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B i o g r a p h y After two years of composing, recording and experiment in a 3m x 4m top-floor atelier in Vesterbro, Blue Foundation have whittled down more than 30 pieces into their second album (out on Virgin on 02.02.04), the 11-track 'Sweep of Days'. As with the critically acclaimed first album, the Danish members of the band, Tobi, Kir and Bo, have once again combined their instrumental, vocal and rogramming talents with the London-based Japanese turntable maestro DJ Tatsuki, and with the English lyricist and performer MC Jabber. The band's characteristic style from their previous record - soundscapes layered with dense and unpredictable beats, subtle scratching and soft trumpet harmonies, threaded throughout with intelligent lyrics expertly delivered - has been further developed and refined for 'Sweep of Days'. The new album features a wide range of live instruments, including violin, cello, guitars, piano and melodica, plus guest vocals from Blood & Fire's Spikey T on the dub-inflected duo 'Embers', and Japanese rap from Sato-ji o the uncompromising 'Yellow Man'. (And, for the connoisseur, there is a special, extended track on the vinyl LP, and a hidden track on the CD!) Warm and reflective, melancholy yet life-affirming, 'Sweep of Days,' with its mix of jazz, catchy melody, bass, scratch and static, is a testament to the diverse musical inspiration and experience of the Blue Foundation band members and collaborators. Now, after mixing in Copenhagen (October '03) and mastering at the Exchange in London (November '03), it's time, finally, to put our music to the test, and release it to a changed world. |
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Sweep of days - 2004 -
History |
Life of a ghost - 2007-09-26 -
Stuck in a hard place |
*** Other great pictures of live show here by SUNE PETERSEN ***
Wise Guy
I tremble, wise guy
One day, I’ll rise and shine in the morning light
Surrender, wise guy
One day, I’ll rise and shine in the morning light
Remember, wise guy
One day, I’ll rise and shine in the morning light
Grand
We fling ourselves fearlessly,
With lights upon our faces
into insecurity and unity
We dream ourselves fearlessly,
With laughter in our eyes,
But no one has a steady look at last
You go in the morning, the morn before light
Warm is the bed and my back where you’d lie
Slowly my awakening, my breathing in haze
And so I know I do belong here,
I will sing to the day
It's like Cream but not the Wu so
you don't know what to do
She's like a witch of trouble in electric blue
And if you don't watch out she'll get to you
Piercing through emotional armor like when you do voodoo
She sits on her throne of lost souls
My thoughts roam the coast of insanity in schoals
I brag and boast but I will never ever get to her, no hope
Deep in my mind's the cure for the illness waiting in the shadows
I used to be afraid, living on a razor blade
Came toe to toe with nemesis it left my mind unscathed
All I wanted was to bathe in the rays of eternity
All of the sudden wasn't one thing bothering me
That was when she materialized line after line
The past became the high time
I remember pushing forward breaking out of confines
But I never knew the truth in her sighs
After her theft one is left with piles of ash
She got me good, my life was in tatters and rags
Too many intentions to mention thrashed
Suffocated in those plastic bags at last yeahh
Meanwhile fools run high and low she smiles cruelly hosts
Imaginary shows the voice of solitude bellows
She's not my type why I want her every night no one knows
I unfocus loose sight of the material forget the spiritual
My mind is in a black hole no way out some would say I chose
Consciously obviously not
I didn't deliberately get caught in her plots and what not
Reefr Kid and Kuri closin' up
*** Thanx a lot to Steve & Reefr Kid HIMSELF for this one ***

Photographer : SUNE PETERSEN
Jabber
Kir :
I tried to run, I heard them going away,
I know they will wait for me.
But for eyes to shine and blood to merge:
The raising of a buried land, claims a marked hand.
MC Jabber :
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Kir :
I saw a marked man among their crowd,
Will he wait for me?
So for eyes to shine and blood to merge:
The raising of a buried land claims a marked hand.
MC Jabber :
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Hollywood
Earliest days, in calm and misty dawn
I can reach so far above my head with my height.
And I feel fit for fight,
With my pace I break out the light,
And the cool wind strengthens me to walk on by.
But, so far beyond my pace,
I watch you run over and make me feel foreign inside.
And don’t ever call again
I want seven undone days.
A revolt of my force inside.
Thoughtful, early autumn-days, a chestnut in my palm
as I open my lover’s eyes to see if they still shine.
Though I feel fit for fight,
and my pace can break out the light,
I need more to make me feel all right.
Black S
My Kandora, you wander solemnly.
I linger,
I owe – what?
A hundred tides!
I’ll wait, I know that
I’m native here.
My Kandora, your blood runs faster.
I linger
I owe – what?
