{"id":875,"date":"2018-04-30T11:59:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conedm.nl\/?p=875"},"modified":"2020-04-10T09:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T08:24:55","slug":"extranovocal-new-album-out-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conedm.nl\/?p=875","title":{"rendered":"ExtraNoVocal (new album &#8211; out May 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018ExtraNoVocal\u2019 is the twelfth album by Dutch musician Ewald Kegel, to be released in May 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The album is a collection of instrumental (hence \u2018no vocal\u2019) music recorded between 1987 and 2018. \u2018Extra\u2019 refers to the fact that these tracks have not been released before and can be considered as an addendum to regular releases.<\/p>\n<p>The album contains a variety of styles ranging from minimalistic music and piano music (\u201cWork in Progress\u201d, \u201cSombre\u201d, \u201cFinale\u201d) to full fledged, complex songs like newly recorded tracks \u201cPlease Make Me Wonder\u201d and \u201cAnother World&#8221;. Also there are improvised tunes like &#8216;Mine&#8217; and the chaotic rock of \u201cUnintentional\u201d. The album is centred around 80\u2019s and early 90\u2019s electronic music influenced by the then popular Yamaha FM synthesis. The album forms a pair with a previous album \u201cExtra Vocal\u201d, an earlier 2018 release. \u201cExtra Vocal\u201d had a similar approach, which is also expressed in the comparable album cover design. In the case of ExtraVocal the album obviously vocal tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The album opens with \u2018Please Make Me Wonder\u2019 , an original version of the song was composed and recorded in 1985. The title refers to the Beach Boys song \u2018Please Let Me Wonder\u2019. By the time of the original recording of the song the producer noticed that some of the melodic elements sounded similar to the Beach Boys song &#8216;Please Let me Wonder&#8217; from the mid 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>The song can be listened to on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ewald Kegel - ExtraNoVocal 01: Please Make Me Wonder\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bRmBkbmaHww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The album weighs in on a rediscovered VHS tape in 2015. That tape contained mixes of songs that mostly were considered to be lost or forgotten (\u2018Xandra\u2019 &#8211; ca. 1988, \u2018Party Jam\u2019 &#8211; ca. 1988, \u2018Rush Hour\u2019 &#8211; ca. 1988, \u2018Hard Beat\u2019 &#8211; ca. 1987). Many of these compositions were written originally for use in audiovisual productions. \u2018Hard Beat\u2019 was composed for a 1987 BMW commercial. The late 1980 songs on this album represent the introduction of the computer (Atari 1040STf) in the recording studio. Sampling became a common place in the music as is clearly audible on a track like \u2018Hard Beat\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Extra NoVocal\u2019 also contains two tracks from the never released album \u2018Synthesizer\u2019 (2007): \u2018Yess Delight\u2019 and \u2018Finale\u2019. Other tracks on the album \u2018Kirana\u2019 &#8211; 2014, \u2018Disco Daze\u2019 &#8211; ca. 1992, \u2018Mine\u2019 &#8211; 2008, \u2018Unintentional\u2019 &#8211; ca. 2009, \u2018Back 2 the 80s\u2019 &#8211; 2011, \u2018Sombre\u2019 &#8211; 2014 and \u2018The Last Supper\u2019 &#8211; 2016 contain edits, remixes and added recording made in 2018. Another -more electronic sounding- version of \u2019Mine\u2019 was originally released in 2008 on the \u2018Magic Colors\u2019 EP. The acoustic version on \u2018Extra NoVocal\u2019 is the original recording of the song.<\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"\"><div class=\"s-single-share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.conedm.nl\/?p=875\" data-type=\"button\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"s-single-share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"s-single-share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"s-single-share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"IN\/Share\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;ExtraNoVocal&#8221; captures the creativity of Ewald Kegel&#8217;s instrumental music over a period of 30 years. 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