The first album we recorded as Loosh was called First Station after the name given by Cartola, one of Tayo's favourite Brazilian composers, to the Samba school he was the Patron for, Mangueira. He called the Samba School First Station (Estação Primeira de Mangueira) because Mangueira was situated at the first stop from the train taken at Central do Brasil, famous for the Film with the same name.
List of tracks:
1. Magda K - The meaning of the title only Tayo knows. It was originally written by Kaddish and completely changed in its new arrangement. It resembles a patchwork quilt with its mixture of lyrics in English, Portuguese and nonsense scatting in a trip-hop style with dreamy keyboards. It was once called Fox and Hounds but as I mentioned earlier Tayo prefers that the title of the song does not appear on the lyrics.
2 - Dreams and Lies - Originally from Dancyn' Days, the vocal melody of the new version was changed so much that we really attribute it to Loosh. It's my favourite song in a California Soul/Bossa Nova style beginning with the sampled sound of our beautiful sea and seagulls. It was the first song to get a video made for it.
3 - Joker of Hearts - The title was translated from Portuguese "Coringa de Copas" which rendered its short introduction in Portuguese as a homage when I mix the word Copas with Copacabana. It was conceived as a Brazilian Disco track with the dance floor in mind. It marks the first time I made the vocal melody instead of Paulo.
4 - Kings Road to Rio - It's a mash-up from the song originally from Kaddish called Rio Sightseeing and the lyrics from Kings Road never recorded before. It features the sample of Cartola's voice stating he was born in Rio de Janeiro. It has a reggae feel to it or what is called in Brazil Samba -Reggae. I added an extra English/Portuguese part to it that resembles a lot of the homage music made for Rio de Janeiro by foreign artists in the 70's and 80's.
5 - Sleepiness Inside - One of the songs written at the time I gave titles for Tayo to write lyrics from, during Zen Arcade/Seven Miles High times it has a Northeastern folk tone to it played in a 10-string guitar aided by a squeezebox sound.
6 - Mess - It features the song and schizophrenic guitars from Cleopatra Morreu, a song from Kaddish times, a samba rhythm, Brazilian percussion but lyrics and melody from another song never recorded before. It also features a very Morrisey type of singing chorus and the chorus in Portuguese from Cleopatra Morreu in Vocoder style, perhaps the title makes sense but just like a teenager bedroom it is a mess that does make sense to its owner.
7 - Umba Neme - Originally from Kaddish it features a Berimbau, instrument from the Martial Art Capoeira and the African like sounds typical from the state of Bahia and words in Yoruba. It's one of the most nonsense lyrics we have, featuring words mainly for its sonority. "Neme" is a word created by our circle of friends in the 80's which is a contraction of "Não é mesmo?" which works as the English slang "innit?"
8 - Islands - Originally written by Dancyn' Days is the only song I have ever written from scratch on the bass, with Loosh it was incorporated into a Samba School "Batucada".
9 - The Right Time - Also from Seven Miles High it wasn't changed much from its original acoustic guitar voice and percussion format, a beautiful acoustic song.
10 - Again - Another one from Seven Miles High Times, it had a beautiful "Cuica" incorporated in its 60's dreamy layers of guitars and keyboards.
11 - Construction - A mix of samba and contemporary trip-hop and dance music, an instrumental featuring again Cartola stating he was born in Rio de Janeiro and more extracts of his interview.
12 - Victoria She was - From Dancyn' Days, originally almost a punk rendition, under Loosh a true homage to North Eastern music or Forro mixed with schizophrenic guitars. One of the songs that most exemplify our aim as Kaddish/Felix Fritz/Loosh of being a true Brazilian Indie Band.
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