Inspired by the uninhibited bravado of Beck and the nonchalant eclecticism of The Beta Band, amongst others, Cale has spent much of the last two years billeted in his Greenwich Village basement studio, mastering the 21st century musician’s paint box, Pro Tools - revelling in the freedom and complete creative control the digital technology affords. The first fruit of this recording renaissance, in which shimmering, disembodied electronics couch remarkable new songs and densely detailed arrangements are ratcheted up to new heights, is HoboSapiens, Cale’s first full-length album of songs in seven years. A twelve-track cavalcade of sample-laden rock, Grand Guignol balladry and unclassifiable instrumental exotica, HoboSapiens is a consummate John Cale album in the noble tradition of Paris 1919, Fear, or Music For A New Society - albeit with a modernist twist. Holding a magnifying glass to global human Diasporas, its lyrics zoom cinematically from Zanzibar to Pacific Palisades via Niagara Falls and the Norfolk Broads – its frame of reference positively encyclopedic.

The Velvet Underground co-founder's 1975 solo album for Island, never released in the U.S. Phil Collins, Brian Eno &Chris Spedding all guest on the album, which features 12 tracks, including a cover of Jonathan Richman's classic 'Pablo Picasso' (which coincidentally Cale had produced for Richman before when he fronted the Modern Lovers). 1998 Island Records release.

John Cale出生于威尔斯的矿工家庭，Cale在Velvet Underground里负责贝斯、中提琴与钢琴的演奏，偶而担任演唱。他的作品展示了矛盾与对立的魔力:抒情诗与噪音，精密与粗糙，催眠般的反复和突变……当他还是一个古典音乐学校的学生时，他就表现出了极端主义的倾向。在他学习理论和作曲的音乐学校的一次独奏演出上他推翻了一架钢琴。凯尔在英国学习完作曲后，于 1963年来到美国。在纽约他遇到娄・里德，后者帮他对电声乐器和摇滚乐有了最初的了解。不久他加人“地下丝绒”，在其中担任键盘、贝斯和电声中提琴的演奏。

1975 album for Velvet Underground bassist. The album features Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera and Chris Spedding.

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood is a studio album by Welsh rock musician John Cale. Most of the songs were recorded by John Cale in his own studio in Los Angeles. On one track he collaborated with Danger Mouse. In September 2011 Cale released the Extra Playful EP and its release promised that the new album will be released the following year. It will be his first studio album since 2005's blackAcetate.

John Cale出生于威尔斯的矿工家庭，Cale在Velvet Underground里负责贝斯、中提琴与钢琴的演奏，偶而担任演唱。他的作品展示了矛盾与对立的魔力:抒情诗与噪音，精密与粗糙，催眠般的反复和突变……当他还是一个古典音乐学校的学生时，他就表现出了极端主义的倾向。在他学习理论和作曲的音乐学校的一次独奏演出上他推翻了一架钢琴。凯尔在英国学习完作曲后，于 1963年来到美国。在纽约他遇到娄・里德，后者帮他对电声乐器和摇滚乐有了最初的了解。不久他加人“地下丝绒”，在其中担任键盘、贝斯和电声中提琴的演奏。

All songs written by John Cale, except "Streets Of Laredo", traditional arranged by John Cale

John Cale出生于威尔斯的矿工家庭，Cale在Velvet Underground里负责贝斯、中提琴与钢琴的演奏，偶而担任演唱。他的作品展示了矛盾与对立的魔力:抒情诗与噪音，精密与粗糙，催眠般的反复和突变……当他还是一个古典音乐学校的学生时，他就表现出了极端主义的倾向。在他学习理论和作曲的音乐学校的一次独奏演出上他推翻了一架钢琴。凯尔在英国学习完作曲后，于 1963年来到美国。在纽约他遇到娄・里德，后者帮他对电声乐器和摇滚乐有了最初的了解。不久他加人“地下丝绒”，在其中担任键盘、贝斯和电声中提琴的演奏。