[kj] at last...

[Darren A. Peace]

Kali Yuga
Ghost
Endgame
Ghost dub
In Excelsis

Darren
Hungerford, UK

On 25 Jun 2010, at 19:11, jon chapman <jonniespatula at hotmail.co.uk>  
wrote:


> If anything it's the worse -

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> Ghost of Ladbroke grove

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> In excelsis

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> Endgame

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> Ka -LI-Yoo- GAAA.

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> 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

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Alex Smith

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

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

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

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> "This reminds me of what it was like to get your hands on new  

> Killing Joke record back in the eighties..."

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> "Kali Yuga" certainly gave me that feeling -- that indefinable  

> compulsion to play and play again. Cannot stop grinning when I hear  

> it.

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> Alex in NYC

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: jpwhkj at aol.com

> Sent: Jun 25, 2010 7:26 AM

> To: gathering at misera.net

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

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

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> In Excelsis is much better on CD than the version we'd previously  

> heard.  I like it a lot.

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> 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.

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> 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.

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> (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.)

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> 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!

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> 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...

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

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> Jamie

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: jpwhkj at aol.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:56

> Subject: at last...

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> Nothing on Monday.

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> Nothing on Tuesday.

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> Nothing on Wednesday.

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> Nothing on Thursday.

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> But it arrived today.

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

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

>

> Here we go...

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