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 (12) Worldview - No Symmetry 02 (08) Worldview - Party's Over 03 (--) Worldview - Golden Boy 04 (03) The Messerschmitt Twins - Fanciable Pheromones 05 (01) Amie Penwell - Ending or Beginning 06 (04) Jóan Petur - Moments 07 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 08 (09) Dionysian Me And Princess - Sommarlove för evigt!/Summer holliday 4 ever! 09 (--) Dionysian Me And Princess - Fever in November 10 (02) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 11 (15) Jóan Petur - Our Little Town 12 (--) Dionysian Me And Princess - Marianne 13 (--) CoolHunter - Fear 14 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 15 (--) CoolHunter - Hey 16 (11) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 17 (05) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 18 (--) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 19 (--) Unoosha - Jaaduvee moon 20 (--) Unoosha - Lhos Undhoali
01 (01) Two Choices - Get Away 02 (16) Spaceship Days - Stick On Stars 03 (--) Jeff Lustick - Sorry You've Gone Blues??? 04 (--) Gil Garcia - Hello Old Friend 05 (--) The Beat Rats - MaryAnn (Live) 06 (02) Dilitant - Noone 07 (04) Pndc - Pilots featurinig Shadowlike 08 (--) Worldview - No Symmetry 09 (07) Amie Penwell - What Would Love Do? 10 (03) The Toronto Drug Bust - The Dandy Song 11 (10) The Swipes - Destroy Your World 12 (18) Zelda Zonck - Les Meutes 13 (--) Sol Skugga - Share Tonight 14 (11) I'll Quit Tomorrow - Already Dead 15 (09) Abinaya - Les Chars De Police 16 (--) Steven Jackson - Please Tell Me Why 17 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Time To Die 18 (20) Tapefly - Sheela! 19 (--) Lizzie B - Living on the edge of my dreams 20 (--) Sam & Anna - Good Girls
01 (--) Amie Penwell - Ending or Beginning 02 (04) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 03 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - Fanciable Pheromones 04 (--) Jóan Petur - Moments 05 (03) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 06 (20) The Blueline 45 - 1 0F 4 All I Want 07 (06) The Blueline 45 - March On 08 (--) Worldview - Party's Over 09 (05) Dionysian Me and Princess - Sommarlove för evigt! / Summer holliday 4 ever! 10 (--) Jack Roger - All Of My Senses 11 (08) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 12 (02) Worldview - No Symmetry 13 (--) The Plastic Pals - Shes going back 14 (14) Worldview - Buy Into It 15 (--) Jóan Petur - Our Little Town 16 (--) Nina Martinez - Holdin On 17 (07) The Vegetarians - Number One 18 (09) The Vegetarians - Be My Little Baby 19 (--) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 20 (--) A.K.A. E - Buttnaked
01 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - Fanciable Pheromones 02 (01) Worldview - No Symmetry 03 (04) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 04 (06) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 05 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - "Sommarlove för evigt!" / "Summer holliday 4 ever!" 06 (--) The Blueline 45 - March On 07 (--) The Vegetarians - Number One 08 (--) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 09 (--) The Vegetarians - Be My Little Baby 10 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 11 (--) Coolhunter - Hey 12 (07) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 13 (--) Worldview - Payback 14 (--) Worldview - Buy Into It 15 (--) Jordan Galland - Circles 16 (13) Emma Forman - Times of trouble (Baz's version) 17 (--) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 18 (10) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect 19 (--) A.K.A. E - Inside Look 20 (--) The Blueline 45 - 1 0F 4 All I Want
01 (01) Worldview - No Symmetry 02 (04) The Messerschmitt Twins - Fanciable Pheromones 03 (--) Worldview - Tourist 04 (08) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 05 (--) Worldview - One Rule For You 06 (03) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 07 (05) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 08 (--) A.K.A. E - Buttnaked 09 (09) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 10 (--) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect 11 (--) Leah DeVon - What Does It Take 12 (--) The Plastic Pals - Shes going back 13 (--) Emma Forman - Times of trouble (Baz's version) 14 (--) Leah DeVon - Waiting for You 15 (--) A.K.A. E - Get In Line 16 (--) A.K.A. E - In Tha Club 17 (--) Amaya Demont - Jaded 18 (--) Groove Generator - Please Don't Leave Me 19 (--) Everybody Be Cool - Lay You Down (Live) 20 (--) Everybody Be Cool - When The Lights Go Out (Live)
