It's That Girl Again

Information about the album! The title will be It's That Girl Again and the label/release stuff is getting locked up. Here's what we can say for the time being.

Track listing (subject to change, of course!):

1. If Not Now Then When
2. Someone for Everyone
3. Everybody's On The Move
4. Tear in My Eye
5. Love Lies Bleeding
6. Blame It On The Summer
7. It's That Girl Again
8. I Must
9. Two Islands
10. Winners
11. They Know Nothing About Us
12. Clear Horizon
13. Amelki Smiech ["Amelka's Laughter"]

To connect the dots with previous posts: "If Not Now Then When" was co-written with Kevin Robinson. "Someone for Everyone" has Mark Reilly on backing vocals, "Clear Horizon" is a new version of the song from the Best of comp ten years ago (in a much more natural Basia style) and "Winners" has a Carnaval feel. "Amelki" is in Polish (apologies to Polish speakers, the accent-S would not reproduce here) and Danny's description of it as "Come To Heaven" meets "Rachel's Wedding" makes sense, actually!

More information as it develops.

The album is done.

Yes.

Danny says:

"We finally finished mixing on friday-13 songs,the 13th
having a Polish lyric (musically its somewhere between
"Come to heaven' and 'Rachel's wedding' if you can
imagine that!)

"When Basia was in Poland recently she recorded her
friends & family singing along which we included in
the song giving it a Polish singalong party vibe. The
song is a celebration of the arrival of her nephew's
newborn baby daughter.

"It's a nice feeling for the record to be finished-the
next thing is to master it and then work on the sleeve.
Release/record companywise we're still working on but
as soon as there's some definite news I'll let you
know."

My heart's all pitter patter, I don't know about you reading this right now.


Also, for those lucky ducks across the pond:

"Peter was over recently and I'll be playing with him
at the end of April." Go see him please and better yet, cam the performance for those of us not so lucky!

Moving along

The album is back in the mix this week, and there are exciting things happening on the label and release front-- gotta be hush-hush for now while details are being worked out, but hopefully in a few weeks there will be some proper info to share.

Positivity

The thirteen new songs will be with Dave Bascombe (master mixer of The Sweetest Illusion, Depeche Mode, and maaaany others) this November for final mixing. While things can and do change, for now a spring 2008 release and a tour over summer and fall look more likely than ever. There's some strong contenders on the label front; keep tuned here toward the end of the year for solid specifics on where and when, but wheels are definitely in motion.

This is all good news and brings us ever closer to that elusive new work!

Upward!

Good stuff going on in London. Song eleven is wrapping up, it's got a Brazilian Carnaval feel with the working title of "Winners." Things are looking good, and the mood is very up. As Danny says, "Its starting to sound like a record now and there is
light at the end of the tunnel-so please hang on in there!"

Fan gets some interesting skinny

Danny White is back with bro Peter's band at Pizza in the Park in London through Monday (so grab your tix asap) and fan 49rsphil had a great conversation with him:

"Obviously I asked about the progress of the next album. The situation is that 10 songs have already been recorded and a further 3 are needed to bring it to it's optimum length. These are still in the pipeline and Basia and Danny are taking a break while Danny plays these gigs and Basia is currently with her family in Poland. Danny seems very pleased with the quality of the new material but the cloud on the horizon is the fact that there is not currently a record deal in place. They have approached a few companies but with the consolidation that has occured in the industry there are not too many major players with the muscle to get the album out worldwide. They need the deal to finance the final mixing to their satisfaction and also to enable the band to be assembled and rehearsed in readiness for a tour to promote the disc.

"This will delay the release of the project and 2008 is far more likely than 2007 so we will have to be patient but I'm sure it'll be worth the wait :)

"I tried to find out if there was a working title. Danny said that two possibilities had emerged so far. It's That Girl Again was considered but that has cooled a bit and Two Islands is the current favourite. I really like that. Both of these are titles of songs that have been recorded. As I said this is just a working title and is no way the final word."

Here and there

Hello from the (temporary) new nervecenter in suburban Detroit! News is that there isn't a whole lot of news-- the music is going great and almost wrapped up, it's the business stuff we're waiting on. In the meantime enjoy this clip from the 2005 tour and this 1990 TV appearance before YouTube inevitably removes them.

The latest album update

Good things are happening— song 8 is on deck, and we hope to hear some concrete news regarding release in the New Year. Stay tuned!

A bit longer than that

Have no fear— our dynamic duo are still working on the next album. While their intrepid manager Carl takes care of the biznazz, Basia and Danny are rocking the mad composition and lyric skills. As we cheer them on, song number seven is being worked over and added to the (surely) brilliant previous six. Updates as we get them- same Basia time, same Basia channel.

Horns rounded out

The latest recording for the new album is a hornfest including band alumnus Fayyaz Virji on trombone (woot!), and fan favorite from the Matt Bianco tour, Paul Booth, on sax. Argh, it's getting to be a tougher wait for this album, isn't it?

It's an album update!

Some trivia bits about the upcoming album, now halfway complete: One track includes Mark Reilly (from Matt Bianco) singing the background vocal. Another is a co-write with trumpeter Kevin Robinson (co-writer of "An Olive Tree"). You're gonna have to just imagine the rest!

Album update

The new project is taking shape! So far there are ten songs in various stages of progress, and recording and writing continue. This weekend sees Danny in the studio with Marc Parnell, the drummer from the last tour. Great news for a holiday season, eh?

Basia and Danny are working on a new album!

It's true: there will be a new Basia album; the first since 1994! Danny says that he and Basia are hard at work and will probably be at it through most of 2006. Needless to say we're super thrilled; more news as it develops!

In other Matt Bianco news, Mark Reilly is also working on a solo project. We'll have more on that later, too.