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Poor Jericho

by Jean Koning

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1.
Corrupted Blood Incident 04:14
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some of them will cross your city lines some of them got money for their crimes some of them might think they are asigned some of them might think they are alive as long as dogs bark i can tell they have arrived as long as i'm in the dark i can tell i need i can tell i urge to survive some of them do none but take some of them whipe out mistakes some of them prey upon your shame some of them wash out their blame as long as dogs bark i can tell they have arrived as long as i'm in the dark i can tell i need i can tell i urge to survive in this flood of corrupted blood some of them can never get enough as long as dogs bark i can tell they have arrived as long as i'm in the dark i can tell i need i can tell i urge
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Under Milk Wood (ft. Ralph George) 03:40
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the wreck and sprat circling with modest sets make sure you'll soon forget before we rage against the tragic of it syrup-gold curls revealing prince albert's pearls we both let our flag unfurl before we rage against the tragic of the night titbits and topsyturvies / i have always wanted nights dandruff and topsyturvies / i have always wanted nights moonshine and topsyturvies / i have always wanted nights whalejuice and topsyturvies / i have always wanted nights i have truly always wanted bandaging nights with you can you see the dire places whiped from our tired faces don't show old lipstick traces arsenic is served with graces can you see the dire places whiped from our tired faces don't show old lipstick traces arsenic is served with graces here from washing line our sweet morals in decline it might end up in denial before we rage against the tragic of it moonless night under milk wood's shoe black skies let me shipwreck in your thighs before we rage against the tragic of the night titbits and topsyturvies / i have always wanted nights dandruff and topsyturvies / i have always wanted nights moonshine and topsyturvies / i have always wanted nights whalejuice and topsyturvies / i have always wanted nights i have truly always wanted bandaging nights with you can you see the dire places whiped from our tired faces don't show old lipstick traces arsenic is served with graces can you see the dire places whiped from our tired faces don't show old lipstick traces arsenic is served with graces can you see the dire places whiped from our tired faces don't show old lipstick traces arsenic is served with graces can you see the dire places whiped from our tired faces don't show old lipstick traces arsenic is served with graces here
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Panem Et Circenses 03:16
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i don't care about your problems i don't care once you turn your back is it any wonder i'm so full of thunder these days ignore the empire's decline i've given you my time once you promised me bread and games bread and games i don't care as long as they entertain me i don't care what tomorrow could bring me is it any wonder i'm so full of thunder these days ignore the empire's decline i've given you my time once you promised me bread and games bread and games just give me (gimme gimme gimme) just give me (gimme gimme gimme) bread and games is it any wonder i'm so full of thunder these days ignore the empire's decline i've given you my time once you promised me bread and games bread and games
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Waltzing Under African Skies 03:53
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with some boyish ease trouble-free therefore he just aims to please in shimmering armour elegance misused in his secret garden for an untraced boost tends to be algebra and i realize every single one has to die it resonates so wildly from nature's trials tried to live my life in casinos, i tried to live my life with my paramours tried to live until i recently found out living is like waltzing under african skies just say no to your mindset therapist just pretend to be a nasty anarchist please hold all my calls tell them i don't exist catch the sunbeams through every hair on my chest and i realize every single one has to die it resonates so wildly from nature's trials tried to live my life in casinos, i tried to live my life with my paramours tried to live until i recently found out living is like waltzing all through africa tried to live my life in casinos, i tried to live my life with my paramours tried to live my life in technicolor tried to live my life racing unicorns tried to live until i recently found out living is like waltzing under african skies
5.
Broken Horse 01:14
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they strapped me to some wild, wild horse
6.
Between Corona And Surface 04:23
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in a tight ass atmosphere, 'tween corona and surface true worship ends up here, 'tween corona and surface tale once told how to fear, 'tween corona and surface show old men where to steer, 'tween corona and surface we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles lights the lamp that guides us through, 'tween corona and surface hail the sun that comforts you, 'tween corona and surface nuclear rains that pull you through, 'tween corona and surface energising earth's misuse, 'tween corona and surface we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles cryogenic poison now misused, 'tween corona and surface while acacia's tears produce, 'tween corona and surface resurrection of your youth, 'tween corona and surface haematose just tells the truth we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles we're all running in great big circles
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Dear Kitty 05:55
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i got up real fast put on my best dress guess it's your birthday too i took a big risk here on the attick but i enjoy the view i don't need much here some morning glory and little time with you i hear of fathers i hear of mothers of screaming babies too i hear they force them to breathe in hydrogen cyanide fumes i hear that one day yes, maybe some day they want me breathing too but hear dear kitty until that bad day we'll share a moment or two whatever they want whatever they do it won't come 'tween us two want life to give me a sense of duty perhaps some romance too i got some pictures they're in my bedroom they show some altered truth i hear of strong men beautiful women of orphaned children too i hear they force them to breathe in hydrogen cyanide fumes i hear that one day yes, maybe some day they want me breathing too i hear of romas rebels, jehovas hear of some priests too i hear they force them to breathe in hydrogen cyanide fumes i hear that one day yes, maybe some day they want me breathing too
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Liberate Te Ex Machina 04:30
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sock puppet where do you think you go in my pocket i have cash that flows trapped in my cellar you circle me one more time sock puppet you think i'm some machine just drop it face my true regime trapped in my cellar you circle me one more time sock puppet don't like this tattered dress then cut it it's all you'll ever get trapped in my cellar you circle me one more time sock puppet been living my e'vry farce you'll love it i remain in charge trapped in my cellar you circle me one more time sock puppet lonely on your strings just wasted and feel how that stings trapped in my cellar you circle me one more time sock puppet t'was easy to avoid you forced it left me in control trapped in my cellar you circle me one more time sock puppet you think it's all a game can't stop it call me by my name trapped in my cellar you circle me six more times sock puppet you made your final call what trumpets are blasting through my walls trapped in my cellar you circle me one last time poor jericho is that's all you think you know rahab had a window you passed your crown it's your turn to bow