01 (--) Two Choices - Get Away 02 (02) I'll Quit Tomorrow - Already Dead 03 (03) Jeff Lustick - Sorry You're Gone Blues?? 04 (04) Underworld Entertainment - Life 05 (--) Dilitant - Master fails 06 (11) The Swipes - Destroy Your World 07 (07) Steven Jackson - You Are Done 08 (09) The Toronto Drug Bust - The Dandy Song 09 (08) Zelda Zonck - Les Meutes 10 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Teardrop 11 (06) Abinaya - Les Chars De Police 12 (15) Worldview - No Symmetry 13 (--) Sam & Anna - The Serious Contenders 14 (--) Turku Romantic Movement - Generation Updated 15 (12) Sphinks - Immortal 16 (--) Sol Skugga - Burn Her 17 (20) The Beat Rats - The Beat Rats Theme 18 (--) Strobegirl - I Breathe You In 19 (14) Gil Garcia - Roads 20 (--) Juliana Meyer - Bridges
01 (04) Worldview - No Symmetry 02 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - "Sommarlove för evigt!" / "Summer holliday 4 ever!" 03 (11) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 04 (03) The Messerschmitt Twins - Fanciable Pheromones 05 (08) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 06 (02) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 07 (06) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 08 (01) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 09 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 10 (--) The Vegetarians - Number One 11 (--) Laura Bazall - Remote Control 12 (--) Amie Penwell - Ending or Beginning 13 (--) Coolhunter - Hey 14 (05) The Blueline 45 - March On 15 (--) Lounge Fly - Not Something I'd Do 16 (--) Jointpop - Outlaw 17 (--) Amaya Demont - All Of That 18 (--) The Vegetarians - Be My Little Baby 19 (--) Worldview - Golden Boy 20 (09) Jóan Petur - Our Little Town
01 (--) Two Chpices - Take Your Hands Off Me 02 (02) I'll Quit Tomorrow - Already Dead 03 (03) Jeff Lustick - Sorry You"re Gone Blues?? 04 (--) Underworld Entertainment - Life 05 (--) Lizzie B - Living on the edge of my dreams 06 (08) Abinaya - Les Chars De Police 07 (15) Steven Jackson - You Are Done 08 (--) Zelda Zonck - Les Meutes 09 (09) The Toronto Drug Bust - The Dandy Song 10 (--) Dilitant - Milky dance 11 (14) The Swipes - Destroy Your World 12 (--) Sphinks - Immortal 13 (11) Sol Skugga - Say It 14 (05) Gil Garcia - Roads 15 (--) Worldview - No Symmetry 16 (--) Picadilly Whip - Guess I'm a Liar 17 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - "Sommarlove för evigt!" / "Summer holliday 4 ever!" 18 (--) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 19 (--) Karoshi Lovers - The Revolution is Over 20 (13) The Beat Rats - The Beat Rats Theme
01 (04) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 02 (06) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 03 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - Fanciable Pheromones 04 (05) Worldview - No Symmetry 05 (11) The Blueline 45 - March On 06 (12) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 07 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 08 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 09 (--) Jóan Petur - Our Little Town 10 (--) The Plastic Pals - Shes going back 11 (--) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 12 (--) Nina Martinez - Don't Let Go 13 (--) Nina Martinez - Gimme Just 1 Night 14 (10) Nina Martinez - Never 15 (16) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 16 (14) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 17 (--) Mike McGinty - I Am Back 18 (--) Mike McGinty - Gone For Good 19 (--) Leah DeVon - What Does It Take 20 (09) The Blueline 45 - 1 0F 4 All I Want
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01 (--) Worldview - No Symmetry 02 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 03 (03) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 04 (--) The Obvious - Nobody 05 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Kobayashi-Maru 06 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 07 (16) Jack Roger - All Of My Senses 08 (06) The Blueline 45 - March On 09 (08) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 10 (13) The Vegetarians - Number One 11 (--) Amie Penwell - How Is That Free 12 (07) Dionysian Me And Princess - Fever in November 13 (--) Amaya Demont - Jaded 14 (--) Sharine O'Neill - Black Lake 15 (15) Dionysian Me And Princess - Marianne 16 (18) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 17 (04) Worldview - Party's Over 18 (12) Amie Penwell - Finishing Lines 19 (11) Amie Penwell - Ending or Beginning 20 (20) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun
