Wired on Radio Borders interview: CoriAnder chats about his latest album

Corin Anderson, aka CoriAnder, dropped into the Wired studio to chat about his latest album. He was joined by Conner Bevin, who features on the track 'Such Power', and Katie Templeman who filmed the accompanying music video.

As a 17 year old electronic music producer from Hawick Corin has written and co-written over 40 songs. He is also a talented musician playing piano, synths, drums and percussion as well as being a singer. Not only that, Corin scored 98% in his Higher Music which places him in the top 0.2% in Scotland during 2013. He has also been given an unconditional offer to study Music at Edinburgh University but may go to Edinburgh Napier to study the Popular Music course.

Corin has released three amateur albums and has nearly finished his fourth which is called Hyper Nation featuring thirteen tracks. They include:

The Breaking of the Heart – Corin says he has made several versions of this song. The first version consisted simply of his vocals and piano. The second was a duet with his friend Caroline Lamb and was played on Wired two years ago. The third was a solo song released as the ‘2013 Version’. This was a completely new recording with added sections and a heavier dance feel to it. The newest version is similar to the 2013 Version but features Leanne McFadden performing the female part. The music video was produced by filmmaker Katie Templeman and has been uploaded to CorinAnder’s You Tube channel.

Stand Up, Stand Out – Corin says that he co-wrote this track with Leanne. It’s about bullying and he is submitting it to Amnesty International’s Voices for Change competition. The music video was once again filmed by the talented Katie Templeman and will be released on You Tube in March.

Teribus – Is a well know traditional Hawick Common Riding song which Corin has given a very contemporary twist. He has turned it into a dance/pop song and says it was used as part of last year’s Common Riding celebrations.

Such Power – The main vocal line of this track was originally recorded for Jake Brown’s animation project with Connor Bevin providing the voice of the bad guy. Corin was so taken by the Conner’s vocal line that he decided to sample and loop the title line which formed the basis of the song. Katie Templeman produced an impressive music video which included various clips of Connor saying the line. It is now CoriAnder’s most viewed music video on YouTube.

The album includes plenty of other great songs. Many of these appear in the soundtrack of VOMO’s latest youth feature film called ‘Talent’. To order your copy of Hyper Nation contact Corin via his Facebook page or email him at corinanderson@ymail.com. The album costs £5 for a CD copy or £3 for an MP3 version which is delivered via email.

To check out more of Corin’s music and Katie Templeman’s accompanying videos follow these links:

www.youtube.com/musiccoriander www.facebook.com/coriandermusic www.soundcloud.com/musiccoriander www.reverbnation.com/musiccoriander