Following their success with Twilight, the band decided to create their own independent label called Bôa Recordings to produce. Get There[1] was released on February 1, 2005. It took Bôa in a new direction, with more structure in lyrics and melody, as well as a more mellow, yet more harder-edged/indie rock format. It also had more acoustic elements than the first album.
Bôa honed their live performances with many gigs across the South of England such as the Glastonbury festival (1995). As a result of their Glastonbury performance, they were chosen as the focus of a TV documentary about the festival that was later distributed on the London show "Shift". In 1996, they accepted a recording contract with a Japanese Company, Polystar. They recorded three songs, "Twilight", "Deeply", and "Elephant" in London, with producer Darren Allison (Spiritualized, The Divine Comedy) at the Red Bus studios in London. They recorded further tracks for the album with producer Neil Walsh at the Monnow Valley Studios.[3] Although the album was recorded and produced in England, Jasmine and Steve traveled to Japan in 1998, to promote the debut album Race of the Thousand Camels, which was released only in that country.
While signed with Polystar, the band released their first single in 1998, called "Duvet".[4] It was a success in Japan, and became the opening theme of the anime series Serial Experiments Lain. "Duvet" was also on the 1998 album Race of a Thousand Camels in Japan. Meanwhile, the band was working with producer Stuart Epps on new material including an acoustic version of "Duvet" and the song "Drinking".
Bôa began touring more extensively and used this time to gain inspiration for their next album. In 2000, Bôa performed a live concert at the Otakon[5] convention and was well received by fans of the Serial Experiments Lain series. In September, 2002, they held a live performance at the Hammersmith Apollo (London) and received strong accolades for their performance.[6]
In 2001, due to contractual disagreements with Polystar, the band changed labels and signed with Pioneer LDC (now known as Geneon Universal). Race of a Thousand Camels was retitled Twilight and released to a US audience in 2001, by Pioneer Music. Twilight consisted of songs from their original Japanese album plus other new tracks. They worked closely with Todd Culberhouse and toured in the US to promote the album. Halfway through the tour, Paul Turrell left the band to pursue other interests. However, the band went on to finish the tour and played at the Animefest in Dallas, Texas (Aug, 2001).
By 2003, the band decided to establish their own recording label, called Boa Recordings. They started recording their third successful album titled Get There and released it under their own label in 2004.[8] The album was sold on the iTunes Store,[9] and both their albums Twilight and Get There were sold by their official distributor CD Baby.[10]
On January 4, 2017, former keyboard player Paul Turrell passed away, which the band announced via their Facebook page on the following day.[12] That May, an unreleased Bôa album was discovered on Turrell's website titled The Farm.[13]
In August, 2021, "Duvet" had a massive resurgence in popularity, specifically on TikTok, with over 250,000 posts using the song as of August, 2023. In June, 2023, the band announced that they were going to be releasing a new album later the same year. However, Steve Rodgers was absent from promotions for unknown reasons. [15]
Twilight is the reissued version of the 1998 album The Race of a Thousand Camels by English rock band Bôa, released on 21 March 2001. During the recording of this album, the band consisted of Alex Caird, Ben Henderson, Jasmine Rodgers, Steve Rodgers, Lee Sullivan, and Paul Turrell.
The album itself is melodic, emotional, and perfectly captures the human struggles of identity and belongingness. The lyrics of every song are as deep as they are beautiful and each track makes for a meaningful listen.
Twilight is an album by Bôa, released on 21 March 2001. During the recording of this album the band consisted of: Alex Caird, Ben Henderson, Jasmine Rodgers, Steve Rodgers, Lee Sullivan and Paul Turrell.
Boa are Jasmine Rodgers (vocals, acoustic guitar), Steve Rodgers (guitars),Alex Caird (bass) and Lee Sullivan (drums). The band's previous keyboard playerhas departed but their live sound worked well without one on this occasion. Alink to our review of their album Twilight is provided above. Album ordering information is presented at the conclusion of this article.
Boa's set included four tracks from their album as well as six new numbersfrom material slated for a new album which is well underway. The band opened with a rousing rendition of "Twilight," the title track of the American release of their album. Jasmine faithfully reproduced the vocal lines on stage impressing the audience with her vast range and evocative style. After their new track"America," Jasmine shed her coat replacing it with acoustic guitar for "Passport"delighting the audience with her playing and soaring singing style.
The band's hit "Duvet" was played semi-acoustically--somewhere between thetwo versions on the Twilight album--to the entire audience's delight.Like many of Boa's songs, the new track "Daylight" has dynamic mood shifts that blend strong instrumental choruses and bridges with verses full of edgyand powerful vocals. The new track "Alex" (working title) is similar in this respect but as expected has some very dramatic bass lines. Theband were comfortable on stage and clearly connected well with the audience.
The very dynamic new track "Angry" closed out the set with the band membersworking closely together. Jasmine's vocals and acoustic work were perfectlycomplimented by Steve's guitar, Alex's bass and Lee's drums. The powerfultrack is one with tremendous potential and is going to delight enthusiastswhen the new album is completed. Enthusiasts must see this band perform live.
Boa's album Twilight is available at retail outlets in both the USAand Great Britain but can be obtained easily at amazon.comhere. At amazon.com you can also find further reviews, links to related itemsand soundbites. Clearly worth a trans-Atlantic journey, the band's albumand live performance are equally stunning. A must listen!Return to website contents
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