Aaron Booth
Tune Up
© 1999 Aaron Booth
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Spacey roots-pop explorations of a lo-fi songsmith and his 4-track.
tracks
- 1 Wrong Idea
- 2 Ramblin' Train
- 3 Stay On Your Ground
- 4 Jaina
- 5 Gravity
- 6 A Beast and the Plow
- 7 How Long
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Aaron Booth's songs draw on the soul of americana, the spirit of classic pop, and the craft of The Brill Building writers. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
Tune Up is Aaron's debut (and now hard to find) EP. Initally a bedroom recording recluse, Aaron spent many days and nights finding his musical voice on a 4-track. Tune Up is a snapshot of the intimate musical space Aaron inhabited during those early songwriting years.
Aaron began performing publicly in the mid 1990s in Calgary, Alberta. He quietly worked his way through the local indie scene until eventually emerging as one of the city's most celebrated artists.
During the late 90's his demos evolved from sketches into full productions leading to the release of Tune Up, an earthy pop EP of his secret home recordings. In a twist of fate, the quiet observer became the observed.
"Booth's long stint in Calgary with bands such as Sky Suspended, Pavonine and Shecky Forme has forged a very promising local jewel", wrote the Straight in 1999.
After several national tours opening for Ottawa's Snailhouse (ex-wooden stars), plus shared stages with Richard Buckner, Jon Frusciante, The Sadies, Carolyn Mark, Julie Doiron and showcases at Toronto's Wavelength Series, Aaron relocated to Toronto in 2001. He has since recorded two studio albums with Ottawa producer Dave Draves (kathleen edwards).
Transparent, released independently in 2001, is an inviting and intimate folk-pop record. Reaching #6 on national campus radio, it was a sleeper hit of summer 2002: "[Transparent] puts me in a similarly reverent position as the Ron Sexsmith debut." (comes with a smile UK).
His latest, Our Last Escape, is a sophisticated pop album with big arrangements for harmonies, horn, flute, vibraphone and plenty of other vintage treasures plucked from the walls of Little Bullhorn Studio. OLE was released by Endearing Records in March 2004. "Aaron Booth is shaping up to be one of the most promising Canadian singer-songwriters and Our Last Escape is one of the year's first really good Canadian albums." Exclaim!
Aaron also co-produced the latest release by Hot Little Rocket, composed music for comedy/performance artist, The Spam Avenger, and he created music for a dance by Anik Bouvrette, which has been performed at The National Arts Centre.
Plans for 2004 include the release of a split EP with Finnish pop group, Treeball, a tour of the U.K., Finland and much of Europe in September, and a tour of Japan in October.