JULIETTE LEWIS set to release new album “Terra Incognita” on 28th August. Grammy award-winner Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta joins Juliette Lewis in the studio to produce her 3rd studio album with Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, NIN, Foo Fighters) mixing. Lewis forms a new band to bring Terra Incognita sound to life.With an exciting new sound and a significantly diverse collection of songs, Lewis decided to form a different band to capture her whole new groove and launch this next musical project. Instrumental in creating the sound for this new record is the album’s producer Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, leader of The Mars Volta.
“Because this album is so sonically different than anything I’ve done before and captures many flavors of my emotional life and voice, it needed an entirely new band,” declares Lewis.
“Terra Incognita means unknown territory—and that’s where I wanted to go musically. The guitars are more wild and atmospheric. The groove is dark and deep and allow for a lot of sonic contrasts. It took me five years to really cut my teeth both as a performer and as a songwriter and I wanted to break all the habits I’d gotten used to and let songs develop out of a groove or simple piano notes and melody. In Omar I found a producer who understood all these facets and who could really unearth and interpret this musical identity. He blows my mind on many levels. It’s been a truly liberating and radical experience.”
“Terra Incognita means unknown territory—and that’s where I wanted to go musically. The guitars are more wild and atmospheric. The groove is dark and deep and allow for a lot of sonic contrasts. It took me five years to really cut my teeth both as a performer and as a songwriter and I wanted to break all the habits I’d gotten used to and let songs develop out of a groove or simple piano notes and melody. In Omar I found a producer who understood all these facets and who could really unearth and interpret this musical identity. He blows my mind on many levels. It’s been a truly liberating and radical experience.”
“Everything she’s feeling, it’s just right there for you,” said Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of the recording. “It’s just honest. It’s her. All the music encapsulates her and it’s driven by her, and it’s made for her.”
Juliette and Omar met while both on tour at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan in 2007 and soon bonded over their love of Fellini movies and the relationship between drama, visual images and songwriting. Together they have translated her ideas into an emotionally guttural and ultimately melodic and unpredictable, new sound.
There is a deep undercurrent on the entire record of contrasting themes; romance and tragedy, dreams and disillusionment. Her vocal performances showcase a remarkably dynamic range going from haunting to soulful and roaring.
Lewis wrote most of the 11 tracks with long time friend and musician Chris Watson over the past year and at home on piano using a tape recorder. She then recorded the album in between both of her and Omar’s tours at the end of 2008 at Rodriguez-Lopez’s studio in Brooklyn NY and Guadalajara Mexico. The record was mixed by the legendary Rich Costey (NIN, Muse, Foo Fighters).
For more information, please visit www.myspace.com/juliettelewis and check out Juliette’s Video Blog here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVssYUGs-R4
Juliette Lewis - European tourdates:
13/07 - Morecambe Library - Morecambe, United Kingdom
14/07 - The Lexington - London, United Kingdom
16/07 - Neapolis Festival - Naples, Italy
18/07 - Rock’n Coke Festival – Istanbul Park Circuit - Istanbul, Turkey
19/07 - Gurten Festival - Berne, Switzerland
31/07 - Europe Woodstock Festival - Kostrzyn, Poland
01/08 - Low Cost Festival - Alicante, Spain
21/10 - Garage - Glasgow, United Kingdom
22/10 - Academy 2 - Manchester, United Kingdom
23/10 - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire - London, United Kingdom
24/10 - Lazarette Festival - Anson Rooms - Bristol, United Kingdom
25/10 - Wedgewood Rooms - Portsmouth, United Kingdom
03/11 - Grosse Freiheit 36 - Hamburg, Germany
04/11 - Kesselhaus - Berlin, Germany
08/11 - Gasometer - Vienna, Austria
09/11 - Muffathalle - Munich, Germany
11/11 - Schlachthof - Wiesbaden, Germany
12/11 - Live Music Hall - Cologne, Germany
18/11 - Paradiso Grote Zaal - Amsterdam, Netherlands
19/11 - Zeche - Bochum, Germany
20/11 - Posthof - Linz, Austria
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