'Isolation' Plastic Oh No (2020) MANCHO. John Lennon cover
Isolation
About two weeks into quarantine, I went to my basement studio and taught myself John Lennon's Isolation on piano. This album was always my first to turn to when I needed some music to get me through tough times. This song couldnt have been more fitting.
After learning the piano I decided to record it with my own spin. I spent the next nights continuing to add layers and then brought my wife Shannon down to add the vocals. We created a silly video to accompany the recording / @kavatheband . This was the start of the 6 month project that kept me sane during this time of isolation.
About Plastic Oh No (2020)
In December of 1970, John Lennon released his debut solo album on Apple Records: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band https://www.youtube.com/results?searc....
Since its release, the album has been praised by critics for its raw, emotional character, and regularly tagged by taste-makers and media like Rolling Stone Pitchfork as a vital component of the rock pantheon.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the album release, Chicago-based MANCHO has reworked each track for a new tribute album, Plastic Oh No (2020), which became publicly available Friday, December 11, 2020, exactly 50 years to the date of Lennon's release.
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/album/7zxNvR...
Apple Music: / plastic-oh-no-2020
The Plastic Ono Band could not have been more relevant in 2020; fifty years since its release,. The lyrics seem prescient and cathartic in a year defined by COVID-19, political unrest, economic instability and the effect quarantine has had on relationships.
MANCHO’s new album delivers a unique outlook on the tracks, while preserving the message and integrity of the source material. On Plastic Oh No (2020), MANCHO experiments with instrumentation, time signatures and feel while retaining song structure and lyrics. Twelve guest vocalists appear throughout the album as well as 11 instrumental contributions, ranging from theremin and tabla to oud and harmonium.
Grammy Award Winning engineer Rollin Weary was instrumental to the development, production, and release of the album. In essence, Rollin was the “fifth Beatle” for Plastic Oh No (2020).
Check out MANCHOs other projects:
KAVA: / @kavatheband
Chromabeats: / @chromabeats
Music for Yoga: / manchoyogasounds