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CD AGR 013
The Eve of Peeni Waali
CD1
1) I’m Still In Love with you (Alton Ellis) 4’26″ vocals, bass & guitars: Dennis Bovell / drums: Daniel Spahni / reeds: Steve Gregory / brass: Shirley A. Hofmann / keyboards: Fizzè
2) Beautiful Lady ( Fizzè / V. Taylor) 3’30” snare drum: Gilles “Dizzi” / Rieder / bass: Robbie Shakespeare / sax: Dean Frazer / brass: Rico Rodriguez & Felix “Deadly Headley” Bennet / ukulele & accoustic guitar: Cédric Vuille / el. guitar: Laurent Viennet / percussion: Leon “Scully” Simms / keyboards: Fizzè
3) I ain’t pay (copyright control) 2’28″ vocal & trombone: Rico / programming: Fizzè
4) MongolSka (Selenge / Fizzè) (2’04″) hammered dulcimer: Selenge / vocal: Djingis Khan / cello: Raphael Zweifel / bass, flute, picolo, ukulele, organ, guitar & bass drum: Fizzè
5) I’m the Man in the Dark Sedan (Snakefinger) 3’00″ drums: D. Spahni / cello: R. Zweifel / vocal: Heinz Vetsch / guitars: Hubert Osterwalder / baritone sax: S. Gregory / tuba & euphonium: S. Hofmann
6) Tier (Bob Dylan) 5’07” drums: D. Spahni / bass, keyboards, flute & vocal: Fizzè / guitars: John Kpiaye / trombone: Peter Thoms / sax: S. Gregory
7) Brave Margot (Georges Brassens) 3’10″ drums: D. Spahni / bass, kbds & vox: Fizzè / guitar: H. Osterwalder / accordion: T. Morgenstern / pedal steel guitar: J. Frei / ukulele: C. Vuille
8) Colorace (Fizzè) 3’50″ vox: Taj Mahal / primal cry (8.8.99): Andrì de Bros / children’s voices: Guy de Bros, Sandra Burri & Angela Bösch / accordion: Tobias Morgenstern / guitars: Rainer Rohloff / keyboards: Stefan Kling / quanun: Hossam Shaker / flute: Fizzè / the laugh: Lee “Scratch” Perry
9) Däne wo’s guet got (Mäni Matter) 3’08″ drums & perc.: Dizzi / bass: Jean-Maurice “Momo” Rossel / keyboards, hunting calls & vox: Fizzè / Romansch: Linard Bardill & Jan Sedlacek / Italian: Marco Zappa / baritone sax: Sebastian Piekarek /
Hammond C 3 organ: Assi Schröder
bonus tracks:
from the Vinyl Maxi 45 RpM Mensch AGR 003 – 1987 HBB feat. Rico
10) Can’t Stop Rudie 3’54″
11) Crossroads 7’48″
12) Singing her Name 4’00″
more bonus tracks:
13) Beacon of Hope (lyrics: Linton Kwesi Johnson, music: Fizzè & Dizzi) 5’38” narration: LKJ / trombone: Rico / bass: D. Bovell / keyboards: Fizzè / percussion: Fizzè, Dizzi& D. Bovell / ukulele: C. Vuille / guitar: L. Viennet / milkpots:Pascal Cuche / Hammond organ solo: Jerome Van Jones / squeezebox: John “Alig” Pierce
14) More Nice Time (Fizzè) 2’47” drums: D. Spahni / bass & guitar: D. Bovell / trombone: Rico / the captain: Lee “Scratch” Perry / jodel: Ligia Godinez, H. Vetsch & Fizzè / tuba, euphonium, trombone & fluegelhorn: S. Hofmann / baritone, tenor & alto sax: S. Gregory / hackbrett: Roland Schiltknecht / ukulele & vibrato guitar: C. Vuille / accordion: T. Morgenstern / balafon: Dizzi / keyboards: Fizzè
15) Rockaman Soul (traditional) 4’05” vocal, trombone & percussion: Rico / guitar: M. Millar / drums: see track 2 of this disc / bass, keyboards & flute: Fizz
CD2
1) Game 4’46” drums: Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace / bass & ukulele: C. Vuille / guitar: Earl “Chinna” Smith / trombones: Rico / guitar solo: J. Kpiaye / Hammond B 3 solo: Barbara Dennerlein / keyboards: Fizzè
2) Andrìconnis (Fizzè) 4’01″ drums: D. Spahni / bass, keyboards & flute: Fizzè / guitars: J. Kpiaye / trombone: P. Thoms / sax: S. Gregory / trombone solo: Rico / trumpet: Eddie “TanTan” Thornton / violin: Johnny T.
