i was playing shuffle on my hd. a couple of not so interesting songs (by the carpenters, julie doiron, belle & sebastian, tre etc.) came on and then i skipped to a track which was immediately familiar but which i couldn't nail. i knew that i liked it but it took me a second or two to access my memory. it is the last track from massive attack's 100th window. the song is called antistar. in the beginning there is this rather menacing, often repeated hypnotic guitar theme (stereo speakers are a must). 100th window came out in early 2003. just before the us invaded iraq. the war was in the air. and massive attack do a groovy song with lots of arabic ornaments. i loved the album then and i love it now. praschl liked it and marcello too (scroll down for feb., 18th). the wide public didn't. it was five(!) years ago, totally unbelievable. i was convinced it was only a couple of months ago. i remember walking around at night in the snowy fields nearby with the now defunct discman, listening to this album and feeling pretty alienated. waiting for the apocalypse to come and almost enjoying it. the song is nearly twenty minutes long. there are a couple of pauses in the middle, i don't really know why. the second half is less interesting, just some playing around with the synthie. still quite charming. i think i am living in the past. and what about massive attack? anything new after that soundtrack with the black cat on the cover? i dunno.

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