NEUROBIK - CriteriUM March (Etape CWAY)

JOHN FOXX – Running Across Thin Ice with Tiger # THE NECKS-Imprinting # THE DECLINING WINTER -Really Early, Really Late # ANA ROXANNE – Immortality # THE FALL – Blindness # A CERTAIN RATIO – Samo # STRATEGY -Daydream Space Graffiti # GINA BIRCH - I Play My Bass Loud # THE MYSTERINES - Life's a Bitch (But I Like it So Much) # LOBSTERBOMB – Gravitation # FEWS – Anything Else # ABSHAUM – Perception # SUNROOF – 1.2-30.5.19 # SHAME – Fingers of Steel # PRETENDERS – Stop Your Sobbing # CICADA -抵達圈谷之前的稜線 (On the Way to the Glacial Cirque) # SOLAR QUEST – Singtree # SUSS – Wetlands # MICHAEL BROOK – Shona Bridge # TOR LUNDVALL – Dark Haired Girls # NORTH AMERICANS – Classic Water # SAD LOVERS & GIANTS – Things We Never Did # AND ALSO THE TREES – In Bed in Yugoslavia # VALENTINA MAGALETTI – Low Delights # UB40 – Madam Medusa # BIANCA SCOUT – This City Had A Wall # MARK HEANEY – No Time.

Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame ( Tapete 2023)

 

The new Robert Forster album is truly excellent. It’s a family affair with his wife, son, and daughter contributing to the music. As always, Robert gives us wonderful lyrics. Here are two that resonate with me:

“Feel changes in my mind

I’m walkin’ to school in ‘69

The next day I’m 35” 

Those words are from the song ”I Don’t Do Drugs I Do Time”. The ephemeral and transient aspects of time always fascinate me. In many ways I still feel like I’m 25 inside. But 60 is quickly approaching. How did time pass so quickly while I still feel so young in mind?

As a schoolboy summer vacation seemed to last forever. Now a year rushes by in the blink of an eye. These thoughts always make me feel melancholy, but not necessarily in a bad way. The self reflection leads to recollection of times, both good and not so great-with some of you out there reading these words-that have helped shape the person I am. I am grateful for those times, and for you, my dear readers.

A second lyric:

“It’s not profound it’s what I found

A scrap of paper in the gutter

I scooped it out I read it loud

WHAT YOU DO-IT MATTERS”

Those lines are from the song “There’s A Reason To Live”. Sometimes we forget how impactful and powerful our words and actions can be to the lives of others. We can uplift and enlighten. However, we can also bruise and confuse, with just a few words or an action or inaction.

Over the years I’ve been blessed to receive handwritten letters and typed emails from people I’ve touched, in meaningful ways, through my radio show and my record store, both from days of yore.

I did those things with love; the love of who I am, and from my love of music. Ever since I was a child I loved sharing music with others. Sharing that music was sharing a part of who I am-a part of my heart. I thank you for being receptive to the music, and most importantly, for accepting me. You’ve uplifted me in profound ways. You may not have known or understood how important you are to me until right now (that includes the people I’ve tagged, and many more of you that I have not; for everyone who has taken the time to read these thoughts has touched me).

Please remember: WHAT YOU DO-IT MATTERS.

Randy  LeMasters.

https://robertforster.bandcamp.com/album/the-candle-and-the-flame

https://www.discogs.com/release/26001805-Robert-Forster-The-Candle-And-The-Flame

RETRO. Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones: Quatorze Pieces De Menace (Denovali 2013)

 

"Kako to, sjene, da vas ne poznadoh? Kako ste došle u šutljivu ruhu? " John Keats , Oda Bezbrižnosti

Možebiti da će se Dale Cooper Quartet teško osloboditi referenci na Davida Lyncha (delom i zbog Twin Peaksovog agenta Coopera ) i povremena istresanja i provetravanja Bohren draperija (davni citat --> " we used to listen a lot to Bohren und der Club of Gore " ), ali na kraju tona i što bi, greška nije do njih; ovako (se) štede reči, a ne služi rdjavo u agit-propu. Uostalom, DCQ znaju kako se prerasta taj kroj.

