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Skuffelse Fjorden (6/15-3/16)

"Vielleicht verlaufe ich im Sande -
Na schön, dann war es eben nischt."

(Werner Finck - "An den Nabel")

Pink Floyd
Cirrus Minor                                       (Music from the Film More - 1969)
Julian Cope
Cryingbabiessleeplessnights             (20 Mothers - 1995)
Keith Jarrett
Death and the Flower                       (the impulse years 1973-1974 - 1974/1997)
Björk
Desired Constellation                        (Medulla - 2004)
Bright Eyes
Devil in the Details                            (Digital Ash in a Digital Urn - 2005)
Tim Hardin
Reason to believe                            (The Homecoming Concert - 1981)
Inga & Anete Humpe
Sweet Sadness                                (Swimming with Sharks - 1987)
Michael Hall
The Ache for Fame                           (Day - 1996)
Ray Charles
The Sun died "Il Est Mort Le Soleil"  (Single A-Seite - 1968)
Zola Jesus
Vessel                                               (X Tracks - 2011)
Rufus Wainwright
Waiting for a Dream                         (Want Two - 2005)

Björk
Sonets Unrealities XI                         (Medulla - 2004)


  HORDALAND

Pink Floyd: Cirrus Minor
"They don't make great rock groups or cemeteries like this anymore!?"  (Beatles Girl on YouTube)  Cirrus Minor war ein Kolbenflugmotor... Für die Schmierung sorgte ein Umlaufsystem...  (Wikipedia)  "zu sagen, dass die besten Sachen von PF aus den 60ies sind, wäre vielleicht übertrieben" (jerrycornelius/www.prog-rock-forum.de)
"Willow weeping in the water
Waving to the river daughters"

Julian Cope: Cryingbabiessleeplessnights
"They live always like the man who said: "the only thing certain in life is doubt"" (Booklet/Vera Stanley Alder) "meist mißrät ihm die gediegene Abrundung" (Thomas Mießgang) "Anytime you try to pack twenty songs on an album your asking for trouble and we found it" (Pastlife/www.rateyourmusic.com)
"I found myself inside a scary living dream
not waking an' not sleeping"

Keith Jarrett: Death and the Flower
"Keine Schande, Tränen  zu vergießen" (Michael Naura) "He also explains that "there's absolutely no need to clap."" (Chuck Berg/booklet)  "Nobody can steal it, and nobody does" (Robert Spencer/www.allaboutjazz.com)

Björk: Desired Constellation
"so eine weit gereiste, wunderbar überkandidelte Person"  (Thomas Gross)  "Video fußt auf dem isländischen Mythos von der Katze, die sich um den vernachlässigten Hof kümmern muss, während der Ehepartner durch die Bars zieht."  (peb/www.nordische-musik.de) "Das hat sicherlich viel Kraft gekostet !"  (Janosch Moldau)
"It's tricky when you feel someone
Has done some sin on your behalf"

Bright Eyes: Devil in the Details
"You give in knowing the consequences and when its all over you try to lie to yourself about it trying to make it okay. but of course, it just ends up hurting you in the end." (chemical331 on YouTube)   "bevor sich "Devil in the details" und "Theme from Pinata" verlieren, irgendwo"  (Armin Linder/www.plattentests.de)  "a theatrical farce. It sounds like an excerpt out of a horribly composed musical with its monologue-like lyrics and melodramatic beat." (Nancy/www.scenepointblank.com)
"There were accidents.  
Tell me which are which.
Because I just can't work it out"

Tim Hardin: Reason to believe
"Stories reached home about Tim's battle against heroin and alcohol" (Phil Freemam/Liner Notes)  "None of them come even close to putting the emotion and feeling into this song that Tim Hardin does. Even Johnny Cash, the master of emotional singing, does not compare with this original." (Mark Wimmer on YouTube)  "it makes the listener want to discover exactly where these songs came from and why Hardin wasn’t more appreciated in his lifetime." (BBC music)
"Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe"

Inga & Anete Humpe: Sweet Sadness
"ruhiger, melancholischer Song, etwas langweilig" (80s4ever/www.hitparade.ch) "Kann es sein, dass Inga Humpe einfach mal die Weisheit in Person ist?" (blog.wimp.de)  "ich weiß, in den nächsten zwanzig Jahren, falls ich noch so viele habe, wird es viele Abschiedsschritte geben" (Annette Humpe/Berliner Kurier)
"The thing that bothers you
Is the expression in my eyes"

Michael Hall: The Ache for Fame
"a lonely trumpet or a mournful accordion or violin" (moll catalogue no. one) "He's not just trying to pin the moment when love reveals its mystery--he's trying to make it last as he looks death in the eye"  (www.robertchristgau.com)  "Danach kehrte er über Portland und Los Angeles 1997 wieder nach Austin zurück, wo er als Journalist für den "Texas Monthly" arbeitete." (Bluerose Records)
"There were those who believed in nothing
There were those who believed in everything"

Ray Charles: The Sun died "Il est mort le Soleil"
"unglaublich schöner und trauriger song" (aschlietuna/www.hitparade.ch) "Nothing below us but the ground" (R.C.)  "The most beautiful Ray's song I've ever heard"  (www.muviza.net)
"When you left me blue, the summer died too
My love and the sun, it's the same"

Zola Jesus: Vessel
"didn't understand a word of it"  "I looked up the lyrics and still didn't understand a word" (bulmer13, Six Wings on YouTube)?  "Nika’s voice is on point as ever, dark & sensual with throaty chorus peaks." (www.state.ie)  "dark and mysterious"  (www.prettymuchamazing.com)
"And it surrounds everything
And it surrounds all your dreams
and it will take you to fears you never knew"

Rufus Wainwright: Waiting for a Dream
"in Wahrheit ein verschreibungspflichtiges Suchtmittel" (Thomas Groß)  "hardly the sort of material that invites repeated spins" (Bud Scoppa/Paste)   "kaum Bodenhaftung" (www.toffonline.de)
"Once again we all will be so broken
Now can I finally sleep again?"

Björk: Sonets Unrealities XI