s w e e t b e a t s
december.04.2001 - #816
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artist : Jah Wobble
album : The Inspiration Of William Blake
year : 1996 / 2000 (reissue)
label : 30 Hertz
catalogue : 30hzcd13
genre : Lo-Fi
url : www.30hertzrecords.com
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Songs Of Innocence 09:58
02.J Lonely London 07:31
03.Bananas 05:36
04.Tyger Tyger 07:02
05.Holy Thursday 05:31
06.Breathing Out The World 00:48
07.Swallow In The World 03:32
08.The Kings Of Asia 01:36
09.Swallow In The World (Reprise) 00:30
10.Bob & Harry 01:44
11.The Angel 04:24
12.Gateway 01:48
13.Auguries Of Innocence 06:53
13 tracks | 56:53 mins | 82,1 MB
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From his early days on the British Punk scene to his stint with Public
Image Ltd., from his world music/dance fusions with The Invaders Of
The Heart to his later collaborations with Bill Laswell and Brian Eno,
Jah Wobble has always been willing to try anything that strikes his
fancy. Maybe that explains why he chose to write music to accompany
the words of William Blake, the 19th century poet/artist/mystic cited
as an influence by Beat writers like Allen Ginsberg and William S
Burroughs. But Wobble went several steps further, creating a concept
album using atmospheric textures as a backdrop for his recitations
of some of Blake's greatest poems. Skip past the repetitive opening
track, "Songs of Innocence", and the rest of the album is delightfully
unusual marriage of spoken word and music. "Lonely London" features
former Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit, whose intricate grooves meet Mark
Ferda's rich atmospheric textures and Wobble's hypnotic dub bassline
to form a swirling psychedelic vision Blake would be proud of, while
"Bananas" uses percussion, synths, and samples to create an ethnic-
influenced sound not unlike Dead Can Dance gone techno. The first
release from Wobble's 30 Hertz label, this album foretells intriguing
future output. -- Bret Love
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