Posted on January 8, 2013 by baggingarea
More early 90s ambient sounds to sooth the January blues- this time from Ultramarine who did a kind of pastoral ambient techno thing with echoes of old English folk music, although Discogs tells me this is Future Jazz, Downtempo. So what do I know? Featuring Louth’s own Robert Wyatt on vocals.
Kingdom (Extended Mix)
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Posted on January 8, 2011 by baggingarea
A few years ago (and looking at the back of this cd I see it was 2004 which is probably more than a few years) I got into a band I’d been dimly aware of but pretty much completely ignored. My loss. Scritti Politti had been a pop-soul band with Lady Di hair as far as I was concerned, and I knew little about their post-punk roots. The 2004 Early compilation was a revelation- from the squatting scene, lo-fi, DIY, scratchy music, bass led with clattering drums and Clash baiting lyrics (Skanc Bloc Bologna). Really good stuff. At the same time Green Gartside released a new Scritti album- White Bread, Black Beer- which had a load of good songs on it. When I got around to playing this song it did awake some distant memories and I played it to death, eventually finding copies on 7″ and 12″ as well. The ‘Sweetest Girl’ has a lovely, hissing drum machine part, great understated melody, beautiful vocals and one of the best piano parts you’ll find, played by Robert Wyatt. Arms length lyrics, a dissection of love- Green Gartside was one of pop/post-punks intellectuals, inspired by philosophy as much as Sex Pistols, and none the worse for it. This is an absolute killer tune.
12 The ‘Sweetest Girl’.wma#2#2
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