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''New Magnetic Wonder'' is the sixth studio album from The Apples In Stereo . The album was produced by Robert Schneider with additional production and mixing by Bryce Goggin ( Pavement , Evan Dando , Sean Lennon ) and was recorded in three separate states ( New York , Colorado and Kentucky ). The album was released on February 6 , 2007 via a co-venture between the actor Elijah Wood 's Simian Records , Yep Roc Records and Elephant 6 . In an interview, Robert Schneider has described ''New Magnetic Wonder'' as an album with sensibilites between the Apples in Stereo albums '' Fun Trick Noisemaker '' and '' The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone '', as well as a heavy influence from 1970s bands such as Electric Light Orchestra . Schneider has also admitted '' SMILE '' by Brian Wilson as an early influence on the album. The album leaked onto the internet during early October 2006. BACKGROUND Tour In early 2005, Schneider's performed "Skyway" during his Marbles tour. Since, the band has performed new songs such as "Open Eyes", "Play Tough", "Can You Feel It?" and "Energy" while on the ''New Magnetic Wonder'' 2006 pre-release tour. Initially, the tour lineup featured lead singer and guitarist Robert Schneider , bassist Eric Allen , guitarist John Hill and drummer Hilarie Sidney as well as the addition of Elephant 6 co-founder Bill Doss on keyboards. On August 12, 2006, during Athens Popfest, it was announced that longtime drummer Hilarie Sidney was leaving the band. On October 30, 2006, John Dufilho was announced as the band's new drummer. John Ferguson also joined the tour lineup to perform additional keyboards and vocals. New label ''New Magnetic Wonder'' marks the first Apples in Stereo LP not to be released through SpinART Records , having completed their ten-year deal with the label. It was announced on September 19, 2006 that The Apples in Stereo have been signed to Simian Records , a new record label formed by Elijah Wood . Wood, a dedicated Apples fan, met Robert Schneider at SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas during 2003. ''New Magnetic Wonder'' will be the first release on the newly-formed label, co-released, marketed and distributed through Yep Roc Records , Elephant 6 and Redeye Distribution . TRACK LISTING ''New Magnetic Wonder'' consists of 14 songs and 10 musical segues ("link tracks"). All tracks written by Robert Schneider except where noted. #"Can You Feel It?" – 4:10 #"Skyway" – 2:40 #"Mellotron 1" – 0:33 #"Energy" – 3:30 #"Same Old Drag" – 3:21 #"Joanie Don't U Worry" – 0:46 #"Atom Bomb" - ''Vinyl Release Only'' - 2:37 #"Sunndal Song" ( H. Sidney ) – 3:31 #"Droplet" – 0:13 #"Play Tough" – 3:27 #"Sun is Out" – 2:29 #"Non-Pythagorean Composition 1" – 0:30 #"Hello Lola" – 0:15 #"7 Stars" – 3:46 #"Mellotron 2" – 0:41 #"Sunday Sounds" (H. Sidney) – 2:59 #"Open Eyes" – 5:12 #"Crimson" – 0:17 #"Pre-Crimson" ( E. Allen ) – 1:24 #"Vocoder Ba Ba" – 0:14 #"Radiation" – 3:14 #"Beautiful Machine Parts 1-2" – 2:36 #"Beautiful Machine Parts 3-4" – 4:58 #"My Pretend" – 0:42 #"Non-Pythagorean Composition 3" – 0:49 NON-PYTHAGOREAN SCALE See Also: Non-Pythagorean scale ''New Magnetic Wonder'' touts Schneider's invention of a new musical scale: the " Non-Pythagorean Scale ". The Enhanced CD version of the album features descriptions of the scale as well as digital files for MIDI usage. Two songs composed using this scale have been included on the album, with a third ("Non-Pythagorean Composition 2") as a bonus track on the enhanced CD. ENHANCED CD CONTENT The enhanced CD version of the album features the following supplemental content:
PERSONNEL The Apples in Stereo As they appear on the album:
Other performers
Production ''New Magnetic Wonder'' was produced by Robert Schneider. The album was co-produced and engineered by Bryce Goggin at Trout Recording, Brooklyn, New York . Schneider and Goggin also mixed the album. It was mastered by Fred Kevorkian (Kevorkia n Mastering, New York, New York ). Original recording, mixing and mastering was conducted September 2005 to September 2006 in multiple studios, utilizing analog tape machines and digital computers. Additional engineering is by:
Assistant engineering is by Ryan Shono, Alec Fellman, and Jack Schlinkert (Brooklyn, New York). Album art collages are by Andrew McLaughlin with graphic design by Mary Gunn. TRIVIA
::(Left channel):''Growing back the pyramids about two miles below/The boundary between two cylinders'' ::(Right channel):''More water for the unknown engineer/Orbiting this galactic model''
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