lp. recloose organisation. loose010 released 1986( vinyl only )
'preparing for power' is often marked as being bourbonese qualk's darkest lp. the album was written and recorded at a time of political upheaval in the uk. the background to this album was the increasing but doomed resistance to the right wing state during the 1980s, manifested by the miners and printers strike and anti-state riots in the capitol. the title is a cynical reference to a traditional left political campaign of the time. the recordings took part in the groups hq-the ambulance station- which was increasingly becoming the target of police attention, factional disputes and random violence. the building was abandoned towards the end of the year 1986. the lp released on the groups own 'recloose organisation' label is now unavailable, tracks were later released on the "bo-qu" retrospective compilation.
Personnel
Simon Crab: Electronics, guitar and voice
Steven Tanza: Drums
Julian gilbert: voice
Reviews
sounds.uk. march 1986,
bourbonese qualk "preparing for power" lp
"...there is something very unsettling about old kent roaders bourbonese qualk; their anonymity, (intentional or otherwise?), their politics (some sort of anarchy?) their raison d"etre (artistic, political, self expression ?). my infrequent visits to live events at bq hq-an old ambulance station- have always been something of an ordeal and their new album is no exception. "preparing for power" the third for their own label is another blighted musical landscape , as suffocating and uncomfortable as the urban albumen they live in. there are signs of hope like the incongruously pretty "is it as it was?" but for the real (gloomy) picture you don"t have to look much further than titles such as "confrontation", "insurrection", "lies", "backlash" and "xenophobia"......."
david elliot
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| 'preparing for power' lp cover |
Track Listing
[download mp3]
side a
return to order
outcry
boggy creek
confrontation
lies
soft city
side b
xenophobia
born left-hearted
is-it-as-it-was
backlash
insurrection
bourbonese qualk archives 2003