[kj] Pre-Listening of The New Album In Geneva Sunday 28.03.10

[LONESTYLE at aol.com]

Thanks Stephane for the great report.!
 
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this... but if they do play LA or  
elsewhere in the USA in December are our tickets still going to be  honored?
 
Oh and Marie is a sweetheart! Glad you got to see her.
 
Cheers,
 
~ LB
 
 
In a message dated 3/30/2010 11:36:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
frenchyfrenzy at killingjoke.fr writes:

Hi  All,
 
In fact (except  for Rob Moss who doesn't deserve it) here is the summary 
of the night in  Geneva.
Arrived around  20:00 at the Usine's venue where the Moloko's bar stand on 
the 1st floor  ( that is where they played in 2003 and where we had the 
after-party for  Raven's funeral) i was very friendly welcomed (as always) by 
Jaz and maybe  10/12 of his swiss friends (one of his daughters lives in 
geneva too but  wasn't here)
 
How could i  describe the Moloko ?
In the land of  conformism,authority and order it's an island of liberty 
and  contestation.
As for an  example, the law against smoking in public areas was voted 
sometimes  ago but at the Moloko you can still smoke and not only official  
cigarettes would I say ha ha ha !!!
 
It's a very cool  place where a section was reserved for us for having 
dinner prepared by the  local cooker.
 
Of course Jaz  was like always : very prolific for speaking
 
First of all :  The US Tour is postponed till december (normally) but Jaz 
really hates touring  there except fo3/4 dates like in 2008
I told him that  many gatherers were expecting to see them in more cities  
but...
 
Concerning the  idea of playing Nighttime entirely : complete rumours 
;o)))) sorry for Alex (I  would have loved too but)
 
We spoke about  John Hicklenton ( who died recently) and who was filmed 
during his death  having a phone conversation with Jaz who was filmed too;
 
Big Paul did 3  differents artwork for the cover but apparently nothing has 
been decided  yet.
 
Concerning the  tracks list, here is the one written by Jaz
see here : 
_http://rcpt.yousendit.com/845264211/ffa45b5e1efa984160b19b8428ce4005_ 
(http://rcpt.yousendit.com/845264211/ffa45b5e1efa984160b19b8428ce4005) 
 
The 11 tracks  who should be on the album are written on the left side and  
The plan is to  release 2 EPs exclusively on vinyl before the album : it 
concerns the  tracks on the right side
 
You will  discover Jaz comments by yourself ;o))
 
Then was the  time for the listening of the coming album using the powerful 
soundsystem of  the bar.
Jaz asked me to  introduce him to the audience in french as the Head Master 
of the Gathering  (if i remember well ha ha ha ) but I just said modestly 
at the microphone  to be one of the members of the Gathering (Rob Moss would 
have surely  said the Maestro of The Gathering ;o))) and then he did a 
little  speech explaining his attachment to Swiss because of his daughter and  
when they played in 83 in a Famous Squat on Rue Argand (and Jaz told that some 
 of the footages with torches used this night were briefly) used for the  
Eighties video)
 
So the sound  came out the speakers for more than 1 hour for your own  
pleasure
It's very  difficult to describe music but I would I was completely and 
happily surprised  with the quality of sound and Jaz's voice who really sing on 
 this album (and shouts too like on Endgame)
My fav ones are  
Absolut  Dissent with the incredible rhythm and break including the extra  
basslines and flow of the drums
Raven  King for the melody
European  Superstate : certainly a major hit in clubs if it's released as a 
 single : completely different of what they have done before : Disco/Grace  
Jones and The Sparks meet Killing Joke : some will hate and some will adore 
(i  hope so ;o)) THE catchy tune of all the tracks
Here  Comes The Singularity : terrific, powerful, melodic and extra guitar  
riffs: a speedy one
 
The better thing  is to wait till the release in september to enjoy the 
modern touch they have  had to their "typical music" and I was appreciating the 
heavy work they  did on vocals and chords comparing to the instrumental 
versions I had heard at  The Brittania Row Studios in november.
 
Then it was time  for a cheese party with red wine to celebrate the moment 
till 2  O'Clock.
Marie Lecocq  (the belgium translator of Jaz's book was with us too) and 
when we left the  venue Jaz had to give her some cash so we had to find a cash 
machine  ;o))
I said to jaz :  do you think we will find a cash machine in geneva the 
city of Banks ? we  laughed a lot but it took around 30 mins to find one : Holy 
s****  !!!
 
 
As i did it in  my car with Geordie in 2006, i thought it would be a good 
idea to listen to  the covers i had on my Ipod from KJ's tracks beginning 
with Sybreed (a swiss  group ) or Zü etc ... He loved them !!!
Jaz was really  happily surprised and didn't even know 50 % of them except 
the famous ones  Metallica Foo Fighters
He told about a  russian group who did a cover of Wintergardens.
 
Then we said  goodbye till next time in Paris for his ceremony on the 
monday 19th april  2010.
 
Excellent sounds  keep on rocking in my head.
Really looking  forward the new album and the coming tour ;o))
 
Stephane "  Frenchy Frenzy"
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 


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