The Other Hand (album) explained

The Other Hand
Type:	studio
Artist:	très.b
Border:	yes
Caption:	The Other Hand cover artwork
Released:	September 21, 2010
Recorded:	2009–2010 in Warsaw and New York
Genre:	Indie pop, alternative rock
Length:	43:23
Label:	Pomaton EMI (PL)
Producer:	Bartłomiej Kuźniak, Victor van Vugt, Olivier Heim
Prev Title:	Scylla and Charybdis
Prev Year:	2007

The Other Hand is a major label debut album by the international indie rock band très.b. It was released on September 21, 2010 in Poland.^{[1] [2]}

Background

The album was recorded in Warsaw at Studio 333 and was mixed in New York City by Victor Van Vugt, who has worked with acts like: PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and Depeche Mode.

Reception

The album has been very well received. It has been called a "Sensation of the fall" (Wprost), "MUST HAVE album" (Onet) and "World class album" (Machina).

Awards

|-| Fryderyk 2011 || Très.B || Best Debut Album of the Year (Fonograficzny Debiut Roku) || ^{[3] [4]}

Videos

A video for "Orange, Apple" was released in August, 2010, made by très.b, filmed in and around Amsterdam. Another music video for "Venus Untied" was released in December 2010.

Personnel

très.b (most of instruments recording, production, arrangement):

• Misia Furtak
• Olivier Heim
• Thomas Pettit

Other personnel:

• Strings: Michał Jelonek
• Brass: Tomasz Grzegorski
• Double Bass Michał Jaros
• Rhodes and Hammond Michał "Fox" Król
• Syth and modular synth Maciek Polak
• extra rhodes Michał Wróblewski
• Hurdy gurdy Maciek "Korba" Cierliński

Technical personnel

• Bartłomiej Kuźniak (also guitar and alto saxophone on tracks 13 and 14)
• Victor van Vugt
• Olivier Heim
• Art direction - très.b and Monika Baran
• Artwork design - Misia Furtak and Monika Baran
• Artwork edit - IAMKAT
• Photography - Misia Furtak and Monika Baran

External links

• Très.b official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: EMI Music Polska . Emimusic.pl . 2010-09-21 . 2011-09-01.
2. Web site: Tres.B - nowa płyta jesienią . Tuba.pl . 2010-07-19 . 2011-09-01.
3. Web site: Fryderyki 2011. Najwięksi zwycięzcy: Acid Drinkers i Monika Brodka - Wiadomości . polskieradio.pl . 2011-09-01.
4. Web site: Co działo się na gali Fryderyk 2011? - Wideo - Plejada - Sprawdź, co słychać w show-biznesie . Plejada.pl . 2011-09-01 . 2011-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722134851/http://www.plejada.pl/259702,4,co-dzialo-sie-na-gali-fryderyk-2011,wideo.html#autoplay . dead .