Field Kitchen is the latest album by JF Whitney and Johnny Johnson two legendary underground London artist musicians, who over the years have performed in among other bands The Flaming Stars, The Urban Voodoo Machine, The Tropics Of Cancer, The Purple Things and Thee Headcoats. This album was recorded in a variety of locations in North London.
The album opens with Lemurs In The Kitchen that takes some gamelan style percussion, but without any dancing on broken dishes, the mantra style strings draw you into a rather exotic stew being brewed up in the kitchen.
Sunny Days On The Moon almost has that Hot Club De Paris feel of Stephan and Django, you really need to be drinking Pastis while smoking a Gauloise for this to work properly.
Waltz Of The Workhouse has the feel of an ancient organ being played, the birds twitter outside the window, while the poor inhabitants have their noses to the grindstone once more, this ethereal music is the only thing to make the privations worthwhile, as various doors slam shut.
Waiting At The Church for another showdown in an almost Kill Bill meets spaghetti western style, if they loved Turkish folk music, this is rather haunting.
A Minute in Hell has intense percussion over a weird organ part to distract you from your normal routine.
My Hero! My Villain has the feel of dark adventures in the souk, your being chased out of town for some unspecified misdemeanour or other, violins up the pace.
Birdlime that has a sparse Brazilian style guitar with birdsong and a little piano that makes it very relaxing.
Mr Natural takes us back to the music hall with what sounds like a Cimbalom being used for the darker elements, that play beneath the spry Django influenced acoustic guitar.
The Donkey By The Lake is being haunted by the strings, meandering up and down the shoreline.
The album closes with the squalling harmonica blues of Mary's Yard, with loads of intense noise driving this into a wall at high speed, without a care in the world, bass keeps on pulsing throughout.
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