[kj] A Letter from Jaz to the Gathering

[Bo Krogsgaard]

Raven had his last night out at L'usine. How appropriate.

On 2010-02-10, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oooh... thanks for that!

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> Really nice for us to have a note form Jaz.

> Condolences to Youth but all in all, in a word - excited!!

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> On 10 Feb 2010, at 08:34, Felix Norton wrote:

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>> I will be playing all the new 19 KJ songs at the playback party in Geneve

>> in early March. As you know, record companies only like 9 or 10 tracks on

>> a record, so your input would be appreciated. As yet I have not heard any

>> of the final mixes, I spoke to Youth yesterday to pass my condolences on

>> his father, Alan, (who was a father to us all since we were teenagers) who

>> passed away on Sunday morning. I was amazed by the fact that Youth kept

>> going on at the new record, said, it is the best vocals I have ever done,

>> which also echoed in email of Big Paul and ... well, Geordie is beaming!

>> The rough tracks sound unbelievable, so I cannot imagine listening back to

>> everything finished. When we went in the studio the afternoons were

>> dedicated to structured songs and evenings to jams, you cannot tell which

>> is which. One of the jams (which was initiated by Youth) is called The

>> Raven King. The vocals went down very fast, when I listened back to it, it

>> was too painful. However, the lyrics are to be taken in a broader context,

>> I'll give you an example of the first verse:

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>> The Ravens flown and left the Tower

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>> and Albion feels all abandoned

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>> A desecrated cenotaph - surveillance state and waning choices

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>> Guarded by warriors we knew

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>> Guided by our ancestral voices

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>> I am just about to leave for India to do one more vocal (press - Killing

>> Joke appears to be big in India) then continue on a press tour through

>> Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South and North America in three weeks. On

>> February 2 I've finished all recording, having had three days off since

>> writing in studio with Geordie on September 26, and I suppose it is

>> non-stop until the end of the tour. Frankly we'll all be lucky if we can

>> get through to the tour without Iran kicking off. I have always had this

>> horror that if Killing Joke is successful, war will follow, and indeed, if

>> we look at key years i.e. Revelations - Falklands, Extremities - Gulf war

>> I, 2003 - Gulf war II, a pattern emerges. I sincerely hope it is my

>> paranoia this time and as I head to New Zealand I have a sort of

>> pre-Iceland feeling, I hope I'll make it back so I can see you all.

>>

>> Last year I took Raven's ashes to Lord Shiva's hill in South India, I have

>> become quite religious in my old age, acknowledging perhaps for the first

>> time my Hindu roots I performed Giri-Valam - investigate.

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>> It would be nice to have as many British gatherers at the Paris show -

>> it's gonna be an incredible day. A state ceremony in which (to my

>> amazement) I am to be decorated as Chevalier of the Arts and Letters by

>> the French government for my contributions to classical music. Then I'll

>> introduce my eldest french speaking daughter to her grandmother, my

>> brother and her sisters for the first time - some different music then off

>> for a two hour set with Killing Joke.

>>

>> Book One is nearly finished, I'll probably upload a couple of chapters.

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>> Well, think of us all on February 26 - the band's birthday and Youth's

>> father funeral.

>> You are all my family.

>>

>> Jaz

>>

>> PS: The Magpie club and playback party to be held at Moloko bar, L’Usine.

>> Drop us a line if you are coming (HAHA). You must apply for invitation -

>> Grand Union management. Probably first or second Sunday of March.

>>

>> PPS: It's a great life!

>>

>> PPPS: Masks are to be worn at all gigs in the manner of a masquerade party

>> as we are re-establishing the ancient feast of fools festival - research

>> it yourself.

>>

>> The war criminal Blair must pay!

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