My Kandora, the finest pellicle,
My loning.
I owe what?
A hundred tides!
I’ll stay , I know that I’m native here.
I linger,
I owe what?
I wonder why.
Hide
Lower the day-tune, while
they carry candles through the night,
For thousands of miles
Lower the day-tune,
Why?
They hide into the dawn
Then they took off to find her tree,
Drove for miles the highway down
Lifting the dark to call the light,
But though they tried, nothing went right.
Lower the day-tune, while
They drove to seek wonders,
For thousands of miles
Lower the day-tune,
Why?
They hide into the dawn
[and I’d stay in the doorway
to keep an eye behind them,
exited to dive into their dawn,
they hide into the dawn]
You’ve got to come to hear the sounds,
Directed by the bright, they grow
And hundreds of fountain-hearts will sound,
Though they have no reason to
Evo
So long for now,
I will take what you said and did,
and fold it all around my heart
So calm for now,
But I feel unrest working in my spine
(One blow in the nape of my neck,
A hot kiss)
So long for now,
I know you must be leaving,
But I hope to see you safe again
I’ll try to follow my curve,
Wherever it might lead
So long for now,
I will keep it all, and fold around my heart
So deep the earth breathes,
Through winter’s cold
She must fold
Around her heart.

Photographer :
YUKINOBU KOBAYASHI
*** Thanx a lot to the Official Site for sending me the lyrics ***
History
History is just beginning
It’s like leaves creating a canopy
And, woven in the tapestry, my testimony
A ceremony of souls, a symphony of sounds of sounds and forms
A cacophony – I’ll keep that energy
I’ll keep that energy flowing through the whole range of me
So you can focus on the rage in me
And my obituary?
Well, I’m re-writing it every second, every century
Well, I’m re-writing it
History is just beginning
As I Moved On
Come and dance, come
I was all alone, going for a ride
Travelling solo, off my guard
I had to follow this calling from the wild
Into the shadows
Into the shadows of my heart
I needed all my strength to
Stand up to your agenda
I said it, I said it again
I never wanna become
Stuck in your machine
I said it, I said it again
Come and dance, come
And as I moved on, thought I’d blow my mind
But as it turned out, I was wrong
I met my sorrow, saw her in the eyes
She tried my courage
She tried my courage, but left me stronger
(You better stand up straight and you gotta be strong
You gotta fight for your right and reclaim your own song)
I needed all my strength to
Stand up to your agenda
I said it, I said it again
I never wanna become
Stuck in your machine
I said it, I said it again
Come and dance, come
End of the
Day (Silence)
Silence
Stretching out between us
I dream of a presence
With essence
And absence of doubt
Come closer
Come and stay with me now
Help me reconcile
Come and stay a while
And I will find a home
Because we love till the end
We love till the end of the day
Of the day
Distant
Shifty-eyed and restless
I dream of a presence
With essence
And absence of doubt
Come closer
Come and stay with me now
Help me reconcile
Come and stay a while
And I will find a home
Because we love till the end
We love till the end of the day
Of the day
Ricochet
Yesterday my troubles seemed so far away
And now there’s nothing left to do but watch the choices slip away
And all the voices ricochet – our conversation disappears
In recrimination – voices ricochet – they’re just
Words in the distance, like birds inside my head, and
The water runs red – you’re a
Stone on the windscreen, you shatter the world ahead
Voices ricochet – you can picture a big ‘thirteen’, try to extinguish me
Relinquish me from the damage
It’s only mortality…
It’s the echoes of carnage
Now the view is all tarnished – the rest is just wreckage
The sky’s a varnish, furnished with thoughts of flight
And the pain still visible in light and sound and sight
Dismiss the sky – voices ricochet
Grip is precarious
There’s various ways the path of truth can bury us
Too many variables, too much chit-chat
Too much of this and that
Too much zig-zag, yin yang, yak yak
I’m all right, Jack, pull up the plank, I’m aboard
Fall on your sword – a humming repetitive
Feels like a sedative, nerves are the last to decay
Don’t worry, it’ll fade away
Voices ricochet – our conversation disappears
In recrimination – voices ricochet – they’re just
Words in the distance, like birds inside my head
And all the manacles that bind, the pinnacles you climb
To the background of a cynical ‘who’ and ‘what’ and ‘why’
And ‘why not?’ ‘Scuse me while I dismiss the sky
Voices ricochet – dismiss the sky
Embers
A western sky is glowing
Calling off the day
Fading rays of live sunsets
Caressing my feet on my way
A shade in the horizon
Quivers in the haze
Whisper near right by my ear
And these are the words that he said:
If you love your woman up to the maximum
Tell her fi hold on, hold on strong
Orange eyes of embers
Gleaming in the night
Guard us until break of dawn
Blessing the ground where we stay
The eastern sky is glowing now
In reddish shades of grey
With promises of life and love
And I wanna cherish the day
If you love your woman up to the maximum
Tell her fi hold on, hold on strong
Bonfires
I was given wine
We’re feeling okay
And quite all right
You wash my tears away
And make me wanna stay
And bonfires lit up the shores
(Wa fa fa-wey)
To go beside you
Is where I want to be
(Wa fa fa-wey)
To laugh, to love
Days of roses and wine
Drifting astray
With your hand in mine
You stroke my fears away
And make me wanna stay
And bonfires lit up the shores
(Wa fa fa-wey)
To go beside you
Is where I want to be
(Wa fa fa-wey)
To laugh, to love
(Wa fa fa-wey)
Where to go and hide?
