Oliver Shaw (Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Bass, Programming)
with gigging members Ben Pritchett (Guitar), Adam Davy (Laptop/Mixing).
THE ALBUM "OUR CONDITION" IS NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY AT THE I-TUNES STORE. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE:
Influences
World Party, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Neil Finn, Elliott Smith, REM, American Music Club/Mark Eitzel, + Beatles, Stones, Dylan and the usual 60's/70's suspects. More recently Morrissey/Smiths, Daft Punk, New Order, LCD Soundsystem, funky house, electro beats & bleeps.
Sounds Like
Variously, The Beatles with I.T. certificates; Elvis Costello fronting a glam-rock Depeche Mode; Morrissey meets Basement Jaxx; a posh southern New Order; a very poor man's U2. From lo-fi rock to pop, disco and house, all hopefully held together by a distinctive lyrical "worldview" inspired by Hicks, Houellebecq and Heat magazine.
"Shaw is an intelligent wordsmith and isn't afraid to take on issues...good tunes, clever lyrics...a consistent, if rather misanthropic, musical vision" - Oxfordbands.com. "Worldview's aptly titled "Our Condition" takes a snapshot view of modern living, with its raw honest exploration of life today...It's a strong offering with music that combines the ballads of REM with the dance beats of Duran Duran" - Oxfordshire Music Scene. Worldview is fronted by Oliver Shaw, Oxford-based songwriter, performer and producer. His music aims to fuse the sounds of Indie and Dance with insightful lyrics reminiscent of Elvis Costello or Morrissey, and the melodic sensibility of the classic 60's acts. Oliver began playing in bands, including one with Coldplay's bassist-to-be, and then spent several years honing a one-man band approach in his bedroom studio, writing, singing, recording and playing everything himself in the manner of Stevie Wonder, early Prince or World Party. He self-released an album, "War Years", in late 2002, culled from home sessions. A second set, "Paying For It", followed in January 2005, and his tracks have been featured on various unsigned compilation CDs as well as gaining some radio exposure. Oliver is now going under the moniker Worldview, and a gigging line-up mixing live instruments and laptop is playing dates in Oxford and London.
THE NEW SINGLE "PARTY'S OVER" IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE I-TUNES STORE, AS WELL AS AMAZON MP3, NAPSTER AND ALL GOOD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD STORES.
01 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 02 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 03 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 04 (--) Unoosha - Lhos Undhoali 05 (--) Worldview - Party's Over 06 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 07 (14) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 08 (--) Coolhunter - Fear 09 (08) The Messerschmitt Twins - Kobayashi-Maru 10 (--) Amaya Demont - Jaded 11 (--) Worldview - So Fearless 12 (--) Coolhunter - Heaven 13 (12) Jointpop - Outlaw 14 (06) Everybody Be Cool - The Weekend 15 (--) Groove Generator - Please Don't Leave Me 16 (--) A.K.A. E - Buttnaked 17 (--) Emma Forman - She Says 18 (18) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 19 (--) Amaya Demont - All Of That 20 (--) Jack Roger - All Of My Senses
01 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 02 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Kobayashi-Maru 03 (01) Worldview - Party's Over 04 (06) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 05 (02) Amaya Demont - All Of That 06 (05) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 07 (--) A.K.A E - Buttnaked 08 (--) Worldview - Our Condition 09 (--) Airwaves - ABBA tribute: Hey You Ring Me Tonight 1st Version 10 (--) Jack Roger - Wont You Let Me In 11 (17) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect 12 (02) Amaya Demont - Jaded 13 (--) Unoosha - Jaaduvee moon 14 (04) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 15 (--) Mike McGinty - Treasured Times 16 (--) Alan Weston - Time For Me 17 (--) Mike McGinty - Take Me Away 18 (--) Mike McGinty - No More 19 (--) Everybody Be Cool - The Weekend 20 (--) Alan Weston - When The Stars Went Out
01 (01) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 02 (02) Two Choices - Get Away 03 (03) The Toronto Drug Bust - The Best of Me 04 (06) Steven Jackson - Please Tell Me Why 05 (09) Laura Pharoah - Rainbow Street 06 (11) Crimp Cut Suckers - Bury Parts of Me feat.Chuky 07 (20) Underworld Entertainment - 8 Shots 08 (--) Lewis Tuff - City At Night 09 (--) Dazz Solo - Leave Them All Behind 10 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Teardrop 11 (--) Shake Hands Eric - Meant To Do 12 (--) Bodies - Sweet Pain 13 (--) Tapefly - Sheela! 14 (10) Worldview - Party's Over 15 (--) Leatherhead - Halfbreed 16 (07) DJ Blackfoot - In Your Arms BEY BEY RIDDIM 17 (--) Phil Ashmore - Wind Up 18 (--) Alice Sweet Alice - Weeping Lily 19 (--) Strobegirl - Lonely Like Me 20 (--) Matt Stevens - Burning Bandstands
01 (01) Worldview - Party's Over 02 (03) Amaya Demont - Jaded 03 (04) Unoosha - Lhos Undhoali 04 (05) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 05 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 06 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You (I Don't Want To) 07 (--) Mike McGinty - If It's Time For Me To Go 08 (10) Worldview - Jam Today 09 (--) Nina Martinez - Holdin On 10 (--) Nina MArtinez - Never 11 (--) Jointpop - Outlaw 12 (--) Emma Forman - She Says 13 (--) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 14 (--) Jordan Galland - They Always Come Back 15 (--) Laura Bazell - 1000 16 (18) Amaya Demont - All Of That 17 (02) Radioboxer - Placebo Effectr 18 (14) Dionysian Me And Princess - Fever In November 19 (13) Nina Martinez - We've Got Tonight 20 (--) Nina Martinez - Gimme Just 1 Night
