On this day, 30 years ago, the Scottish electro band The Shamen conquered the fist position on the UK independent single charts (27 July 1991) with “Move Any Mountain”, where its stayed for 5 consecutive weeks. Although initially released under the title ‘Pro>gen’, in 1989, the song was re-released in the UK on 15 July and got remixed by numerous various artists. It also became The Shamen’s first top-ten single, in the regular UK Singles Chart reaching as high as number 4.
Move Any Mountain (Pro>gen 91)
Move any mountain, move any mountain
I will not fail nor falter, I shall succeed
My perception is altered, I do believe
Faith is so strong now nothing shall bar my way
Firm conviction is no fiction
This is my day
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I walk so tall, ascending I stand so high
Earth below me revolving above the sky
I feel no fear to be here is oh so fine
Shining brightly, like sunlight inside my mind
Well you know that any mountain is capable of moving
The Shamen and the new generation who are proving
You can be what you want to be
Let your soul and your body and your mind be free
Well never mind, we all are that
And going all the way is where I'm at
With delivery smooth like water from a fountain
That's why I can move any mountain
Move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
Move any mountain
Move any mountain
Future feeling, new sensation
Body is rocking and the mind is reeling
And rolling race changing motion
Flowing like a river into the ocean
Better get yourself ready for the new vibration
My vision, one nation, one tribe
One day'll come the might to move any mountain
Move any mountain
Move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I walk so tall, ascending I stand so high
Earth below me revolving above the sky
I feel no fear to be here is oh so fine
Shining brightly, like sunlight inside my mind
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
I can move move move any mountain
Songwriters: Colin Gilbert Angus / Richard West / Will Sin
Pro-Gen © Tairona Songs Ltd
Belgian industrial band CONTROVERSIAL have just dropped the visualizer for their song "Violence." The track appears on CONTROVERSIAL's most recent Cleopatra Records release, Second Genesis.
The song "Violence" is based on a documentary from the 1990s about human violence.
As far as motivation is concerned, CONTROVERSIAL deals with the darker side of humanity. Violence is of course up there and we refer also to war as the culmination of violence. We do it from the position of a spectator outside of humanity.
"There's aesthetic/sound inspirations like for instance using social commentary samples (like Ministry). These are mainly represented by songs on social and political themes. There are also themes that evoke an emotional reaction like anger, frustration and hate. Then there are "streams of consciousness" songs, where we don't really have a concrete theme, but we open ourselves up to what comes naturally while we mentally associate with certain feelings and themes.
Lastly, since we are a "left hand path" band, themes of that philosophy are to be found in our lyrics, like the importance of the ego and the emancipation of the "self". - Bart - (CONTROVERSIAL)
For fans of: SKREW & MINISTRY
Industrial band FLEISCHKRIEG have unleashed their new video for the single "Reach." The song features fellow goth/industrial artist NUDA and will appear on the forthcoming album Herzblut, due out in October, 2021.
"Our understanding of the larger ecology of mind and matter is inadequate to fully address what’s really happening in our reality. As more people wake up, the more I think people will be harassed. I feel like that’s what I experience. I think we humans have a lot to learn about what’s really going on in the greater scheme of things."
For fans of: RAMMSTEIN, LORD OF THE LOST & DEPECHE MODE
The album Herzblut as a whole is about how we’re always fighting a war of some kind for both our physical, mental and emotional survival.
There are a lot more layers to this struggle than most realize. Every day is a “fleshkrieg” (flesh war) if you think about it. Something or someone is always trying to steal our natural resources of mind, body, and spirit. I hope the album inspires people to know they’re not alone in this battle. And that the search for the truth should be ever-present in their lives.
Dark Electro/Industrial Band NORMORIA Addresses Struggles And Division With New Video
Swedish/American dark electro band NORMORIA have unveiled their new video "Land Of The Rich", from their latest EP Voyage.
"Land Of The Rich" is the new music video taken from our latest EP, Voyage, and it highlights how incredibly divided the US currently is. While the rich keep getting richer and most Americans are struggling to get by in a country in distress. Booming vocals, punkish guitars and intense bass are part of what makes this track one of this dark electro Industrial bands most energetic and in-your-face songs!"
For Fans Of: Dark Electro/Industrial, Industrial Rock
On this day, 38 years ago, The Cure performed ‘The Walk’ on Top Of The Pops!
On this day, 38 years ago, The Cure performed their single ‘The Walk’ on BBC's Top Of The Pops (July 22nd 1983). Initially released as a stand-alone single in July 1983, it almost immediately became the title track of a six-track 12” EP.
The song became The Cure's biggest UK hit to this point, peaking at #12, and their first entry into the UK top 20.
At the time of recording The Cure was briefly reduced to the two founding members Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst following the departure of bassist Simon Gallup following the end of the band's previous tour in support of the album Pornography (1982).
Created using relatively new electronic equipment, the Oberheim OB-8 synthesizer and DMX drum machine, the genesis and recording of the track - though not the release date - predates New Order’s Blue Monday. Similarities between the tracks are likely the result of experimentation with similar equipment.
This ‘just out of the box’ experimentation is best illustrated by listening to the opening of ‘The Walk’. The synth note that gives the track its distinctive discordant feel was the result of a stubborn piece of keyboard programming the band found impossible to remove.
The Walk
I called you after midnight
Then ran until I burst
I passed the howling woman
And stood outside your door
We walked around the lake
And woke up in the rain
And everyone turned over
Troubled in their dreams again
Visiting time is over
And so we walk away
And both play dead then cry out loud
Why we always cry this way?
I kissed you in the water
And made your dry lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese baby
In an instant I remembered everything, everything, everything
I called you after midnight
Then ran until my heart burst
I passed the howling woman
And stood outside your door
I kissed you in the water
And made your dry lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese baby
In an instant I remembered everything, everything, everything
Take me for a walk
Take me for a walk
Let's go in the water
Take me for a walk
Songwriters: Robert James Smith / Laurence Andrew Tolhurst
© Universal Music
