Queen Of The Wave

'Ello Littly!

I've a strange treat for you tonight and no mistake!

So, what's all this then? Pepe deluxé are a band I first heard in 2001 when their song "Woman In Blue" was used in a Levi Jeans advertisement. Many years later I still remembered the track and hunted down their album "Super Sound" which is in itself an eclectic mixture of big-beat, funk, blues, electronics, jazz and a host of vocals and samples. Just the other week I saw their newest album, "Queen Of The Wave" in a record shop and I decided to check it out today. I was really surprised about how different this album is from "Super Sound."

Reading up on this recording online only adds to it's bizarre nature. All proceeds from this album's sale are being donated to a charity to clean up the Baltic sea, famously well endowed porn star Rom Jeremy finically backed the album after being given a one-of-a-kind E.P from the band. The album took six years to complete because some of the instruments used to create it had to be restored - Including a 500 000 volt Tesla coil synthesiser, a machine originally created to speak to the dead and this album features the ONLY commercial recording of the largest instrument in the world - The Great Stalacpipe Organ. I don't yet own this album, but before we even move on to the amazing music, all these strange facts alone make me want to buy it. Now.

A track that stuck out for me especially is the one featured above called "Contain Thyself."
Starting off with some twangy guitar and gentle vocals, this track sounds like it was recorded in the 60s, not the very tail end of 2012! At 1:30 the track breaks into a harpsichord, recorder and synthesiser moment before 2:06 smashes it up with fat drums and a heavy electronic sound. Right after that, all the ingredients come together and the track ascends to a climax featuring a trumpet.
Soundtrack to: Riding off into the sunset wearing a poncho.