{"id":28419,"date":"2018-03-01T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T22:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28419"},"modified":"2019-06-02T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T23:05:04","slug":"bob-holroyd-shares-new-single-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28419","title":{"rendered":"Bob Holroyd shares new single &#8216;Enough&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Holroyd has shared his new single <em>Enough<\/em>, which is lifted from his upcoming album &#8216;The Cage&#8217;. Take a listen to the track via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJH8Y6SPszc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ranging from ambient minimalism to world music, modern classical to jazz, Bob Holroyd\u2019s music is often hard to pigeon hole. With eight studio albums and six remix albums to his name, Bob\u2019s eclectic and texturally cinematic work has been recognised and remixed extensively by a huge range of artists such as Coldcut, Nitin Sawhney, Four Tet, Francois K, Mogwai, The Album Leaf, T. Williams, Lemonde, Loop Guru, Steve Roach and more, and has been used prominently in mainstream TV and films such as The Dark Knight, Lost, True Blood, The Sopranos, Panorama, Coast and many more. Now Bob is set to release his ninth album \u2018The Cage\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his musical career Bob Holroyd has pioneered music that crosses musical and cultural boundaries, and as a result his music is influenced by a diverse array of sights, sounds from around the world. Bob&#8217;s music includes influences from extensive travels in Africa and Asia, and ranges from intense walls of percussive drumming &#8211; as on his cult club classic &#8216;African Drug&#8217; &#8211; to delicate atmospheric soundscapes, such as the beautiful <em>Looking Back<\/em> &#8211; a track recorded for the &#8216;Sanscapes&#8217; project to highlight the plight of the Kalahari Bushmen, with whom he collaborated with. Similarly, he also recorded the Islamic Call to Prayer at Regent&#8217;s Park Mosque, writing a moving and dramatic piece around the haunting vocal by Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens).<\/p>\n<p>With more recent releases such as the critically acclaimed \u2018Blueprint\u2019 and \u2018Beachcombing\u2019 Bob looks to himself for inspiration. Citing work in therapy and exploring the complex textures and emotions that make up every moment of our lives as well as exploring the creative process itself as key elements of stimulus. The new album \u2018The Cage\u2019 delves further into Bob\u2019s poignant introspection.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2018The Cage\u2019 is where I have subconsciously imprisoned myself emotionally for years\u201d<\/em> says Bob, <em>\u201cBy keeping out \u2018negative\u2019 emotions I have felt safe, but ultimately made myself unapproachable to others, and myself. I had the idea that instead of trying to escape this Cage I should enlarge it to include all emotions, feelings experiences and people &#8211; if EVERYTHING is in the Cage then I am more free than if I were keeping all influences out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bob has reflected on this when constructing and recording the album, instead of going into the studio with a set of well-rehearsed and fine-tuned ideas, he has opted for a more organic approach, recording on what felt right on that day. Speaking about the process Bob says, <em>\u201cit has taken a long time to finish some tracks, and there are various other pieces at varying stages of completion, but I have found it incredibly liberating to do only what immediately \u2018feels\u2019 right without the constraints that I have put myself under in the past.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This raw and beguilingly honest take on his new album can be heard instantly in the music itself. There are transcendent ambient cogitations throughout \u2018The Cage\u2019, which is made up of twelve tracks of deep emotive encounters, from ruminating to wistful to uplifting and even a little perturbing at times. There are beautifully woven atmospheric textures of light and space, which coalesce to form something, which can only truly be described as minimally complex. Fans of Eno, Laraaji, Max Richter and Peter Broderick will find much to love (Bob also names the likes of David Sylvian, Peter Gabriel, Arvo Part, Nils Petter Molvaer, Radiohead, Tavener and more as further influences).<\/p>\n<p>As Bob Holroyd delves further into his own psyche, as well as the world and influences around him, his own brand of quiet sound collages grow not only in their multi-faceted compositions but also in their intelligent and thought-provoking non-verbal prose. Despite any potential preconceptions, Bob creates incredibly personal records, which are free from self-indulgence and pretension, \u2018The Cage\u2019 is not too complicated to absorb, it\u2019s not boring or forgettable, but for many, not to mention for Bob himself, it will ultimately be very rewarding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bob Holroyd has shared his new single Enough, which is lifted from his upcoming album &#8216;The Cage&#8217;. 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