Under a special arrangement with EMI Publishing, a large number of tracks from Beautiful My Child and other Euphoria music were used as the score to both Melungeon Voices and, later, Down Home.Ģ006Precious Time is released on Zoe/Rounder. Documentary Down Home (2010) followed, with both projects marking the beginning of Ken’s relationship with North Carolinian director and cinematographer Warren Gentry. The track was used in the acclaimed documentary film, Melungeon Voices (2007) and as the high profile trailer. by famed SFX company Rhythm & Hues Studios (Superman Returns, X-Men) and it featured the L.A. The first single from Beautiful My Child, "Sweet Rain" is remixed by such notable remixers as Fila Brazilia and Faze Action. It eventually ended up on the soundtrack release, along with The Who, Robbie Robertson, Zero 7, The Chambers Brothers, New Order and other artists I admire so much.” He took the song 'Little Gem' to open a CSI episode. Their music supervisor Jason Alexander is a big Euphoria fan. Ramm: "The album got me introduced to the people at CSI. As with Euphoria, its tracks are licensed extensively for film, television and commercial use. Cole (Eric Clapton, Brian Eno, Bjork), and vocalists Maddie Willis and Gayle Day.Ģ001The second Euphoria album, Beautiful My Child, is released by Six Degrees. Prominent players on the record include programmer Sean Spuehler (Madonna, Blur, William Orbit), pedal steel guitarist B.J. The album is engineered by Donal Hodgson (Sting, Counting Crows). The album is produced by Garry Hughes (Bjork, Sly and Robbie, Killing Joke), who also contributes keyboards and programming, as well as co-writing “Beautiful My Child” and “Little Gem” with Ramm. In October, Ken Ramm begins recording the second Euphoria album in London, Wales and at the SARM West studio. Other artists featured include Willy Porter, Bob Holroyd, Banco de Gaia, and Roy Nathanson with Elvis Costello. The radio edit of “Delirium” is selected as the opening track. Six Degrees release a label compilation, Your Musical Passport. Sci Fi show Roswell makes excellent use of “The Dreamer” and helps to showcase the diversity of licenses that Euphoria is capable of getting. It was featured as the international trailer for the 2001 Cameron Crowe / Tom Cruise movie Vanilla Sky and one of the “Delirium” remixes is used in a key episode of Malcolm In The Middle. “Delirium” quickly attracts the attention of other music supervisors for film, television and commercials. "A star soundtrack for an ad was born," they wrote. The commercial premiered in the NBA playoff finals, with the LA Lakers playing, so it was a very high-profile ad.” This placement was cited in a Business 2.0 feature story in 2003 as a pivotal moment in the use of music in commercials, one that spurred close links between Madison Avenue and tastemaker station KCRW. He was listening to KCRW in LA one night, heard ‘Delirium,’ called the station to find out about the song, and went on to license it. Ramm: "Eric Grunbaum, a creative director at [major ad agency) TBWA/Chiat/Day in L.A., was looking for a piece of music to use in a car ad he was doing for the Nissan Infiniti SUV. ‘Delirium’ is placed in a commercial for Nissan. Jobs in his famous ‘Keynotes’ presentations. He took a liking to Euphoria, licensed ‘Delirium,’ and took it to Jobs, who was a very hands-on guy." The track passed muster and it was used to by Mr. Ramm: “Denzyl was Steve Jobs’ music supervisor in North America. 2 on the UK club charts.Įuphoria comes to the attention of Denzyl Feigelson at Apple. AAA Top 10, a remix of the track, by Fila Brazillia, hits No. In Canada, "Delirium" also scored at modern rock radio thanks to Toronto radio station CFNY. “Delirium”, the opening track on Euphoria, becomes a hit after scoring high-rotation play on such influential American Triple-A radio stations as Los Angeles' KCRW, Denver's KBCO and San Francisco's KFOG. Ramm's simple definition: "My music is a fusion of forms." While praising the album profusely, critics struggle to define its innovative and eclectic sound. Notable guests on the record include Geddy Lee, Anne Dudley (Art of Noise), gospel singer Juliette Roberts, and Soft Machine bassist Roy Babbington. Tom Elmhirst (David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Adele) steps up as the recording’s mix engineer. The album is produced by Garry Hughes (Bjork, Sly and Robbie, Killing Joke), who also contributes keyboards and programming. The self-titled album by Euphoria is released on July 13.
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