about

Poor Jericho is the eighth studio solo album by Sinner Songwriter Jean Koning; produced by Jean Koning and recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown in a mobile studio in Zaandijk. The session musicians recorded their parts at home or while streaming on-line. Recording sessions were from May to September 2020.

#JK performed three shows in February 2020, which consisted of half of the show he performed in order to promote his 2018 album LINGO: LIFE LEGEND LOST, and half of the upcoming "MINEO" album. Shortly after those Utrecht performances, the entertainment industry was forced to pause.

The entire "MINEO"-tour, which was scheduled for the summer months, leading up to the album’s release—and which also included a performance during the Montreux Jazz Festival—was cancelled.
However, the first single FEBRUARY 12, became a smash FM-radio and College-Radio hit.

Poor Jericho, which began life as a proposed sofa-concert album, is sparser both in production and arrangement than “MINEO”, but is similar to its predecessor in that it features overt African percussion influences and a relatively experimental piano sound. The album finds Koning's voice and piano subverted in a sonic maze of percussion washes and accidental effects, and some songs, notably “Broken Horse” and the epic “Liberate Te Ex Machina” are largely built around these sounds. Topics covered on the album include economic malaise, virology, and QAnon’s discredited far-right conspiracy theories, or conspiracy theories in general.

#JK was quoted as saying that this record says a lot about the shadows and the shadow world.
Koning believed music had become part of a constant background noise he described as "fridge buzz", and he became hostile to the music media. He said: "I always used to use music as a way of moving on and dealing with things, and I sort of felt like that the thing that helped me deal with things had been sold to the highest bidder and I was simply doing its bidding. And I couldn't handle that." Koning quarantined in his house in Zaanstad and spent his time walking the nearby fields and meadows, and reading, restricting his musical activity to playing the grand piano he moved from the studio to his house.
Inviting unemployed musicians—mainly percussionists—Koning experimented with the streams and recorded instruments to edit and manipulate the recordings. He found it difficult to use electronic instruments and techniques collaboratively on-line, during Zoom-meetings—which were often recording sessions; according to Koning, "I had to develop ways of going off into corners and build things on whatever sequencer, or piece of machinery I would bring to the equation and then integrate that into the way I would normally work."

Sonically, the album is inspired by nature's beating heart, mainly by the way Millo Castro Zaldarriaga constructed her music to the rhythm of nature, and the Chopin Waltzes, interpreted and played by Alessandro Deljavan.

Lyrically, the album is a composition of various on-line conversations Koning followed on social media, concerning the Covid-19 situation and the many lockdowns the world over.

When the sonic and lyrical components meet, Poor Jericho offers a curious amalgam of the traditional and the modern.

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released October 20, 2021

Written and produced by Jean Koning.

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Jean Koning Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jean Koning has been a compelling force in the underground music scene since his unlikely folk&jazz debut transferring the band The Children of a Lesser God into the avant-punk extravaganza !JP in 1988. His star-studded career includes albums such as Notes from Purgatory, Man Enough to be a Woman and Wake Up In L.A.
Throughout his career, Mr. Koning has been honored with numerous awards. ... more

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