Killing Joke: The Courtauld Talks
- The Courtauld Talks
This single track album is a CD reissue of a LP that was one of Invisible
Records first releases in the eighties. It is definitely quite unlike any other
Killing Joke release ever made. Instead of being a straight forward album of
western music, it is more of a spoken word piece with the occasional sound
effect or musical interlude that is used to accentuate the ideas behind the
hour long speech entitled "The Courtauld Talks". The premise of the speech is
to discuss the boundaries of music, the ability to smash those boundaries, and
the justification of the artist to freely break down those boundaries to
influence society as a whole. For whatever reason, Killing Joke has chosen to
try and justify their musical position in history with this speech. Perhaps
they really want their audience to be more in touch with their music or rather
to simply understand why they used this medium of music to try and express
their personal viewpoints on current social issues. In either case, it makes
for a very interesting listen as well as an intriguing look into the mindset of
an band who has influenced so many over the years.
Killing Joke is: Jaz Coleman, Gerodie Walker, Jeff Scantlebury & Martin Rex
Invisible Records
P.O. Box 16008
Chicago, IL 60618
E-mail: invisihq@aol.com
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