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MUSIC > POP > HOLLIE SMITH > LONG PLAYER
Long Player
Available in MP3
Artist: Hollie Smith
Genre: Pop
Copyright:2007 Soundsmith recordings Ltd, under exclusive licence to EMI music NZ Ltd
Released:28/05/2007
$17.00
TRACK DETAILS
1 . Can't Let You Down (Original Mix) 4:19   $1.75  
2 . I Will Do (Original Mix) 4:47   $1.75  
3 . Philosophy 5:35   $1.75  
4 . So Long 5:33   $1.75  
5 . Provider 7:02   $3.50  
6 . Reprise 6:42   $1.75  
7 . Own It 6:29   $1.75  
8 . What I Say 5:17   $1.75  
9 . Come For Me Here (Original Mix) 5:35   $1.75  
10 . Be Whole In Thee 2:30   $1.75  
Possibly best known for her own soulful 2005 EP and for her emotionally resonant vocals on the Don McGlashan penned 2006 chart dominating single from the acclaimed feature film No. 2, ‘Bathe In The River’, the talented local musician is now ready to release her solo album, Long Player.

But as Smith herself says she doesn’t deal in the traditional material of your average chart topper. “I don’t really write love songs - mainly because I need to feel passion for what I’m singing,” she explains. “And if I’m singing a love song for a person who’s not around any more, the passion isn’t really there. So really,” she concludes, “I like to write reminders to myself, reminders of where I really draw my inspiration from.”

The songs were written over four years ago after which Smith spent a fair bit of time last year searching for the right musicians to play and record her songs with her. As someone’s who’s worked with the likes of Trinity Roots and the Fly My Pretties collective, she had plenty of contacts among local musicians to choose from.

The eventual group – consisting of Darren Mathiassen (Rhombus, Trinity Roots) on drums, Crete Haami (Police Lucifer and Residue) on bass guitar and Jeremy Toy (writer and producer in Opensouls) on guitar – then toured the songs during the summer of 2006/7, eventually work shopping them in a Wellington studio before finally going into recording proper at Trident Studios. Also guesting on the album is a roll of other New Zealand soul and jazz musos, including members of Opensouls, Jonathan Crayford and Mark de Clive Lowe.

A major component of Long Player is the combination of outstanding vocalists and arrangements, along with Smith’s lead vocals are an “All Star” line-up of backing vocalists Deva Mahal (Rhombus), Lisa Tomlins (Fat Freddy’s Drop) Rio Hemopo (Trinity Roots and Breaks Co-Op) and P Digggs (Shapeshifter).

Long Player has been all about a personal achievement for Smith. “For the first time I’ve really put everything into an album. It’s taken five years of work to get it made and I am really confident and happy with it. Which was really all I wanted,” she concludes. “Everything else is just extra.”
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