THE SUMMER EYE
BLACKMILK
CATALOGUE
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a full cream overload - dense mood music rich in retro synths and blippy toys underscored by beautifully melodic bass work and super cool post-rock drum beats. nothing's overstated or overblown. tracks:
ramon da silva - vocal, synth & toys recorded
at sui studios by david langeman. mixed at sui studios by dirk
hugo. mastered by tim lengfeld. all words and music by blackmilk,
except additional words on goodbye satellite by david leslie searle. all
songs published by wotsongs
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cd: the summer eye
even though blackmilk have already come and gone, leaving a rather sad hole in our musical landscape, their recording 'the summer eye' remains with us as one of the most fetching post-rock albums to have come out of south africa's undergrowth. for three years, cape town quartet blackmilk wrote, recorded and performed structurally elusive avant pop at its best: intricate, intelligent, and infectious. their skew arrangements, off-centre harmonies, and intoxicated drum and bass rhythms interspersed with just a little bit of fuzzbox, loudhailer and arcade trash secured them an almost cult following wherever and whenever they performed. while their ability to mutate between slacker folk, post-rock, quirky pop, and improvised shoegazer drone saw them tour the country and play with some of south africa's finest. they appeared at the 1999, 2000 and 2001 oppikoppi festivals; toured nationally with the springbok nude girls and supported other high profile bands such as boo!, sugardrive and fetish. operating out of their own sui studios in cape town, the band first released a (limited edition) ep - 'goodbye satellite' before the full length 'the summer eye'. a posthumous ep featuring the previously unreleased song 'kimono dragon' with it's own music video has also now seen the light of day. and guitarist ian watson's forthcoming album 'ek is legio' has been released on open record under the name 'enkeleen'.
the band
consists of:
ian watson (guitar, keys, vocals) formally of lithium and currently
operating as electronica maverick enkeleen
ramon da silva (vocals, keys, toys) formally of redondo fish and currently
working on a solo project
paul opie (bass) formally of lithium
damian staz (drums) formally of tran.sky and currently playing with
global village idiots
review: the summer eye on open record
"blackmilk
is this country's number one undiscovered talent and impeccable playing,
cyber sound effects and poignant song writing leaves one breathless.
although they had a small audience, the response from those who happened
to stumble on their frozen performance was inspirational and another
highlight of the festival." - world online
"an asynchronous serendipity with odd time shifts." - argus tonight
"live performance of 2000" - blackmilk at worcester oppikoppi, jazz
stage - top 40 magazine
"if you can imagine morton from a-ha fronting a chicago post rock band
like tortoise, then you get the idea!" - mail & guardian
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01 enkeleen ek is legio full details buy online |
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02 alex van heerden & derek gripper sagtevlei full details buy online |
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03 brendon bussy diesel geiger full details buy online |
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04 benguela sui full details buy online |
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05 derek gripper blomdoorns full details buy online |
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CONTACT
ross campbell
iliketea@iafrica.com
cape town
south africa
distributed
in south africa by
kurse music distribution
contact alastair
tel: 021 424 1959 alastair@kursemusic.co.za