Groundbreaking diverse music that fuses acoustic, ambient, jazz, Indian, African, lounge, retro, funk, pop and ethereal art-rock. Songs about non-violence towards animals and how this intersects with the pursuit of peace. The album is a 14 song compilation from 11 different recordings over 18 years. ”Ahimsa” contains an amazing instrumental called ‘ahimsa the source of peace’ which is a 9 minute journey in three seguewayed movements and is an aural masterpiece. This disc also writes a musical foot note to the work of Jeff Buckley, stylistically, on four of the tracks. The record is a long player 78 minutes of music. It contains some of the authors early passionate abhorrence of animal abuse and specisism and makes the distinctive claim that we perpetuate violence in our own species, biologically, by imposing violence on other species, for food. It delivers its message without conjecture. A soothing recording with a powerful message.
- 3:36We are a new branch [4.5MB]
- 8:48Beautiful Girl
- 3:11Why Kill for food? [3.2MB]
- 3:31My month, my year
- 8:54The Journey
- 8:46Ahimsa the Source of Peace
- 2:59Opening
- 4:31Love never dies
- 4:59Creature [5.7MB]
- 5:36Evolve
- 4:07Jealousy
- 5:22Love Child
- 6:27In Bloom
- 6:35You know that you’ve got me
1:17:00Total playing time
The opening track ‘We musical souls, we bohemian boys’ is actually the worlds first english translated version of a gregarious tradtional sing-along Hungarian song. (performed by Andrish Hex vocal/harmonium) Followed shortly by a piece of unadulerated rock’n’roll mayhem with a deranged Russian character (by Ash) on voice-box just to keep the european vibe going. Track three ‘Violent Inertia’ sounds like Visage’s ‘fade to grey’ for the naughties and puts the album suddenly in an electronic context.
Track 4 ‘Four-door Carnivore’ is a political whispered rant over a jaunty danceable piece of technological sleekness with elements of African high-life. The song talks about everything from oppression in PNG to respiratory diseases in pedestrians, with a vocal and lyrical guest appearance by eco-feminist Hellouise Paienne.who also collaborates with Ash on an instrumental track.
Catharsis has two beautifully heartfelt and wholesome songs which add contrast and colour to the album: ‘First Memories’ a cover of a Jo Jo Smith song and ‘The Journey’ which has mesmerising oboe by James Watt.
Catharsis contains two new bonus tracks ‘don’t go ka-chink with Lawson’ which denounces Walmart style development, four-tier carparks and highways that displace animals, and an atmospheric instrumental whose aural landscape leaves the listener wanting to spin the disc again.
- 1:55We musical souls, we bohemian boys
- 3:20Everytime you came around [3.8MB]
- 1:58Violent Inertia [2.3MB]
- 5:18Four-door carnivore [6.5MB]
- 2:14Please, please, please let me get what I want
- 3:43Collabrador
- 8:52The journey
- 9:25World Party
- 4:15First memories
- 4:00Getting hardcore
- 3:43Please don’t go ka-chink with Lawson
- 6:15Groove to the light
- 5:24? Mystery ?
60:43Total playing time
$10
