This awesome mosaic is made by my soul-sister Sole Sun, a masterpeice, it is: Lion men and lioness women and the ashes that the phoenix knows like its own wings. Thanks a lot, Sole Sun!
“Should I go or will I die?”
What`s up? I don’t know! Holy shit, what’s going on?
My mind is splitted, green vs. black. Life vs. fire and everywhere these fucking bees, wasps and mosquitoes around.
“Reality is what is necessary”, Ludwig Hohl (swiss writer and philosopher).
This is another PONYXPRESS- show about wildfires in Portugal( where else????), insects, and above all how our western minds deal with sadness, pain, tragedies and other catastrophes.
This show is not at all depressive, the music is great like always and getting more and more relaxed, maybe too relaxed for lousy, hazy, restless western mind and senses.
The music
First song is ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO with their song “BEES” of their 1974 live at Montreux festival LP “KABALABA”. AEOC is an still existing institution when it is about free jazz, highly radical, highly political, I’ve always their slogan in mind: BACK TO THE FUTURE…………https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A99nQZAH5zk
2nd song is HARRY NILSSON, “JUMP INTO THE FIRE” of his “SCHMILSSON NILSSON” -lp of 1971, HARRY NILSSON was a notoriuos hippie- band, which is still heavily underrated in Europe…………https://www.discogs.com/de/master/60680-Nilsson-Nilsson-Schmilsson….
3rd song is “THIS HEAT” playing “HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY” of the CD with the same title, THIS HEAT is also an institution when it comes to noise and experimental, it is a must- listen. The song is about the atomic power of the sunshine, guess we are suffering of an overdose of it in Central Portugal…………..https://thisheat.bandcamp.com/album/health-and-efficiency
4th song is “TRAN SAM” with the song “PLAY IN THE SUMMER” of their genious vinyl “THE RED LINE”, yeah it is true with this lp TRANS AM has stepped over the red line to become genious. This is one of my favourite albums ever, “PLAY IN THE SUMMER” is an integral part of my DJ- playlists…………..https://transam.bandcamp.com/album/red-line
5th song is of ” PINK PLASTIC GODS” of their “IN THE LAP OF THE GODS” of 1984 with the song “FEAR”, I’m always asking myself why this song is called “FEAR”, its bass-line is so basic and funny and groovy, to me this song is much more a fear-killer.The band is a kind of New Zealand- supergroup with the monsters: Bulcher, Russell, Morley,Rougham and Scott, who have all gone on to have incredible careers after(BATS, DEAD C……)………https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/1263537-Pink-Plastic-Gods
Sorry, in between 5th and 6th song there is MAXINE FUNKE with the song “REARVIEW” of her LP “PIECES OF DRIFTWOOD”, “REARVIEW” is performed by MAXINE and ALASTAIR GALBRAITH. Whenever Maxine Funke comes up, I get excited. “REARVIEW” is an instrumental of her but what a voice she has! No, it’s like a whole orchestra when she sings. And besides her fascinating, invariably classical songs, she’s always open to experimentation… I’m so excited to see what she’ll do next… Highly recommended.Yes, and I would have to dedicate an entire show to her and her accompanist in this song, ALASTAIR GALBRAITH!
DJ having his speech…………and telling about the songs songs and finally a recipe.
6TH song is “K-GROUP” of their 2023 output on knotwilg- records, which is the label of my DJ-friend Johan Loones, the song is called “EXTERIOR”. K- GROUP is another project of PAUL TOOHEY, who is also member of drone- heroes “SURFACE OF THE EARTH”, I tell you again and again the NEW ZEALAND music scene is full on fire since decades……………….https://knotwilg.bandcamp.com/track/exterior-2
7th song is of “SAD EYED BEATNIK” of his 2022 CD “CLAUDIAS ETHEREAL WEAVER”, song is called
“FREE COMPOSITION NUMBER 6”, so easy to listen, sounds like Neil Young, Byrds etc………..https://sadeyedbeatniks.bandcamp.com/track/free-composition-number-6
Songs 8 and 9 are of SHELLEY SAlANT, very busy member of several bands( tyvek, swimsuit, chain and the gang….), she is a longtime member of Michigans underground and DIY- culture……….SHELLS is Shelley as a solo- act with almost nothing else but creating mantra-like improvisations with her electric guitar……..one critic is telling: since I know SHELLS I don’t have to spent any money for a therapist…..second this heavily, SHELLS songs are of SHELLS 2 output, song is called “DRIVEWAY” and the song “FALLING LEAVES” of SHELLS “OUTSIDE”- cd……………https://ginkgorecords.bandcamp.com/track/driveway and here https://editionsshells.bandcamp.com/track/falling-leaves
10th song is of Belgium band “DE REGERING VAN TREFFELIJKE ZACHEN” of their “MELLE-AAN- ZEE” output of 2024, song is called “SISTER PIP”, such a groovy-trippy-hippie jam, I would recommend every output of this Belgian band, masters of relaxed improvisation, big hugs for so much time, space and silence………….https://swarminpeace.bandcamp.com/track/sister-pip
Last song is one of my alltime favourites “QUICKSAND” of German duo “FLOCKS”, driven by traditional vibes, not hesitating to experiment, a step across all cultural borders, a masterpiece in less instrumentation is much more………….https://zehra.bandcamp.com/track/quicksand
P.S.
and I can’t help myself, with so much intensity I have to add ALASTAIR GALBRAITH’s “LOCKDOWN IN LAGASH” from his 2024 LP “060 LAGASH,” a fantastic piece of music that transcends all time and cultures… wow…..https://nicemusiclabel.bandcamp.com/album/060-lagash?search_item_id%3D2670899253%26search_item_type%3Da%26search_match_part%3D%253F%26search_page_id%3D4605276643%26search_page_no%3D0%26search_rank%3D3=
That’s it with the songs!
Before saying bye bye, I’ve to add this link to a post about Portuguese farmers having made a succesfull uprising against an eucalyptus- plantation in 1989, this uprising was beyond any ideology and conspiracy, it was just about the farmers basically needs and I guess that’s why they succeded: https://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin-articles/portugal-28-years-ago-a-village-fought-against-eucalyptus-the-land-never-burned-again
And another recipe. Well, I really enjoy cooking traditional Italian cuisine while listening to great music, but this is PONYXPRESS and it’s not going to be a cooking show. Still, this is almost my favourite recipe: fennel pesto! Pestos are these delicious, spicy, thick sauces that you mix with pasta and then serve with lots of Parmesan or Pecorino cheese. Pesto Genovese is very well known and extremely tasty, but fennel pesto is the best!
Here in Portugal, wild fennel grows almost everywhere. Take two handfuls of the herb, preferably the young, developing leaf tips, which are still light green, and add 2-3 dried tomatoes, a tablespoon of raisins or dried apricots, a tablespoon of hazelnuts or walnuts, or pine nuts if you want to make it really fancy. Chop everything very finely (please do not use a blender, otherwise it will become mushy), add salt and pepper, and then add enough olive oil to make a pesto. Bon appétit! I recommend serving it with ribbon noodles or thick spaghetti, and of course plenty of Parmesan or Pecorino cheese on top!
Last but not least for to give you a small impression what has happened here:
Thanx for listening, slow down, take your time……any questions: RADIOJAVALI@ANCHE.NO,cheers