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Fri 06 Jun 2007Scott Walker: 30 Century ManScott Walker: 30 Century Man brilliantly looks at the enigmatic singer, writes Michael DwyerDURING the recording of Scott Walker's most recent album The Drift, he unnerved the 36-piece orchestra when he instructed them to sound like "World War II bombers slowly approaching from 50 miles away and getting closer and closer". When Walker wanted to simulate the sound of seagulls, his co-producer Peter Walsh managed to get a guitarist to achieve the effect.