Rotate Co-Pilot SKU: EDDA62LP Barcode: 5051142010223 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Dell’Orso Released Date: 28th July 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info After taking time out from working together to focus on separate musical projects, maverick composer Alan Roberts (Jim Noir) and crowd-rousing vocalist Leonore Wheatley (International Teachers of Pop / The Soundcarriers) have re-joined forces to introduce Co-Pilot. Each the other’s wing person, they’re plotting an escape through Manchester’s claustrophobic grey skies with the pencil case colour of a hand-sewn multi-coloured primary school patchwork quilt. “We are both the creators in charge of navigating Co-Pilot’s overall sound which changes from track to track,” Leonore hints at what to expect. “There are about 6 different genres on one album, it’s a pick n mix record!” Happy in the haze of many boozy hours the album was recorded over just a few months whilst holed up and hanging out in Al’s city centre Dookstereo studio. The former Mill allowed the pair to relax, laugh and create without constraint. Armed with their original demos and vocal recordings from Al’s flat, they’d nip by the offie to pick up some Dutch courage before setting to work: building arrangements from a drum beat and basic chord pattern, the pair were so in tune they rarely spoke, allowing only the music to lead the way. “We’d communicate through nods of agreement or grimaces of dismay,” Leonore recalls. “Using the instruments with Al in production mode, we let the sound dictate the process whilst being drunk enough to follow it.” The sound of life coming full circle after honing their separate crafts, Leonore had previously played keys and vocals in Jim Noir’s live band before moving on to front International Teachers of Pop for two critically lauded albums of joyous dancefloor filling bangers – their self-titled debut (2019) and Pop Gossip (2020). During that time Al would further expand Jim Noir’s universe with AM Jazz, which was celebrated as the no.1 album in Piccadilly Records’ ‘End of Year Review’ (2020), followed by the Deep View Blue E.P. (2021) cementing his status as one of Manchester’s finest songwriters. As Leonore added her vocal magic to Al’s early demos of what would eventually become Co-Pilot’s ‘Spring Beach’ and a crooked original version of closing track ‘Corner House’, the vibe was prophetic “like the ending of Grease as Danny and Sandy take flight through the clouds”, letting their imaginations fly. The songs were the catalyst to spark a new phase of the pair working together, picking up where they left off. “From messing about with sounds during rehearsals in the very beginning it was always clear we liked the combination of sounds we made,” Leonore recalls. Powered by a ‘try anything’ approach, Co-Pilot blends the musical DNA of what you’ve come to expect from each of the pair’s previous flight paths. “Whatever is switched on or nearby gets used. There’s no ‘correct’ for us. If it sounds good, record it,” Al tells. United through typically turbulent wonky pop and lurking samples, whether culled from 70s TV themes or recreations of past and found sounds (see Al’s 60s tropicalia guitar on ‘Brick’, or the innocent ‘Swim to Sweden’ which opens with an ice cream van jingle Al recorded from his bedroom window) their process offers up a bucket load of Easter eggs. The album even features snippets from dearly departed pal Batfinks whilst ‘Motosaka’ is perhaps the most expensive 2-minutes on the album, featuring a Columbia Records Japan-cleared sample of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Thousand Knives’. Its synth squelches and Tom Tom Club funk also received the blessing of Haroumi Hosono, Godfather of Japanese Electronica, who agreed to being sampled in an original version of the song. “We just kept listening back and hitting gold,” Al recalls. “I was thinking ‘yeah, not sure what this is but I like it! We were buzzing with what we had made.” But the sound wouldn’t come without self-imposed instrumental challenges. Thanks to an old mellotron sample on ‘Move To It,’ the moog riff and nautical accordion breaks on ‘Swim To Sweden’ and the 6/8 and 7/8 jaunt of ‘Brick’, time signatures were lovingly skewed to create Co-Pilot’s unique mood. “It was a bastard getting the drums right,” Leonore reveals, “but I like the wonkiness”. Levelling up through the lyrics, the words of smoky and evocative ‘She Walks In Beauty’ are based on a Lord Byron poem, with the sentiment of remembering Leonore’s late grandparents. “I wanted to see how much I could get away with just singing on one note, and how I could harmonically change everything else around it vocally,” she says. Elsewhere ‘Can You See’ was written from the perspective of a concerned sister to a brother which tells of keeping someone safe. “The lyrics are quite metaphorical about day-to-day happenings, people loved and lost. Others are rhythmic nonsense! It’s up to the listener to figure out what’s true.” It’s clear from Al’s productive production techniques and Leonore’s knack for vocals and lyricism, Co-Pilot’s course is engineered by two aeronautically adept sonic storytellers. “We share a pretty similar sense of humour,” Al tells, “It is funny listening to this quite serious album but knowing we were giggling as we recorded it all. It’s been great to have another brain to bounce off.” Their destination might be unknown, but the clouds are about to part for a sound that is light years ahead. “You’ll like at least one song,” Leonore suggests, “and hopefully them all.” Artist Co-Pilot Genre Rock And Pop Label Dell’Orso Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country UK Track Listings Swim To Sweden Move To It Motosaka Brick Can You See I Am 1 She Walks In Beauty Spring Beach Cornerhouse Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Sebastien Tellier Domesticated Rock And Pop | Because Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 29th May 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sebastien Tellier Domesticated £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Because Music SKU: REC170 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 29th May 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Aerosmith The Virginia Collection Rock And Pop | Let Them Eat Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 26th September 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Aerosmith The Virginia Collection £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Let Them Eat Vinyl SKU: RCV174LP Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 26th September 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Roxanne De Bastion You & Me, We Are The Same Rock And Pop | Music For Heroes | 1LP Released 12th November 2021 £22.00 - £23.00 Select options Roxanne De Bastion You & Me, We Are The Same £22.00 - £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music For Heroes Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th November 2021 Read More Select options Nearly New View Product Quick View Magnum Into The Valley Of The Moonking Metal / Classic Rock | Steamhammer | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 24th April 2024 £60.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Magnum Into The Valley Of The Moonking £60.00 Genre: Metal / Classic Rock Label: Steamhammer SKU: nn285586 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 24th April 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Band of Horses Why Are You OK Rock And Pop | Virgin Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 6th June 2016 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Band of Horses Why Are You OK £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Virgin Records SKU: 5478515 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 6th June 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Spin Doctors Pocket Full of Kryptonite Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th February 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spin Doctors Pocket Full of Kryptonite £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1656 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Takida Falling from Fame Rock And Pop | BMG Rights Management | 1LP Released 27th August 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Takida Falling from Fame £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: 4050538684155 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eva Cassidy Live At Blues Alley (25th Anniversary Edition) Rock And Pop | Blix St | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released 15th October 2021 £28.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Eva Cassidy Live At Blues Alley (25th Anniversary Edition) £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Blix St SKU: 0739341021886 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 15th October 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Chris Robinson Brotherhood Phosphorescent Harvest Rock And Pop | Silver Arrow | 2LP, Includes 7" Released 9th May 2014 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chris Robinson Brotherhood Phosphorescent Harvest £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Silver Arrow SKU: SA12LP Formats: 2LP, Includes 7" Released Date: 9th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Various Artists Warner Brothers Sampler (1980’s) Rock And Pop | WEA Records | 1LP Released 12th March 2014 £5.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Various Artists Warner Brothers Sampler (1980’s) £5.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: WEA Records SKU: NN58426 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th March 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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