{"id":34252,"date":"2023-05-19T14:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=34252"},"modified":"2023-05-19T23:00:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T21:00:12","slug":"zilveren-schijf-the-black-light-van-calexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2023\/05\/zilveren-schijf-the-black-light-van-calexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Zilveren Schijf: The Black Light van Calexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\" lang=\"NL-NL\" xml:lang=\"NL-NL\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34253\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/https-__images.genius.com_7fcb031fcce4031f7f4b2a546e31f020.710x708x1.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/https-__images.genius.com_7fcb031fcce4031f7f4b2a546e31f020.710x708x1.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/https-__images.genius.com_7fcb031fcce4031f7f4b2a546e31f020.710x708x1.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/https-__images.genius.com_7fcb031fcce4031f7f4b2a546e31f020.710x708x1.jpg?w=315&amp;ssl=1 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>We hebben een zilveren schijf! Het is vandaag namelijk op de dag af 25 jaar geleden dat <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Calexico<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"><em> The Black Light<\/em> uitbracht. Di<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">t is de plaat waarmee <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">drummer <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">John <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Convertino<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> en <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">multi-instrumentalist <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Joey Burns hun naam vestigden. Burns, toen 29 jaar en <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Convertino<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">, toen 25 jaar, hadden al een tijd samengespeeld in Giant Sand, de band rond\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Howe<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Gelb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">. Ook hadden ze met <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">o.a. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Gelb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> en <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">pedalsteel<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">-speler Bill <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">El<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">m<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">in 1995 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">een instrumentale plaat gemaakt onder de naam <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Friends<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> Of Dean <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Martinez<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">. In 1996 volgde een nieuw project<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Spoke<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> waarmee<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">een eerste <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">titelloos <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">album het licht<!--more--><br \/>\nzag.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> Een jaar later<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> hernoemden ze zichzelf <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Cal<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">e<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">xico<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> en <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">werd dit album opnieuw uitgebracht, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">met als<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">titel <\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Spoke<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">. Daarop kun je al een eerste aanzet horen van de typische <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Calexico<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">sound. Een geluid dat veel verder werd uitgedie<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">pt op <em>The Black Light<\/em>. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Mede door het gebruik van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">pedal<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> steel en <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">mariachi<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">-trompetten, waarmee echt de sfeer va<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">n het zuidwesten van de de VS, het grensgebied met Mexico, werd opgeroepen. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Het album sloeg in als een bom, niet alleen in americanakringen maar ook daarbuiten.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Nr.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> 8 in de jaarlijst van<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Oor, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">nr.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> 22 in de jaarlijst van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Uncut<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Heel bijzonder, te meer daar <em>The Black Light<\/em> een album is dat overwegend instrumentaal is. Op <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-34257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/306aa61a-8c79-4b98-8ddb-b0c3937935b9_1038x596.jpg?resize=263%2C151&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/306aa61a-8c79-4b98-8ddb-b0c3937935b9_1038x596.jpg?resize=200%2C115&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/306aa61a-8c79-4b98-8ddb-b0c3937935b9_1038x596.jpg?resize=1024%2C588&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/306aa61a-8c79-4b98-8ddb-b0c3937935b9_1038x596.jpg?w=1038&amp;ssl=1 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/>slechts <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">6 van de 17 tracks wordt gezongen. Nou ja, gezongen,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> veel meer dan fluisterspreekzang is het eigenlijk niet. Maar het draagt enorm bij aan de wat donkere sfeer die het <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">album uitstraalt<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> en waarmee de klanken van de vibrafoon<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">, Spaanse gitaar<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> en de trompetten dan weer zo mooi contrasteren. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">In de teksten van die 6 nummers wordt ook een duister beeld geschetst. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">&#8216;It <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">rained<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">the<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">whole<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">day<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> he <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">spent<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> at his <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">lover&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">grave \/<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> Said his <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">goodbyes<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> her family <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">and<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">friends<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">&#8216; (in <\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Stray<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">). Niet bepaald iets om vrolijk van te worden. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Wel een van de hoogtepunten van het album, alsook <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">het fenomenale <\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Minas<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> de <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Cobre<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> (For <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Better<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"><em> Metal)<\/em>. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Twee nummers trouwens die de mannen van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Calexico<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> nog steeds op hun <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">setlist<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> hebben staan. Het albu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">m werd opgenomen in de <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Wavelab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> Studio van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Craig<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> Schumacher in Tucson, en ken<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">t net als veel andere albums die daar werden opgenomen, zoals recentelijk nog <\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Sinner&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Shrine<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> van Dean Owens,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> dat speciale wat open geluid.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> Terzijde: <\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Sinner&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Shrine<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> zou wel eens het laatst<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">e<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">album<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> kunnen zijn dat daar opgenomen is, want het lijkt er op dat <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Craig<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Shumacher<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> het bijltje erbij neer <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">heeft<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">ge<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">g<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">ooid<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">. O<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">p de website van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">WaveLab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> staat de cryptische tekst <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">&#8220;It was real. It was <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">fun<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">And<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">it<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> was <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">really<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">fun<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Cya<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">!\u201d en verder niks meer.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> Na <em>The Black Light<\/em> zouden de trompetten nooit meer verdwijnen. Op volgende <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">platen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\"> zouden zij gespeeld worden door Martin Wenk en Jacob <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Valenzuela<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">, die daarmee ook vaste leden van de band zouden worden. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240872900 BCX8\">Calexico <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">zou in het verdere bestaan <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240872900 BCX8\">nog op zoek gaan naar een verdere uitbreiding van het geluid, maar de eerste echte blauwdruk daarvoor is\u00a0met <em>The Black Light<\/em> gelegd.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW240872900 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hebben een zilveren schijf! Het is vandaag namelijk op de dag af 25 jaar geleden dat Calexico The Black Light uitbracht. Dit is de plaat waarmee drummer John Convertino en multi-instrumentalist Joey Burns hun naam vestigden. Burns, toen 29 jaar en Convertino, toen 25 jaar, hadden al een tijd samengespeeld in Giant Sand, de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-side-tracks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34252"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34262,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34252\/revisions\/34262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}