On Sale Deep Blue View Jim Noir SKU: DOOKAH82 Barcode: 5051142009296 11.99 £17.00 £11.99 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Dook Recordings Released Date: 6th August 2021 Buying Format: 12" Coloured Vinyl EP/Mini Album Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info AM Jazz was the moment we all became truly acquainted with Alan Roberts; the melodic maestro beneath Jim Noir’s dandy exterior, whose hypnotic minimalist symphonies waltzed their way to Piccadilly Records’ #2 Best Album of 2020. Not to mention a whole host of great reviews…. No less than 12 months later arrives ‘Deep Blue View’ – not so much of a follow-up, as a mini-flipside moving the Jazz from AM to PM, between city and sea. “I originally had AM Jazz down as walking around some New York backstreet at 4am, smoking in a fedora, looking for crimes to solve but it now ends as night begins,” reveals Al, of his latest tale’s gradual evolution. “Deep Blue View is the night-time album now… like losing yourself deeper in the fog, or disappearing in the sea… would someone, or some ‘thing’ come to save you or would they , or it , come along for the ride?” Usually by now, Daveyhulme’s own could-be John Barry would have left distractions of success for suburban side-projects and writing with his fellow Mancunian musicians, but AM Jazz left unfinished business – and, with 50 or so session recordings leaving a litter of sonic debris strewn about the cutting room floor, one major clean-up. Deep Blue View is 6 brand new tracks crafted from its reconstructed and revived remnants, unfurling like Sinatra’s Wee Small Hours to reinforce the strangely beautiful atmosphere of Al’s now revered repertoire. “I had the urge to create something new and started playing around with different EPs and pseudonyms but when I sequenced these tracks, I was really happy how smoothly they flowed; it just needed an opener. I quickly wrote ‘Deep Blue View’ and it fell into place. It’s great, so I carried on, knowing it was time to save the best stuff for myself,” Al grins. Just as AM Jazz was created in the spirit of his earlier working style on debut album Tower of Love, Deep Blue View fuses Al’s love of finding the ‘right’ in the odd, weird, back-to-front and everything in between, with the hi-fi meets lo-fi sounds of his crate-digging curiosity and empathy for TV themes and movie soundtracks. Guided by melody, his home-based sorcery of working with analog, tape and field recordings opposed to the lure of studio mechanics allowed his inner subconscious to tap at the door and reveal itself in new musical forms. “In the studio it’s tempting to turn everything up loud but I’ve got bad tinnitus and don’t want to write anything else in a Beatles style. I have done all that now… at home I have a computer, a microphone and just go crazy and lose myself staring at the screen. Then suddenly loads of music is written.” Setting his inner autopilot to flight mode, ‘Peppergone’ adds to the tracks’ nocturnal narrative and appears reborn after a last-minute culling from AM Jazz’s initial tracklist. Like a beautifully romantic ode to Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, it is a fitting tribute to dearly departed best friend ‘Batfinks’, written in the middle of a tough night. “I have no idea why or how the song came about because I was so upset to do anything, let alone record any music. But there you go. Somehow I did and it’s a really special thing. I know he would have dug me using his chords; growing up we’d both try to create the perfect chord sequence. This is his idea of that. I hope he doesn’t think it’s shit,” Al jests. Also revived from AM Jazz’s archive is the simmering groove of ‘Night Talk Late Street’ and instrumental ‘Star Six Seven’, whilst ‘Have Another Cigar’ weaves its own semi-autobiographical fairy-tale with lyrics written and sung by long-time pal and former housemate Aidan Smith. Transformed from backing track into a cool morsel of story pop, it recalls the drunken joy of when the pair would make recordings together between singing the Everly Brothers at full volume. “I’m sure it’s about not wanting the musical party to stop and having to get on with real life,” Al says. ‘String Beat’ meanwhile, soars like a beautiful Bond theme with the shimmer of Lee Hazlewood holidaying in Palm Springs, alongside perhaps, the waltzing string-like synthonies of some long-lost rhythm and blues orchestra of Davyhulme (whose real-life origins reside with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra), introduced to him by Super Furry Animals’ Cian Ciaran. “I’ve never created anything this moody before and have always threatened to do something John Barry-esque with some slightly dark and spooky musical changes.” First may not be worst, but as AM Jazz has proven, second can be best and as a master of suspense Jim’s Deep Blue View arranges the day to night pieces of another puzzle that makes a whole lot of sense. Artist Jim Noir Genre Rock And Pop Label Dook Recordings Buying Options 12" Coloured Vinyl EP/Mini Album Format 12" , Coloured Vinyl , EP/Mini Album Condition New Country UK Track Listings Deep Blue View (6:16) Star Six Seven (4:35) Night Talk / Late Street (5:41) String Beat (4:14) Have Another Cigar (2:33) Peppergone (7:03) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jim Noir and more from Rock And Pop Paul's picks View Product Quick View Jim Noir A.M Jazz Rock And Pop | Dook Recordings | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th February 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jim Noir A.M Jazz £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Dook Recordings SKU: DOOK-030882 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th February 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Big Moon, The Take A Piece / Your Light Rock And Pop | Fiction | 7", Single Released 22nd November 2019 £9.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Big Moon, The Take A Piece / Your Light £9.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fiction SKU: SHREDS016 Formats: 7", Single Released Date: 22nd November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Flyte This Is Really Going To Hurt Rock And Pop | Island | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 9th April 2021 £18.00 Select options Flyte This Is Really Going To Hurt £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Island Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 9th April 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Joe Bonamassa So, It’s Like That Blues | Provogue | 2LP Released 8th December 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joe Bonamassa So, It’s Like That £25.00 Genre: Blues Label: Provogue SKU: PRD715612 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 8th December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Elton John Sleeping With The Past Rock And Pop | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 18th October 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Elton John Sleeping With The Past £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 5766937 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Electric Light Orchestra Out of The Blue Rock And Pop | Sony Legacy | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 27th May 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Electric Light Orchestra Out of The Blue £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Legacy SKU: 88875175261 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 27th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Prong Prove Your Wrong Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 25th November 2013 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Prong Prove Your Wrong £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP887 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th November 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View TOPS I Feel Alive Rock And Pop | TOPS Musique | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 16th June 2023 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders TOPS I Feel Alive £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: TOPS Musique SKU: TOP004LP2 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 16th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mykki Blanco Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep Rock And Pop | Transgressive | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th November 2021 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mykki Blanco Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Transgressive SKU: TRANS522X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul's picks View Product Quick View R.E.M. 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