Novi album francuskih amigosa i naslovom najavljuje zlokobne komade, i DCQ briljiraju u direktnom prenosu samovoljnog polu/izgnanstva upravo iz Lynch/Bohren utočišta. Skroz domaćinski, nešto poput unutrašnjeg teskobnog jazz noir Tour de France-a, gde od početka otežanih nogu i u etapama broje milje i kilometre, tumaraju kroz vrste i tresišta, na nizinama i usponima odvrću i zavrću zavodljivost na potenciometru nelagodnosti. I zapisuju sve bas tamo, gde se dogovoreno monohromno širi u kolorit.

 Sve što (mi) treba od jedne jeseni je tu, i sve sto (mi) treba od jedne ploče je ovde.

https://dalecooperquartet.bandcamp.com/album/quatorze-pieces-de-menace

https://www.discogs.com/release/5000306-Dale-Cooper-Quartet-The-Dictaphones-Quatorze-Pi%C3%A8ces-De-Menace

 

(oktobar, 2013)

Simon Scott – Long Drove (Room 40 , 2023)

 

Ambijentalno field-recordings agenda Simona Scotta podseća na iščitavanje Zebaldovih Saturnovih prstenova. Jednostavno baš i nije, a pridiže i pokreće. Potrebno je da knjigu i plocu više od jednog puta prodjete. Da potpuno i bez sumnji potvrdite potencijal. Ukusi su raznoliki i nekome nije sve jasno, ali ko se kretao sličnim zvukovima i rečenicama može da razume.

Simona Scotta znamo kao bubnjara shoegaze teškasa ( ne po buci, nego po značaju) Slowdive i negde nije bilo neprirodno da se čovek iz takvog miljea zainteresuje za ovakvu muziku (Eno se povremeno spominjao kao Slowdive kolaborator ) i paralelno forsira ovakvu karijeru. Iza sebe Scott ima već zavidnu reputaciju ako se pogleda CV u kojoj se nabrajaju 12K i Touch etikete. Sada je ovde i Room40 što je poseban etalon, da ne spominjem teškaše ponovo.

Ruralni osećaji su nešto što se podrazumeva uz ovakva izdanja, ali kreativno slušanje i nadogradnja umeju da stvore drugojačije ugodjaje, sto je za aktivno slušanje muzike možda najvažnije. Slično Zebaldu i Scott koristi toponime za inspiraciju, ovaj put je lokacija Fens gde Scott obitava. Sve što je tu čuo i video je propuštao i obradjivao kroz lavirinte i čvorove sinapsi I potom povezivao sa uzorima. Mi možemo  to samo da zamišjamo, ili prošetamo kroz sopstveni Fensi  time ga nekako prisvojimo.

Slowdive je dakle za Scotta bila predškolska priprema za ovakve kontemplacije.

https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/long-drove

https://simonscott.bandcamp.com/

https://15questions.net/interview/simon-scott-shares-his-creative-process/page-1/?fbclid=IwAR3xvzv31qUbBoyj8EOSDgfD6h0fKmj-lli7Hkli-ngGxunedKR3AZkz5XA

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kSHT7HpW6bGgebZXKK2I29yipDKg2DA8I

NEUROBIK – February to Recovery ( STAGE EinZ )

Black Ox Orkestar - Perpetual Peace.  The Screenshots - Fußball ist cool  The Mysterines - Life's a Bitch (But I Like it So Much).  Art of Noise - Robinson Crusoe.  Foreign Affair - East On Fire.  The Bees - Sunshine Hit Me.  Paraf - Želim biti vojnik.  Om - Haqq al-Yaqin.  The WAEVE - Can I Call You.  Xmal Deutschland – Mondlicht.  New Order – Confusion.   Boye - Kafe Na Dnu Okeana.  This Mortal Coil – Not  Me.  Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Pretty Boy.  Boy Harsher – Fate.  Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks.  Hotel Lux - National Team.  Noveller - to love / dream you.  The Durutti Column - Sketch for summer.   M(h)aol - Asking For It.  Sixth June – Drowning.  Aztec Camera – Oblivious.  Gang Of Four - Silver Lining.  Kitchens of Distinction – Smiling.  Pale Saints - Throwing Back the Apple.  Adorable - Sunshine Smile.

