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araignée jaques mixtape #4 : hairway to steven

A name with no horse... We like to search for obscure cool music sometimes, but popular songs are classics for a reason. So here are some classic rock tracks. I'm sure you know all of them, but I think they are still nice to hear again.

side a
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper
Neil Young - Down By the River
Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
The Doors – Riders on the Storm
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Pink Floyd - Echoes
E.L.O. – Mr Blue Sky

side b
The Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll
The Zombies - Time of the Season
T-Rex - Bang a Gong
David Bowie – Moonage Daydream
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
The Clash – Rock the Casbah
Madness - Our House
The Cure – Just Like Heaven

little drummer boy

fortuna dies natalis!

Zorionak! Ilanga elimndandi kuwe! Dogum gunun kutlu olsun! Penblwydd Hapus i Chi! Droonkher Tashi Delek! Feliz Cumplea–os! Ravihi janmadinam aacharati! S dniom razhdjenia! Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu! Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag! Eid milaad saeed! Parabens pelo seu aniversario! Tillykke med fodselsdagen! Hyvaa syntymapaivaa! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Inuuinni pilluarit! Til hamingju med afmaelisdaginn! Buon Compleanno! Vill Gleck fir daei Geburtsdaag! Som owie nek mein aryouk yrinyu! Felichan Naskightagon! Wszystkiego Najlepszego! ParabŽns a voc, nesta data querida muitas felicidades e muitos anos de vida.... So: Happy Birthday Rob……

back to mine (9)

situations

Due to tragic circumstances our recording dates got cancelled last weekend. Sometimes there are more important thing in life than music...

back to mine (8)

ying yang

Last Saturday saw Boyke, Ted and me going through some bits and pieces in the Spider James catalogue. A fifty second Big Beat reprise of ‘Kinky II’. The opening chords for what should have become ‘Try a little breathing’. As Boyke worked his way through the chords of the latter, we ended up reviving the actual song. Much to our own surprise, we really liked the result. If the upbeat kraut funk of ‘King James’ represents the outgoing side of our music, than ‘Try a little…’ is the perfect example of how intimate and fragile our music can be. It reminded me of ‘Morninghead’, but it’s much more playful, almost funky. Could be we give it a go and throw it on tape this Friday or Saturday. After recording a very energetic ‘King James’. Of course.

tiny reminder

watch the tapes

This night one time Spider James member Christian Toonk, and Wouter van Veldhoven (yes, brother of) will perform their music at the Cul-de-Sac in beautiful Tilburg. For more information: visit this page. At the end of the evening everyone will know what ‘circuitbending’ means…

in between days

colour me in

Next Thursday we’ll hit The Void again. We won’t dissappoint Pidah: two months of weekly rehearsing paid off, and now the new King James sounds as solid as a rock. Besides King James (revisited) we hope to record a new version of Kam. If we still have some time left, we might also try some ‘sketches’ and 'colouring in' On A Breeze, Morninghead and Umbrella.. It’s only a wishlist, and two days of studiotime isn’t that much....

magnificent desolation

araignée jaques mixtape #3 : scandinavian

I read this novel by Johan Harstad, called "Buzz Aldrin, hvor ble det av deg i alt mylderet?". In Dutch translation of course. It's about a trip to the Føroyar Islands. And a lot more. And after reading the book I wish I could go there to...Well maybe, I'll just use some nice Scandinavian music and Google Earth to pretend I'm there.

side a
(Buzz Aldrin "Magnificent Desolation ", on the moon, july 16 1969)
The White Birch - Your Spain
Lampshade - Plakka Plakka
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
Kings of Convenience - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From
Under Byen - Af Samme Stof Som Stof
Sigur Ros - Svefn-G-Englar
Emiliana Torrini - Lifesaver
Mum - Here Comes That Fear Again
Sagor and Swing - Det sista aventyret

side b
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
Serena Maneesh - Drain Cosmetics
Jaga Jazzist - Oslo Skyline
Björk - Declare Independence
Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
Annie - Heartbeat
Peter, Björn and John - Young Folks
Dungen - Festival
Hans Appelqvist - Zenna and Marie

new and improved

the gunpowder plot

Well, saturday saw the full band together for the first time in six weeks. So we finally got to put all the parts of the new King James together. But the hard work, the talking an the gallons of coffee of the last weeks paid off. We think it sounds great. New and improved. Three chords, a steady beat, a double guitar solo and six guys screaming the same silly line over and over and over again. Isn't that what rockmusic is all about? Well, sometimes it is.