01 (05) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 02 (15) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 03 (01) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 04 (18) Worldview - Party's Over 05 (13) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 06 (08) The Blueline 45 - March On 07 (10) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 08 (06) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 09 (07) The Blueline 45 - 1 of 4 All I Want 10 (--) Coolhunter - My World 11 (04) Amie Penwell - Ending or Beginning 12 (03) Amie Penwell - Finishing Lines 13 (--) The Vegetarians - Number One 14 (--) The Vegetarians - Be My Little Baby 15 (11) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 16 (--) Jack Roger - All Of My Senses 17 (--) Jack Roger - Wont You Let Me In 18 (--) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 19 (--) Worldview - Golden Boy 20 (19) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun
01 (02) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 02 (--) Sharine O'Neill - Black Lake 03 (10) Amie Penwell - Finishing Lines 04 (03) Amie Penwell - Ending or Beginning 05 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 06 (09) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 07 (18) The Blueline 45 - 1 0F 4 All I Want 08 (13) The Blueline 45 - March On 09 (--) Jointpop - Outlaw 10 (16) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 11 (15) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 12 (08) Lounge Fly - Not Something I'd Do 13 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 14 (--) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 15 (05) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 16 (--) Amie Penwell - Mercy studio version 17 (--) Ronnie Bell - Get On The Floor 18 (12) Worldview - Party's Over 19 (--) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 20 (--) ElleJay - Magic Man
01 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 02 (02) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 03 (--) Amie Penwell - Ending or Beginning 04 (07) The Vegetarians - Number One 05 (03) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You (I don't want to) 06 (--) CoolHunter - Right Out Of The Sky 07 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Kobayashi-Maru 08 (12) Lounge Fly - Not Something I'd Do 09 (06) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 10 (--) Amie Penwell - Finishing Lines 11 (04) The Vegetarians - Be My Little Baby 12 (17) Worldview - Party's Over 13 (05) The Blueline 45 - March On 14 (20) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 15 (14) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 16 (16) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 17 (--) Worldview - Golden Boy 18 (10) The Blueline 45 - 1 0F 4 All I Want 19 (--) RDEaton - Here We Are 20 (11) 21DAYS - Messed
01 (04) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 02 (01) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 03 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 04 (03) The Vegetarians - Be My Little Baby 05 (02) The Blueline 45 - March On 06 (10) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 07 (12) The Vegetarians - Number One 08 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 09 (--) Sharine O'Neill - Black Lake 10 (07) The Blueline 45 - 1 0F 4 All I Want 11 (13) 21DAYS - Messed Up 12 (--) Lounge Fly - Not Something I'd Do 13 (--) Jordan Galland - Circles 14 (08) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 15 (--) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 16 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 17 (15) Worldview - Party's Over 18 (--) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect 19 (--) Worldview - Jam Today 20 (05) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation
01 (02) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 02 (--) The Blueline 45 - March On 03 (--) The Vegetarians - Be My Little Baby 04 (04) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 05 (05) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 06 (--) Lounge Fly - Not Something I'd Do 07 (--) The Blueline 45 - 1 0F 4 All I Want 08 (09) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 09 (12) Groove Generator - Please Don't Leave Me 10 (--) The Blueline 45 - Firebird Let You Go 11 (19) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 12 (--) The Vegetarians - Number One 13 (03) 21DAYS - Messed Up 14 (18) Coolhunter - Rain 15 (14) Worldview - Party's Over 16 (--) Laura Bazell - Remote Control 17 (10) Jack Roger - Wont You Let Me In 18 (01) RDEaton - Here We Are 19 (16) Nina Martinez - We've Got Tonight 20 (--) Laura Bazell - 1000
