Woob

Woob Paul Frankland started writing music as a teenager, and went on to get a master’s degree in film while also working as a DJ. He first came to attention in the early 1990s when he submitted the track ″Void″ to the Nottingham-based t:me '' recording company. The track was included on the first release by t:me’s new downtempo label Em:t, a compilation album titled em:t 0094'', which led to Woob signing with the label. Woob's first full-length album, Woob 1194, was released by Em:t in 1994 and was immediately regarded as a milestone in ambient music. Production involved an Atari ST work station, Akai s950 sampler and a Gem s2 synthesizer. The tracks were mixed and performed live, which contributed to the organic and evocative nature of the music. Following the success of his first album, which was re-released in the United States by Instinct Records, Woob contributed tracks to more Em:t compilations and to trance label Flying Rhino Records. In late 1995, he released a second album on Em:t titled Woob2 4495, which garnered further praise. A third Woob album was being planned in 1998 when Em:t went out of business. a full-length album that Frankland said would accompany a film described as a 'Paradigm Flux Prologue'. November 2012 saw the release of the first album in what would become the Have Landed Trilogy, an aural journey through time and space. The first album, titled Have Landed was released as both a Woob album and an album by Max and Harvey. Frankland's website gave this explanation: ″Have Landed encompasses some of the best recordings previously released under the Max & Harvey moniker along with a plethora of new material including a few surprises″. More coherent than its predecessor, one reviewer noted the use of soaring synth chords, thundering drums and the use of arpeggio that was reminiscent of the Berlin School. The trilogy was completed in July 2014 with the release of ″Ambient Disaster Movie″, an album of characteristically spacey soundscapes that included samples from old science fiction films. Between Ultrascope and Ambient Disaster Movie, Frankland also released an album called Lost 1194, which consisted of previously unheard versions of tracks from the Woob debut album. Journeyman In 1994, the year of the first Woob album, Frankland also started recording with DJ Colin Waterton under contract to NTone, a sub label of Ninja Tune. The duo released two albums under the name 'Journeyman'. The first album, 'Mama 6', came out in 1994, featuring long ambient dub soundscapes, with samples of world music and movie dialogue of the kind that could be found on the Woob albums. By contrast, 'National Hijinx', released in 1997, had shorter tracks with elements of drum and bass. The second album marked the end of Frankland's collaboration with Waterton. When asked about the partnership in an interview, Frankland said "Colin Waterton had lots of influence on the first Journeyman album. The idea was that we'd start a record label as a duo, but it didn't happen. Colin moved on and started concentrating on other stuff. He did work on about three of the songs on 'National Hijinx' though." ==Legacy==