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Songs of Faith and Distortion

by BAHUR

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Ти си на 16. Аз съм на 120. Старчески пънк. Куцам, клякам, падам. Лягам и умирам. Старчески пънк.
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Буксур 02:57
Някои неща смърдят само като ги приближиш. Колкото повече си вреш носа, толкова по-непомосима е миризмата. Нещастници парадират със способността си да говорят добре. Знам как ще стане, но ми липсва сила на характера и правилен изказ, да го кажа. Не мога да мисля мащабно, когато успявам да действам дребнаво. Бих излязъл пред всички и с много мощна сила бих изкрещял: - Вървете по дяволите, глупави хора! Страхувам се някой ден да се спра и да се усетя, че просто дребнави били са те. А аз съм бил просто подтиснат... А аз съм бил просто подтиснат от тяхното его.
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Срам ме е и съм презрян Цял живот отива зян. Няма вече значение. Да успееш е привидение. Самосъжалението е жалко Колкото и да е малко. Думите ме уморяват. Думите ме изоставят. ...И текстът е готов. ТИ ПРЕ-ЗРИ ДУ-МИ-ТЕ!
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A 03:15
I am walking down the dusty road, and knowing that I've lost all direction and hope, I am looking for the laughs we shared while growing and searching for the thoughts I lost while gone I am going down I am searching for some spaces, I I am going down I am walking down the twisty road, and despite knowing that this stage was long over, I'm looking for that fiery spark Exploring dimensions, yet to uncover I am going down I am searching for some spaces, I I am going down
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Clismatic 02:44
Long day, never ending. Wish I could stop pretending for all the things that I am not. What I am I now forgot. Again. I'm writing. Empty. Lines. Is this something? I wanna write, I write to fight, I fight to write. For nothing. This is something. I think.
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Lamansha 04:08
Life is changing - you can tell (For) better or worse - do not dwell Clinch your fist; brace your back Walk the pain - you never crack Do I chose my way? Can I change my fate? Living in disgrace - No more from this day! Life is changing - I can see Not because of you - just because of me Embracing who I am - let me feel and take the reins of my own will Do I chose my may? Can I change my fate? Be the one to weigh Before it turns too late
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RJK 04:02
Russian journalist killers You are champions of cowardice Post-ideology non-believers Guilt and fear lead you to this: To maim, poison and murder Brave men for their honesty Women for their audacity You wouldn't spare even mothers In your language bequeathed are two words for veracity you say PRAVDA and ISTINA why shun from using them properly? These two words are two names Two names for two women That will haunt you forever In dreams, in life and in death And then they will haunt your offspring Russian journalist killers you most vile kind of vermin Primitive pigs and reptiles Hiding inside the Kremlin You create a world of brutality You try to distort reality You kindle fake nationalism You drown in deep amorality You hate human achievers Russian journalist killers
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BLOOD FLOW POUNDING IN MY HEAD MY EARS ABSORB CLOCK TICKING CHOPPING TIME BEFORE I AM DEAD THE SILENCE IS SICKENING MOROSE THOUGHT CYCLE IN NEED TO ESCAPE NOT SUCCUMBING TO EXTERNAL SENSUAL OVERLOAD INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION BUILDING BRICKS IN THE AIR BOUND BY THE MORTAR OF MY OWN WILL I MAKE THE WORLD BEGIN FROM ME FROM MY TIME I OFTEN HIDE TIME YOU NEITHER SELL NOR BUY FACE THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN FAST OR SLOW IT IS DEATH-DRIVEN
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Für Aneta 04:38

about

This 10-track retrospective encapsulates the reunion of the band, which occurred between January 2010 and September 2014. It captures the band in a period of deliberate search for conventional song structures, as opposed to their experimental feats from the late 1990’s. The title of the album, “Songs of Faith and Distortion” is suiting to the mix of irony and earnestness that permeates the content. The cover of the album is also indicative of the state of ruin, or perhaps structural incompleteness of the material, i.e. those ruins being on an elevated plain from which something better and more beautiful is about to emerge (but never does, haha).

This eclectic presentation begins with the first 3 tracks being in Bulgarian language. The opener, “Old man punk”, was inspired by a live gig by the Sofia punk band “Razvrat & Pokvara” and the lyrics are a partial tribute to the pathetic drama of “Going Blind” - covered by The Melvins in their Houdini album.

Immediately following is “Buksur”, a song with a nickname that emerged from a misnomer that caught up among the band members. Structurally, the song begins with the vocals starting immediately with the instrumentation and continuing as a rant in the good tradition of Sorry Rock.

Number three is “Scorn the words”, recorded live in the rehearsal studio. Lyrically, it deals with the theme of writer's’ block. Originally written in English in 1998, the words were adapted to Bulgarian for this recording.

