Aufgeladen & Bereit

is the brand new outing be the magnificent SEXUAL OBJECTS , again this is only available as a limited edition of 300 copies(only 248 are left!).

FUTURE PILOT AKA perform Daniel Johnston`s DEVIL TOWN
(Sushil K Dade/James Kirk/Kim Fowley/Francis MacDonald)

I first heard Duglas T Stewart sing this song at a BMX Bandits souncheck circa 1992 and was intrigued...the
haunting melody stuck in my head and in a parallel universe decided to create a tape loop using some rehearsal drum beats (performed by Francis MacDonald -Teenage FC/BMX Bandits) on my 1/4 inch machine and marry them with the melody. I soon found myself in a vocal booth (2 metres square and with nowhere to escape!) recording with American 'nut-rocker' Kim Fowley and his exotic dentistry laying down the improv/vocal track on my 4-track circa 1994.The tapes were gathering dust until circa 1996 when my favourite Scottish guitarist, James Kirk (Orange Juice/Memphis), laid down the dub guitar track during one of his regular visits around that time to my home studio for a late night dark rum and coke session. Circe 2005 I got round to hearing the original Daniel Johnston version which blew my mind.Respect is due to soulful vision and artistry of Daniel Johnston and it is with the greatest of respect that I offer the fruits of our sonic experiments which I  recently unearthed, by chance finding the original tapes in my garage and mastering a cassette mix straight to transparent red vinyl no chaser.Thank you Duglas for passing on the song in the old fashioned folk tradition and for unknowlingly inspiring this release.Thank you also to master Anurudh Shivkumar Dade for visualing the music through your artwork.And who better to share this split 7" than with Scottish early music punks Concerto Caledonia.

(Sushil K. Dade)


CONCERTO CALEDONIA perform Daniel Johnston`s WALKING THE COW
 I first came across Daniel Johnston and Walking the Cow on the Songs in the Key of Z CD, compiled by WFMU's maverick hero Irwin Chusid. The juxtaposition of such a beautiful song and haunting vocal, with the lo-fi production from a dodgy cassette recorder, took my breath away.Concerto Caledonia had a tour coming up, so as a break from all the early music we were dishing up, we played along with Daniel's original recording as part of our set, while the audience looked on bemused. We then recorded our parts in the wonderful acoustic of a stone-vaulted16th century church in the wilds of eastern Scotland - a special song needed a special setting. I was delighted when Daniel's brother Dick Johnston generously gave us permission to release the results, which you can now own on this beautiful red vinyl.

CONCERTO CALEDONIA perform Buzzcocks BOREDOM
When I was growing up in Glasgow, the poster for Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch EP appeared one day, pasted onto a deserted shop window across the road. I'd heard the record on John Peel's radio show, and the combination of simplicity, fun, seriousness and intelligence got me right away. And Buzzcocks seemed to me to be the real thing. The Clash and the Pistols had fashion designers, financial backing and arrogance: Buzzcocks had the local Oxfam shop and their wits, and they didn't mind looking vulnerable. Then years later Private Eye ran a spoof ad, satirising all those opera singers who were making dreadful crossover records: 'Kiri sings the Sex Pistols' it said.
Somehow these two things connected in my head, and the idea came of asking one of Britain's best-loved operatic sopranos, Lisa Milne MBE, to sing the iconic song Boredom from Spiral Scratch. But none of that operatic wobbly nonsense: she had to sing it in her own broad Aberdeenshire accent, a bit like the bastard daughter of Howard Devoto and Andy Stewart. Lisa threw herself at this idea with total conviction and yes, she really does shout 'get yir haund oot o ma troosers' in the last verse. The job of playing the famous Pete Shelley guitar solo went to wooden flute virtuoso Chris Norman, recorded in a kitchen in Montreal one sunny Saturday afternoon. By a strange coincidence, it was at Chris's kitchen table in Baltimore that I wrote the arrangement for Walking the Cow ...

(David McGuinness, Concerto Caledonia)

More Info:
www.myspace.com/futurepilotaka                  
www.concal.org

read a real fine live review about the SEXUAL OBJECTS at  http://www.list.co.uk/article/9187-the-sexual-objects/

with the FUTURE PILOT AKA and CONCERT CALEDONIA!!! Another magnificent split single is comming up in late july. Three coverversions by the wonderful Daniel Johnston and the Buzzcocks. Be prepared for some amazing new sounds!!!

A&B recording artists SEXUAL OBJECTS will play their live debut at the NEW BREED DISCO CLUB on the 7th of june in the Glasgow School Of Art!!! DJ Action is provided by PORT SULPHUR!!! bring you`re rocking shoes!!!

You can buy advance tickets for the concert on the 25th of April in the Astra Stube at the HASENSCHAUKEL Hamburg!!!