Power by Fryars - DeepRiffs

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A producer/songwriter for hire who has worked with a growing bevy of left-of-center luminaries from Lily Allen to Marina & the Diamonds, Benjamin Garrett (aka Fryars) first gained public attention with his 2009 electronic pop-infused debut Dark Young Hearts. That album found him mixing a kind of '80s-does-'60s singer/songwriter psychedelia à la XTC with an utterly contemporary, DJ-influenced approach to modern pop. Begun in 2010 and infamously delayed due to label restructuring, Fryars' sophomore full-length album, 2014's Power, is a similarly quirky but even more ambitious concept album built around the fictional sci-fi storyline of a scientist whose invention of a fake sun brings about a nuclear winter. Working with producer Luke Smith (Depeche Mode, Foals), Garrett has crafted an album that's more contemporary in feel than Dark Young Hearts, with an arid, shimmery layer of EDM- and R&B-infused studio élan. Nonetheless, Power once again finds Fryars delivering a balance of stylistic influences, from late-'60s Baroque psychedelia ("Thing of Beauty"), to '70s electro-disco ("Cool Like Me"), to '80s new romantic pop ("Don't Make It Hard on Yourself"). Imagine something along the lines of Taking Tiger Mountain-era Brian Eno crossed with Scott 3-era Scott Walker, all produced by Giorgio Moroder and you'll get a sense of the expansive sound Fryars achieves on Power. Similarly, "Sequoia," with its poignant and summery Brian Wilson-meets-Daft Punk sound, registers as both timeless and cutting edge. Some of this disconnected, out-of-time quality comes from Garrett's tendency to veil his already introspective baritone and lilting falsetto in the warm, electric gauze of a studio filter. It's almost as if aliens kidnapped ELO's Jeff Lynne and made him record an album at the furthest reaches of space and then beam it down to Earth. All of which is to say that with Power, Fryars has made an album that is cinematic, endlessly listenable and out of this world good.
© Matt Collar /TiVo

1. (Power Up)

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Performer: Ben Garrett; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Engineer: Ben Garrett; Production
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Ben Garrett; Production
Producer: Ben Garrett; Production
Programming: Ben Garrett; Production
Studio Personnel: John Dent
Ben Garrett; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other

2. On Your Own

Bass Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Performer: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett
Chris Hutchings; Performer
Synthesizer: Luke Smith; Performer
Engineer: Luke Smith; Production
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Luke Smith; Production
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Producer: Luke Smith; Production
Studio Personnel: Luke Smith
John Dent; Production
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Drums: Chris Hutchings; Performer
Piano: Ben Garrett; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Programming: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other

3. In My Arms

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Luke Smith; Performer
Mixing: Luke Smith; Production
Bass Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Engineer: Luke Smith; Production
Drums: Chris Hutchings; Performer
Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Performer: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett
Chris Hutchings; Performer
Piano: Ben Garrett; Performer
Synthesizer: Luke Smith; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Programming: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Production
Studio Personnel: Luke Smith
John Dent; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Producer: Luke Smith; Production

4. Don't Make It Hard On Yourself

Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Chris White; Composer
Bass Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Cello: Mats Lindberg
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Performer: Chris White
Ferg Peterkin
Luke Smith
Mats Lindberg
Ben Garrett
Chris Hutchings
Martin Schaub
Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin
Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Synthesizer: Ferg Peterkin
Luke Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Background Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Drums: Chris Hutchings; Performer
Piano: Ben Garrett; Performer
Viola: Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden; Performer
Violin: Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Mixing: Luke Smith; Production
Producer: Luke Smith; Production
Programming: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Production
Recording: Ferg Peterkin
Luke Smith; Production
Studio Personnel: Ferg Peterkin
Luke Smith
John Dent; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other
Conductor/ Piano: Martin Schaub; Other

