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This exciting collaboration with Detroit’s stalwart psych garage band, Duende came about when they approached me to work with them on a couple of new tracks for a forthcoming EP. These turned out extremely well and when I played them to my pal, genius songwriter / hermetic music guru, Damien Youth, whose opinion I rate most highly, he enthusiastically insisted that we develop the project into a full blown album. This we did. Recorded and mixed in one week at Tempermill Studio in Ferndale, MI, I regard it as one of the most vital sounding and inspired recordings of my career. We also pulled in some additional stellar local talent in Warren DeFever (His Name Is Alive) and also Joshua James (Theatre Bizarre Orchestra) to add yet more tasty ingredients to the swampy spiked mojo soup.
‘SLEEPERS, AWAKE!’
David J
Rock'n'Roll is full of little shared miracles. Our buddy, Frank
Woodman requested we cover 'No New Tale to Tell' by Love & Rockets for his birthday that night. He had already had a surprise party that reunited Detroit's beloved Paybacks a week earlier but decided to still go ahead with the party he initially planned. Pretty much in jest, I texted one Professor Fenster, who was lodging David J while he was in town working with the Theatre Bizarre Orchestra, to have him at Kelly's in Hamtramck in an hour because we were playing that song. Damned if David J didn't walk in the door with his 'Motor City Squeeze' and just a couple songs to go. David had received the message but was coming to the bar anyway. Half way through THAT song, he suddenly sprang up, grabbed the mic and let rip on the chorus. A seed had been sown.
Almost exactly a year later we invited David J to join us in the studio for a song. Prior to the session, at his suggestion, we started an online back and forth lyric writing exercise. He kicked it off with a few choice lines concerning crows pilfering trinkets from dreams. When I didn't answer his verse I was met with a message the next morning of, "You're taking far too long you know!". Great fun for a lyricist and a early insight in his ability to engage and develop the early impressions of inspiration. This poetic tete a tete blossomed into what would become 'Out Of My Dreams'.
That first day he walked into the studio as 'In the Shadow of 45' was being played back and said "My harmonica is in this key." He ended up contributing to this and the other tracks with bass or vocal, sometimes writing lyrics on the spot. We were on a roll, recording, mixing and mastering the record as well as shooting two videos inside of a week in and around Metro Detroit and the City proper. We had no label or any idea of how this inspired album was going to be released but feeling that true nature of ecstasy in creating something that didn't previously exist. The last track that we recorded (in one take) was 'Oracle', it's visionary lyrics having been written by David the day after an intense acid trip in 1986. David had discovered these in a little notebook while tidying up his storage unit. The book dropped out of a box and fell open at the first page. It was meant to be! Little shared miracles.
Jeff Howitt, Duende
credits
released October 26, 2018
ORACLE OF THE HORIZONTAL
DUENDE with David J
Duende is: Jeffery Howitt / Joel McCune / Scott Sanford / Laura Willem
Music by Duende // Lyrics by David J, except for Track 1 lyrics by Jeffery Howitt/David J and Track 3 lyrics by Jeffery Howitt
Produced by David J // Recorded at The Tempermill in Ferndale, Michigan by Tony
Hamera // Mixed by David J, Duende and Tony Hamera // Mastered by Tony Hamera
Track Listing:
1) Out of My Dreams
David J – Vocals / Jeffery Howitt – Vocals / Joel McCune – Guitars /
Scott Sanford – Bass / Laura Willem – Drums
2) Motor City Squeeze
David J – Vocals / Bass / Fender Bass VI / Jeffery Howitt – Backing vocals
Joel McCune – Guitars / Scott Sanford – Guitars / Laura Willem – Drums
3) In the Shadow of 45
David J – Harmonica / Jeffery Howitt – Vocals / Joel McCune – Guitar
Scott Sanford – Bass / Laura Willem – Drums
4) Queen Moon and the Brazen Bull
David J – Vocals/Bass / Joel McCune – Guitar / Scott Sanford – Guitar
Laura Willem – Drums
5) Alice Through the Windscreen
David J – Vocals / Joel McCune – Guitar / Scott Sanford – Guitar
Laura Willem – Drums / Piano / Grand piano / Rhodes / Mellotron / Backing
vocals / Joshua James – Tenor and baritone saxophones / Effects / Backing vocals / John Raleeh – Trombone / Backing vocals / Dave Vessella – Trumpet / Backing vocals / Warren Defever – Mellotron / Eric Kacir - Bell
6) Oracle
David J – Vocals / Joel McCune – Guitar / Scott Sanford – Guitar / Laura Willem – Drums / Joshua James – Tenor and baritone saxophones / Effects
Warren Defever – Mellotron
Front album art by Damien Youth
(Special thanks to Damien Youth and Reggie Tiessen)
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I bought the 12 inch single for Bela Lugosi’s Dead at Fred’s records in St. John’s, Newfoundland in the eighties and it remained a treasured item in my collection until it was lost, left behind, stolen, loaned out, whatever. I accepted that that item was lost to time and likely irreplaceable. Hence my utter shock to see that I will once again hear this evocative masterwork on vinyl along with an extra three tracks. I recall Boys was included on the B-side of that long list single. Thank you! skritti
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This is one album I wish I would have never bought. Usually, I listen to everything I can before ordering. This one I did not, and it was a mistake. Absolute rubbish. numan009
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Ahhh… the universal sound of 1980s misfit youth, still keeping us company after all these years. Fantastic versions here. Now, will he still rock the miniskirt during encores? marc_ian
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