3) Song for Bimbo (Fizzè- horns arranged by S. Gregory) dedicated to Valentina Pandin 3’20″ drums: Nico Loser / bass & keyboards: Fizzè / piano solo: S. Kling / hackbrett: R. Schiltknecht / el. guitars: H. Osterwalder / acoustic guitar: J. Kpiaye / soprano & tenor sax: S. Gregory / trombone: Peter Thoms
4) Basler Dep (Fizzè / T. Morgenstern) 4’29″ drums: D. Spahni / bass, piccolo & guitars: Fizzè / balafon & perc.: Dizzi / Hammond B 3 organ & accordion: T. Morgenstern / sax: S. Gregory
5) Emmentaler Dep (Fizzè – Dub by C. Vuille) 5’51” drums: “Horsemouth” / perc. & kbds.: Fizzè / bass, ukulele & guitars: C. Vuille / slide trombone: Rico / tuba, euphonium & valve trombone: S. Hofmann / reeds: S. Gregory / harmonica: Marc “Nof-Nof” Tourtchaninoff / sax solos: Dean Frazer
6) Still Love Dub (Alton Ellis) 4’49” drums: D. Spahni / bass & guitars: D. Bovell / reeds & flute: S. Gregory / brass: S. Hofmann / keyboards: Fizzè
7) Satin Doll (Duke Ellington) 4’57” drums: Baz Smith / bass & guitars: D. Bovell / perc.: Fizzè & D. Bovell / / trombone: Rico / Hammond B 3 organ: Jerome Van Jones / keyboards: Fizzè
8) Son of Rockaman Dub 2 (Fizzè – inspired by a traditional) 5’03” drums: see track 2 on disc 1 / bass, keyboards & flute: Fizzè / guitar: M. Millar / vocal, trombone & percussion: Rico
9) Blue Moon (Rogers/Heart) 3’03″ drums: “Horsemouth” / bass & rythm guitar: Fizzè / pick guitar: D. Bovell / Hammond B 3 organ: Georgie Fame / reeds: S. Gregory / accordion: T. Morgenstern
10) Hi-Life (Wally Badarou) 4’53″ shaker & darbouka: Dizzi / tenor sax: Michael “Bammie” Rose / the rest: Fizzè
11) Maxi Mali (Dennis Bovell) 6’00″ drums: Dizzi / bass & guitars: D. Bovell / kbds. & sampling: Fizzè
bonus track:
12) (Hip) Hop Schwiiz! (Fizzè / Morgenstern) extended mix 6’36″ drums: D. Spahni / bass: Fizzè / darbouka: Dizzi / turntables: Maurice Nigg / beatbox: Philip Willi / accordion & clavinet: T. Morgenstern / hammond C 3 organ: B. Dennerlein / ukulele: C. Vuille / guitars: John Kpiaye / sax: S. Gregory
13) Bonus Medley: (demo/rough mix) 10’22″
a) God Only Knows (Brian Wilson) 1‘ 30″ drums: “Horsemouth” / bass & pick guitar: D. Bovell / percussion: “Scully” / Hammond C 3 organ: Alain Hovaguimian / piano & flute: Fizzè / alto flute: S. Gregory / backing vocals: The Beach Boys (sample from ‘Our Prayer’) / tuba, euphonium & fluegelhorn: S. Hofmann / accordion: T. Morgenstern / trombone: Rico / soprano sax: D. Frazer
b) Third Man Theme (Anton Karras) 1‘04″ drums: “Horsemouth” / bass & piano: Fizzè / hackbrett: R. Schiltknecht / Hammond C 3 organ: A. Hovaguimian / zither: Peter Nachbaur / acoustic guitar: H. Osterwalder
c) Dérive (Fizzè) 1‘17″ drums: “Horsemouth” / bass, m’bira & piano: Fizzè / bassoon: Sina Samia / cabassa: Dizzi / accordion: T. Morgenstern / trombone: Gerhard Lampert / hackbrett: R. Schiltknecht / lead guitar: H. Osterwalder
d) Viva la papa col pomodore (Nino Rota) 1‘21″ zither: P. Nachbaur / blown bottles & christal glasses: Fizzè
e) Brave Margot (Georges Brassens) 3’11″ drums: D. Spahni / vocal & programming: Fizzè
f) I’ve got you under my Skin (Cole Porter) 1‘58″ drums: “Horsemouth” / bass & pick guitar: D. Bovell / alto sax: D. Frazer / trombone: Rico / Hammond C 3 organ: G. Fame / percussion: Fizzè
Arranged, recorded, mixed & produced by Fizzè
at the Mensch House, CH – 9476 Weite
CD1 release date = december 31st 1999
CD2 realease date = january 1st 2000
