'Gwaith Motion' taken from the forthcoming debut EP from Losin Pwdr - out on Peski on 14 July 2014.

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'Gwaith Motion' oddi ar EP cyntaf newydd Losin Pwdr - allan ar Peski ar 14 Gorffennaf 2014.

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Gwaith Motion - LOSIN PWDR

Never The Same Way Twice is a collection of previously unreleased archive recordings by The Memory Band, compiled to coincide with twenty years since the release of their first self-titled album. It features alternative takes, mixes and arrangements of their own contemporary brand of folk music chosen from across two decades of musical navigations.  
https://thememoryband.bandcamp.com/album/never-the-same-way-twice


The album begins with the earliest mix of Calling On from their very first EP, sung by producer Stephen Cracknell, Polly Paulusma and Adem Ilhan from post rock band Fridge. Long-time associate Nancy Wallace's voice features on three tracks on the album: a cover of Arthur Russell’s This is How We Walk On The Moon, the very first studio take of the traditional ballad I Wish I Wish from Apron Strings and The Memory Band’s version of what became their theme song, Time And Space. Hannah Caughlin leads the ensemble through a haunting cover version of Come Wander With Me (which first appeared as the theme for the final episode of The Twilight Zone), while fellow traveller Liam Bailey sings on Children Of The Crows, a corvid-inspired mix of Children Of The Stones from the album A Fair Field.  Jess Roberts delivers a soulful interpretation of the Talk Talk song I Don’t Believe In You with added recorders, while Olivia Chaney sings an ancient drinking song from the Weyhill Fair as the introduction to So Fleet Runs The Hart. Additional vocals on the album are provided by Simon Lord, Helene Bradley, Sam Genders, Findlay Brown and Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, with spoken word contributions from John Andrews and Lisa Knapp.  The instrumentalists on the album include Jennymay Logan, Rob Spriggs, Tom Page, Fred Thomas, Liza Bec, Olie Brice, Alex Bonney, Jonny Bridgwood, Dee Byrne, Paul McGee, Rhys Morgan, Howard Cottle, Al Doyle, Quinta, Jeremy Radway, Lucy Railton, Sarah Scutt, Serafina Steer and Jon Thorne. 

Never The Same Way Twice is woven together in the trademark episodic Memory Band style with traditional tunes, original compositions and cover versions interspersed with spoken word, field recordings and sound effects in a collage of recordings drawn from different spaces and places, sounds continuously shaped and re-shaped by the ever-fluid ensemble of collaborators who have lent their own distinctive voices to the project over the years. The Memory Band was formed by Cracknell after a series of solo releases on The Leaf Label led to invitations in 2002 to play live at a festival supporting Coil and to produce a new live soundtrack to The Wicker Man film at the ICA. The music developed for those shows led to the recording of the band’s first vinyl 7 inch in 2003, followed by the debut album a year later, both self-released on the Hungry Hill label. These received positive reviews in the music press, who identified The Memory Band as pioneers of what was dubbed a ‘folk renaissance’. Aided by some early plays on independent radio, invitations to perform soon followed, with the band cementing their reputation at the burgeoning independent gig and festival scene that was developing across the country in the early 2000s. From the outset, spontaneity and spirit were prioritised over consistency and precision, and The Memory Band embraced a willingness to take on any opportunity that was presented to it. 

The response to that first album and those early shows led to six studio albums, a whole host of side projects, bespoke events and a magical two decades of musical adventures. The Balearic Folk Orchestra, The Accidental album There Were Wolves and a long association performing music for The Wicker Man as well as a number of other film and archive related projects are among the many branches of The Memory Band tree.

Never The Same Way Twice full album stream

Oh yeah I, got that somethin’ 
That more than just one hand
So I’ll use that somethin’
I wanna hold my hand
I wanna hold my hand
I wanna hold my hand

Oh please, let me be
Leave me to my weird plan
I’m free as can be
To let me hold my hand
To let me hold my hand
I wanna hold my hand
 
And when the righty
Seeks the lefty, it finds
Lefty was looking out for right
The whole time
The whole time
The whole time!

