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Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love
I do hope this is not seen as self-promotion in any form, but the truth is that had I not released this record I would still feel as passionately about it. Upon hearing it the first time, with Connan in my living room, I knew by the second track that this would be an album which would be with me forever. By the time it was over, I knew Connan would be somebody important within my life.
Recorded in his mother’s house in New Zealand, solely with 2 cheap microphones and a solid state cassette recorder for a pre amp, it embodied the most important rule of music: the necessity to express oneself. Made without the notion that people may ever hear it, it was captured with a naive innocence which cannot be switched on in the studio, perfectly sealing itself in that very moment in time. ‘Forever Dolphin Love’ was a song which I did not relish reworking, simply because I knew that if I got it wrong, it would be very wrong. Once again, a record which pisses all over any production manual.
