Spooky Action at a Distance

Concept

Spooky Action At A Distance is the name of Paul Draper's debut solo album project which has its roots from when Paul travelled around Nashville and the southern states of the USA after Mansun had split.

It was revealed around the Kleptomania era circa 2004 that Paul had these workings and was unsure if these songs would ever see the light of day, his album was to be recorded and released.

Working Titles

In 2008 Paul listed the work in progress titles of the songs to the then untitled solo album project:

• Can U Ever Trust Another
• Feel Like I Wanna Stay
• Friend
• Sex With Strangers
• Can't Get Fairer Than That
• Annie
• Being A Girl (Part 3)
• Sociopath
• Wont Get Hurt By A Woman Again
• Borderline Nymphomaniac
• Life Turns On Inconsequential Moments
• Synth Pop Hero
• Monkeys On A Rock
• Say What Everyone Else Thinks And They'll Say Ya Fuckin Mad
• Cancer pt II

Buried

Much to the disappointment of the many fans of Paul and Mansun who had waited years for this project to be released it was to be shelved. During the demo phase after Paul had returned from the USA he had become disillusioned with the music industry and after the turbulent implosion of Mansun he decided to pull the album. Around (approx) 2011 Paul removed himself from Social networking sites and took the decision to focus on his own career as a Studio Engineer and Producer. That seemed to be the final conclusion to the project.

Resurfacing of the Solo Project

There is a facebook group called 'Mansuns Only Love Song' where thousands of fans still have Mansun at the centre of their world , around Sept 2013 (i think) when Paul made a reappearance on Twitter, and a joking comment was made about 3000 people wouldn't want to witness Pauls work (sources required). Through much discussion on the Facebook group a petition was created with the sole purpose of showing Paul that they would love to hear Paul's Solo Project work. After a few thousand people 'liked' the page as a sign of their support it was evident that a genuine heard of fans would support Paul. Paul listened carefully.

Recording

The recording of the instruments for the album was completed on the 10{supo|th}} August 2015 where Paul posted a picture of him and the other musicians (less Catherine Anne Davies) who worked on the project on to Instagram .

Studio Gear

Hardware

• Guitars
  • Roland G-707
• Guitar FX
  • Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble
  • Boss DM-2
• Amplifiers
• Bass Guitars
• Guitar FX
• Amplifiers
  • Ampeg B15S Portaflex
• Drum Machines
  • Roland TR-707
• Vocals
• Synthesisers
  • Elka Synthex
  • Roland GR-700

Software

• Apple Logic Pro X  
• Pro Tools  

Known Songs

Since re-working Spooky Action Paul has revealed several songs and their titles:

• Feeling My Heart Run Slow - Was Premièred at the Mansun Convention held at The Live Rooms in Chester, August 2014. It is unknown if this is the final version on the song.
• The Stitch Up and the Hoax - Video on Paul's Instagram [link] showed the title, chords, some lyrics and audio
• Can't Get Fairer Than That - Video on Paul's Vine feed [link] revealed the working title and a 7 sec clip of audio
• Grey House - Several videos on Paul's Vine feed [link]; one promoting a competition appeared to show the name on some musical notes, and another video description included the name of the title.?

Media

Gallery

• Recording Gallery
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timeline

July
	4th - For those about to rock...	5th - Spooky Action recording session in progress	6th - Literally rocking the studio on Grey House	6th - Jon's gathered our notes, plectrums and his drum head n stix from sesh to give away, check mansun fb page for details

• 2014-05-30
  • Spooky!

• 2014-06-14
  • blank comments

• 2014-07-04
  • For those about to rock...

• 2014-07-05
  • Spooky Action recording session in progress

• • Mid recording of a trk

• 2014-07-06
  • Literally rocking the studio on Grey House

• • Jon's gathered our notes, plectrums and his drum head n stix from sesh to give away, check mansun fb page for details

• 2014-08-13
  • Mixing a Spooky Action track to play at the @mansunband convention

• 2015-01-30
  • Spooky Action trk