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    Morning Becomes Eclectic

    Beck

    Novena Carmel
    Novena Carmel
    Hand-Picked MusicIndie / AltSoul / Funk
    Beck with special guest Smokey Hormel come in to perform new songs from Beck's latest release, Sea Change, for Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am Click HERE to watch!
    Beck with special guest Smokey Hormel come in to perform new songs from Beck's latest release, Sea Change, for Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am Click HERE to watch!
    Sep 24, 2002

    Beck brings Smokey Hormel into the studio today for an accoustic set from his new album Sea Change, released today. Beck explains they had ambitions to do something orchestral and larger than life with the 1998 album Mutations, but the album was recorded in two weeks and there simply wasn't enough time. They made up for this, however, on Sea Change, which soothes the weary soul with plenty of dramatic orchestra, acoustic guitar and melancholy vocals. Beck says he worked closely with his dad on the string section of the album, whose got the inside on the best string players in town. &quotThe orchestra is such an under used organism.. they use it on a lot of pop tunes and you hear it on the radio all the time, but it's like padding, it's stuffing for the furniture..we wanted to let it breathe..&quot

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        Nic Harcourt

        Host of 'Nic Harcourt,' former KCRW Music Director

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        Ariana Morgenstern

        Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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