I don’t always like music by a musician’s offspring. But when I do, I like Teddy Thompson and Damian Marley.
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Ziltoid the Omniscient by Devin Townsend (album)
From Wikipedia:
The album is a fictional concept album about an extraterrestrial being named Ziltoid from the planet Ziltoidia 9. Ziltoid travels to Earth in search for “the ultimate cup of coffee”.
I find the background amusing as well:
Townsend’s wife, Tracy Turner, gave birth to their first son, Reyner Liam Johnstan Townsend, on October 4, 2006. Around this time, Townsend withdrew from touring with his extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and his progressive metal group the Devin Townsend Band, explaining that he was burnt out on touring and interviewing. Townsend released an ambient album, Hummer, around this time. Townsend then began work on his next solo album, Ziltoid the Omniscient. “And I really mean solo, in the true sense of the word,” explained Townsend. “Nobody was around. For four months I worked completely on my own. I recorded each instrumental track and I also programmed all the drums. … I was sound engineer and producer and I mixed every note in my cellar with a minimum of gear. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it all on my own.”
