[kj] A Letter from Jaz to the Gathering

[Lennonka]

Thanx for the news, Felix  "Silvestris"!

To Jaz: Don't worry, you'll be fine. Ravens are watching over us all.


On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Felix Norton <nortonfelix at googlemail.com>wrote:


> 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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