synopsis
apocalypso began as a live concept. dada pogrom had been playing live very promiscuously in reykjavik and in helsinki. none of the songs being performed were yet released and so the decision was made to get an album together. the previous album, tech noire, had been out already for a few years and we decided we were after a different sound with the same basic motif
we spoke to aron arnarson in reykjavik and he suggested that we mix the album punk. if you live in iceland you know who is aron, his hands are in so many different projects that it hard to imagine the icelandic music scene without him
it was decided to use the A room at thule with its SSL4000 console and the 2 inch tape machine. we started to track on Ampex GP9 which is the most fattest tape in the world in our humble opinion
the whole project took shape very quickly after the first mix we layed down, long wednesday. everything was balanced around this track which is an instrumental version of ash wednesday
the song nutation was where stasi was added to the musical side of the production. she had been solely the VJ for dada pogrom but after a few drinks was locked in the mike booth and belted out the powerful lyrics to be heard on nutation
ash wednesday is about the destruction of dresden in 1945 and the accompanying murder of tens of thousands of innocent civilians however it is also about any city that has been killed
war is a pogrom opens the album and sets the mood. see the video for this one via the link below, this is the highest budget music video so far from beatkamp. all of this is of course only possible with your support and we thank you for it
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credits
produced by kenneth walter kaldalons balys
recorded and mixed at thule studios, reykjavik, iceland
mastered by noah mintz at the lacquer channel, toronto
written and performed by kenneth walter balys
additional vocals by nicole kraschina
engineered by aron arnarsson
paranoia was recorded live in quebec, 1990
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track list
01) war is a pogrom [04:22] ++see video at Bad Wolf TV++
02) ash wednesday [04:34]
03) nutation [03:33]
04) the sky [04:41]
05) pyto [04:13]
06) mare nectaris [01:18] ++see video at Bad Wolf TV++
07) stay alive [05:49] ++see video at Bad Wolf TV++
08) manifesto [03:55]
09) manubalista [02:28]
10) long wednesday [09:03]
11) iota draconis [03:16] ++see film with this track++
12) battle [00:44]
13) war is art [04:49]
14) isomorph [01:10] ++see video at Bad Wolf TV++
14) paranoia [02:51]
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copyright
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apocalypso
dada pogrom
2004
$16 CDN
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