[kj] A Letter from Jaz to the Gathering

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Great news! 
 
Cheers!
 
~LB
 
 
In a message dated 2/10/2010 4:06:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
frenchyfrenzy at killingjoke.fr writes:

Many thanks for sharing
Stephane " Frenchy Frenzy"

 
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Envoyé : mercredi 10 février 2010  09:34
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Objet : [kj] A  Letter from Jaz to the Gathering



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:
 


The Ravens flown and left the Tower

and Albion feels all abandoned

A desecrated cenotaph - surveillance state and waning choices

Guarded by warriors we knew

Guided by our ancestral voices


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. 

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.  
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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