01 (--) MikeWhitePresents - Miss U Bad (edit) 02 (04) Two Choices - Get Away 03 (01) The Toronto Drug Bust - The Best Of Me 04 (--) Bodies - Sicken 05 (10) Sol Skugga - Intuition 06 (03) Steven Jackson - Please Tell Me Why 07 (--) DJ Blackfoot - In Your Arms BEY BEY RIDDIM 08 (--) Strobegirl - Lonely Like Me 09 (09) Laura Pharoah - Rainbow Street 10 (06) Worldview - Party's Over 11 (07) Crimp Cut Suckers - Bury Parts Of Me feat Chuky 12 (--) Apocalipstick - Fall Apart 13 (17) Turku Romantic Movement - Moneypulation 14 (20) David Mensah - My Day 15 (--) Boog - Centre of the Universe 16 (08) Shake Hands Eric - Never Get Close To You 17 (18) Amaya Demont - Jaded 18 (--) Natalie West - Feel So Alive 19 (--) Hotdrop - Thirsty version 20 (05) Underworld Entertainment - 8 Shots
01 (09) Worldview - Pary's Over 02 (01) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect 03 (02) Amaya Demont - Jaded 04 (03) Unoosha - Lhos Undhoali 05 (04) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 06 (06) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 07 (11) Alan Weston - In Your Eyes 08 (16) Worldview - So Fearless 09 (--) Groove Generator - Please Don't Leave Me 10 (19) Worldview - Jam Today 11 (--) Jack Roget - All Of My Senses 12 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 13 (--) Nina Martinez - We've Got Tonight 14 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever In November 15 (13) Alan Weston - When The Stars Went Out 16 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Kobayashi-Maru 17 (--) The Obvious - Nobody 18 (15) Amaya Demont - All Of That 19 (10) Unoosha - Jaaduvee moon 20 (--) Alan Weston - Time For Me
01 (01) The Toronto Drug Bust - The Best Of Me 02 (--) MikeWhitePresents - God's Blues (The Same Mistake) 03 (02) Steven Jackson - Please Tell Me Why 04 (--) Two Choices - Get Away 05 (--) Underworld Entertainment - 8 Shots 06 (--) Worldview - Party's Over 07 (--) Crimp Cut Suckers - Bury Parts Of Me feat Chuky 08 (04) Shake Hands Eric - Never Get Close To You 09 (09) Laura Pharoah - Rainbow Street 10 (10) Sol Skugga - Intuition 11 (--) Lewis Tuff - City At Night 12 (06) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect 13 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Isolation 14 (--) Phil Ashmore - Wind Up 15 (--) Leatherhead - Roman Candle 16 (19) TAKNbySTORM - Karma 17 (05) Turku Romantic Movement - Moneypulation 18 (08) Amaya Demont - Jaded 19 (--) Artsy Pop - Hey Minh (vo) 20 (11) David Mensah - My Day
Somojo Pop Muzik chart 01 (--) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect 02 (--) Amaya Demont - Jaded 03 (--) Unoosha - Lhos Undhoali 04 (01) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 05 (--) Amaya Demont - Breakable 06 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 07 (04) Nina Martinez - Don't Let Go 08 (--) Jointpop - Outlaw 09 (--) Worldview - Party's Over 10 (--) Unoosha - Jaaduvee moon 11 (07) Alan Weston - In Your Eyes 12 (09) Laura Bazell - 1000 13 (06) Alan Weston - When The Stars Went Out 14 (02) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 15 (--) Amaya Demont - All Of That 16 (--) Worldview - So Fearless 17 (14) Worldview - Our Condition 18 (--) Ronnie Bell - Get On The Floor 19 (13) Worldview - Jam Today 20 (--) Frederick - In My Dreams
Somojo Pop Muzik chart 01 (--) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 02 (--) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 03 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 04 (--) Nina Martinez - Don't Let Go 05 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 06 (--) Alan Weston - When The Stars Went Out 07 (--) Alan Weston - In YOur Eyes 08 (--) Jack Roger - All Of My Senses 09 (--) Laura Bazell - 1000 10 (--) Jack Roger - Wont You Let Me In 11 (--) CoolHunter - Fear 12 (--) 21Days - Messed Up 13 (--) Worldview - Jam Today 14 (--) Worldview - Our Condition 15 (--) Nina Martinez - Gimme Just 1 Night 16 (--) CoolHunter - My World 17 (--) Jointpop - Outlaw 18 (--) Pete Walter - What's Changing 19 (--) ElleJay - Lucky One 20 (--) Nina MArtinez - We've Got Tonight
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Hi Oliver, we'll be in Oxford this Saturday 29th November to play for Gappy Tooth Industries @ The Wheatsheaf, we'll bring with us some new songs and...The Album!!! that everyone is more than welcome to buy from us, you can check all the details on our website www. semaphore. org. uk or on our myspace profile, hope to see you there!!! Loris
Hiya cheers for the add, Loving the songs Fave song No Takers like feel to that song bit Depeche Mode kind of drums on Fab! Hey I am a singer/songwrtiter recently been on Smooth Radio and BBC Radio WM local press. Smooth Radio say My songs like Costello/Weller please have a listen if you get a chance All the best for now Steve.
good job i'm in a different continent or you'd feel these crushed toes kicking your fat arse... just joking! - i like the mix, it's nice and bouncy. is this a new departure for worldview into the realm of hip hop? p.s. your remix is still underway, it might be ready next year sometime which will give your public plenty of time to prepare himself
