BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - In the footsteps of Johann Sebastian Bach

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - In the footsteps of Johann Sebastian Bach

The Brian Jonestown Massacre is one of the longest serving bands that mediates between transfigured sixties psychedelia and violent shoegazing. Groups like the Wooden Shjips or the Black Angels would be unthinkable without the preparatory work of BJM. Founded by Anton Newcombe at the beginning of the nineties in San Francisco and now based in Berlin, the band is now releasing their 15th album. On the last records Newcombe and Co. tended more and more towards electronic trance, interspersed with oriental sounds and grooves.

On "Relevation", on the other hand, they now succeed in creating a hypnotic mixture of world grooves and the psychedelia of their early albums. "I've been thinking a lot about identity and honesty lately, even though it wasn't my plan to let these themes flow into the music," grumbles Newcombe. "I just had incredibly different songs and didn't know anything more than that I wanted to make a record out of them. So somehow I had to find a way to bring them together. I'm not particularly mood-dependent in my music. I don't have to be angry to write a power song and not sad to invent a beautiful melody. It's just part of the trade. I've always had a feeling for simple melodies. Actually, we're a baroque band whose music is based on Bach's gloomy aesthetics."

Lesen Sie mehr im eclipsed Nr. 162 (Juli/August 2014).