Dead Skeletons
The Button Factory
Dublin, Ireland
2012-09-27, 27th September 2012
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Source: Edirol R-09 inbuilt mics @ 96khz/24bit (Low cut off, Low gain setting > FLAC 44khz/16bit
Location: Standing to right of stage, midway betwen soundboard and stage
Total Running time: 40mins 33secs [207mb]
01 [3:02]
02 [6:03]
03 [3:47]
04 [6:54]
05 [8:22]
06 [5:32]
07 [6:53]
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Notes:
Dead Skeletons were originally scheduled to play a headline show themselves in The Button Factory until just the week before when their gig was combined with Om, who then became the headliners. The addition of a band caused some frictions which can be heard later in this show when the guitarist calls out Om for taking too long in soundchecking and thus reducing their set time to only 40 mins. This recording is also available in 96/24 but since its just recorded with the R09's internal mics I'll probably just distribute the 16/44 edition.
As always, this is best listened to on headphones and try not to disseminate in MP3 but I can't stop you if you do.
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Dead Skeletons
http://www.dead.is/deadskeletons.html
Note: Anton Newcombe from The Brian Jonestown Massacre & the documentary DiG! is the singer of Dead Skeletons.
Review of their latest album:
Death's dark figure looms large over Icelandic psychedelic overlords Dead Skeletons and the mantra-like ruminations contained within Dead Magick. Despite the skull gracing the cover of this epic 12-song collection, this is no morbid reflection on the inevitability that faces us all though scratching below the surface you'd be forgiven for thinking so. Dead Skeletons' main man J�n S�mundur Audarson has been living with HIV for almost 20 years and his determination to seize life by the lapels rather than cowering in the shadow of death informs this album throughout. As the opening track 'Dead Mantra' states in four different languages, "He who fears death cannot enjoy life."
From the opening drones, distorted organs and guitars wobbling from the effects of heavy-duty tremolo, 'Dead Mantra' is battle of life winning over death and the sonic palette that colours the struggle between fight and surrender is consistent throughout. In the middle of this hypnotic maelstrom come the otherwordly vocals. Bathed in echo and reverb, they attempt to find their way from a spiritual battleground that suggests a strange ambiguity over whether the desire for life can keep mortality away for just that bit longer.
'Dead Magick I' is the sound of Suicide transported to some infernal version of the Kit Kat Club as electronic pulses and throbs collide with off-kilter piano as elsewhere, most notably on 'Lif�u!/Live!', relentless motorik beats keep up the breathless sense of momentum. But there are more subtle moments here too. 'Om Mani Peme Hung' sees guitar lines crossing sequencers like warning shots across a ship's bow and in doing so offers more textures than would be imagined and with a total running time of 72 minutes, Dead Skeletons are masters of creating pace and drama. It's a long ride for sure but then again, reaching for the stars has hardly ever been a soft option.
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