Here's a recap of everything we've done so far...
Original concept
'New Earthlings' is a project devised by Geoff Platt to play, interpret and otherwise re-invent the Kennedy-Platt songs of the original Earthlings of the '90s. New songs are also in the pipeline.
Chameleon, Illusions and Subject to Status were recorded (almost) live at InterAction Studios, Milton Keynes on 29.06.08. Bass was added later.
Playing on the 2008 session were:
John Swain - vocals
Dan Friess - keys
Simon White - drums
Geoff Platt - guitar & bass overdub
Special thanks to Tony Salway at the recording desk and Nick Bland for the photos.
2012 Update
By the end of 2012, New Earthlings will release an album of what you might call classic rock songs (and we're talking more Deep Purple and The Who than Whitesnake and Iron Maiden here). Some old, some new, and all original material. We'll end up with about 10 or 12 tracks for the album.
The line up for the album is:
John Swain - vocals/guitar.bass/BV
Tony Salway - keys/production/BV
Calvin Brown - drums/bass/BV
Geoff Platt - guitar/bass/BV
We're recording the demos and will re-record every track from the ground up, starting with drums.
The next step is to get the album on to iTunes and market it online on sites like Reverbnation and Facebook. We'll get some publicity shots done and make a video. Touring a possibility if we sell enough albums.
These are the demos made so far:
Chameleon
The first of the Inter-Action sessions. Plenty of energy (it's really quite fast). There's some Motown-meets Peter Frampton influences in there somewhere. Geoff wrote this with Nick Kennedy (the original Earthlings cohort) in about 1983. Recorded (almost) live 29.06.08 with John Swain on vox.
Subject to Status
Another Kennedy-Platt composition, written in about 1998. " You never read what you sign". It's probably about as metal as we get. Recorded (almost) live 29.06.08 with John Swain on vox.
Illusions
Angst-ridden Kennedy-Platt ballad of unrequited love, written in 1978. Dan Friess (who played keyboards on the 2008 session) quite liked the mixing of soul and rock. Recorded (almost) live 29.06.08 with John Swain on vox.
Oil
Fast & punchy protest song. Geoff wrote this in 1976 at the height of the '70s oil crisis and it still holds true today. Geoff on vox & playing all instruments, recorded spring 2012.
King Kong
This has been rolling around in Geoff's head since 2004. The Purplest of the tracks, it's a satire on male role models. Great Hammond solo from Tony Salway. Geoff on vox, bass & guitar, recorded spring 2012.
Freedom
Another demo to add to the list, mixing heavy riffs with big tunes. Written by Geoff Platt and Andy Harden in about 1979. The real personnel will replace all this in due course, but you get the idea. Geoff on vox & playing all instruments, recorded spring 2012.
Chameleon, Illusions and Subject to Status © Kennedy-Platt.
Oil, King Kong © Platt
Freedom © Harden-Platt
All rights reserved.
Catch you on the flipside.
Geoff
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The Story So Far
Here's a recap of everything we've done so far... Original concept 'New Earthlings' is a project devised by Geoff Platt to play, interpret and otherwise re-invent the Kennedy-Platt songs of the original Earthlings of the '90s. New songs are also in the pipeline.
Chameleon, Illusions and Subject to Status were recorded (almost) live at InterAction Studios, Milton Keynes on 29.06.08. Bass was added later. Playing on the 2008 session were: John Swain - vocals Dan Friess - keys Simon White - drums Geoff Platt - guitar & bass overdub Special thanks to Tony Salway at the recording desk and Nick Bland for the photos. 2012 Update By the end of 2012, New Earthlings will release an album of what you might call classic rock songs (and we're talking more Deep Purple and The Who than Whitesnake and Iron Maiden here). Some old, some new, and all original material. We'll end up with about 10 or 12 tracks for the album. The line up for the album is: John Swain - vocals/guitar.bass/BV Tony Salway - keys/production/BV Calvin Brown - drums/bass/BV Geoff Platt - guitar/bass/BV We're recording the demos and will re-record every track from the ground up, starting with drums. The next step is to get the album on to iTunes and market it online on sites like Reverbnation and Facebook. We'll get some publicity shots done and make a video. Touring a possibility if we sell enough albums. These are the demos made so far:
Chameleon The first of the Inter-Action sessions. Plenty of energy (it's really quite fast). There's some Motown-meets Peter Frampton influences in there somewhere. Geoff wrote this with Nick Kennedy (the original Earthlings cohort) in about 1983. Recorded (almost) live 29.06.08 with John Swain on vox.
Subject to Status Another Kennedy-Platt composition, written in about 1998. " You never read what you sign". It's probably about as metal as we get. Recorded (almost) live 29.06.08 with John Swain on vox.
Illusions Angst-ridden Kennedy-Platt ballad of unrequited love, written in 1978. Dan Friess (who played keyboards on the 2008 session) quite liked the mixing of soul and rock. Recorded (almost) live 29.06.08 with John Swain on vox.
Oil Fast & punchy protest song. Geoff wrote this in 1976 at the height of the '70s oil crisis and it still holds true today. Geoff on vox & playing all instruments, recorded spring 2012. King Kong This has been rolling around in Geoff's head since 2004. The Purplest of the tracks, it's a satire on male role models. Great Hammond solo from Tony Salway. Geoff on vox, bass & guitar, recorded spring 2012.
Freedom Another demo to add to the list, mixing heavy riffs with big tunes. Written by Geoff Platt and Andy Harden in about 1979. The real personnel will replace all this in due course, but you get the idea. Geoff on vox & playing all instruments, recorded spring 2012.
Chameleon, Illusions and Subject to Status © Kennedy-Platt. Oil, King Kong © Platt Freedom © Harden-Platt All rights reserved. Catch you on the flipside. Geoff
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New demo uploaded: "Freedom"
Another demo to add to the list. This is just Geoff with a laptop, a guitar and a microphone. The real personnel will replace all this in due course. But you get the idea.
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New demo uploaded: "King Kong"
This has been rolling around in my head since 2004. The Purplest of the tracks, it's a satire on male role models. Vocals, guitar, bass from me (for now). Great Hammond solo from Tony Salway.
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Debut New Earthlings album 2012
New Earthlings will release an album of what you might call classic rock songs (and we're talking more Deep Purple and The Who than Whitesnake and Iron Maiden here). Many old, some new, and all original material. We'll end up with about 10 or 12 tracks for the album.
The line up is:
John Swain - vocals/guitar/bass/BV
Geoff Platt - guitar/bass/BV
Tony Salway - keyboards/BV
Calvin Brown - drums/bass/BV
We're recording the demos and re-record every track from the ground up, starting with drums.
The next step is to get the album on to iTunes and market it online on sites like Reverbnation. We'll get some publicity shots done and make a video.
It's all coming together!
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Earthlings are now New
'New Earthlings' is a project devised by Geoff Platt to play, interpret and otherwise re-invent the Kennedy-Platt songs of the original Earthlings of the '90s. New songs are also in the pipeline.
This session was recorded (almost) live at InterAction Studios, Milton Keynes on 29.06.08. . Playing on the session were:
John Swain - vocals
Dan Friess - keys
Simon White - drums
Geoff Platt - guitar & bass overdub
Special thanks to Tony Salway at the recording desk and Nick Bland for the photos. Chameleon, Illusions and Subject to Status © Kennedy-Platt. All rights reserved.
Catch you on the flipside
Geoff
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