The culminating point: the first and the last double CD of the turn of the century (I thought…)…
More Info
After the release of “The Dawn” (1989) and “The Return” (1997) I was still left with plenty unfinished tunes and many new ideas. Hence I decided to kick-off yet another ‘sequel’ of Peeni Waali (jamais deux sans trois!…), figuring I’d complete the round of this 12 year composition cycle as a kind of trylogy.
I realised there was too much music for one single CD. Always learning from past experiences (and/or constructuve critic), I shaped one CD more song-oriented and the other instrumentally (like most of the previous material was).
While I was reworking an old rythm (from 1981!), I wanted to adapt a poem of Swiss troubadour Mani Matter. The idea to do it in the four national languages of our country brought in
Linard Bardill.
The italian part of the poem was done by
Marco Zappa, also a musician/poet in his own right of the southern part of Switzerland, the canton of Tessin. The tune was ideal to set some wicked instrumental part on top of the poem. And the occasion presented itself with the arrival of
Sebastian Piekarek who’d come here to do baritone and alto sax on Daniel Spahni’s solo album.
Never mind the french guy. I forgot…
Obviously new musicians were to cross my path. Again recording for
Face Music, I met more people from Mongolia and the MongolSka was born.
I’ve always wanted to meet the trumpeter who played with Rico,
Eddie ‘TanTan’ Thornton , so I took advantage of a stay in London (early 1999) to arrange a recording session that would also include violonist
Johnny T. (from the Dennis Bovell Dub Band). At the same time, it was nice to meet Rico and Steve Gregory again and record some more with them. That session also brought in a new hornsman: trombonist
Peter Thoms.
Having switched from the french part of Switzerland (Neuchâtel) to the eastern part, naturally, I made new friends, new connection and obviously, I’d include some of them, like
Heinz Vetsch – R.I.P. (one of the jodlers on Nice Time) to be featured as lead-vocalist this time. Heinz, a very knowledgeable melomane – running the great recordshop “Bajazzo” in Buchs/SG – introduced me to
Raphael Zweifel. who’s a solid backbone and ‘secret weapon’ to this day
Drawing the ‘casting-net’ closer and as it happened so often, there were also ‘last minute’ ideas to finish a tune. That brought in bassplayer
Walter Nigg and his son Maurice Nigg. Walter had made the great sleeve for the “Kulu” CD and Maurice already played turntables on the previous project.
And just before mixing the last tune, there was jet another player joining the club:
Jack Frei, a fine pedal steel guitar player. And my apetite of plentyful orchestration demanded to include a zither for a tune that always apeared a bit ska to me, Anton Karras’ “Third Man Theme”. Hence I met austrian player Peter Nachbaur.
Priviledged to feature an abundance of craftsmanship, it was a big treat to relate to all these guinuine people. The challenge of making an album by colouring, flavouring and assembling all sorts of elements in one concept was an incredible task, yet unconventional and gratifiying…
Bless my local musicians, my mates from “Gumbo”, the late Laurent Viennet, Pasal Cuche (R.I.P.), Gilles “Dizzi” Rieder, Momo Rossel, Shirley Hofmann and Daniel Spahni…
Anyway… we hope you’ll be listening still by the time “Peeni Waali” will light you up!…