ALUMINIUM is an album of avant-garde orchestral recordings consisting of past music written by Jack White. The project was conceived by, and later brought to the attention of Jack, by Richard Russell who is the founder of XL Recordings. Richard Russell co-produced the album with the renowned composer and arranger Joby Talbot. It was recorded between August 2005 and February 2006 at Intimate Studios in Wapping (London), using a specially assembled orchestra comprising many of the UK's finest young classical musicians.
The album will be available exclusively through the Aluminium website as a numbered limited edition of 3,333 CDs and 999 LPs. The download format will not be limited, and will come with an electronic booklet. The album will be available for pre-order on November 6th, 2006.
Artist Rob Jones, known for designing many posters for both The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, created a series of 10 images to accompany the album. These images will be printed up as cards and packaged with both the CD and LP formats. In addition to this, the LP format will include a section of an original Rob Jones silk screen print.
The images are available to view on the Aluminium MySpace page, and as part of a wider Rob Jones exhibition which is currently showing at the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester, England.
Upon hearing Aluminium, choreographer Wayne McGregor included tracks from the album in a new piece that he is putting together for the Royal Ballet. The piece will be performed at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden this November.
Tracklisting:
Aluminum
I'm Bound To Pack It Up
Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me?
Astro
Never Far Away
Little Bird
Let's Build A Home
Who's A Big Baby?
The Hardest Button To Button
Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)
For more information, please visit:
alumiiinium.com
myspace.com/alumiiinium
xlrecordings.com
richardgoodallgallery.com
Be sure to tune into The Simpsons this Sunday, September 17th to catch an animated version of Jack and Meg as they join the cast for this special episode.
THE WHITE STRIPES WIN LAWSUIT
The White Stripes prevailed in a federal copyright suit in which a studio engineer claimed he was entitled to one-third ownership of the copyrights in and to the band's first 2 albums, The White Stripes and De Stijl.
The jury unanimously agreed after 20 minutes of deliberation that Jim Diamond's contributions to the records - positioning microphones and working the soundboard at Jack White's direction - did not constitute original ownership of the sound recording copyrights. The jury further agreed with The White Stripes' claim that the crediting of Diamond as co-producer was gratuitous.
A statement from The White Stripes:
"This was a classic shakedown. They expected us to settle but we refused to back down. It took the jury less than 20 minutes to figure out what this case was really about.
This decision protects musicians and original authors of copyright from opportunists trying to take advantage of hard working, creative artists in the community.
We are grateful the jury saw through Diamond's claims and ruled accordingly."
Jack and Meg won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album!
Jack and Meg have rescheduled their tour to Japan. Please check out the tour page for newly confirmed dates.
The White Stripes are unfortunately postponing their upcoming Japanese tour dates because Jack White is suffering from an acute vocal cord problem.
As part of his treatment, the doctors have instructed Jack not to speak or sing for the next 2 weeks.
We sincerely apologize to our Japanese fans and friends and hope to reschedule dates as soon as we can. For our friends in New Zealand and Australia, the band looks forward to seeing you at the Big Day Out.
