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Post by andyloneshark on Jul 4, 2022 10:31:50 GMT
This was probably the last project Cathal worked on. It gets mentioned in that obituary from Louder Than War.
I think i posted on the old T.P. i was (still am) a HUGE fan of the Irish band Compulusion, who released two albums a couple of e.p.’s and then split up in the late 90s. I was friends with their guitarist Garret (Jacknife) Lee, who went on to become a superstar producer working with everyone from U2, R.E.M., Weezer, Taylor Swift, Neil Diamond and many more. Over the years, i lost contact with Garret, but in 2008 my friend David Barbe worked with him on the demos of the R.E.M. album ‘Accelerate’ in Athens Georgia and i was flattered to be told, he did remembered me.
In lockdown he and Cathal worked together on this project. I bought the album recently on vinyl but there are also a myriad of great remixes not on the album… including this ACE and rather haunting collaboration with Jah Wobble…
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Post by doug61 on Jul 4, 2022 11:18:34 GMT
This was probably the last project Cathal worked on. It gets mentioned in that obituary from Louder Than War. I think i posted on the old T.P. i was (still am) a HUGE fan of the Irish band Compulusion, who released two albums a couple of e.p.’s and then split up in the late 90s. I was friends with their guitarist Garret (Jacknife) Lee, who went on to become a superstar producer working with everyone from U2, R.E.M., Weezer, Taylor Swift, Neil Diamond and many more. Over the years, i lost contact with Garret, but in 2008 my friend David Barbe worked with him on the demos of the R.E.M. album ‘Accelerate’ in Athens Georgia and i was flattered to be told, he did remember me. In lockdown he and Cathal worked together on this project. I bought the album recently on vinyl but there are also a myriad of great remixes not on the album… including this ACE and rather haunting collaboration with Jah Wobble… That's rather gorgeous, is the whole album in a similar vein? |
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Post by andyloneshark on Jul 4, 2022 11:56:39 GMT
This is alot of variety - mostly Electronica, a nod to Kraftwerk with some of the vocals (Jacknife's) This is rather funky and groovy!  |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 4, 2022 14:49:02 GMT
This was probably the last project Cathal worked on. It gets mentioned in that obituary from Louder Than War. I think i posted on the old T.P. i was (still am) a HUGE fan of the Irish band Compulusion, who released two albums a couple of e.p.’s and then split up in the late 90s. I was friends with their guitarist Garret (Jacknife) Lee, who went on to become a superstar producer working with everyone from U2, R.E.M., Weezer, Taylor Swift, Neil Diamond and many more. Over the years, i lost contact with Garret, but in 2008 my friend David Barbe worked with him on the demos of the R.E.M. album ‘Accelerate’ in Athens Georgia and i was flattered to be told, he did remembered me. In lockdown he and Cathal worked together on this project. I bought the album recently on vinyl but there are also a myriad of great remixes not on the album… including this ACE and rather haunting collaboration with Jah Wobble… Oh yeah. Love that Thanks Andy And how good is that video too? |
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Post by andyloneshark on Jul 4, 2022 15:10:51 GMT
...yes, it is very effective and compilments the mood of the song perfectly. As Garret and Cathal are both Irish (Dublin and Cork) i guess that is why the archive footage and album artwork they have sourced touches heavily upon religion (Catholic?) and historic traditions The album version of 'Falun Gong Dancer' is stripped down to just piano and vocals and is rather beautiful.  |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 5, 2022 7:35:08 GMT
I'm loving this Andy
Both the album and all the EPs
Tremendous stuff
Ticks all my boxes and a few I didn't know I had
Thanks as ever
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Post by andyloneshark on Jul 5, 2022 14:46:52 GMT
...well, i only listen to the very best!  This is a recent and rare interview with Garret where he mentions the Telefis collaboration. Considering the circles he's moved in over the years, he's remarkably down to earth and candid about his life since moving to the USA... |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 7, 2022 9:17:34 GMT
Still loving this - really embracing the EPs too
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 7, 2022 9:18:41 GMT
It has also sent me scurrying back to Microdisney
How about the beaut....?
Microdisney - Gale Force Wind
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Post by andyloneshark on Jul 7, 2022 9:43:30 GMT
Must admit, i never got round to checking out Microdisney and the Fatima Mansions... BUT
I remember this Fatima Mansions song vividly from SNUB TV in the early 90s...
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Post by andyloneshark on Oct 14, 2022 9:25:14 GMT
Sublime song from the forthcoming 2nd album from Telefís - Cathal's vocals are just divine...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 22, 2023 11:40:51 GMT
Sublime song from the forthcoming 2nd album from Telefís - Cathal's vocals are just divine... That second album, a Dó, is also superb Thanks Andy a Dó by Telefís is splendid telefis.bandcamp.com/album/a-d |
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Post by andyloneshark on Apr 17, 2024 11:05:42 GMT
For vinyl junkies like me on here... The Falun Gong Dancer EP with Jah Wobble has been released this month on a very limited pressing 
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