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"Sleep at home for free."  Ha ha!!

Whenever a rocker says "putting you on the guest list," don't count on it.  I interviewed Steve Kilbey of The Church by phone around 1994 and he said the same thing.  When I went to the venue (surprise) I wasn't on the guest list.  But things have a way of evening out, when, years later, I went to a Chameleons show and got invited to hang out with the drummer in SF, and then into the club early to watch the soundcheck.  If I hadn't had tickets no one would have noticed and I probably would have gotten in for free.... 

I met Guthrie and Raymonde back stage on the Heaven or Las Vegas tour.  I had gotten a temp job as a load in/out person for a SF concert hall, and luckily my first job was the CT show.  They were both friendly and signed my "Moon and the Melodies" CD.  Guthrie couldn't believe I liked that album and Raymonde said he "couldn't play bass to save (his) life" when I offered a compliment about his bass playing!  Good times (the 90's)...

A friend of mine's band had opened up for the Church here in the 90s.  Apparently it was a tour where they weren't playing "Under A Milky Way" and I guess backstage my friend had commented on missing that song or something and Kilby and Wilson-Piper apparently had a shit fit and got in his face about how they hate playing the song.  LOL. It got kind of nasty apparently, like shouting at each other.  I dunno, I wasn't there though.  I was never a huge Church fan.  I do have a few of their albums... really tried to like their stuff, not dynamic enough for me, though I probably like them more now than I did in the 90s.

Cool story about meeting with Robin & Simon!  Have you ever listened to Lowlife?  Will Heggie was in this band (who is the original bassist on "Garlands").  I LOVE Lowlife.

I do think he played a show here, but I didn't go. Haven't gone to live music much at all, lately. Why should I, when I can sleep at home for free?

 

Funny you fell asleep. The first gig I saw of theirs everyone was sitting down and many likely eyes closed except this random drunk girl that was schmoozing me and sitting on my lap and dancing IN FRONT OF 2,500 people who were all sitting down.  I think I had my first anxiety attack at that show because of the embarrassment.  The venue was standing for the 4CC gig but I was glad for that as myself and my buddies were in our mopey shoegaze phase, very drunk and with long hair I got my shoegaze on that night.  Remember very little of it frankly... except I made sure to tell my friends that Robin was wearing the watch I sold him, yet not only was he not wearing the watch, but I also didn't get those free tickets... my friends probably thought I dreamt the whole encounter.

Cool topic. I'm a hardcore CT fan as well and would love to see the band reform though I am aware that Elizabeth, in addition to whatever bandmate issues there are, doesn't like to perform live - or so I've read a few times. It is too bad though. I've seen the band live twice, once with front row center seats to the point I was staring up at Liz's chin (HoLV tour) and I met Robin Guthrie (and later Liz) on the 4CC tour in a funny situation. Robin was super nice. I sold him a watch at a downtown watch shop I worked at. He couldn't believe I knew who he was. Later Liz and Simon walked by and I said something all fanboy (I was 23) and just got a nod back - no smile or "thanks", but whatever, they are gods. I was nervous as hell too. Was the day there were in town for the 4CC tour.  Robin told me to sell my tickets and he'd put me on the guest list. Needless to say Robin forgot to put my name on the guest list and he wasn't wearing the watch I sold him on stage. good thing I hadn't sold my tickets!

Robin's solo stuff is really incredible. I particularly like Bordeaux.

Hey Drone On, Lycia was huge for me in the 90s. I'm pretty sure I listened to Burning Circle more than any other album. Cold is a close second. Without a doubt Galas' input on those albums made a positive difference. I only have one of his solo albums but how you describe his work is accurate. It's fantastic stuff.

Actually I think Richard's was the most glowing, but mine was more glowing than Bert's.  But, I think to some degree they were all glowing. 

Glowing

Richard,

Thank you for such a glowing review of the new album! I am very happy you are enjoying it.

Incidentally, I also received another review posted today by Bert Strolenberg with Sonic Immersion:

NUMINA
The Deception of Reality
CD, Hypnos Recordings, 2012
From the labels notes on Jesse Sola’s concept release "The Deception of Reality" I learned it’s about introspective escapism while balancing light and dark themes, with the music transporting the listener to wherever they wish the music to take them.

Jesse’s previous two albums already opened the doorway to a much deeper and darker-flavoured sonic environment, something that nicely continues on the five lengthy, uninterrupted pieces on this 75-minute album. We’re talking about spacious, slighty melodic but overall expansive soundscapes here that venture into alternate realities with lots of mystic caverns and longform dwellings into the vast unknown.

Besides occasional undercurrents of mourning and melancholy, Numina’s expressive, constantly evolving and overall emotive textures paints beautiful pictures, all fitting in a grand, transparent design. I though can imagine the drifting flow making up the rather Roach-oriented 19-minute "Empire of Nothing" may be a bit too minimal for some. Fortunately, the smooth, warm and dreamy waves of the final track "Translunary Return" again pull things in a different direction.

All in all, if you love imaginary and in-depth ambient soundscape music, the excellently mastered "The Deception of Reality" won’t disappoint the least.

Website: www.numinamusic.com

Review link: http://www.sonicimmersion.org/review.php?letter=N&review=72552

Thank you to Mike & Lena for all of their hard work and investment you put into this release. 

Got my pre-sale t-shirt and front row center tix yesterday. Looking forward to this show. I too am hoping for their new album to harken back to their 80s sound, though I'm not holding my breath. The last Brendan Perry is quite good though and if it's even remotely similar to that and Lisa's last titles I'm sure it'll be good.

As good as this album is, Brett Smith has just released a new soundtrack album for a film called "From Inside"... and it is incredible (and a great "Part II" to this Hypnos release).  Dark moody soundtrack-y soundscapes.  I don't know where to direct you folks to take a listen and pick up a copy. Hopefully Brett will post about it here. It is housed in a digipak and printed on a proper CD.  Fantastic stuff.

I also have the distinct pleasure to announce that Brett and I have started on a new Caul/Numina collab.  This is our first collaborative work since "Inside the Hollow Realm". It's in the very early stages, but we've both swapped initial tracks. I am excited about working on this.  More on this soon...

Numina