Opening the sequence of English-language songs is “A”. The title is derived from the foundational status of the song for BAHUR – it was both the first traditional rock song they ever wrote in the 1990’s and the first song that they played upon reuniting in 2010.

“Clismatic” is another song that deals with writer’s block, which emerges as a theme in the body of work of BAHUR, opening up a fundamental question whether they should be using lyrics at all if it’s causing such a stir. A similar foreboding question looms when it comes to the music. Why bother?

“Lamansha” is named after the multi-year project of constructing a tunnel below the English Channel (La Manche). The song took many months to construct and rehearse and nobody knew why. Why did this bloody song was such a pain, when it’s nothing special, really? It is the last studio recording of BAHUR to date.

“Russian Journalist Killers” came to life from anger and frustration following the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya and a number of prominent Russian journalists in the 2000s.

“The Silence is Sickening” was also nicknamed “By Lemons Be Driven”. It was constructed around a bass riff with a longer guitar riff extrapolated over the repeated bass figure. It’s one that sure was fun to play.

The remix of “Old man punk” was done by our long-time friend and collaborator The Scum, who records under the ARMED moniker.

Lastly, the album closes with a piece that reveals the new direction of the BAHUR sound shortly before their dissolution in 2014. “Für Aneta” was composed for a literature project of one of the band’s long- time friends. Structurally it employs silence and minimalism within an eclectic structure that includes a bluesy central part. In a way this is a return to form to BAHUR’s more experimental past.
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Заглавието на албума e смесица от ирония и искреност, а обложката пресъздава състоянието на разруха или по-скоро структурна незавършеност на материала, въпреки че тези “руини” се издигат на една висота, от която във всеки момент може да се появи нещо по-добро и красиво (но това така и не се случва, xexe).

Aлбумът започва с три парчета на български. Първото, “Старчески пънк”, е вдъхновено от концертните изпълнения на пънкарите “Разврат и поквара”, а текстът отчасти е драматично подобие на “Going blind”- в изпълнение на Мелвинс от албума им “Худини”.

Следва “Буксур”, чието име възникна спонтанно, след като постоянно й бъркахме заглавието. Структурно песента е интересна с това, че започва експлозивно с вокалите съвместно с инструментала и продължава с гневни излияния в традициите на Sorry Rock.

Третата песен - “Презри думите”, е записана на живо в репетиционната. Става дума за това, че не можем да пишем текстове. Измислена на английски през 1998, оригиналната версия тук е адаптирана на български.

Първа от песните на английски е “А”. Това е първото “традиционно” рок парче, което БАХУР създават през 90-те и първото, което възстановяват при събирането си през 2010.

“Клизматика” е друга песен, която се занимава с темата за блокажа на твореца - честа тема в творчеството на БАХУР, повдигаща въпросa дали изобщо песните трябва да имат текстове, след като се оказват такъв проблем за групата. Същото може да се каже и за музиката!

“Ламанша” е кръстена на дългогодишния проект за прокопаване на тунел под протока между Франция и Англия - La Manche. Не е ясно защо писането и репетирането на тази песен отне толкова много месеци, при положение, че не е нищо особено... Тя е и последното записано парче на БАХУР от втория период.

“Russian Journalist Killers” се появи в изблик на гняв и фрустрация след показните убийства на Анна Политковская и други видни разследващи руски журналисти след 2000 г.

“The Silence is Sickening”, или както още е наричана “By Lemons Be Driven”, е конструирана върху повтарящ се бас риф комбиниран с по-дълъг китарен риф. (Беше кеф наживо да се свири тази).

Ремиксът на Старчески пънк е направен от дългогодишният колаборатор на групата - Скума, под името на индъстриал проекта му ARMED.

Последното парче в албума - “Für Aneta”, е композирано специално за литературния проект на някой, който ще остане неназован (ако не броим заглавието на песента). Структурно, парчето загатва за връщане към по-експерименталното минало на групата.

Всички песни са записани и мастерирани от Владимир Бочев в Zero Project Studio, София, между 2012 и 2014 г., с изключение на “Бускур” и “RJK” - записани през 2011 в бившето “Студио Балкантон”.

Това е засега.

credits

released March 29, 2019

BAHUR are:
GGBG - guitar
ZINAF - bass
MIMO - vocals
Папа Йоан-Бахур 1-ви - drums (and vocals on 1 and 6)

All songs were recorded in Zero Project Studio, Sofia between 2012 and 2014 and mastered by Vladimir Bochev, except for “Buksur” and “RJK” that were recorded in 2011 in the former Balkanton studios.

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BAHUR Troyan, Bulgaria

BAHUR is a band founded in 1994 in Troyan, Bulgaria. Initially active in the period 1995-2001, the band was dormant for a long stretch thereafter, reforming in 2010 and disbanding again in 2014.

BAHUR are:

GGBG - guitar
ZINAF - bass
MIMO - vocals
Папа Йоан-Бахур 1-ви - drums
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