Preparing for Power, by Bourbonese Qualk

Preparing for Power

by Bourbonese Qualk

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Eric K Words fail to capture the beauty. Rage, bitter disappointment, outcry, sadness, calling-to-arms, melancholia. Still relevant thirty-five years later. Favorite track: Soft City.

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
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'Preparing for Power' was the last album recorded at the bands base at the Ambulance Station on the Old Kent Road, London, and again released on their own Recloose Organisation, saw the band develop further beyond the limits of the post-punk / industrial scene where genres increasingly became redundant.

Ethno, jazz, funk and EBM are all buried deep in the album as it seeks independence. The title, a critique of the Labour movements ineffective and limited call to arms against the prevailing Thatcherism of the mid-80s, encapsulates this wider oeuvre.

From opening Return To Order, the acoustic gloom is offset by tight musicianship and countering melody. The switch of Outcry precedes psychedelic anthem, Boggy Creek, with its VU remembrance. Blighted pulses Confrontation, Xenophobia, Backlash and closer, Insurrection, sense the darkness, but the ground has shifted forwards with the legendary 1.51 minutes of man’n’ machine that is Lies, the enwrapping symphonic dub vocal of Born Left Hearted and incongruously pretty, Is It As It Was?

At times, suffocating, uncomfortable, at others light appears as history progresses. Preparing For Power is BQ at their most uncompromising and essential.

The CD is re-issued by Klanggalerie in Nov 2020 and includes two bonus tracks:

• 'Call to Arms' (recorded for bbc radio 1 john peel session broadcast on the 31st march)
• 'Under Observation' (recorded 1986. previously released on ‘bourbonese qualk: Archive 1980 - 1986’ vod 2016)

Credits:
Simon Crab: Electronics, Instruments, Voice, Tape
Julian Gilbert: voice, selected instruments.
Steven Tanza: drums, voice.
With Craig Runyon: Voice and Lyrics on: 'Boggy Creek' and 'Xenophobia' P.E.C: Lyrics on: 'Born Left hearted'

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Limited edition 12" vinyl LP
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Mannequin and Platform 23 Records reissue what is considered to many the most complete album by perennial anarcho-outsiders Bourbonese Qualk.

'Preparing for Power' was the last album recorded at the bands base at the Ambulance Station on the Old Kent Road, London, and again released on their own Recloose Organisation, saw the band develop further beyond the limits of the post-punk / industrial scene where genres increasingly became redundant.

Ethno, jazz, funk and EBM are all buried deep in the album as it seeks independence. The title, a critique of the Labour movements ineffective and limited call to arms against the prevailing Thatcherism of the mid-80s, encapsulates this wider oeuvre.

From opening Return To Order, the acoustic gloom is offset by tight musicianship and countering melody. The switch of Outcry precedes psychedelic anthem, Boggy Creek, with its VU remembrance. Blighted pulses Confrontation, Xenophobia, Backlash and closer, Insurrection, sense the darkness, but the ground has shifted forwards with the legendary 1.51 minutes of man’n’ machine that is Lies, the enwrapping symphonic dub vocal of Born Left Hearted and incongruously pretty, Is It As It Was?

At times, suffocating, uncomfortable, at others light appears as history progresses. Preparing For Power is BQ at their most uncompromising and essential.

Includes unlimited streaming of Preparing for Power via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more

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1.	Return to Order 04:18	buy track
2.	Outcry 02:33	buy track
3.	Boggy Creek 04:50	buy track
4.	Confrontation 03:28	buy track
5.	Lies 01:52	buy track
6.	Soft City 02:51	buy track
7.	Xenophobia 04:04	buy track
8.	Born Left Hearted 03:32	buy track
9.	Is it as It was? 01:32	buy track
10.	Backlash 02:11	buy track
11.	Insurrection 02:44	buy track

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Mannequin and Platform 23 Records reissue what is considered to many the most complete album by perennial anarcho-outsiders Bourbonese Qualk.

'Preparing for Power' was the last album recorded at the bands base at the Ambulance Station on the Old Kent Road, London, and again released on their own Recloose Organisation, saw the band develop further beyond the limits of the post-punk / industrial scene where genres increasingly became redundant.

Ethno, jazz, funk and EBM are all buried deep in the album as it seeks independence. The title, a critique of the Labour movements ineffective and limited call to arms against the prevailing Thatcherism of the mid-80s, encapsulates this wider oeuvre.

From opening Return To Order, the acoustic gloom is offset by tight musicianship and countering melody. The switch of Outcry precedes psychedelic anthem, Boggy Creek, with its VU remembrance. Blighted pulses Confrontation, Xenophobia, Backlash and closer, Insurrection, sense the darkness, but the ground has shifted forwards with the legendary 1.51 minutes of man’n’ machine that is Lies, the enwrapping symphonic dub vocal of Born Left Hearted and incongruously pretty, Is It As It Was?

At times, suffocating, uncomfortable, at others light appears as history progresses. Preparing For Power is BQ at their most uncompromising and essential.

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released October 1, 2020

Simon Crab: Electronics, Instruments, Voice, Tape
Julian Gilbert: voice, selected instruments.
Steven Tanza: drums, voice.
With Craig Runyon: Voice and Lyrics on: 'Boggy Creek' and 'Xenophobia' P.E.C: Lyrics on: 'Born Left hearted'

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