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elaine k releases
Sophomore Album:as is
Record Label: small space records This album was basically a result of artist battery by the fans! elaine k was brow beaten into giving the fans some new material to wear out their cd players with. Early attention will go to the unusual packaging - a kind of brown cardboard with only black print. This was not a way to cut corners, quite the opposite in fact. elaine had insisted that the packaging do no more harm to the environment and as a result went with recycled products only. In a similar fashion to yeah, really, as is was also recorded in more than one studio and even more than one country. New York played the biggest part with three studios and Ireland came in second with just the one. The material contained on as is displays a fantastic range of influences and musical abilities. This album will take you easily from the distorted electric guitar driven rock opener of Not About You all the way to the delicate Deserve You where elaine's vocals are accompanied only by sparse guitar and cello, all in seemlingly unoticeable moves. The album also contains two live tracks taken from NYC gigs where elaine's by now critically acclaimed live energy translates forcefully onto these recordings. Honorable mention must go to track #7 Lucky, a song dedicated in the booklet to "the survivors in nyc". This track has touched many all across the world for its bare, raw and honest emotions that shine through from a writer living in NYC during recent times. On the same record lies the provocative yet beautifully peaceful "I Will Not Fight Your War" which touts almost childlike lines like "I still believe in love and peace". The writing is breathtaking, the performances honest and real and the result is simply well worth owning. Give it a spin and join the growing numbers... All tracks written by elaine k
Produced by elaine k 1. not about you
2. seduce me
3. soft skin
4. just one thing
5. you should have known
6. deserve you
7. lucky
8. i believe
9. that kiss 2003
10. just me
11. i will not fight your war
12. the ballad
13. bonus track - that kiss
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Debut Album: yeah, really
Record Label: moo records This album was recorded in several different studios in Ireland over a period of about nine months in the late 20th century (yes, we could draw interesting nine month time parallels, but we might get fired over them). The reason for using different studios was simply not to be tied to one feel or sound as so regularly happens in contemporary music today. The musicians featured were the elaine k band as it was in Ireland. These were musicians that worked with elaine over a few years both on the road and in the studio. The comfort and ease among them is evident in the sound. There were also some guest musicians invited in to add a little new flavor in parts which provides some extra tasty morsels along the way. With or without all of them though, the songs are really what will make you shut up and listen. The honesty is overwhelming without indulging in the naval gazing preferred by many singer/songwriter types. elaine k's ability to relay your deepest, innermost feelings is quite frankly, scary at times. People regularly run home to check their diaries after gigs to make sure that no-one broke in and read them, simply to provide elaine with some new inspiration! Listen, we think it's a fantastic album and although we are eagerly awaiting the next one, we're still not sick of this one. You know the way you really only have a handful of CDs that you will continue to take with you when you go away, even just for the weekend? Well, this is definitely one of them. Click on audio, and take a listen for yourself.. All tracks written by elaine k
Produced by elaine k and many others 1. Love Moves On
2. Never Felt Like This Before
3. All I Need
4. My Reason Why
5. My Fix
6. The Day
7. Explain
8. Dance, My People Dance
9. I Love You (and I Hate You)
10. Catch Me
11. Just The Same As You Do
12. Put Your Hands Most of the playing by;
Vocals, acoustic guitars, keys: elaine k
Electric Guitar: Martin Lynam
Drums and Percussion: Paul Byrne
Saxaphones, keys: Carole Nelson
Bass: Bob McDonnell All recording took place in Dublin, Ireland
Many thanks to the studios involved
More thanks to the people who made it possible
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