Track nine from
Silence is sexy, released
2000 on
nothing records. A note on the
English translation - there might be some confusion with the
translation of the
title in the
liner notes; it's translated as "sun
barque", which might not be quite right.
Apparently the song is, among other
possible explanations, a story of
Ra, groovy subject of much
Egyptian myth, and a
deity who liked to
sail his
heavenly boat down the
Nile. A
barque or
bark is a
European vessel with
sails; a
barge is a
flat riverboat, suitable for the
ceremonial purposes of the
Egyptians. Plus apparently
Blixa has introduced the song live as "sun
barge". On another note, I'm not sure if it's the translation again or what, but I'm thinking they should perhaps lay off the
purple prose before I break out my
Freud textbooks.
Performance-wise, this song credits A.Hacke with playing the "
blue bin", which is actually a
toxic waste disposal unit they found somewhere. Rudi Moser also gets to play the
jet turbine, which is one of those
percussive instruments that simply
must be seen to be believed.