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Date: 12/02/11
New Musik - "On Islands" (1980)
My melancholic mood continuing, here's another track which fits in with my state of mind just at the moment.
I've mentioned New Musik here before (or, rather, there before), and here's another wonderful track from their 1980 LP From A To B, a track which features not only the full band line-up of Tony Mansfield (gtr, vcls), Tony Hibberd (bass), Phil Towner (drums) and Clive Gates (synths), but also (uncredited) Nick Straker on piano and Mansfield's kid brother Lee speaking towards the end.
The message of the song is simple; it's about the tendency of each of us to consider ourselves as individuals, but at the same time to wish to reach out to other 'islands', to connect with others.
This clip contains no 'video' as such - just a static caption. That means there's no reason for you to be distracted from a wistfully beautiful song.
