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New Born was the second single from Origin Of Symmetry (Plug In Baby was the
first), anticipating the release of the album.
There are 3 different versions of this A-side, with different songs on each one.
Release date: 04/06/2001 - TasteMedia / Mushroom.
7" vinyl
1. New Born / 2. Shrinking Universe
CD1
1. New Born / 2. Shrinking Universe / 3. Piano Thing / 4. New Born (video)
CD2
1. New Born / 2. Map Of Your Head / 3. Plug In Baby (live)
The main part of the video was taken in Prague, and some scenes were added
later.
There are some frequently-asked-questions about this video.
1. Which guitar is Matthew playing?
It's a black Fender Telecaster (no, he doesn't own one of his guitars)
2. What does the little girl do during the video?
She's a kind of sorceress (or something like that, you know...). If you pay
attention, you'll notice several strange "magic symbols" appearing in her room
(eg the painting on the wall with the fruit and the male/female symbols). If I
remember exactely, she has one of those symbols drawn on her face... She plays
with the nature (have you noticed the flying lights?). This is why, during the
video, you can see rain, wind, snow falling on Dom, Chris and Matt.
Some details about this song (the recorded version mainly)
- This song was recorded with Matthew's first custom guitar - the
aluminium-covered one. Why? Because the other custom guitars were produced later!
- This song is played with D-tuned guitars. In other words, the 6th string is tuned to D (one step lower than standard pitch).
- Oh, I've always seen him using this guitar live...
- The intro isn't played by a guitar!!! On the album - and live too - Matthew plays an elec. piano.
- The "heavy fuzz" sound (the first guitar you can hear in the album version) is
obtained with the Fuzz Factory (one of Matthew's favourite effects, built into
his guitars).
- The sound in the solo is obtained with a Digitech WH-4 Whammy, set up 1 octave
higher.
- Sometimes, while playing live, Matthew ends the piano part with a
long-sustained, high-pitched squealing sound: this is achieved by making the
Fuzz Factory (again!?!), produce feedback (if you play guitar, you know what I
mean...)