Yeah, I got that somethin’
I hope I’ll understand
When I say that somethin’
I wanna hold my hand
I wanna hold my hand
I wanna hold my hand

And when the righty
Seeks the lefty, it finds
Lefty was looking out for right
The whole time
The whole time
The whole time!

Oh yeah I, got that somethin’ 
That more than just one hand
So I’ll use that somethin’
I wanna hold my hand
I wanna hold my hand
I wanna hold my hand

May31 - I Want To Hold My Hand

Esrever Ni Rehtaf

Esrever Ni Rehtaf (Edit) [feat. aden]

君のコスモ　2025.2.12

大きな布団　
小さな膨らみ　
闇に浮かぶ青い炎
一階のバッカスは旅人　
娘はうさぎ　
その身をちぢめ燃やすコスモ
まだかな？　階段の音
まだ聞こえないな

僕、時を越えやってきたよ
お義父さんより先に
闇に紛れて失敬
暖かいこの温もりを
よく知っているよ
今も包んでくれてるよ

待ちつかれて
よく眠ってるね
あ！やば来た　バッカスが
ギシ、ギシ

ん？今何かが体　
通り過ぎたような？　
今夜は少し飲みすぎたかな？
明日も早い
さぁもう寝るぞ　
どれどれぬくもってるかの
ペらりと毛布めくり
もぐりこんだ

なんかこりゃ？どうゆう事か？
全然あったまってねぇやねぇか なんでか
まるで誰かのぬけ殻だ
冷え冷えと不思議やな
あぁ起きたか、すまんな

さぁ お休みな
ふたつ重なるコスモ

冬の夜のぬくもりどろぼう
幼き君のコスモを感じて
戻ってきたよ　帰ってきたよ
大人になった君の宇宙の中へ

君のコスモ (your cosmo)

It gets a little too big for its boots towards the end. Ignore that.

Shone

Fifty years ago today, on April 29, 1975, Bonnie Raitt gave a benefit concert with Mose Allison for WORT at the Capitol City Theatre in downtown Madison. This was a major event in the history of our station. On today’s very special edition of A Public Affair, WORT’s Production Coordinator Aaron Scholz is behind the mic to explain why. In addition to a special message from Bonnie Rait, we hear four interviews with folks who helped coordinate the benefit show, were at the show, or were involved with WORT before we went on the air over six months later. 

Featured image: poster for the 1975 concert featuring Bonnie Raitt and Mose Allison.

Bonnie Raitt Day

Partners In Crime

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Lisztomania

ya, I turned this version into a bonus on the bandcamp. ok! :D https://arelhappening.bandcamp.com/album/the-love-and-peace-conference

~ lyrics ~

the kids are all playing doctor
and their parents are playing house
in linoleum-covered kitchens
seems quiet when you look around

the fluorescent operating theatre’s
the same table where the chicken is served
and the gravy is a balm to get better wait
the patient said we hit a nerve

there’s a dog in every window
and a cat on every fence
and a painting in every parlor
in every airport a nuclear warhead

it’s where Doctor Jekyll cured his cancer
diabetes sickle cell
depression anxiety answers
o that neighbor Grim Reaper's doing well

~

o i am not gonna run anymore
and i will stop this bleeding before it gets too late

o i am not gonna run anymore
and i will stop this bleeding before it gets too late

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


drawn, written, recorded, and produced by me, mostly in February 2021, Madison, Wisconsin.

thanks to Thich Nhat Hanh, whose words in the book "Being Peace" inspired lyrics in tracks one and five. thanks also to my IBM thinkpad for not taking-off, even though it sounds more and more like a spaceship these days.

special thanks to Kay, Michel, Anna and to Everyone for your love and support!!! : )

not gonna run (shorter version)

the stoplights