When the Oasis became indie

“There is no one here anymore here. There is no reproduction music or anything. There are boxes of scattered discs around and we don’t know where to send them. It is all finished, basically, “said the artistic director of Creation Records, Simon Corkin, to the Guardian journalists who in January 2000 went to stick their noses in the offices of the label symbol of Britpop, the one he had discovered, launched and made real world stars of the Oasis of the Gallagher brothers. When Alan McGeewho had founded the band in 1983, about ten years before discovering Oasis, thanks to which he had made luck with best seller as “Defintely Maybe”, “(What’s the story) Morning Glory?” and “be here now”, he communicated to Noel and Liam Gallagher to be

tired of the rhythms, pressure and expectations of the industrythose did not waste time: in four and four eight they put their own society on their feet, the one with which they would release their subsequent album, the fourth of the group’s career. There Big Brother Recordings Ltd It was recorded at 88/90 of Baker Street, in London, between Hyde Park and Regent Park, the December 15, 1999. The agreement with McGee was that Creation Records collaborated with Oasis also for the album that the Gallagher brothers would have sent in the shops, but when “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants“He was declared ready to be published, the Big Brother Recordings, entirely self -financedhad already passed the run -off phase and was in the condition, according to Noel and Liam, to manage the publication and promotion of the disc alone.

The birth act of the Big Brother

And so the February 7, 2000the day when the single forerunner of “Standing on the Shouder of Giants” came out, Oasis officially became indie. The song was titled “Go Let it out“And the verses of the text were to say the least emblematic: “Paint No Illusion, Try to Click with Whatcha Got”, “Don’t make you illusions, try to get by with what you have”. The piece flew to the first place in the British ranking, certified Gold disc for exceeding 400 thousand copies sold. He also ended up at the top in the rankings of Ireland, Italy, Spain and Canada, paving the way for the successor of “Be Here Now”. “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants” arrived in the shops a few days after the release of the individual, the February 28, 2000. The Oasis had recorded it between April and August of the previous year between the Olympic Studios and the supernova Heights in London, the Wheeler End Studios of Buckinghamshire and the Château de la Colle Noire of Montauroux, in France, then letting the producer Mark Stent and the sound engineer Paul Stacey used the processes, before Howie Weinberg. burn everything.

Sound

After the worldwide success of “Defintely Maybe” (1994), “(What’s the story) Morning Glory?” (1995) and “Be here now” (1997), With “Standing on the Shouder of Giants” the Oasis tried to go towards a more bold development of their sound. Noel Gallagher adopted a more experimental approach to registrationleading to a turning point compared to their previous sounds towards a disc affected by modern psychedelic rock. This experimentation and the enriched range of sounds were partly due to the fact that Noel took more time to work on the disc than what he had ever done before. New tools and techniques were used, including battery loops, samples, electric sitar, mellotron, synthesizers and overturned guitars, all elements that contributed to an evolution in the production of Oasis Several songs of the album also marked the first use of samples by the band.

“Fuckin ‘in the Bushes” contains samples from Murray Lerner’s film “Message to Love: Isle of Wight” (1970), while the same “Go Let it out” contains elements of “Johnny Jenkins’ Walk on Gilded Sprinters”. “Standing on the Shoulder of Giants” also scored.The first time Liam Gallagher contributed to the writing of a song for an Oasis album (“Little James”), activities that continued in the following discs.

The new formation and impact

“Standing on the Shoulder of Giants” has further relevance in the band discography because It was their first album released after the change of original training. Gem Archer And Andy Bell they took over the guitar and bass respectively for the live activities of the album, following the Departure of Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan. It was also important for the registration process Mark “Spike” stentwho assumed the role of producer next to Noel. The new bold sounds were quickly welcomed by the fans: The album centried the goal of reaching the first place in the British ranking And he also flew at the top in the Scottish, Irish, Italian ones.

During 2000 he would have spent twenty -nine weeks in the ranking of the most purchased records in the United Kingdom, when the CDs bought themselves seriously, a decade before streaming :.At the end of the year it was the twenty -sixth album best -selling album of that vintage, overseas. The disc also had an important success in the United States, debuting twenty -fourth place in the Billboard 200, selling 55 thousand copies only in the first week. In March 2000 IFPI, the Federation that represents the interests of the world record industry, certified that copies equal to over 1 million units had been sold in Europe in Europe. “Fuckin ‘in the bushes” would have quickly established himself in the conscience of fans as the explosive song with which Oasis rose on stage during the live concerts. And with the psychedelic chaos of “Gas Panic!”, The band showed her ability to masterfully explore new sounds, with dark and disturbing atmospheres expertly built.

The celebrations

Twenty -five years after the release of “Standing on the Shouder of Giants”, while the beginning of the highly anticipated tour of the reunion of the Gallagher brothers approaches, the disc was republished in limited edition vinyl in the Silver and Blue and Purple Marble variants (both can be purchased On the Sony Music websiteat this link). In addition, for the first time all the official videos of the individual extracted from the disc in 4K quality were made available on YouTube with audio.