HIBOU, ANEMONE & BEAR

 

'I loved him and I will always love him.' Philippe Auclair sottolinea con dolore la scomparsa pochi giorni fa dell'affezionato amico Cathal Coughlan, cantante e autore di canzoni emerso negli anni Ottanta e Novanta in Microdisney e Fatima Mansions, titolare in seguito di diversi album a proprio nome, fautore di numerose collaborazioni - spesso nuovamente a fianco di Sean O’Hagan - e più recentemente dell'avvio del progetto Telefís: "Cathal Coughlan has died; died, not 'passed away', as he wouldn't stand for euphemistic bullshit: he was the truth. He was an extraordinary singer, lyricist and composer; he was also one of the most beautiful human beings I've ever met. Adieu l'ami."

Dal suo fitto catalogo Philippe suggerisce di riascoltare God Bless Mr X (da Black Riverfalls), You Won't Get Me Home (da Against Nature) e Are You Happy? (da The Clock Comes Down the Stairs). Jonathan Coe sceglie invece The Drunken Hangman (da The Sky's Awful Blue). E così consiglia François Ribac: "Écoutez la musique de Cathal, vous y trouverez du folk, de la musique industrielle, des mélodies pop insensées, des brusques changements d’accords à la fin d’une phrase, des échos de Weill/Eisler, de country, un pianiste qui groove, un orfèvre de la texture musicale et des sons électroniques, une galaxie de personnages et de paysages, une inquiétude quant au devenir du monde, un souci des autres et une voix unique."

https://cathalcoughlan.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_Coughlan