Woob is Paul Frankland Journeyman is Paul Frankland and Colin Waterton, or Paul Frankland by himself Max & Harvey are Paul Frankland and Mark Butt (Scab Boy!) e-mail Woob!

Woob albums

em:t 1194 - woob t:me / Europe CD Woob 1194 EX294 / Instinct / U.S. CD [72:48] 6 tracks [32:13] on earth [13:15] odonna [1:45] amoeba [9:29] wuub [10:32] strange air [4:28] emperor

em:t 4495 - woob² t:me / Europe CD [62:08] 7 tracks [4:30] gate [4:48] pondlife [12:25] woobed [8:32] creek [:36] cupboard [24:58] depart [6:18] later

"Back from a televised live performance in Amsterdam, Woob continues to turn heads with the release of his long-awaited second album: 'Woob²'. Featuring his highly improper band, Paul Frankland's second full-length offering further develops his slowly gestating soundscapes and massively extruded grooves, as tangible instruments add a surreal psychotic edge to the album's febrile atmospherics and dark, abstracted dub."

Journeyman albums

Mama 6 NTONECD2 / NTone / Europe CD Mama 6 NTONE2 / NTone / Europe Vinyl LP [4:56] Valves [10:48] Estarlay [21:21] Mama 6 pt.1 [15:19] Latneiro (woobs sunrise dub) [13:03] Mama 6 pt. 2 [13:31] 3001 (edit)

Mama 6 review by Noah

50cc (Parts 1&2) NTONE10 / NTone / Europe 12"

National Hijinx ntoneCD24 / ntone / Europe CD [65:36] 11 tracks [9:55] national hijinx [5:05] national hijinx part 2 (mr. swanks menstore) [4:01] rusty beats [6:21] spy [8:15] 50cc (full service history) [4:15] tuft er [4:03] sloath [5:26] eugolana box [5:24] sonny [5:41] biscuits [7:04] the darg frog

Trivia Fact - Mark Butt, who designed the cover to National Hijinx, appeared with Frankland as "Max & Harvey" (see compilation appearances below)

Other Woob/Journeyman appearances

em:t 0094 EX280 / Instinct / US CD em:t 0094 t:me / Europe CD [12:17] Woob - Void, part one

Plug in & Turn on x2 EX297 / Instinct / US 2CD [4:52] Woob - Odonna (Bells Remix) [10:09] Woob - Pluto (Trip To Pluto Remix) mix of Strange Air

Tone Tales From Tomorrow NTONECD5 / Ntone / Europe CD compilation album mixed by Coldcut [7:08] Journeyman - Mama 6 (part 2) [8:25] Journeyman - Mama 6 (part 1)

earthrise.ntone.1 EX316 / Instinct / US 2CD [7:15] Journeyman - 50cc [14:52] Journeyman - latneiro (woob's sunrise dub) [4:46] Journeyman - mama 6 (funki porcini [remix])

em:t 2000 EX311 / Instinct / US 2CD em:t 2295 t:me / Europe CD Disc one of em:t 2000 is the same as em:t 2295. [6:08] Woob - Fourteen Thirtythree

em:t 5595 t:me / Europe CD [6:50] Woob - Mould

tone tales from tomorrow too NTONECD9 / NTone / Europe CD+ compilation album mixed by Coldcut [4:18] Journeyman - 50cc

earthrise.ninja.2 SDW013 / Instinct / US 2CD [5:21] 9 Lazy 9 - Journeyman's Electric Lazyman

Stoned... Chilled... Groove Europe CD compilation album mixed by Coldcut and Strictly Kev of DJ Food Journeyman - latneiro (woob's sunrise dub)

• Valves (Journeyman mix)

• DJ Food - Valves (Journeyman mix)

Radical Beauty OM007 / Om / CD+CDROM compilation album mixed by Nick Philip A TV-resolution video of a segment of the CD-ROM featuring 50cc (Pt2) has also aired on the US MTV show "Amp". [5:02] Journeyman - 50cc (Pt2)

em:t 1197 t:me / Europe CD [8:43] Woob - Giant Stroke

• [journeyman remix]

Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber Ninja Tune / ZENCDS65 / US CD+ Ninja Tune / Europe 2CD+ Ninja Tune / 12" [5:26] Journeyman - Journeyman mix

• Max & Harvey - Max & Harvey
• Woob vs Organic Mechanic - deep chamber

Woob/Journeyman appearances (album tracks)

em:t explorer EX330 / Instinct / US 2CD [6:08] Woob - later [6:04] Woob - pondlife

