Gordon Raphael - 2 Track Mind

Zero Hours Records presents 'Two Track Mind' by Gordon Raphael. Taken from his debut album Sleep On The Radio.(23.3.2018) https://open.spotify.com/album/5AjlhzHlRRb6zLd7s5xH8u?si=zRyXGsQoRkyfbPJS4q3STw Links: Gordon Raphael Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2ExeGD1 Apple Music : https://apple.co/2nXcA54 Deezer: http://bit.ly/2BngWL3 Twitter: http://bit.ly/2EjfMz9 Facebook : http://bit.ly/2ETE7MR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gordonraphael/ Zero Hours Records: Website: http://bit.ly/2H7SePx Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Eke54e Twitter: http://bit.ly/2soMKwo As a producer, Gordon Raphael has had an uncanny knack of coming across iconic and influential talent and helping catapult them to global attention. He came across the embryonic Strokes at a free gig in a New York bar– subsequently producing their first demos and seminal debut album, Is This It? He started working with Regina Spektor after someone recommended he check out “This unknown Russian girl”. Now, he’s about to launch another unfamiliar but huge musical talent onto a wider stage: himself. While acts from Damon Albarn, Ian Brown, the Cult’s Ian Astbury and now Spanish outfit Hinds – along with countless smaller groups – have enjoyed the Seattle-born Gordon’s Midas touch, he is foremost a musician and songwriter. “I love producing, but playing guitar and writing songs is what I’ve always done,” he enthuses. “I wanted to show what I can do on the other side of the desk all the time, but producing kept getting in the way.” He’s making up for it with 12 terrific songs that reflect a lifetime listening to music, but are particularly inspired by the glam rock era David Bowie, the inimitable guitar sound of Mick Ronson, the glam pop perfection of Kimono My House-era Sparks and a love of Frank Zappa, prog rock and weird found sounds. Gordon’s vocal is a beautifully hazy Peter Perrett/Syd Barratt drawl. After writing literally over a thousand songs, these are the 12 which he holds most dear, honed and perfected to the point where they now need to be heard. Among them are two singles. View From Blue came to him in a dream (and is revisited in a totally different, stranger fashion for album closer Deep Psyche). Another standout is I Sleep On The Radio, effectively Gordon’s love letter to the pop radio experience through the ears of his teenage self, listening to a transistor radio under the pillow. ‘Sleep On The Radio’ is just that, and is set to take this remarkable story into yet another chapter.