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[Ghost Of Shark Horse]

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[EchoPlex]

I've always wondered when exactly Omar's creative explosion with Deantoni started. It seems like Thomas was still in the band. Solar Gambling came out like a month after Xeno and has D playing songs that were also played with Thomas. Asking him about the relationship between this and Xeno is in the top ten of shit I'd ask Omar if I ever met him again.

[hbk111]

I really need to know more about the backround of Xeno.

And speaking of Deantoni and Solar, who else thinks his drum tracks could be from a more recent session (2009. And the rest from 2008).

[Palo Alto]

I'd really like this one on vinyl.

[issordni]

I'd really like this one on vinyl.

[Palo Alto]

Hey, I'm also the  one person who wants Woman Gave Birth on vinyl. 

 

What can I say I'm a pervert.

[xpgno]

So while listening to whatever the new version of Los Puntos Erogenos is called, I noticed a brief metronome during one of the silences. Later on, I heard some faint vocal harmonies that basically sounded like the same ones from the original version. It got me thinking...maybe Xenophanes was tracked to metronome so Omar basically re-overdubbed the new tracks over the old ones. This would mean, then, that the album isn't really Xenophanes rerecorded so much as reworked. Anyway, nothing groundbreaking, but an interesting insight into Omar's process, if true. I think someone has already synced up the two albums, which gives credence to the theory.

[Andrewf]

Of course, the vocals are new but some instrumental parts are the same as on xenophanes. Guitar on "nubes" is the same as on xenophanes

[hbk111]

Ensayo is to Xenophanes as El Bien is to Escorpion. Just Omar having fun remaking the songs with a stripped down feel between Deantoni and himself. Nothing more to it.

[patsyinclined]

Well, time to pack it up and go home! Mods, feel free to lock the thread now

[issordni]

All new songs.

[SnkZato1 Ph.D.]

All new songs.

WOW

[sa007ak]

So while listening to whatever the new version of Los Puntos Erogenos is called, I noticed a brief metronome during one of the silences. Later on, I heard some faint vocal harmonies that basically sounded like the same ones from the original version. It got me thinking...maybe Xenophanes was tracked to metronome so Omar basically re-overdubbed the new tracks over the old ones. This would mean, then, that the album isn't really Xenophanes rerecorded so much as reworked. Anyway, nothing groundbreaking, but an interesting insight into Omar's process, if true. I think someone has already synced up the two albums, which gives credence to the theory.

 

Fairly certain Ensayo was tracked before Xenophanes as these tracks sound more like demos. Assuming that Omar had Deantoni record drums after the fact, after Pridgen had been let go from TMV and ORLG.

[Palo Alto]

This is my favourite of that batch of albums. I sort of prefer it to Xeno. 

[Veni-yan Warrior]

I definitely prefer it to Xeno, crazily

[Andrewf]

Fairly certain these are not the demos. Recorded around 2012 probably

[sa007ak]

Fairly certain these are not the demos. Recorded around 2012 probably

 

Finally got around to giving this album another spin tonight. Think you're right Andrew, pretty unlikely that these are demos. I like to imagine an afternoon in the ORL mansion, Omar sippin' on some tea in the control room giving Deantoni direction on the subtleties of how he wants this album tracked post-Pridgen.  

[swan_song1977]

ive definitely come to appreciate this album more after the snoozefest that is CHT2. still team xeno though