FORCE OF NATURE
"I love Canada and the freedoms that we enjoy here. This song is for a fine young man whose name I can't reveal, who lives in Ethiopia where the oppressive government controls most 95% of the economy. My friend was holding a meeting to encourage entrepreneurialism and the government security forces burst in and demanded to know who had organized the meeting. He was severely beaten had been unable to travel to an international students for liberty conference. It's hard to imagine how discussing ideas of freedom can get you jailed or beaten or disappeared."
Here is an example of the kinds of crackdowns that happen in Ethiopia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ayAbA3gRY
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It’s a known fact that when Canadian musicians collaborate as super groups, the result is always a winning combination. Mounties band combining Hawksley Workman, Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat) and Ryan Dahle (Limblifter) have meshed their individual styles producing a catchy album full of rich hits. Here, Vopnfjord’s collaboration with Whitehorse’s Luke Doucet is a wishful duo, and while “Melting” also features the two pairing up, “Force of Nature,” leaves you wanting more. An album more. The full sound of “Force of Nature” with Doucet’s stringed prowess gives gravity and push to a serious song about injustice. Vopnfjord amps up the tempo not so much to the pitch of his electronic pop outfit Major Maker, but harkens back to the melodious “Billions of Stars” from his full-band productions of earlier albums.
from
Frozen in Time,
released October 28, 2016
Lindy Vopnfjord
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Wurlitzer Piano on track 4
Rick May
Bass Guitar, Engineered by Garnett Betts at Coast Road Recording, Victoria, BC
Örn Eldjárn
Electric Guitar on track 2, engineered by Snorri Helgason at Snossgæti, Reykjavik, Iceland
Bob Egan
Pedal Steel Guitar
Ian LeFeuvre
Electric Guitar on track 2, Percussion and Drums on track 2, Violele on track 12
Stephen Krecklo
Lap Steel Guitar on tracks 6 & 7
Simon Miminis
Drums and Percussion
Luke Doucet
Electric Guitar on tracks 5 & 11
Todor Kobakov
Vibraphone, Rhodes Piano, Percussion and Drums on tracks 5, 6 & 9
Engineered by Jeremy Darby and Julian De Corte at Canterbury Music Company Toronto
Engineered by Todor Kobakov at Kobakov Sound Toronto
Mixed by Todor Kobakov at Kobakov Sound Toronto
Mastered by Steve Fallone at Sterling NYC
Produced by Todor Kobakov