Sunday 25 September 2016

The Gaslamp Killer /Bunny Wailer/John Coltrane/Art

Instrumentalepathy cover art

......wass new? The Gaslamp Killer's latest, Instrumentalepathy, which hits all the right spots with prime samples, wacky grooves and, you know, all the things he's known for and I don't care if he's a kind of 'hipster' god (is he?) or that he's still doing what breakbeatist legends such as DJ Shadow were doing a hundred years ago it's still a great album (even that old break he uses on  Residual Tingles) - yes - mind you, the subsub-bass on The Butcher is a little way different for him but those deep stabs strike right into me heart - he threatens to Shred You To Bits and for my money his beat/sample constructions frequently do - so good on him.........





..........Lee Perry instrumentals and some King Tubby are pretty much all I listen to reggae-wise these days but this Bunny Wailer comp Solomonic Singles 1: Tread Along 1969-1976 is damned good. His Blackheart Man album (1976) was on my turntable loads at the time as I warmed up for the Punky Reggae Party to come so it's good to revisit Bunny and discover vocals tracks such as Bide Up and dubs like Trod On - there's Amagideon Dub too...


..........it was John Coltrane's birthday the other day - well, as you might know, he's dead, but we celebrate anyway, even with people saying things like 'Happy Birthday John!' on the social network as if he can hear - perhaps he can - he's a god, you know, and they can hear everything. Well, it was a good reason to break out the Village Vanguard box from which I've chosen Greensleeves, especially since Reggie Workman's bass-playing is so out of this world and I love McCoy Turner's solo and it's John Coltrane with his best band playing out of their skins, aided sometimes by Eric Dolphy who, as you do know, had the most lunatic/genius individual chops in Jazzdom....


.......there are two types of people in the world: those with Coltrane albums and idiots. It's possible to be both, of course, like people who still blog and have Coltrane albums. The other day someone asked me why I blog and I had no answer but the fact is it keeps me off the street and therefore out of trouble because if I didn't do this I'd spend the time tracking down every current Pop star starting with the biggest-sellers of the year and assassinating them - trouble is I suppose I'd never reach Number 2 before being caught and jailed - still, I'd be famous...................
                                              .....thing is, I'm waiting for the Blog Revival (you larf - it's coming!) because I'm not good at posting hundreds of photos on instantgram or Tumbeler therefore I miss out on the chance of acquiring millions of followers and being famous for that - because people are, you know - but I don't like spending time thinking about the fact that millions follow and hang on the words (tweets) of people who've achieved nothing other than celebrity status because it's depressing (and I'm jealous - I want millions of followers!) - not that I was smart when I was a teenager but I'm damned sure I wouldn't be following some talentless cunt on the internet - see, I told you, it depresses me and makes me angry - a waste of thought/anger.......................
                                          I worked on a picture today...a print experiment using a photo I took. I have no Followers. I am an unknown artist and you are an unknown viewer. Here it is:


There's more work over here
Thank you. 

2 comments:

  1. I follow you! I like the art, I love Coltrane, I enjoyed The Gaslamp Killer (who I'd never heard of until now), but most of all I'm massively freaked out to have been actually playing 'Amagideon Dub' in my house at the very moment I landed on your blog today.

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  2. Thank you Mr Swede. What a coincidence that you should be playing that tune. We are united indeed.

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