K I L L E R !    Drum machine version....pooow!  Just harp is missing on this one !   : )

live version from Scarecrow by John Mellencamp. Released in August 1985 by Mercury Records,

"Rain on the Scarecrow"(live)- John Mellencamp

﻿When Philosophy Talk records in front of a live audience, the event is hosted by Merle Kessler (aka Ian Shoales, the Sixty Second Philosopher). The program is recorded in segments before a live audience. Between these segments, Kessler sings songs co-written with composer J. Raoul Brody and performed as The Plāto'nes. These intend both to have some connection to the topic of the program, and to amuse. They are edited to fit snugly within the final radio show, but they can be heard in full here.

All Men Are Liars (from "Why Be Moral?" 9/16/12)

Revisiting both Bob Dylan and late Jimmy Hendricks, two huge stars,  with my own musical touch.

All ALong The Watch Tower (Dylan-Hendricks)

Full version, not ripped from radio - CLICK DOWNLOAD

TRACKLIST:

01. Kuniyuki - Earth Beats Fingers (Ambient Mix)
02. Kasper Bjorke - Bohemian Soul Feat Laid Back (Still Going Remix)
03. Kurtz & Bomber - Forever Forever
04. Henry Saiz & Cora Novoa - Golden Dawn
05. Bat For Lashes - Laura (Grafitti On Mars Remix)
06. Michael Mayer - Roses
07. F.e.a.r. - Astrid
08. Life & Death - Morgana (Carl Craig Remix)
09. Fritz Kalkbrenner - Make Me Say
10. Bicep - Echo Vibes
11. Applescal - El Diablo (Live Version)
12. Ricardo Tobar - Together (Fairmont Remix)

Henry Saiz Guest mix @ Transitions with John Digweed 23-11-12

TiMax ft Moti ft Danio Gold_ i done tire

Currently settled in US, Belmond Black is a longtime Cameroonian-Haitian songwriter. For the past five decades, he has been making music on the quiet during his wanderings in Africa, Europe and the Caribbean. The multimedia journalist by trade is also a multi-instrumentalist, a music researcher and an amateur luthier. He spent half of his life in Haiti, in the Caribbean region.

 He worked for more than three decades for radio, print and web media, and as press correspondent and for the UN. He  also held the position of communications officer in government and non-government institutions. He carried out numerous artistic, anthropological and sociological observations in Haiti and has been writing related books.

The ever young looking man, today in his deep 60s  was approved by the France based Society of Songwriters and Music Performers (SACEM) in 1975. However, he finally decided to break silence and start a new music career and a new life, a long battle of Hope. 

Early music influences

Belmond Black music skills grew as early as age 10, when he started playing harmonica and flute alone, reproducing some popular songs heard on the radio. "In the 60s and 70s, you had to have money, a godfather or a committed producer to release an album  in Cameroon".

The little child I was also listened to melodies from France, Cuba, and enjoyed Congolese beats, merengue music from the Dominican Republic, which also inspired local popular artists like Cherami de la capitale, Jacob Major Mekunde or Kamdem Iréné. 

Belmond Black childish soul delighted the song of birds, the voluptuous sounds of the 50's, 60's and 70's and acoustic guitar artists like Cromwel, Jacob Medjo Mesom, Lobe Lobe Rameau, Eboa Lotin or Anne Marie Nzie. All these ingredients constituted the foundation of his sonorous universe. 

The radio, the phonogram, the turntable records and the performances of local bands structured his artistic subconscious. 

Belmond Black would disappear at night without his parents’ knowledge to swell the crowd of onlookers who stood before the dance halls, where famous artists like Cher Ami de la capitale or Kamdem Iréné were performing.

All ALong The Watch Tower (Dylan-Hendricks)

Belmond Black

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