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2-Spur-Aufnahme am 03.-04.06.99 in Hamburg INHALT 1. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU_____________________4:052. I SEE____________________________________2:34 3. BABY SAY________________________________2:00 4. SITTIN' ON THE PORCH____________________0:30 5. PERSEVERANCE___________________________2:43 6. SHE'S WALKING TOO FAST_________________2:46 7. SHINE____________________________________1:56 8. SOME SPACE______________________________2:45 9. NEVER KILL A ROCK'N ROLLER_____________1:18 10. HI, YOU KNOW I'M LISTENING TO ALL THIS 2:34 11. ON THE LONG RUN_______________________2:19 12. HEAL____________________________________2:01 13. TROUBLE FINDING YOUR HOUSE___________2:00 14. CELESTIAL HOPE_________________________2:48 15. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (REPRISE)___________3:15 Total time: 35:34 Anis Electric - The Story A weekend it was. I came back home from work, it was the 3d of June 1999, and felt a rare sort of energy stream climbing up from my guts to my heart and head. Riding home in the train my fingers started to move impatiently. It had been a rough time altogether and all these oppressed emotions which do not seem to have a place in our civilized humanity needed a vent. At 5 p.m., I found myself in the bedroom, the electric guitar in my lap, pencil and paper to the left on the bed, cables everywhere, headphones on and microphone ready, the four track recording machine on, testing the sounds of my new sound processor which is only the size of a walkman. The electric guitar had been in the cupboard, I hardly ever used it. Now my fascination for the new sounds mixed with the blocked feelings and soon the time bubble caught me. I wrote songs #1-7 and recorded them as soon as the idea of each song was clear to me. After midnight I went to bed. The one real good song of the session was SHE'S WALKING TOO FAST.In the morning, I sensed that there was more and the time bubble caught me again. So I wrote another seven songs, better than the ones before. After "Celestial Hope" (although with a string out of tune), I had enough and liked what I did, so I rounded the recording with a reprise of the I DON'T BELIEVE YOU Blues. When you compare the two versions of the song you might get an idea about what happened during the session. At 5 p.m. - 24 hours after the start - my cousin visited me and I handed him the first copy of the "Electric". Usually it takes more time to finish a song. This time, my focus point was not the beauty of the individual song, but the attempt to produce a complex musical unit in one breath. The whole process was an experiment to search for the limits of inspiration. There are no limits to inspiration. The songs were written and recorded in the very order they appear on the CD. To my knowledge, such an enterprise is unprecedented in pop history. Hopefully, the "Anis Electric" will be re-recorded with a group one day and thus reveal its true power and rhythmical depth. |
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