5. Love So Cold

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Performer: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Performer
Vocals: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Engineer: Ben Garrett; Production
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Ben Garrett; Production
Producer: Ben Garrett; Production
Programming: Ben Garrett; Production
Studio Personnel: John Dent
Ben Garrett; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other

6. Prettiest Ones Fly Highest

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Bongos: Richard Repey; Performer
Drum: Jürgen Berlakovich; Performer
Horn: Ernst Reitermaier
Matthias Meinharter; Performer
Engineer: Ben Garrett; Production
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Producer: Ben Garrett; Production
Programming: Ben Garrett; Production
Studio Personnel: Jimmy Douglass
John Dent
Ben Garrett
Oliver Brunbauer; Production
Chamber Orchestra: The Vegetable Orchestra; Other
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other
Maracas: Tamara Wilhelm; Performer
Marimba: Jörg Piringer; Performer
Percussion: Susanna Gartmayer
Nikolaus Gansterer; Performer
Performer: Ben Garrett
The Vegetable Orchestra
Tamara Wilhelm
Ernst Reitermaier
Susanna Gartmayer
Jörg Piringer
Jürgen Berlakovich
Nikolaus Gansterer
Barbara Kaiser
Matthias Meinharter
Richard Repey
Ingrid Schlögl
Ulrich Troyer; Performer
Snare Drum: Ulrich Troyer; Performer
Violin: Barbara Kaiser; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Orchestra/ Member: Ingrid Schlögl; Other
Recording: Oliver Brunbauer; Production
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Mixing: Jimmy Douglass; Production

7. (Dialogue 1)

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Performer: Ben Garrett
Art Gruskin
Jeff Noon; Performer
Spoken Word: Art Gruskin
Jeff Noon; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Engineer: Ben Garrett; Production
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Ben Garrett; Production
Producer: Ben Garrett; Production
Programming: Ben Garrett; Production
Studio Personnel: John Dent
Ben Garrett; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other

8. China Voyage

Background Vocals: Caroline Wickberg
Ben Garrett; Performer
Banjo: Luke Smith; Performer
Bass Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Engineer: Ferg Peterkin; Production
Mixing: Luke Smith; Production
Producer: Luke Smith; Production
Recording: Luke Smith; Production
Studio Personnel: Ferg Peterkin
Luke Smith
John Dent; Production
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Cello: Mats Lindberg
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Drums: Chris Hutchings; Performer
Performer: Chris White
Caroline Wickberg
Luke Smith
Mats Lindberg
Ben Garrett
Chris Hutchings
Martin Schaub
Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin
Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden
Lena Berstrom
Yun Shan Chang; Performer
Piano: Ben Garrett; Performer
Synthesizer: Luke Smith; Performer
Viola: Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden; Performer
Violin: Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett
Yun Shan Chang; Performer
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other
Conductor/ Piano: Martin Schaub; Other
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Chris White
Ben Garrett; Composer

9. Sequoia

Bass Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Drums: Chris Hutchings; Performer
Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Performer: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett
Chris Hutchings; Performer
Synthesizer: Luke Smith; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Engineer: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Production
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Catherine Marks; Production
Producer: Luke Smith; Production
Programming: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Production
Studio Personnel: Catherine Marks
Luke Smith
John Dent
Ben Garrett; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other

10. Can't Stop Loving You

Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Chris White; Composer
Background Vocals: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Performer
Performer: Chris White
Luke Smith
Mats Lindberg
Ben Garrett
Martin Schaub
Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin
Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Engineer: Ferg Peterkin; Production
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Cello: Mats Lindberg
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Synthesizer: Luke Smith; Performer
Viola: Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden; Performer
Violin: Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Luke Smith; Production
Producer: Luke Smith; Production
Programming: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Production
Recording: Luke Smith; Production
Studio Personnel: Ferg Peterkin
Luke Smith
John Dent; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other
Conductor/ Piano: Martin Schaub; Other

