llamame la muerte + maxim engl - Fr. 13.11. Konzert im Exzess / 21:30

Ihr habt heute noch nichts vor? Dann kommt doch an diesem Freitag dem 13.(!) nach Bockenheim in die Leipziger Straße 91, steigt die Treppen zum ExZess Keller hinab und genießt Live Musik der besonderen Art!

Liebe Grüße, M.

maxim engl (ffm) - ein mensch - eine gitarre - ein verstärker - viele effekte -
floating tones & sonic drones
llamame la muerte (le mans) - magnifique musique psychédélique - drums/guitar/vocals -
virtuoses duo, das zuweilen nach einem kompletten postrock-orchester klingt -
freund*innen von shipping news werden vor freude weinen und alle anderen vielleicht auch *** 

http://llamamelamuerte.blogspot.de/p/musique.html
http://www.exzess.info/konzerte/

The Citradels - Honey (Video; AUSTRALIA 2015)

Honey is the newest offering from the ever prolific Melbourne based band The Citradels.

Recorded over a 5 day period inside a disused butter factory in rural Victoria. Honey is the second key hole peep show into their 6^th album Are They Still Here? set for vinyl release on psychic Ric Records in January 2016.

Honey features comely vocals, with Ennio Morricone style twang arrangements. Depicting young Woody’s demise into perversion, the video perfectly sums up the sickly sweet trappings of teenage love.

Honey ain’t dead.

Download the track from here

https://soundcloud.com/the-citradels/honey

For more releases mosey on over to

https://thecitradels.bandcamp.com/

(BAND info/promo)

Two excellent Compilations I listen to a lot

Usually I don' like compilation CDs that much.
I prefer to buy the complete (or almost complete) work of a band or a musician (e.g. The Byrds or Patti Smith) – and to create my own sampler. Simply for the reason that almost all sampler CDs that I bought were disappointing to me.
Anyway, there are two notable exceptions:

1. Way to Blue – An Introduction to Nick Drake
This is just excellent! A very pleasant listening experience from start till end.
I'm not the greatest Nick Drake fan on earth, but I really enjoy this compilation. This guy only managed to record 3 LPs when he was still alive and in fact I don't like to listen to them very much. The one I like the most is probably "Bryter Layter" produced by the exquisite JOHN CALE. I mean John Cale! You can't go wrong with a John Cale produced record of that era. Just think of the 2nd Nico LP "The Marble Index".
Anyway, I don't like the sparse arrangements on Drakes last album that much.
And now: "Way to Blue" – it's compiled in a way that really surprised me and finally made me a Nick Drake fan. For the first time I really got into his music.

2. Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?
This one is even better than "Way to Blue".
I've known Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd since I was about twelve. I'm now almost fifty years old and STILL I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan. And I mean HUGE. Don't ask me about collecting bootlegs and books ...
Listening to Barrett's solo works – two records, if you only count the regular ones excluding the outtakes collection "Opel" – was always kind of ... hm ... embarassing, no, not exactly the right word, but you know ... to me. But come on, listening to "The Madcap Laughs" at times can really be quite hard – disturbing. I still can't understand why Gilmour and Waters decided to include the more painful tracks like (especially) "Wouldn't You Miss Me", that simply sound sung wrong. Sketches at best. Turning the pages, stumbeling and stopping after a wrong beginning ... Come on, guys, give me a break!

Barrett was said to be difficult to work with, ask Norman Smith for that one, he often changed songs during the recording process and was fond of improvising. All facts very well known. And on "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" this worked perfect, but one shouldn't forget the producer's job on that band's first album. It would be interesting to listen to some of the unedited stuff of the sessions or to some more outtakes. I think Norman Smith did a great job and "The Piper" surely would have sounded very different with another producer. What I'm trying to say: It's the editing process that is important when you work in a way Pink Floyd and/or Syd Barrett did in the old days. And Waters/Gilmour rellly did not do Syd a favour when they decided to leave all the babbling and confusion and the wrong singing in. 

"The Madcap Laughs" could have been a fantastic record. There are many fantastic songs on it. But sadly it is not – due to Waters' and Gilmour's decision. One of the reasons, why they did this to him, was probably to show in what kind of confused mental state Syd was at that time. But hey – we are listening to a record, not a therapy hour. At least I wish it was so.
The compilation "Wouldn't You Miss Me? – The Best of Syd Barrett" does not include the original version of the title song but gladly the one from "Opel" which is much better and much less painful to listen to. Why didn't Waters and Gilmour choose this version in the first place? I really wonder.

