madness will finally defeat me 1977-present

"We've let technology develop miraculously but we haven't bothered to change ourselves. If we change physically, then our way of perceiving things changes and we need to change the way we perceive everything. That's our dream, but for some people, it would be a nightmare. It's about whether people are sentimental about the human body or not. People are surprisingly resistant to change." Genesis P. Orrige

love at first sight

Indepth analysis of albums that are groundbreaking influential,weird and misunderstood bi monthly review By Filipe Melo

Featured album: Scott 4 by Scott Walker


A Case for MOR (Middle of the Road)

The adjectives experimential, DIY, indie, noise are used to describe music which challenge the traditional universals of what a song, and more generally, what music should be. Even within the hallowed tower of "indie" there has always been an internal coup demanding that whatever recognition a tangent of the genre be furthered to the point of complete metamorphosis. Blocks of sound in place of melody, unconventional instrumentation, homemade production and an achingly nihilistic sincerity are all indicative of a recent trend within the Los Angeles music scene which at once is refreshing and disconcerting. Despite the exciting atmosphere surrounding the possible discovery of some sacred language hidden within the depths of the MPC, there is something to be said of using the language of convention to expound on the more confounding puzzle of postmodern/existential ennui. Enter into this situation the Ohioan Righteous Brothers reject come reclusive genius Noel Scott Engel, or as his is known Scott Walker. His fourth solo album Scott 4 is arguably the most profoundly elegant statement of humankind's struggle against its own insouciant futility. The forays it makes into such generalized ideas like war, love, and intimate minutae are mostly tawdry but beautifully signify that in some cases that convention is the most comfortable springboard to creativity.

Scott 4 was the last in a series of poorly received but pretentiously acclaimed solo albums by an American expat in England who at one time was more popular than the Beatles. Its...to be continued.

Visible milky way in Uludag

Credit & Copyright: Tunç Tezel (TWAN) - Click on Image to Enlarge.

In search of planets and the summer Milky Way. An evening road trip driving the winding road up Uludag, a mountain near Bursa, Turkey, one is rewarded by this beautiful skyview to the south.

Near the center, bright planet Jupiter outshines the city lights below and the stars of the constellation Sagittarius.

Above the mountain peaks, an arcing cloud bank seems to lead to the Milky Way's own cloudy apparition plunging into the distant horizon. In Turkish, Uludag means Great Mountain. Uludag was known in ancient times as the Mysian Olympus.

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Sibling Lovers,dark and lovely sounds from Berlin

how did you two meet and what made you decide to start music together?
L: In the womb
J: Yes, but the music came later.

what were your major influences growing up?do they play an important part in your music today
(having a strong effect on your ideas and sound)?
L: we were both abused by our 7 foot 12 inch uncle Reginald thats why we are so dark and intense
J: I wouldn't call it abuse... but then again we did turn out - different.

what is your favorite alcoholic beverage?
L: pregnant womens broken water with a slice of lime
J: I had a friend who made wine out of possum, truly but I like a nice cheap vodka and coke. Or Passion pop.


where is your current location?
L: anywhere and everywhere
J: I just missed a plane to London, so I'm stuck in Berlin. Which is nice.

how is the music scene there?
L: an incredible uber-galatic,interstella bunch of tripe
J: I agree mostly. Pamelia Kurstin is cool though she's not really from here... Things will be better when Josh comes back. Actually I got to see Suicide in London last year - I expected them to be totally embarrassing old men but they were incredible. I missed the Monks though - fuck.

ever plan on coming to america to do a tour?
L: you pay we play
J: It's true, we are whores. Two of the four whores of the coming apocalypse.

what was the scariest dream youve ever had?
L: having had a huge night out and waking up next to bette midler
J: That hall of mirrors dream where you wake up, again and again but it's still a dream and things get progressively more fucked up. Either that or the one with the giant bird people who used me to feed their young.

what was the scariest reality youve ever had?
L: waking up next to jamie
J: We were fooling around and I tasted milk. I filled cups of the stuff, L'wren was all freaking out and crying but I was into it... Turns out it was because of these tablets called Risperdal, they have this side effect. Either that or being mugged by like 6 guys with knives, the moment before they left me penniless, bruised, drunk and alone I seriously expected a painful death and had this sinking feeling upon realizing there were still so many things I wanted to destroy.

on an average day like any day what makes you want to
make music?
L: because we want to get girls
J: It's true we are sluts, driven by sheer animal instinct, and the voices.

jamie,you sort of remind me of a young nick cave,im sure you get that a lot...do you like his music at all?
L: he is his bastard son
J: I'm glad you said 'young', what is the guy thinking with that moustache? But it's true that The Birthday Party cannot be improved upon.


what made you want to do a instrumentals as opposed to singing more?
L: we are a 2 piece symphony orchestra
J: It's true we are incredibly talented, but we can't sing.


if you could hang out with anyone(dead,alive)for one day,
who would it be?what would you do?
L: bette midler so i could get my bra back
J: Elvis, we'd sit by the fire, do drugs, build a genetics research facility with his immense wealth and use it to find out how to make babies together.

THE END

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