11. The Power

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett
Younghee Lee; Performer
Engineer: Luke Smith; Production
Bass Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Drums: Chris Hutchings; Performer
Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Performer: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett
Chris Hutchings
Younghee Lee; Performer
Piano: Ben Garrett; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Dan Parry; Production
Programming: Ben Garrett; Production
Studio Personnel: Luke Smith
Dan Parry
John Dent; Production
Additional Producer: Rodaidh Mcdonald; Other
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Producer: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett
Rodaidh Mcdonald; Production

12. (Dialogue 2)

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Performer: Ben Garrett
Art Gruskin; Performer
Spoken Word: Art Gruskin; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Engineer: Ben Garrett; Production
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Ben Garrett; Production
Producer: Ben Garrett; Production
Programming: Ben Garrett; Production
Studio Personnel: John Dent
Ben Garrett; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other

13. Thing Of Beauty

Engineer: Ferg Peterkin; Production
Mixing: Luke Smith; Production
Producer: Luke Smith; Production
Recording: Luke Smith; Production
Studio Personnel: Ferg Peterkin
Luke Smith
John Dent; Production
Background Vocals: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Performer
Bass Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Cello: Mats Lindberg
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Drums: Chris Hutchings; Performer
Performer: Chris White
Luke Smith
Mats Lindberg
Ben Garrett
Chris Hutchings
Martin Schaub
Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin
Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Piano: Ben Garrett; Performer
Synthesizer: Luke Smith; Performer
Violin: Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin; Performer
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Viola: Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other
Conductor/ Piano: Martin Schaub; Other
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Chris White; Composer

14. (Tide You Over)

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Performer: Ben Garrett; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Engineer: Ben Garrett; Production
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Ben Garrett; Production
Producer: Ben Garrett; Production
Programming: Ben Garrett; Production
Studio Personnel: John Dent
Ben Garrett; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other

15. Cool Like Me

Background Vocals: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Performer
Engineer: Luke Smith; Production
Producer: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett
Rodaidh Mcdonald; Production
Recording: Luke Smith; Production
Studio Personnel: Luke Smith
John Dent
Rodaidh Mcdonald; Production
Cello: Mats Lindberg
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Guitar: Luke Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Performer: Chris White
Luke Smith
Mats Lindberg
Ben Garrett
Martin Schaub
Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin
Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Synthesizer: Luke Smith; Performer
Violin: Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin; Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett; Performer
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Rodaidh Mcdonald; Production
Additional Producer: Rodaidh Mcdonald; Other
Viola: Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden; Performer
Programming: Luke Smith
Ben Garrett; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other
Conductor/ Piano: Martin Schaub; Other
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Chris White; Composer

16. (Over And Out)

Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Strings Arrangement: Chris White; Composer
Performer: Chris White
Mats Lindberg
Ben Garrett
Martin Schaub
Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin
Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden
Lena Berstrom
Yun Shan Chang
Brianna Doherty; Performer
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Cello: Mats Lindberg
Lena Berstrom; Performer
Engineer: Ben Garrett; Production
Spoken Word: Brianna Doherty; Performer
Viola: Henrik Edström
Nils Edin
Magnus Lunden; Performer
Violin: Max Wulfson
Elin Stjarna
Pernilla Carlzon
Catherine Claesson
Pelle Appelin; Performer
Vocals: Yun Shan Chang; Performer
Mastering Engineer: John Dent; Production
Mixing: Ben Garrett; Production
Producer: Ben Garrett; Production
Programming: Ben Garrett; Production
Recording: Luke Smith; Production
Studio Personnel: Luke Smith
John Dent
Ben Garrett; Production
Composer Lyricist: Ben Garrett; Other
Conductor/ Piano: Martin Schaub; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

16 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

46 minutes and 10 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1500x1500 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

6/16 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

3/16 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Alternative & Indie, Alternative, Dance, Electronic, Psychedelic

Label

Fiction

Music Distribution Service

Unknown

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Nov 13, 2014

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

60253794954