Edward Ka-Spel :::
"This could be my favorite TG piece. The whole thing was
conceived on the bus with Skinny Puppy in 1987 when we
were on the way to New York. We'd had a show cancelled
in Trenton, New Jersey and decided to have a, let's
say, psychedelic, hallucinatory party on the bus while
we drove to Washington, DC. It was a glorious journey,
full of laughter, deep communication, praying to the
Washington Monument and not finding a motel for AGES. I
just jotted down the words and it seemed to be all
about this amazing tour, my sadder life back in
Holland, and, I guess, my whole place on
the planet...When it came to the music, Cevin and I
literally took turns creating scenarios while Rave
(Dave Ogilvie) interpreted the ideas we had with
the vision of a guru. It still makes me cry now."
cEvin Key :::
"This was a conceptual track that we had decided to
use an entire reel of 2" tape for the recording (16 minutes). I recall
that Edward had prewriiten the sequence of the song on
to a small Roland keyboard at Rave's house. We added a few other tracks and then
went to Mushrooom. We had a few special friends in
attendance that evening as we recorded it all in one night. Adrian Sherwood
was there with Doug Wimbish for a brief period just before recording
started. I think that hyped us out a bit. Lee Salford (Section
25) was there, who plays the amazing marching drums in
the song. Ogre was there, and the duet between him
and Ed is pretty classic. Edward had a great idea
about what he wanted from each section, and we
followed suit. What a great time that was."
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