O Soundtrack My Heart
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O Soundtrack My Heart is the second album by PVT (their first on Warp Records
). It was released on 9 August 2008 in Australia
, and 18 August in the UK / Europe through Warp Records, under the band name Pivot.
The album was produced by Pivot in Sydney via London throughout 2006, tracked by Scott Horscroft, mixed by John McEntire
(Tortoise
, The Sea and Cake
) in May 2007 and mastered by Noel Sommerville (Interpol
, White Stripes).
The album's cover art is notable in that it contains images by French artist Michel Granger who was also responsible for the iconic sleeve of Jean Michel Jarre
's album Oxygène
. Indeed, the sleeve of O Soundtrack My Heart bears great thematic similarity to the cover of Jarre's Oxygène 7–13 album.
In 2009 the song "Fool In Rain" was covered by Scott Herren's 'Diamond Watch Wrists' for the Warp20 (Recreated)
compilation.
Warp Records
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
). It was released on 9 August 2008 in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and 18 August in the UK / Europe through Warp Records, under the band name Pivot.
The album was produced by Pivot in Sydney via London throughout 2006, tracked by Scott Horscroft, mixed by John McEntire
John McEntire
John McEntire is an American recording engineer, drummer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best-known for being in Tortoise and The Sea and Cake, as well as being a highly in-demand producer and engineer....
(Tortoise
Tortoise (band)
Tortoise is an American post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1990.-Music:Tortoise's almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago's fertile music scene, playing in...
, The Sea and Cake
The Sea and Cake
The Sea and Cake is an indie rock band with a pronounced jazz influence, which formed in the mid-1990s in Chicago out of the ashes of local bands The Coctails and Shrimp Boat. The group's name came from a willful reinterpretation of "The C in Cake", a song by Gastr del Sol...
) in May 2007 and mastered by Noel Sommerville (Interpol
Interpol (band)
Interpol is an American indie rock and post-punk revival band from New York City. Formed in 1997, the band's original line-up consisted of Paul Banks , Daniel Kessler , Carlos Dengler and Greg Drudy . Drudy left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Sam Fogarino...
, White Stripes).
The album's cover art is notable in that it contains images by French artist Michel Granger who was also responsible for the iconic sleeve of Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...
's album Oxygène
Oxygene
Oxygène is an album of instrumental electronic music composed, produced, and performed by the French composer Jean Michel Jarre. It was first released in France in December 1976, on Disques Dreyfus with license to Polydor. The album's international release was in summer 1977...
. Indeed, the sleeve of O Soundtrack My Heart bears great thematic similarity to the cover of Jarre's Oxygène 7–13 album.
In 2009 the song "Fool In Rain" was covered by Scott Herren's 'Diamond Watch Wrists' for the Warp20 (Recreated)
Warp20 (Recreated)
Warp20 is a compilation album released by Warp Records in 2009. It contains covers of Warp artists, such as Aphex Twin, LFO, Boards of Canada and Grizzly Bear by other Warp artists, such as Plaid, Autechre and Mira Calix.-Track listing:...
compilation.
Tracklisting
- October - 1:52
- In The Blood - 4:34
- O Soundtrack My Heart - 5:40
- Fool In Rain - 3:09
- Sing, You Sinners - 3:38
- Sweet Memory - 5:47
- Love Like I - 4:54
- Didn't I Furious - 3:30
- Epsilon - 6:31
- Nothing Hurts Machine - 4:58
- My Heart Like Marching Band - 3:44