Boat Beam: how the drop breaks the rock
Last night I was walking down the sidewalk near my house, coming back from the supermarket with a shopping bag in one hand and a milk carton in the other. Suddenly, I saw a small whirlwind of leaves on the ground, a swirl of black smoke appeared, and in a split second it had surrounded me! "Here we go again!", I thought, "the same time machine trick once again". In a few seconds, I found myself catapulted into the distant 1993, and was standing in front of the doors of my high school! As I was trying to figure out what the heck had happened, and I saw myself, a pimply faced sixteen year old, entering through the main gate! As we hadn’t had the opportunity to meet very often, we said hello and took a few minutes to chat. He was surprised at the small sized type of “walkman” that I had, and commented on the large size of my belly. He asked me what kind of music l was listening to in 2011. When I told him the band that I was really into was an all female string trio from Madrid called Boat Beam, he looked a bit confused... He in his beloved Soundgarden t-shirt, could hardly believe that I could really be into a group with that fit that kind of description!
I tried enthusiastically to explain to him that this band, formed by an Australian, an American and a Spaniard, respectively guitar, viola and cello and that they had released their second album called "Reincarnation", a charming pop sounding CD made of light and intriguing melodies. Even in the moments when the rhythm of the music was stronger, the crystal clear voice of Josephine prevails, creating an extreme, original sound. Their recent live performances had formally opened the doors to the Spanish “indie” scene. This talented band had intrigued me as well as Boat Beam’s brilliant lyrics speaking of solitude, acceptance of what is impossible, and hope to be able to fight in the face of adversity.
I'm not sure if I managed to convince him, but I know that some time in the future he will change his mind! And so, we said goodbye and I made him promise me to take care of himself and to steer clear of chocolate, cookies and similar sweet temptations. I took off by bus for my return to 2011, with "Reincarnation" playing in my headphones, an excellent companion for a melancholy journey back to the future.
Franco Rigato
http://www.myspace.com/boatbeam
Artists permanently (and randomly) "on air" at present date:
Boat Beam(Spain), ManzOni (Italy), King Khan and The Shrines (Canada), Edda(Italy), LCD Soundsystem (USA), Replace The Battery(Italy), The Drums(USA), Fauve! Genen a Rhino (Italy), Maika Makovski (Spain), DID (Italy), Massimo Volume (Italy), Senpai (Italy), Dude Plays Saxophone (USA), Toundra (Spain), Maxena Tace (Italy),Sawako (Japan), The Cleopatras (Italy), Hollowblue (Italy), OPA (USA), Nora Keyes (USA), Simona Gretchen(Italy), Facciascura (Italy), hiiragi fukuda (Japan), Stardog(Italy), I Got A Violet(Italy), The Agrarians (USA); Feldmaus (Russia); Red Velvet (Italy - France); Eigenheimer (Holland); Drugs Made Me Smarter (Mexico); Kelvin & Speedy Peones (Italy); Tidy Kid (USA); NIMM (Italy); MorningPaper (Italy), Edgar Graves (Czech Republic), Marshmallow (Croatia), David Morley (England/Belgium); Bancale (Italy); Antony Raijekov (Bulgary); Amélie (Italy); Celestial Aeon Project (Finland); Channel in Channel out (USA); Madrigali Magri (Italy), Gimme 'hat Moonshine (Belgium), Krakenti (Latvia), Wheelchair Discotheque (Latvia), TheOneOnTheIsland (Slovakia), Maok (Slovakia), LaBon (Slovakia), Jordan Jordan (Slovakia), Social Society (Slovakia), Batte (Norway), Orange Crush (Norway), Oriental Music System (Hong Kong), Iamsum (Hong Kong), Rex Cody (Hong Kong), Donkey Valium (Hong Kong), Smiling Buddhas (Hong Kong), O-M (Hong Kong), Hvoya (Ukraine), Automatic Pilot Required (Brazil), Yogi (Brazil), Light Merchants (South Africa), The Slowmovies (Italy); I am this (USA); Kråkvind (Sweden); Planet Brain (Italy); Lebatol (UK); Sarah Schuster (Italy); Krt 963 (Italy-Japan); Flap (Italy); Nicker Hill Orchestra (Italy); Menrovescio (Italy); Annabel (USA); Karmatest (Italy); The Dada Weatherman (France); Diablo Swing Orchestra (Sweden); Japanese gum (Italy); Above the tree (Italy); Volcano Playground (Canada); Linz (Italy); Anomie Belle (USA), Christophe Marc (France), Death Valley Sleepers (Denmark), Jeremy Sparrow (Denmark), Zoon van snooK (England), Systemton (Germany), Matti Bye (Sweden), Manuzik (Japan), Chances (Italy), Hometaping (Great Britain...?), Ping (Norway), Frey (New Zealand), Manhan (Japan), One Chef (Sweden), Mijagi (Poland), Pandacetamol (Scotland), Lu-Sin (Argentina), Thomas Solgaard (Denmark), Wonderboy (France), Los Hermanos Butaca (Argentina), La Biyuya (Argentina), Negro Fluo (Argentina), Sempai (Italy), Riccardo Vianello (Italy), Wolther goes stranger (Italy), Eildentroeilfuorieilbox84 (Italy), Buzz Aldrin (Italy), Stefano Roveda (Italy), Ro