Neurobik – Januar Etapa (Prolog) - We let it in.

 

LAIBACH – Love is still around (Moon, Euphoria).  SILVER MOTH – Mother Tongue.  JOHN CALE – Moonstruck (Nico’s Song).  BRIAN ENO - There Were Bells.  THE DUSSELDORD DUSTERBOYS – An und zu. ROLF BLUMIG -Sicherheit.  YOUNG GODS – Skinflowers.  ECHO&THE BUNNYMEN – Empire state Halo.  TEARDROP EXPLODES – Brave boys keep their promises.  ALASKAN TAPES – Who tends a garden.  THE NOTWIST – Puzzle.  MICK HARVEY – A suitcase in Berlin.  ORCHESTRAL MANOUVRES IN THE DARK - Punishment of luxury.  ESMERINE – Hymn for rob.  JESSICA MOSS – Enduring Oceans.  BLACK OX ORKESTAR - Viderkol (Echo).  LARAAJI –Universe.  JOHN McGUIRE – Pulse music I. TENNISCOATS – Oetsu to kanki no nanoriuta.  KNIFEPLAY – Hurt someone.  BLANCMANGE – Reduced voltage.  SAVAGE REPUBLIC – Meteora.  THE DANCE – She likes to dance. SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE with PATTI SMITH – Eternity. BRIAN ENO – We let it in.

The Fall: The 1970s (Cherry Red Records)

 

Nije se odmah znalo, ali naposletku  je postalo  očito da je tkivo i misao mančesterske grupe The Fall bio Mark E.Smith. Ili kako je sam rekao "If it's me and yer granny on bongos, it's The Fall” . Nekome je sigurno mučno gledati sva beskrajna reizdanja materijala  benda koga više nema (a mislili smo da nikad nece prestati da postoji), ali je uvek tu trik ili dva i natera da potkrademo sebe i nadjemo vremena, Ovog puta je razlog skoro bombastičan box set od 12 diskova na kojima je izložena aktivnost benda od inicijacije do kraja sedamdesetih. Tu su dva (meni omiljena I najdraza) albuma ‘Live At The Witch Trials’ i ‘Dragnet’, singlovi i gomila koncerata iz tog perioda - mahom nerealizovanih (od osam takvih je pet, ako podaci ne lazu) od kojih je najintigrantniji onaj za koga se misli da je prvi. Opisati The Fall je uvek bilo zanimljivo, svako je pokušavao da se seti pravih reči, ali se bend uvek za korak izmicao. Moje su da je sve počelo da kovitla u MES glavi od kaljavog garažnog panka, pervertiranog rokabilija, uvrnute psihodelije koja je iskakala od tu i tamo, kraut repeticije, Beefheart stisnutih spirala i nadolazeceg pravog panka i pre nego što se on pojavio. što kvalifikuje Smitha za unikuma i pater adoptikusa pankerske bolje prošlosti. Uostalom MES jeste bio jedan od posetilaca čuvenog Sex Pistols koncerta u Manchesteru, koji je možda i opisivaniji po tome ko je sve bio na njemu (članovi Buzzocks, Joy Division, Magazine, The Smiths, etc…). čak i u takvoj ponudi mančesterske izvrsnosti The Fall su bili svet za sebe.

Repeticija, a ne disciplina – jedan je od slogana vezanih za ovaj legendarni bend i možda mesto na koje treba upozoriti one koji se spremaju da se upuste u ovakvu avanturu.  Nesporno je da će The Fall za neke nove generacije biti ono što su za nas bili Velveti, Stoogesi, MC5 i nadam se da će nove generacije iz toga iznedriti neki novi pank ili već kako ce ga zvati. Ne treba gubiti nadu! Za ove koji su rastali sa njima, ili su ih kroz vreme upozna(va)li, preporuke nisu ni potrebne.

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-fall-the-1970s-12cd-box-set/