the harvester of eyes (malaga to barcelona)

the CD from the robert lawson trio (live in malaga) has arrived. the gentlemen are gathered round their musical equipment all wearing hats and coats (this is a very good look). they all look very intent and focused.  the download is available to purchase here. 

horsemouth is just listening to it now. the bass  is a bit too prominent for horsemouth's tastes given horsemouth's speakers which are set up from drum and bass and modern musics (i.e. a bit bass heavy). in comparison when he was listening to the video of  it over his computer speakers he couldn't really hear the bass, all he could hear was that the dulcimers were a bit quiet. the drumming is good and the drums are clear. unfortunately this squeezes the dulcimers out to the edge of the frame where it becomes texture, a detailing on the beat. 

horsemouth would probably wind even more treble off the bass to put it even more in jah wobble rather than bill laswell territory (but then he likes those kinds of bass) and then (by the miracles of mastering or overdubbing) turn up the dulcimers.

there are times when it has a kind of electropop feel - as if we are not dealing with dulcimers but with marimbas and balafons or some keyboard analog of those. (marimbas and balafons appear in the distance). certainly when the dulcimers are on their own they produce a very strong atmosphere. there is some nice interplay and good solid performances. 

last night horsemouth watched eyeball (gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro - 1975) by umberto lenzi. a barcelona (and sitges) set giallo (nice to see the old place). horsemouth hasn't been there in at least a decade - he would have gone at new years with tim and darsavini attempting to reach some teknival or other but ending up on the ramblas for an outbreak of world peace and cava bottle smashing. 

today is something like the 30th the anniversary of a benefit gig horsemouth's onetime band bush house played at the samuel beckett in stoke newington (a benefit for the waterloo defendant's campaign).  by that time the band had gone all ravey davey gravey there was a backing track etc. 

horsemouth is feeling (a bit) better this morning (thanks for asking) which is just as well because he is off to do some child minding later. there was the possibility of beer and pizza over at howard's but horsemouth was keen to fulfil his obligations.