You will find all the great Barrett songs on this compilation, not all are classics, but hey: it's the "solo" Syd Barrett really at his best. "Octopus", "Late Night", "Dominoes", "No Good Trying" – you name it, even "Two of A Kind" from the 1970 BBC session is included. Great choice – without the disturbing unnecessary "mental illness indicating" elements that I dislike so much (which you find on "Madcap") and that really don't do justice to Syd Barrett, musical genius or not. 
The only song that may get hard to listen to on this compilation is in fact "Opel" the title song from the later outtakes collection; and one gets an idea, why that track was left off the album in the first time. The singing voice is not as good as the song itself.
The previously unreleased "Bob Dylan Blues" doesn't do much harm, I could have lived without it, but okay, it's a nice extra to have the opportunity to listen to that song finally.

This is by far the Syd Barrett CD that I listen the most often to – and I always enjoy it very much; and remember: I'm a huge Pink Floyd/Barrett fan!
It took me many years to "understand" the different sounds that Syd made solo in comparison to the ones with his old band, and listening to this compilation I recognized for the first time: Hey, it all is still there, the things that made "Piper" and the first Floyd singles so great: the wit, the psychedelic improvised guitar technique, the oh so cool original lyrics ... Not as different as I thought. Just two years later – and still very fascinating.
I love this compilation. The one Barrett CD that shows all the facets of his music. And it's VERY enjoyable.

DANNY TAKES A TRIP + POET ZERO im Waggon, Offenbacg, Germany

Hallo Freunde und Freundinnen!

Endlich ist es soweit! Am 02.07.15 findet im WAGGON In Offenbach das allererste POET ZERO Konzert in Bandbesetzung statt! Den Support bestreitet DANNY TAKES A TRIP. Yeah!!!

 
DANNY TAKES A TRIP

Weird Acoustic Rock - Palimpseste, Collagen, Zitate, Songs.
Erträumt und mit Stimme und Gitarre vertont von Daniel "Fast Danny" Sich. Skurril, melancholisch, tragikomisch, kindlich, aufrichtig und stets catchy.
Live wird außerdem eine Fremdkomposition aufgeführt werden...

Daniel Sich, *1965, Gründungsmitglied von Thotes Schwein und Orange, heute Gitarrist der Motörhead-Tribute-Band Hammersmith und Bassist bei Poet Zero.
Lebt und arbeitet in Mannheim als selbständiger Musiklehrer.

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POET ZERO ist ein altes Projekt des ephemeroL-Gitarristen Maxim Engl. 
Zwischen 1995 und 2003 nahm der POET diverse Tapes im 4-Spur-Verfahren auf, auf denen er als One-Man-Band Songs performt, die sowohl von jahrelangem MOTORPSYCHO-, DINOSAUR-JR- und HÜSKER-DÜ-Genuss beeinflusst sind als auch von der Musik, die diese Bands selbst gehört haben: Tonnen von Rock und Punk.

Die meisten Stücke hat der POET niemals live aufgeführt; einige wurden gelegentlich bei rein akustischen Soloauftritten gespielt (z.B. letztes Jahr im Waggon) oder gelangten ins Programm von Engls früheren Bands ORANGE und PAN AMP. Zwei späte POET-ZERO-Nummern landeten sogar bei den Live-Sets der frühen ephemeroL!

Mithin ist es eine ganz besondere Freude, endlich eine Handvoll erlesener Stücke aus dem POET-ZERO-Fundus live auf der Bühne so darzubieten, wie sie mal gedacht waren - Songwritermusik im Heavy-Outfit...

Möglich wurde das jetzt glücklicherweise durch den Enthusiasmus von Pierre Snittlauch, Drummer bei CAPE CAPSIZE und HANK LIZARD, und Bassist Daniel "Fast Danny" Sich, Gitarrist der MOTÖRHEAD-Tribute-Band HAMMERSMITH, die hochmotivert wie kongenial die phänomenalen Songs wieder zum Leben erwecken.
Wer nicht kommt, muss später damit leben, ein unvergleichliches Konzert verpasst zu haben!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xybrVTP-aHI
http://www.kin-et.de/m-poet_zero.html

13th FLOOR ELEVATORS – First performance with original line up in 47 years! Unbelievable!!!

Not the best quality, but hey – THAT'S HISTORY!

The band's first performance with original line up in 47 years. Live at Levitation 2015 in their home town of Austin, Texas... 

Setlist:
She Lives (in a Time of Her Own)
Fire Engine
Earthquake
Tried to Hide
Slip Inside This House
(I’ve Got) Levitation
Splash 1
Kingdom of Heaven
Nobody to Love
Reverberation
Roller Coaster
Encore:
You’re Gonna Miss Me

Lineup: Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, John Ike Walton, and Ronnie Leatherman

Sula Bassana - Surrealistic Journey (video 2015)

Some really trippy stuff! Enjoy your ride!