We’re going to the sea
(Wa fa fa-wey)
To laugh, to love
And this is how it went;
I am here to stay
Roaring with the wind
There’s life within
This is what I give
A circle is complete
Another circle spins
There’s life within
Within

Photographer : SUNE PETERSEN
Yellow Man
フロム極東、日の出ずる国、YOU KNOW?
ヤバイ日本人CRAZY JAPANESE
ヘイ MY FRIEND ぶっ飛んでくれ!
STONE STONE STONE
町が重震地、始終、エルアイから踏む字が泣いたら3メートル級の
の美、夜の道、満月と忍者、己のみの信者、ブルッて泣いてた、
って死んだような目をしたジャパン、茶碗と箸持って特攻、
飛行、ひとりで発射、不甲斐ない差異、唱いだし合う、隣の宇宙、
フッ、固まる、宇宙の噂じゃねえぜ、民は重装備、旅先で足袋履き、
匙加減塩味、レプレゼント地球でいってみよう!
血で殻洗われた、風に攫われた、結ばれた、晴れた、この世は平行線、
空と名を割れた事を問う、暴れ、黄昏れる、誰かな?古風のイェローメン。
ひとりひとりが強者になればいいって事。
Shine
I tend to be
Stuck in minor key
Then pale monotony
Holds me down
But luckily
You are so dear to me
In your charity
I go home
I’m so sorry
This melancholy
Holds me down
But luckily
You are so dear to me
In your charity
I go home
Save This
Town
Come around to this fine town
Where freedom makes the world go round
And where dreams are found
And carried out
Even in the afternoon
You can go there fishing for the moon
And the fairy lights
Glow like fireflies
Come on save it
Come on save it
Every single one
Come on save it
Come on save this town
Growing from diversity
Out of true originality
It’s the place to be
And that’s why
I fear the need to standardise
And I fear the guys with normal eyes
It’s a precious child
Come give it a try
And we try
Every single one
Come on save it
Come on save this town
I know that we can’t save this town alone
So this is why I say
Come on and raise your voice
And spread these words around:
Come on save it
Come on save it
Every single one
Come on save it
Come on save this town
Sweep
The floor you walk on is smooth. There is no ground there.
Magic begins with blood. Outside, there are trees,
With concrete under their roots. But I have passed the tombs of kings,
Regaled them with pacing, checked bins for food and wrappings.
I have scoured the seas for miles, cloaked my face with ash.
My fingertips opening, accepting my time.
The dark cylinders of half-smoked cigarettes
For me, I’m your sorrow
Calling in your dreams
For me, I’m your shadow
Howling in the streets
Tomorrow, I will walk the streets
And steel myself for the familiar. Your eyes
Will not settle, a hunger. You’d be happier in your grave.
When we meet, share stories, you stretch me. I see,
I see a semi-circle of teeth.
The dark cylinders of half-smoked cigarettes
For me, I’m your sorrow
Calling in your dreams
For me, I’m your shadow
Howling in the streets
My Day
As we’re nearer to the end;
Here we are again
Seems like we’re always working
At this time of year
We have come a long way, my friend
How many hours we have spent
Seems like we’re always working
At this time
This is my day
And I wanted you to know
This is my day
And I’m gonna be okay
Through the steady sweep of days
Keeping focus as the currents race
Seems like we’re always working
At this time
This is my day
And I wanted you to know
This is my day
And I’m gonna be okay
(Dead People's Choice LP)
Ricochet voices
My trouble seemed like distant dreams
My trouble seemed so far away
Yesterday, yesterday
It all seems like distant dreams
My trouble seemed so far away
Yesterday
Ricochet voices
My trouble seemed like distant dreams
My trouble seemed so far away
Yesterday, yesterday
It all seems like distant dreams
My trouble seemed so far away
Yesterday, yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday
It all seems like yesterday
