New Green Clear Blue
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| Studio album by Dan Hartman | ||||
| Released | April 4, 1989 | |||
| Genre | Pop, Ambient, New Age | |||
| Length | 56:04 | |||
| Label | Private Music | |||
| Producer | Dan Hartman | |||
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| Bondegezou | mixed |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music | |
New Green Clear Blue is a 1989 album by American musician/singer/songwriter Dan Hartman. It was Hartman's seventh and final studio album. It was his first album since 1984's I Can Dream About You, discounting the unreleased 1986 album White Boy. The album represented a big stylistic departure for Hartman; it consists of mostly instrumental, ambient songs, with the concept of being a journey into the subconscious.
Upon release, the album was critically well received, but it failed to gain commercial success.
The album was written, performed, engineered and produced entirely by Hartman. Special thanks for the album went to Vangelis Papathanassiou, Harold Budd and Richard Harries, Jr. for musical and personal inspiration; New York City; all at Green Street Recording Studios; Amanda Stone and Andrew Derrick Design, London; Dana Millman and all at Gold Spaceship and at Private Music.
For the album notes, Hartman was quoted as saying, "The subconscious mind is a powerful world possessing experiences and feelings we do not necessarily recognize in our daily movements; but nonetheless they influence our entire lives. The tones and shades in this collection were performed live and intuitively for the purpose of opening channels by which the listener may visit their own subconscious". He also stated "This music is meant to be something that helps people connect with their subconscious. It is intended to be played at very low levels in a tranquil environment. It's a platform for the imagination."
In a 1989 interview for the Mohave Daily Miner, Hartman revealed that having listened to the music of Brian Eno and Vangelis, he felt inspired to record similar material of his own. He admitted, "I knew there would be a time in my career when I would stop doing what I was doing and try to create some of this on my own." The project came to fruition after Hartman and his record company MCA had disagreements over Hartman's career. The company had expected Hartman to continue writing similar songs to "I Can Dream About You", and rejected Hartman's planned follow-up album, White Boy, as a result. When Hartman decided to begin the project that would become New Green Clear Blue, he began reading material on the subconscious mind and intuitiveness, as well as how songs work to create an emotional reaction with their listener. After researching these subjects for eight months, Hartman began writing and recording material in his Connecticut studio. During this time he turned down producing other artists, as well as offers to cut pop records from three record labels in order to work on an album designed to allow listeners' subconscious memories to surface. He worked on the album from August 1987 to August 1988.
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