JOHN SINCLAIR "BEATNIK YOUTH AMBIENT" LP UK IMPORT MC5 SIXTIES POETRY KEROUAC
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JOHN SINCLAIR
BEATNIK YOUTH AMBIENT
Iron Man Records, 2017 LP Imported from the UK
Incendiary bebop beauty from the renegade poet John Sinclair.
Bohemian ex-manager of the MC5, Sinclair was central to 1960s counterculture. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for a minor drug infringement (a few joints), but was released with the help of Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg.
A year or two back, he met producer Youth and got dragged into the 21st century.
The result is a hypnotic celebration of personal freedom; laid-back thoughts spoken in John Sinclair's gruff, grainy drawl, draped against blues, bebop and trip-hop.
"Do It", with its lonesome sax, echoes Paddy McAloon's intimate I Trawl The Megahertz (2003): "In those days, to make poetry and art... that wasn't called for. But you did it, even though you knew you would never get paid..."
"Brilliant Corners" is a wild tribute to Jack Kerouac, and "Sitarrtha" offers, "If we're lucky, music will bring us through, and we'll wake up singing."
What a dude.
Hand drawn cover artwork by Youth.
Track Listing:
A1. Do It (6:16) A2. Brilliant Corners (11.29) B1. War On Drugs (6:18) B2. Sitarrtha (9:19)
- Incendiary bebop beauty from John Sinclair, the renegade poet and bohemian ex-manager of the MC5. - Beatnik Youth Ambient is a hypnotic celebration of personal freedom; laid-back thoughts spoken in John Sinclair's gruff, grainy drawl, draped against blues, bebop and trip-hop. - Hand drawn cover artwork by Youth.
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