GHOSTS OF THE CIVIL DEAD – Floods

secretparcels — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:00:20 +0000

Ghosts of the Civil Dead is this band I (Justin) play in from time to time when the drag of trying to bring home the bacon starts to weigh heavily on my mind; making me eat McDonalds, drink beer and leaving me with a strong urge to play musical instruments I don’t know how to play whilst exploring the inner cosmos for signs of life.

Kind of like a post-yoga, urban form of meditation.

The reason for this band’s existence, in a lot of ways, is purely because my guitar loving friends and I wanted to test the limits of playing without a script so to speak, that is, turning up to the rehearsal studio with your instrument/s… setting up the recording equipment… and just playing whatever comes to mind on whatever instrument takes your fancy.

Now most of you reading this are probably thinking: that sounds like a recipe for disaster… a recipe for navel gazing, self indulgent twaddle with hardly any chance of achieving a result that is actually listenable… wankers!

Well… you’re right.

Most of the time this is the truth.

Ask any musician just how much of the stuff that comes out when they are just jamming or noodling is something that they would ever consider showing to someone else let alone releasing an album of it! Most would probably estimate around 10%… if that!

but…

Fabriek Bakker Fabriek – Machinefabriek/Anne Bakker/Leo Fabriek.

secretparcels — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:21:54 +0000

I popped this beautiful recording onto my iPod this morning and took it out with me for my morning walk during the first hours of winter light today.

It’s gorgeously crafted blend of field recordings, violin and piano replaced the din of the morning traffic as I briskly walked along King Street (Newtown) towards Sydney Uni (and a hot cup of coffee) with my headphones and beanie on. Read more…

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GHOSTS OF THE CIVIL DEAD – Floods

Fabriek Bakker Fabriek – Machinefabriek/Anne Bakker/Leo Fabriek.