Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood, Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris, Les Paul & Mary Ford, She & Him... The history of popular music is full of mythical mixed duos. And here, a new tandem makes an entry greeted by a Qobuzissime! On one side, a gold-plated rock icon who occasionally comes out of his lair: Paul Simonon, ex-bassist of the Clash (that's him on the cover of London Calling!) and more recently member of The Good, The Bad And The Queen with Damon Albarn and the late Tony Allen. On the other, the folkeuse Galen Ayers, daughter of Kevin Ayers, the eccentric British co-founder of Soft Machine.
The album that these two have just recorded is however light years away from their history-laden resumes. From the very first notes of Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?, Galen & Paul play the troubadour card, the simple—not simplistic—walk between styles, landscapes and territories. Viscerally cosmopolitan and even European (they sing in English and Spanish, and talk about Paris), these ten tracks play it nonchalant with a street singer side. Mariachi fragrances, reggae sounds, the carefree Italian and French variety of the '60s—the concept of Galen & Paul is retro without being old-fashioned, funny without being potache, poetic without being cliché.
The duo is supported by impeccable musicians (guitarist Simon Tong—another one of Simonon's The Good… bandmates, jazz drummer Seb Rochford and Dan Donovan on keyboards), and by Tony Visconti, Bowie's producer who is more used to "big sound" records. And then there is Damon Albarn who comes to blow in his melodica on some tracks. In 38 minutes, Galen & Paul take us around the world, a warm, benevolent, nostalgic elsewhere that feels good. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:52
- Main artists: Galen & Paul Galen Ayers Paul Simonon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Music CG
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive licence from Bluecakes Productions Limited and Galen Ayers
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