I missed this last year, or overlooked it, and found it on my hard drive at the weekend, a remix of Ganser by Andy Bell in his GLOK guise. Ganser are from Chicago, a post- punk No Wave four piece. Andy has set them up for a lovely seven minute glide by, a very echo- laden musical box to start and then padding drums, layers of sounds, swelling horns and a synth pulse. Dreamy and floating even if the lyrics hint at something darker, 'First/ Don't leave your post/ Panic palette/ Rise and run/ Fear/ Fear in real time/ Take what you can hold'.
An apt song for the Bagging Area
ReplyDeleteThanks, Adam; can now be found on my February playlist.
ReplyDeleteWhen the synths join in at 1:20 the song really takes off! Andy Bell is so adept at comingling styles of music. Taking it from the VERY early 80s Bunnymen/P-Furs territory that the original beautifully sits in, to an Ambient/Synth/Dance dreamland is a true skill.
ReplyDeleteYes, another great track. Echorich nails it in his description above. Andy Bell really has been in fine form this last year.
ReplyDeleteEchorich always nails it.
ReplyDeleteAndy Bell is producing some fantastic music, isn't he? This is epic.
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