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I think a full-time drummer is definitely called for. Even though we are well aware of what Bent and Snah can do without any help, that core of three, jamming and rehearsing every day in time-honoured fashion, is essential and not only makes MP a proper band but also enables them to be what they are in essence. Others can come and go and embellish what the core trio do, and past fourth members have certainly made important contributions that give fresh angles, but I doubt anyone will ever fit better than Reine; if he is out of the picture for now for whatever reason, I trust that we will see him again. Meanwhile, I look forward to whatever the new element brings to the table.
Johnny, unfortunately, it is extremely relevant. Imagine the psychopathic types characterised in this single being lured into filthy activities which are filmed and recorded (as we know they all were – and it is a scandal that the media have chosen not to explore that aspect – the filming and recording – and make it the main headline news) and then being subject to blackmail. Imagine the control that makes possible. Imagine the threat of blackmail on the one hand versus the promise of huge wealth on the other – plus the continuation of ego-flattering status and profile. Then it becomes easier to see why these types serve the few rather than the many, why they are interested in wars and regime change, why they wish to restrict freedom, why they help mount up enormous national debt, etc., etc.
A book that would explain all this far more knowledgeably and eloquently than I possibly could is ‘One Nation Under Blackmail – The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein – Vols 1 and 2’ by Whitney Webb.
It means nothing of course, but I couldn’t help noticing that the resolution demanding the immediate release of all Federal documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein is H. Res… 577.
I’m not sure how immediate that is likely to be though.
For sure, we’ve all come across these sorts, and they really do screw things up for the rest of us. What is so galling is to see how many of the rest of us just let them carry on or even fall under their spell and grant them more power. This works out on a larger scale when such types are active, as they inevitably must be, in the political sphere where they are overrepresented and where they can do so much more damage. I think this is the focus of the blurb and the lyrics.
Incidentally, I remember reading an interesting book about what was called political ponerology and it posited that real evil is at work through the kinds of psychopaths who gravitate towards these positions of power. The rest of us, because we have a conscience, find it difficult to conceive that anyone could be capable of the deeds which such psychopaths are able to carry out without compunction, e.g. sanctioning the wholesale slaughter of innocent civilians and children.
It’s obvious who we’re chiefly talking about here again. He is not a lemming but, rather, a Judas goat – for now. I hope that, if he does go over the edge, he will not be alone but rather will take with him plenty of Epstein’s compromised friends of all political persuasions.
Thank you very much for taking the time and trouble to explain. That makes it clearer for me now. That hardware Mellotron sound expander could be a good lead to follow.
Frankly, my head is spinning right now with all the choices and variables out there. At the moment, I am edging towards something like a Roland FA-06 or a Korg Krome EX, but ask me tomorrow and I might be looking at something else entirely!
Anyway, I’ll leave you in peace to work on your next cover. How about Watersound?
I’m just at the beginning of my investigations into the world of synths, so forgive what is probably a dim question, but would the keyboard (synth) in the video be something other than the vintage Kontakt Mellotron of which you speak?
I’m looking at various ways of getting song ideas down quickly, building parts and layers, without any computer involvement – going DAWless, basically. I definitely want a synth element but I am considering making it the central item – maybe in the form of a suitable, portable, standalone, polyphonic workstation that has song mode, good drums, proper keys and a million other ‘would likes’ such as being able to get nice Mellotron sounds. The Akai MPC 37 Keys appealed until I realised how much internet connectivity was involved, how many bugs and glitches there are and how the firmware updates keep messing things up (e.g., since the last update, you are now restricted to 4/4 time only). I don’t need that stress! Any suggestions for alternatives would be gratefully received!
Very respectable! I think I prefer it to quite a few covers on those compilations!
Can you please tell me what synth you have there?
@otherdemon: Ah, Ashra! Wonderful stuff! New Age of Earth is a great favourite of mine!
I received both CDs a few days back. I have been delighted to be able to play Child of the Future LOUD on CD players dotted around the place – and in the car! It’s in my top 5 MP albums, even though I find the rankings rather fluid! Ahsol Caravan is a pleasure of an entirely different kind. (I suppose that would be of the Ahsol variety.)
Can they come and shag the UK? I think we might already be fucked though…
The Young Gods’ latest album – their hardest for a while. They are on tour throughout Europe in October, November and December. They are great live, so, if they are anywhere near you, I highly recommend you get along. Everybody knows we will be kissing the sun!
Me too! I really hoped they would make an ambient, instrumental album (not in the vein of Begynnelser). I thought it was in there. The quiet parts of Ancient Astronauts made me think they might go for it. Something like the first half of that Roadworks chien (with Lo) in an expanded, recorded form would also be right up my street!
I’m taking it as read that Child of the Future is brilliant. It’s always been one of their best for me, and I’ve been begging for it in CD/digital form for years! I’m really hoping the direction the next album is supposed to be taking will have something of the same flavour.
Ahsol Caravan is sending me off in all sorts of directions. I mentioned earlier what I guessed was Edgar Froese‘s Bathtub and Florian Fricke‘s Final Flowering. The Holy Mountain mention might or might not be a nod to Jodorowsky. The poster puts me in mind of Meetings with Remarkable Men; I am doubtful that this is a reference, but I do recall an early scene in the film where there is an interesting singing competition in a remote location to which contestants have travelled for days, and it features drones and throat singing.
With the Fricke / Popol Vuh connection, I also note that the film’s credits list Holger Herzog amd Klaus Lyzski – names that might hint at the territory.
Kailash was nagging at me and then I remembered that it was a film Florian made himself rather than scoring for Werner Herzog. As an experiment, I have tried watching it on mute while listening to Ahsol Caravan. Well, it’s not quite the miraculous match (with minor tweaking) that was so stunning with chien/2001 but, actually, it is working quite well! (I’m trying to convince myself I didn’t waste the last three quarters of an hour.) For anyone else out there who doesn’t have a life, see for yourself! I link to the film below.
What I must add is that no one should miss out on Florian’s own soundtrack – nor indeed on almost anything he did! (In den Gärten Pharaos, the Aguirre soundtrack and the beautiful piano of Spirit of Peace come to mind.)
