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

1. (Power Up)

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Performer: Ben Garrett; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Lyricist: 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

2. On Your Own

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

3. In My Arms

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

4. Don't Make It Hard On Yourself

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

5. Love So Cold

Performer: Ben Garrett
Luke Smith; Performer
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Vocals: Ben Garrett
Luke Smith; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Lyricist: 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

6. Prettiest Ones Fly Highest

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

7. (Dialogue 1)

Performer: Ben Garrett
Jeff Noon
Art Gruskin; Performer
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Spoken Word: Jeff Noon
Art Gruskin; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Lyricist: 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

8. China Voyage

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

9. Sequoia

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

10. Can't Stop Loving You

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

11. The Power

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

12. (Dialogue 2)

Performer: Art Gruskin
Ben Garrett; Performer
Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Spoken Word: Art Gruskin; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Lyricist: 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: Ben Garrett
John Dent; Production

13. Thing Of Beauty

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

14. (Tide You Over)

Primary Artist: Fryars; Main Performer
Performer: Ben Garrett; Performer
Composer: Ben Garrett; Composer
Lyricist: 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

15. Cool Like Me

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

16. (Over And Out)

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

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

16 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

46 minutes and 31 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

4/16 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Alternative, Rock, Dance, Electronic, Psychedelic

Label

Fiction

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Nov 16, 2014

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

602537949540