Calabashed's thundering debut Behold A Black Wave pressed on light reactive lavender swirl vinyl, lovingly housed in a double black, uncoated heavyweight board sleeve with spot varnish finish and classic 70's style 12" insert with full lyrics and album production notes.
Limited to 300 units. Never to be repressed in this style.
Recorded at Total Refreshment Centre, Hackney between May 1st and July 15th 2020.
Produced by Dan Leavers aka Danalogue.
Flutes on Still Want More by Rosanna Ter-Berg
Drums on Take It Outside by Maxwell Hallett aka Betamax
Mastered by Caspar Sutton Jones at Gearbox Mastering, London.
Records pressed at Hoxton Vinyl, London.
Design & Illustration by the Burma Shave Construction Co, Great Yarmouth.
A&R for Purple City by Ashley Hill & Matthew D Bayfield.
Project Management for Purple City by Harry Dalton.
Calabashed Are:
Vocals - Joshua Idehen
Saxophone - Alabaster De Plume
Drums - Donna Thompson
Harp - Maria Osuchowska
Tape & FX - Raimund Wong
Guitars - James Howard
Includes unlimited streaming of Behold A Black Wave [PURP004]
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Behold A Black Wave Limited Edition Lavender Vinyl & T-Shirt Bundle
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Calabashed's thundering debut Behold A Black Wave pressed on light reactive lavender swirl vinyl, lovingly housed in a double black, uncoated heavyweight board sleeve with spot varnish finish and classic 70's style 12" insert with full lyrics and album production notes and limited run "Never Show Your Devils Respect" t-shirt. Handprinted with high quality water based inks on a premium blend, organic, supply chain traceable AS Colour t-shirt with custom embroidered hem tags.
Limited to 25 pieces. Never to return.
Recorded at Total Refreshment Centre, Hackney between May 1st and July 15th 2020.
Produced by Dan Leavers aka Danalogue.
Mastered by Caspar Sutton Jones at Gearbox Mastering, London .
Records pressed at Hoxton Vinyl, London.
Flutes on Still Want More by Rosanna Ter-Berg
Drums on Take It Outside by Maxwell Hallett aka Betamax
Design & Illustration by the Burma Shave Construction Co, Great Yarmouth.
A&R for Purple City by Ashley Hill & Matthew D Bayfield.
Project Management for Purple City by Harry Dalton.
Calabashed Are:
Vocals - Joshua Idehen
Saxophone - Alabaster De Plume
Drums - Donna Thompson
Harp - Maria Osuchowska
Tape & FX - Raimund Wong
Guitars - James Howard
Includes unlimited streaming of Behold A Black Wave [PURP004]
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
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Verse One (Joshua Idehen)High drama in the Wetherspoon, it’s all kicking off
Galactus versus Dr Doom, it’s all kicking off
The barmaid, belling out enough is enough
It’s falling down on deaf ears, Double Van Gogh
Geezer spilt my rum, better sort it out, son
Sorry, I ain’t got the funds
Go off and suck your mum
The doorman looks away
The punters step back
Brows furrowed, chest out
And the knuckles snap
Rage sweeps the torso
Sweat floods the temple
He-Man had it up to here with Orko
Eyes on the exit
This is why I voted Brexit
Jokes on you cuz I’s born here, innit
Neither packs it in, both expect to win
In another life, Monsieurs
By the TV, in some odd socks to the heater
But the shark rushes in for blood
And the night demands a victor
I guess we better take this outside
I guess we, better take this outside
Verse Two (Adam Kammerling)
Yo
You a king or a princess?
Or a minxish thing to be rinsed by big men?
On the wrong side of the instep
Will you fist swing and the lips split so they drip red
Yeah quick to flip at this sixth sense
Live tense mate
Drink heavyweight
Bench press the day
Do not let your stress emanate
For heaven's sake
Don’t ask for help if you felt a way
You rage down or you celebrate
You binary so no therapy
Boy get surly yeah
Boys head worldly yeah
Boy physi yeah if you get shirty yeah
Speak with chest like all head heard me yeah
Boy dun school that’s dead end learning yeah
Boy tek G-check and get certi
Boy stomp to ketch if the crepes dirty
Never been that puss,
Never been that moist
Never been that Gosche,
Never been that toy,
Never been that sheep
Never been that droid,
Never been that girl
Never been that boy,
It’s all man man
Do life big it’s all man man
Find your way through that dark path,
All bastards holding up lanterns
Speak the language
The where you peeping language
The leave you bleeding language
The hide your fucking feelings language
Screaming anguish, keep it dampened.
The comic book and screens out canon
Feed us up we’re still we’re feeling famished
Whole feeling palette has been abandoned
Deep it bruv we don’t feel the damage
Squeeze the sponge and it streaming rancid
Steaming drunk ‘cus we understand it
Ain’t seeking love, we just seeking anger
Feeling stuck, but can’t weigh the anchor
I think we better take this outside
Ain’t seeking love, we just seeking anger
Feeling stuck, but can’t weigh the anchor
I think we better take this outside
Feeling stuck, but can’t weigh the anchor
I think we better take this outside
Joshua Idehen met Alabaster De Plume at Total Refreshment Centre, just before it closed as a live venue. They shared demos
and jammed over tea. They asked James Howard to play bass. They visited Marysia Zofia Osuchowska and she played Harp. Donna came over one time and whistled but stuck around on drums. Raimund Wong made ethereal sounds with the Tapedeck. Calabashed was born....more
Part spoken word, part contemporary composition, in this four-movement piece the Australian Art Orchestra explore isolation and connection. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 13, 2021
supported by 36 fans who also own “Calabashed - Take It Outside feat. Adam Kammerling, Betamax & Danalogue”
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
