Sometimes I ponder
What if the Caspian Sea should merger
Over my shoulder
With Irish lakes and Seoul suburbia?
Abandon ship (X2)
Lift me up
I didn't know that you would take it to heart
Too much
Quote (Gruff on ringsaroundtheworld.co.uk):
High aloft to peace
I didn't know that it would break us apart this way
Too soon (X2)
Too much
Too bad
Goodbye
Yeah, yeah
"The title is an actual road sign, right near the Canadian border outside Detroit. We'd taken a wrong turning in the van. It's quite a striking sign to be confronted with. It has no Trekkie connotations at all: It's very much of this earth. The music was written by Cian and Bunf on samplers late at night, and the rest of us played or sung over it. I think it's one of the best sounding pieces on the album. It's a song about impending deluge – It could be applied to global warming. The film is by an artist from Cardiff called Darren Watkins and it's his interpretation of the song. It's a very beautiful, colourful, abstract beginning."
Where:
Monnow Valley Studios/Bearsville Studios
When:
2001
Source:
Track 1 (Rings Around The World): 4 minutes, 31 seconds
Status:
Complete!
DVD director:
Darren Watkins - The first track on the album and probably the most unusual and serene of all the films. An abstract series of disintegrating landscapes and environments using a combination of live footage and computer-generated lines and shapes. The song is about the coming deluge, the world flooded either by water or by globalisation. The Irish Sea and Seoul are mentioned. Darren is a 25 year old graphic designer working independently in a variety of different communication networks: print, stickers, T shirts, slide shows, album artwork, identity projects, underwear, photography and video. He has worked with musicians, an international mobile phone provider, filmmakers, a small fashion shop, independent and multinational record companies, a furniture store, an architectural practice and a tailor. These "real" projects run parallel to constant "work in progress", which sometimes turns into "output". He approaches his work as a constant test and exploration. He is interested in making thoughtful responses rather than fashionable ones. He co-owns and designs T-shirts for Empty. This is his first music video.
Remixed by:
Bench - Rings Around The World DVD: 7 minutes, 3 seconds
Atmos - Rings Around The World DVD: 4 minutes, 42 seconds