Amberdelic Space DTKCD019 / Dressed to Kill / Europe 4CD [7:00] Woob - on earth [edit]

• Woob - Fourteen Thirtythree

• Journeyman - Rusty Beats

• Woob - Mould

• Journeyman - Spy

CDuctive tracks

• [5:28] Coldcut & Hexstatic - Timber (Journeyman Mix) - Ninja Tune
• [8:15] Journeyman - 50cc (Full Service History) - NTone
• [5:41] Journeyman - Biscuits - NTone
• [5:26] Journeyman - Eugolana Box - NTone
• [4:01] Journeyman - Rusty Beats - NTone

'Spotter Sample Id's

"...I advise extreme caution in attempting apprehension. Good luck, Al.
"Uh, thanks uh... I think I'll probably need a little luck."
Quantum Leap (the episode where we get to see "the future")

"...You've come to kill... Odonna, you've come to die?
"I don't know, I don't care. I only know I'm here. I only know I'm happy"
Star Trek (original series) : Odonna

"...Wy don't we take our visit to the ol' master control, eh?
...my user told me to quote 'take that sucker out', or I'll never get back again.
"We can't get to the MCP without the help of my user..."
Tron

"...Look uh, it's 3 AM. These guys are running on bad coffee and four hours of sleep. You'll have to cut them some slack.
"I can't afford slack..."
The Abyss

"When's he coming back? How are you feeling?
"Oh, I'm better. Still a little cold... Claire, do you...
"Shhh! ... Alex told me to shoot anyone if he wants to come in here..."
"...The track 'Strange Air' is all made up of bits from a film soundtrack, combined with a sound from a well-known pop tune which I won't mention... The dialogue on 'Strange Air' is from a horror film that I wasn't even watching. I just found it on the audio track later."
Info from Phil Ward's The Mix interview with Frankland

"Is there one chair in this place that works?"
"John. If you want to leave, leave"
"Things are getting complicated."
"No, they're getting real simple. We don't have anything to talk about."
(and other speech in Mould)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape

"I've left you alone too much. No wonder you've grown morbid... imagining you hear dead voices... but I'm going to change all that now, now that the experiment's over, I'm going to spend more of my time looking after you and Billy."
The Colossus of New York

National Hijinx - The track 'Sonny' featured some samples from the Al Pacino film 'Dog Day Afternoon'. 'Mr. Swanks Menstore' is an obscure film from the seventies.
Info from Peter Wullen

Other Information

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• rss-8048 processor
• ada-8024 analog-digital-analog unit
• ssc-8004 sound space controller

• Pentium II PC running Cubase VST with Gina soundcard
• Nord Lead 2
• 32 channel Soundcraft Ghost recording console
• Alesis Monitor 1 Speakers
• Behringer Composer
• Alesis Microverb 2
• Alesis Quadraverb 2
• Alesis NanoCompressor
• Lexicon MPX1
• Zoom 1201
• Akai s950 (still going strong just about)
• Roland S750 sampler expanded
• Yamaha PC50m Module
• Fatar Controller Keyboard
• Yamaha CS30 (on-loan)

• Korg M1
• Akai S950 sample
• Atari STFM using Sequencer One Plus Software
• Diamond Mix 16-2
• Microverb II
• Aiwa DAT

Links

em:t interview

NTone Journeyman page
Includes a few .aiff samples from Mama 6.

Woob page (French)
I don't speak French, so I have no idea what this is.

News Tidbits

Hey, that woob e-mail address at the top of the page really does work so use it! Paul Frankland told me he's gotten some interesting mail.

I also found out that Woob and Journeyman are still alive, as for exactly what/when the releases will be I won't say because I don't want to start any rumors here, plus for the most part I don't know! But, I do get a lot of e-mail asking if there will be any more Woob and it looks like sometime in the future there will be. So, that's good news!

From Peter Wullen: 1998

I interviewed Paul Frankland a couple of days ago. Unfortunately I had to stick to general questions (my phone-bill!) but some interesting news came out anyway. He's actually very busy. He's putting together a video for a new Journeyman single that's going to come out in March. There's going to be released a new Journeyman album before the new Woob.

Paul wasn't too happy with Woob² so he's waiting till they have a bigger budget to spend on the making of the new album. The tracks on 'National Hijinx' were recorded in '96. In the meantime Colin Waterton kind of pulled out from the whole project to do his own stuff. Riad Abji played on a lot of tracks of 'Hijinx' so that's where the Woob feel comes from. The next Journeyman is going to be more club orientated. The next Woob is going to be more musical with collaboration of songwriters and string quartets.