TechnoShantys, coming Mar 6th
Added 2021-01-16 19:40:30 +0000 UTCDry January has left me with a LOT of extra time. So as an experiment, out of complete boredom, I went into the studio the other night to see what would happen if I put traditional pirate see shanties to big electronic industrial dance beats.
The result was amazing! Driving dance tracks that made you wanna sing at the top of your lungs!
After just two days, I now have four songs, some of the most bad ass stuff I’ve ever done.
“drunken sailor”
“The Wellerman”
“Old Maui”
“Blow The Man Down”
(If you’ve got a favorite Sea Shanty, let me know in the comments what it is.)
I even took the songs to sea yesterday, and blasted them from my boats stereo, while I sailed the waves!
Well, there’s nothing holding me back from making an entire album of this. Expect them on sale in March, about the time of our next live streaming concert. (And I’ll try and leave some early versions to you patrons in the mean time!)
Comments
We've always loved 'Tri Martolod" and "Star of the County Down" :)
Jan
2021-01-31 19:48:50 +0000 UTCPlease add this one! https://youtu.be/dN3wEdK_vxw
Kevin Kane
2021-01-30 22:13:09 +0000 UTCBully in the alley was always one of my faves.
Mungo
2021-01-24 17:38:40 +0000 UTCThe Cumberland Crew especially as done by Smokey Bastard is one of my favorites. Not sure if it qualifies as a shanty though.
Curtis Potterveld
2021-01-18 05:08:10 +0000 UTCWhiskey in the jar, Farewell to Nova Scotia, Bully in the Alley, Dark Lady, Old Maui & Hempin Jig, are a few more ideas to check out. You've already got The Derelict, And ALL of Aether Shanties (My favorite Abney Park Album (to date). Can't wait to see what you come up with. I'm sure it'll be fantastic.
James Compton
2021-01-18 02:09:03 +0000 UTCDepends on the airship. If they had sails, the jobs would be pretty similar. Also, anchoring or deck work in a storm could get a bit treacherous: falling in The sea is bad, but falling 2 miles to a wasteland hits harder.
Abney Park
2021-01-17 18:50:26 +0000 UTCNow my mind is wandering and thinking about what jobs on an airship could require a shanty? What would a long haul shanty be used for? ...
Leigh Ryder
2021-01-17 17:59:31 +0000 UTCI can't imagine what you could do with the brilliant song 'Barrett's Privateers'. It's a bit long and so perfect as it is. 'Bound for South Austrailia', on the other hand, seems like it was made for the transformation.
Michelle Perry-Brooker
2021-01-17 10:38:14 +0000 UTCWould 'Volga Boatman' qualify as a shanty?
Martha Prestopine
2021-01-17 07:18:09 +0000 UTCSome great suggestions. Another vote for "Leave Her Johnny Leave Her", "Mingulay Boat Song", "Drop of Nelson's Blood". Also, "Pass around the Grog!", "Roll the Old Chariot", "Throw out the Lifeline (Pull for the Shore)"
Mark Thornburg
2021-01-17 05:39:30 +0000 UTCThe Last Shanty (especially if you put it as last track), Banana Boat Song (Day-O), We were Shanghaied, High Barbary, Wild Rover (not exactly a sea shanty, but is one on a Shifty Sailors CD i have)
Silver Fox
2021-01-17 04:20:04 +0000 UTCSouth Australia, Sugar in the Hold, High Barbary, Santiano, Pump Shanty,
Liam O’hUlachain
2021-01-17 02:31:02 +0000 UTCFish in the Sea!
Mazer
2021-01-17 01:27:21 +0000 UTCBound For South Australia :-)
Lynne Everett
2021-01-17 01:06:05 +0000 UTCI love this idea! I was just thinking of remaking this, the same way I remade “root of all evil.”
Abney Park
2021-01-17 00:59:57 +0000 UTCSo one of my all time favorite Abney park songs is Aether shanties. It would be awesome to have a new remix of that song.
Juliana Jindra
2021-01-17 00:58:02 +0000 UTCLeave Her Johnny, Good Morning Ladies, Fish In the Sea, Running Down to Cuba
Chop
2021-01-16 23:26:36 +0000 UTCAnother vote for Barret's Privateers and Henry Martin. Also: Old Dun Cow, Fathoms Below (Little Mermaid), Shiver Me Timbers (Muppets), Drink a Rum (Pyrates Royale), Blow the Man Down, and Away, Away, Away
Jessica Bradshaw
2021-01-16 23:18:01 +0000 UTCBetween myself and my father (mostly Dad), we put together a short list of shanties to suggest: "Drop of Nelson's Blood", "Blood Red Roses", "Congo River", "John Kanaka", "Mingulay Boat Song"
Leiko Burningbear
2021-01-16 22:16:18 +0000 UTCMaid on the Shore
Michael Bristow
2021-01-16 21:37:00 +0000 UTCBarrett’s Privateers, One for the Morning Glory, Whale of a Tale
Michael Bristow
2021-01-16 21:36:07 +0000 UTCBarrett's Privateers, the Robert Mcenzie, Henry Martin
Colin Lamb
2021-01-16 20:57:48 +0000 UTCThis is awesome. I'd love to hear you do a version of "The Bonnie Ship the Diamond."
David Lee Summers
2021-01-16 20:05:07 +0000 UTCRandy dandy-o Excursion Around the Bay (Great Big Sea) Show me the way to go home (Jaws) Barrett's Privateers Pump Her Dry The Old Black Rum (Great Big Sea)
Kevin Kane
2021-01-16 19:53:26 +0000 UTC🤘🤘🤘
Kevin Kane
2021-01-16 19:42:12 +0000 UTC
