"Auburn Silhouette" is Amongst Myselves' latest piece. "To
me this album is about light and the sky. I like the chaos that rules
these natural elements and that humanity has no rule over them. The
weather is another inspirational element within Auburn Silhouette. The
weather controls people's moods. I like
to think that all the tracks on the album are like different weather
patterns." said Roberts.
Roberts spent more time fine tuning this album. "I took a lot longer
on this release as I feel I rushed my previous releases. What's the
hurry ? It takes me a very long time to meld the whole album together
but previously I've always felt pressured to get it out there. Those
pressures were always based on my belief that I have to keep things
moving along" said Roberts. "I've also stopped worrying about
genres and were I fit in - something that was stupidly always on my
mind."
During the making of Auburn Silhouette, Amongst
Myselves spent a year in a small studio near London, England. "It
was a great opportunity to be able to pull up roots and move there.
I recorded "Munstead Heath" while staying near a small village
in the Surrey countryside - very picturesque though I'm not sure that's
what is expressed in that track." said Roberts.
Amongst Myselves has started to combine his
own film work with his musical pieces. "Auburn Silhouette"
comes with a DVD featuring 3 short films created to accompany tracks
from the album. "I've found that the film work I have been doing
helps inspire the sound. I suppose it comes back to that sound track
idea I've always had in my mind for Amongst Myselves. It allows me to
be more literal in the track meaning where necessary." said Roberts.
2007 is planned to be the year that Amongst
Myselves starts to become a live act for the first time. "I've
always liked playing live in bands so it was just a natural progression
to take the music and images to the people" said Roberts. Amongst
Myselves looks forward to this stage of development though "it's
going to be an interesting technical challenge to bring the images along
with the live audio - all fun though !".
January 2007