Ein kleiner Einblick ins CRF & John Sarastro Album « Letzte Zuflüchte »

https://johns1.bandcamp.com/album/letzte-zufl-chte

Die Freundschaft zwischen dem Exilbündner Lo-Fi Beat Wizard John Sarastro und dem St. Galler Boombap-Veteranen CRF ist sozusagen ein Spätwerk. Hätten die beiden sich schon früher gekannt, wäre das bestimmt nicht ihr erstes gemeinsames Album. Aber die Chemie stimmte seit dem ersten Treffen und in den letzten drei Jahren nutzten die beiden umtriebigen Aktivisten die freie Zeit zwischen ihren diversen Projekten, um langsam aber stetig an einem Album zu basteln.
Das war gar nicht so einfach. John Sarastro versorgt mittlerweile den halben US-Underground von Queen Herawin (Juggaknots) über Dell Donahue, Pastense und Uncommon Nasa bis zu DJ Robert Smith mit Beats, während CRF besonders live mit seiner Crew Bungle Brothers und als Solo-Artist mit verschiedenen Collabs wie z.B. Edo G. aktiv war. 

Aber jetzt ist sie da, die Platte. Letzte Zuflüchte. Irgendwo zwischen LoFi-Boombap und Kneipenphilosophie, zwischen verstaubtem Vinyl und erstaunlich tiefsinnigen Flachwitzen haben die beiden ihre Heimat gefunden. Die Themen sind breit gefächert und reichen von Konsumwahn und der Einsamkeit auf Parties bis zu SciFi-Kurzgeschichten über Mind-Control-Chips. Aber unterschwellig gehts doch meistens ums Essen. Und wenn CRF's Fantasie wieder mit ihm durchgeht und seine skurrile Fantasie etwas ausufert, sorgt Sarastro's erdige Instrumentierung zwischen abstraktem Jazz und organischem Funk für den roten Faden im Album.

CRF & John Sarastro - Esszimmertisch

THE ONLY RHYME
I NEVER WROTE
WERE THE WORDS
I ALWAYS SPOKE
AS THE ONLY BOAT
THAT NEVER SAILED
WAS HOPE
FUCK AMBITION
WENT QUICKER
THAN THE INTEREST
OF KIDS
WHEN THEY LISTEN
TO OLD FOLKS
REMINICE
TRYING TO PUT 
THOUGHT TO PICTURES
MOVING FRAMES
TALKS TO MINISTER
FOR THE INQUISITVE
OTHERWISE IT'S LOOSE LIPS
THAT SINK SHIPS
FOR THE VISITORS
BORED OF TOURS TAKEN
AND HOURS AWAKE WHEN
NOTHING HAPPENING
JUST LAUGHING IN THE NEXT ROOM
OPEN WINDOWS
EXHUME FUMES
FRESH AIR
TICKLE THE TOP OF THE VEST HAIR
WELL IT'S A MESS HERE
WITH LESS CARE
LIKE THE CAREBEARS DEFEATED
BY MR BEASTLY
TEAMED WITH NO HEART
IT'S EASY
THE BEAST OF BOREDOM
FREELY MOVES
NO INTERVIEWS FOR CANDIDATES
KNOCKING UP YA DOOR
IT'S HANDING OUT
IN LAMINATES
THE WHOLE PAGE
SPREAD THE PAMPHLET
ADAMENT
THE POSTER BRIGADE
THAT'S STARTING
 STARING AT WALLS
STARTING DIVORCE
FROM YOUR HEAD ROOM
'TIL IT ALL FALLS
BY AN ACTING FORCE
DISGUISED AS NO FORCE
AT ALL
IT'S JUST FREE CHOICE
WITHOUT A VOICE
TO KEEP THE GEARS
OF TALK MOIST
LET THE FLAG
 BE HOIST
TO SEE YOUR SIDE
YOU DIDN'T DECIDE
YA MOVED LIKE CHESS PIECES
DESIST THIS
AND RESIST WITH FIST
BUT IT'S TAKING PLACE
RIGHT HERE
RIGHT NOW
THE TEMPORARY STAGE
IS A MANIFEST
OF IDEAS THAT FADE
COULDN'T CONTAIN
THE SELF EXPLAINED
SO SLOWLY DRAINED
'TIL FACES ALL THE SAME
ON THE ROADS
ROUND HERE
JUST THE SAME ROUND
 HEAR
OPEN THE GATE
LOSE THE LOCK
HEARD IT DROP
NODDING OFF
BUT LISTENED IN MY SLEEP
LET IT INTERVENE
LIKE INTRAVENUS
DRIP CLEAN
CHANGING UP MY SCENE
FROM OPEN EYES
IT'S ALL SURPRISE
FOR WHEN YOU SEE IT
HOW WE LIE
TO JUST SURVIVE
WE JUSTIFY
THESE WRONGS TO WHY
WE ALL COLLIDE
IN GROUP MANAGEMENT
INDIVIDUAL DAMAGE WENT
WE'RE MARKET ANIMALS
ALGHORHTYM REPRESENT
BUT I FIND THE RTHYHM
OF SELF EVIDENT
IN THE LETTERS LEFT
OF RHYMES EXPRESSED
I'M OFF THE CORNER
WHERE THE LINES BEND
TO BREATHE THE AIR
OF FREDDOM
I'M SEEDING THE SEED
IN TALK
AWKWARD
PERCIEVED AS A DEVIL
WHERE THE ROAD FORKS
BUT I'M LOST AND ALL
BATTERED AND BRUISED
USE THE MUSIC AS MY HOSPITAL
AND IT'S POSSIBLE
I'M IN-OPERABLE
PROBABLE UNCOMFORTABLE
ANXIETY FIRES ME
TO TRY AND GET IT RIGHT
NO MATTER IF IT'S IMPOSSIBLE

Boat

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Long distance rummaging rapper type of fella, who needed beats so decided to try and make his own from the nefarious world of bargain vinylment. Lost track of time and realised he'd forgotten to write the words he was creating to support. Now on a mission without the time he can never find, he jigsaws verse and beats at glacial speed for fun often miss-laying the final piece- but happy in the knowledge there's fullfilment in the incomplete.

If your hearing things and wishing it was an instrumental, drop a line and i'll try to get it sorted folks.

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