01 (--) RDEaton - Here We Are 02 (01) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 03 (05) 21DAYS - Messed Up 04 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 05 (08) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 06 (15) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 07 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 08 (--) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 09 (07) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 10 (20) Jack Roger - Wont You Let Me In 11 (13) Worldview - Golden Boy 12 (--) Groove Generator - Please Don't Leave Me 13 (--) Amaya Demont - Breakable 14 (04) Worldview - Party's Over 15 (--) Jack Roger - All Of My Senses 16 (18) Nina Martinez - We've Got Tonight 17 (06) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 18 (--) CoolHunter - Rain 19 (--) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 20 (--) Gary Tipping - If Only She'd Known
01 (02) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 02 (03) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 03 (--) Worldview - Our Condition 04 (19) Worldview - Party's Over 05 (17) 21Days - Messed Up 06 (06) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 07 (20) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 08 (10) Jointpop - nday Morning Love Situation 09 (--) ElleJay - Maybes 10 (13) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect 11 (12) Unoosha - Lhos Undhoali 12 (--) Amaya Demont - Jaded 13 (01) Worldview - Golden Boy 14 (--) Worldview - So Fearless 15 (--) Dionysian Me and Princess - Fever in November 16 (05) Nina Martinez - Don't Let Go 17 (--) Everybody Be Cool - The Weekend 18 (--) Nina Martinez - We've Got Tonight 19 (16) Everybody Be Cool - Birthday Candles 20 (--) Jack Roger - Wont You Let Me In
01 (03) Worldview - Golden Boy 02 (01) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 03 (02) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 04 (05) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 05 (--) Nina Martinez - Don't Let Go 06 (16) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 07 (09) Nina Martinez - Holdin On 08 (08) Worldview - Jam Today 09 (07) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 10 (04) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 11 (--) Nina Martinez - Gimme Just 1 Night 12 (17) Unoosha - Lhos Undhoali 13 (20) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect 14 (18) Jointpop - Outlaw 15 (06) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 16 (--) Everybody Be Cool - Birthday Candles 17 (11) 21days - Messed Up 18 (--) Coolhunter - Rain 19 (--) Worldview - Party's Over 20 (13) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne
01 (--) I'll Quit Tomorrow - Already Dead 02 (--) Dilitant - Milky Dance 03 (01) Two Choices - Get Away 04 (--) Picturebox - Give It Up 05 (--) Lizzie B - Plasticine Man 06 (02) The Toronto Bust - The Best Of Me 07 (--) Steven Jackson - She Walks 08 (--) MikeWhitePresents - Shout It (Extended Mix) 09 (04) TAKNbySTORM - NEVER {velvet's groove} 10 (--) Strobegirl - Lonely Like Me 11 (--) Underworld Entertainment - Working That Pole 12 (--) Giulia Millanta - Little Girl 13 (10) Sol Skugga - Burn Her 14 (16) Ockums Razor - Shadow 15 (09) SuLE - 15 Years 16 (--) Artsy Pop - Hey Minh (radio edit) 17 (--) The Swipes - Nighthawk 18 (--) Starmaker - Dance All Night (feat. Amira) 19 (--) Worldview - Golden Boy 20 (19) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi
01 (03) Cecile Corbel - O Stor Mo Chroi 02 (01) The Messerschmitt Twins - To Be With You 03 (--) Worldview - Golden Boy 04 (02) Jointpop - Monday Morning Love Situation 05 (04) The Messerschmitt Twins - Stay With You ( I don't want to ) 06 (05) The Messerschmitt Twins - Cold As Ice 07 (06) Cecile Corbel - Suil A Ruin 08 (--) Worldview - Jam Today 09 (--) Nina Martinez - Holdin On 10 (11) Jack Roger - All Of My Senses 11 (--) 21 Days - Messed Up 12 (--) Amaya Demont - All Of That 13 (08) Dionysian Me and Princess - Marianne 14 (--) Jordan Galland - They Always Come Back 15 (13) Jordan Galland - Circles 16 (12) Laura Bazell - Swallow The Sun 17 (--) Unoosha - Lhos Undhoali 18 (18) Jointpop - Outlaw 19 (--) Amaya Demont - Jaded 20 (--) Radioboxer - Placebo Effect
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