+ JUNE 2023 PART IV

The Mothers 1971

Peaches En Regalia (Live At Fillmore East, June 5, 1971)

Zappa / Erie

Montana (Live From Edinboro, PA - May 8, 1974)

"Don't need you here anymore" 

FOOGAZE2022

Written, recorded, and produced by Estrada
Mastered by Peter Labberton

Picture Of You

So Scared by CIEL, taken from upcoming EP "Make It Better", out July 7th.

Written and performed by CIEL
Produced and mixed by Steven Ansell
Mastered by Katie Tavini

So Scared

End Of World

Car Chase

everything is alive

kisses

It gets better / The best that I can be.

It gets better

Bauhaus Staircase

Kleptocracy

Metronomic Underground ( Stereolab cover)

Magic of the Manifold

BREATH OF DAWN captures the experience of standing before an impressionist painting and being moved beyond words.  The lyrics dwell on the in-between moments—where edges blur and time seems to dissolve—mirroring the painter’s loose strokes and luminous colour.  Rather than describing a specific scene, the song lets light, mist and shifting hues speak for themselves, suggesting that art’s power lies in what it awakens rather than what it depicts.  In finding “you there” inside the blur, the narrator discovers a personal connection: the painting becomes a mirror for memory, longing and quiet recognition, turning a fleeting visual impression into an intimate, almost spiritual encounter.

The painting evokes the hush of a world caught between night and day—a fleeting sunrise (or sunset) where the boundary of earth and sky all but dissolves.  The orange disk of the sun burns gently through lavender and rose-tinted mist, its reflection trembling across the water like a slow heartbeat.  Trees and shoreline are reduced to soft silhouettes, so that form yields to pure atmosphere.  It is less a record of a landscape than a meditation on light itself: how color can carry mood, how a single instant of glow and haze can suggest both awakening and farewell.  The image invites quiet contemplation, letting viewers feel the passage of time as something tender, transient, and luminous.

My imaginary artist: Artist: Élise Marceau (1869 – 1942)
Profile:
Born in the port city of Le Havre, Élise Marceau grew up surrounded by shifting tides and the mercurial light of the Normandy coast.  After early lessons in classical draftsmanship, she broke away from strict academic technique in her twenties, drawn to the new Impressionist salons of Paris.  Her work sought “the hush between moments,” painting not the details of the shore but the sensation of its changing light.

Marceau was known for her “luminous minimalism”—broad, feathery strokes that softened the line between sea and sky.  Critics in 1905 described her canvases as “music for the eyes,” praising their ability to turn weather and atmosphere into pure emotion.  She rarely titled her works literally, preferring names like Breath of Dawn or Nocturne in Silver, encouraging viewers to experience mood rather than narrative.

Though she exhibited alongside lesser-known Impressionists in the Salon des Indépendants, she avoided the Paris spotlight, spending much of her later life in a quiet atelier overlooking the Seine estuary.  Her paintings—long overlooked—have found renewed appreciation in the 21st century for their meditative, almost modern abstraction, bridging the late Impressionist era with the emerging sensibilities of atmospheric expressionism.


BREATH OF DAWN

This seminal 80s song by David Bowie isn't an obvious choice as an acoustic solo  cover, but I challenged myself to find a way to carry off, and now I play it live all the time. I thought I would do my own recorded version, which sounded a little flat as guitar/voice sound compared to the intimate feel of my live version. So I started added a few extra grooves and sounds to beef it up, and ended up with this acoustic funk / Talk Talk vibe.

Ashes To Ashes

After fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed post-punk originators Public Image Ltd (PiL). Widely regarded as one of the most innovative bands of all time, their music and vision earned them 5 UK Top 20 Singles and 5 UK Top 20 Albums.
 
With a shifting line-up and unique sound – fusing rock, dance, folk, pop and dub – Lydon guided the band from their debut album ‘First Issue’ in 1978 through to 1992’s ‘That What Is Not’, before a 17 year hiatus.
 
Lydon reactivated PiL in 2009 – re-recruiting Lu Edmonds and Bruce Smith from the 1980’s line-up together with new recruit Scott Firth – touring extensively and releasing two critically acclaimed albums ‘This is PiL’ in 2012 followed by ‘What The World Needs Now…’ in 2015.
 
John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth and Bruce Smith continue as PiL. They are the longest stable line-up in the band’s history and continue to challenge and thrive.
 
2023 promises to be an exciting year for PiL…

Car Chase

Public Image Ltd.

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