[kj] at last...

[Peter Moltesen]

In Excelsis has wormed itself into my subconscious today

 

Ghosts is the best Killing Joke song since Aeon - really hope 

theres more of this type of thing on the album - really atmospheric.

When I still lived in London I used to spend a lot of time down the

Portobello /Ladbroke Grove / Notting Hill area. A lot of bands close to my

heart started life in that part of London - Hawkwind / The Deviants / Pink 

Fairies / Quintessence / Motorhead / Here & Now / The Clash / KJ etc etc

 

Kali Yuga is a real grower too

 

Endgame hasn't registered yet - nothing wrong with it, but nothing really

stands out 

 

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Steve Hackett
Sent: 26 June 2010 13:04
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] at last...

 

Ghosts

Kali

In Excelsis

Endgame

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From: jon <mailto:jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk>  chapman 

To: gathering at misera.net 

Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 7:11 PM

Subject: Re: [kj] at last...

 

If anything it's the worse - 

Ghost of Ladbroke grove 

In excelsis 

Endgame 

Ka -LI-Yoo- GAAA. 

In that order. 


 
 




  

 


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From: karen.weil at sddt.com
To: vassifer at earthlink.net; gathering at misera.net
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:54:14 -0700
Subject: Re: [kj] at last...

Alex's thoughts on "Kali Yuga" are mine, too. My favorite song on that
release. 

 

k.w.

SoCal

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From: Alex Smith <mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net>  

To: A list about <mailto:gathering at misera.net>  all things Killing Joke (the
band!) ; gathering at misera.net 

Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 5:36 AM

Subject: Re: [kj] at last...

 


"This reminds me of what it was like to get your hands on new Killing Joke
record back in the eighties..."

"Kali Yuga" certainly gave me that feeling -- that indefinable compulsion to
play and play again. Cannot stop grinning when I hear it.

Alex in NYC

 

 

-----Original Message----- 
From: jpwhkj at aol.com 
Sent: Jun 25, 2010 7:26 AM 
To: gathering at misera.net 
Subject: Re: [kj] at last... 

Further thoughts, typed as I listen for the first time:

 

In Excelsis is much better on CD than the version we'd previously heard.  I
like it a lot.

 

Endgame still doesn't do it for me.  Quite chuggy guitar; Jaz sings a bit,
but quite growly vocals; not very catchy; no underlying funky vibe.  I
pressed "Next" before it was over, not 'cos it's really awful, but because I
want to hear...

 

Kali Yuga is really powerful!  Excellent singing from Jaz.

 

Ghosts is just starting... sending a shiver down my spine, partly
anticipation from what everyone's said, partly the eerie dub sounds...  It's
*very* unusual - totally different from anything they've done in the last 30
years.  Harks back to that first EP.  Great that they've taken a musical
risk again - it's been far too long.

 

(Just thinking that it's great that they have so much material.  On previous
"recent" albums, it's felt like they included pretty much everything
available in order to fill an album.)

 

Jaz's vocals on Ghosts are still a bit growly, but he is *singing* which is
great.

 

OK, now for the dub version.  Sounds ....unsurprisingly.... like some of the
stuff off the Killing Joke In Dub bootleg.  And sorry Jaz, but I prefer it
without vocals!  Some wicked guitar in there.  I could live without some of
screechier siren noises, but overall it works really well.  Love the way the
guitar blasts in.  This feckin' rocks!

 

It's over.  Time to press "Play" again.  This reminds me of what it was like
to get your hands on new Killing Joke record back in the eighties...

 

By the way, mine is numbered 789.  What about the rest of youse?

 

Jamie



 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: jpwhkj at aol.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Sent: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:56
Subject: at last...

Nothing on Monday.

 

Nothing on Tuesday.

 

Nothing on Wednesday.

 

Nothing on Thursday.

 

But it arrived today.

First thought: artwork looks better in my hands than on the web.

 

Second thought: remove cassette from stereo and put on IE CD.

 

Here we go...


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