May: I Come Again - Some Witch(man) Craft

On January 27 I shared John Roome’s Witchman first full-length here. 

 

When I started this months revisits, I asked if anyone had any revisits they'd like shared here.

Frenz of NSS Tom sez:
     "Could you please post working links for all the other Witchman albums especially "Innasylum" and all his EPs and compilations. If possible please also post all music from his side projects "Gold Water" and "The Unknown Ghosts". The music John Roome released under these names has been very difficult for me to find on the internet to download. Thank you for all the great music you have posted on your website. I greatly appreciate it."

Well, Tom (& all), I dont have "all the other Witchman albums especially Innasylum" but I'm more than glad to share what I do have.

As for Innasylum, not having it is one of my biggest regrets about this artist. It was self-released by John for only a week & then was gone. If anyone reading this has a copy that they are willing to share, I would be forever in your debt. Here's the story of Innasylum in Witchman’s own words. 

 

John Roome sez:
     "The story goes like this...after Explorimenting Beats I recorded a follow up album Innasylum. After delivering the album, the label deemed it too "uncommercial and downtempo". So, back to the drawing board I went, to write a few more ear-friendly tracks, ha!. On delivering the album I was promptly shelved in favor of another *cough* Trance artist with whom I shared the label and was raking in the cash for the powers that be. While I understood the logical thinking behind the decision, it became infuriating. After almost 2 years of gathering dust I left the label and the album in a bitter cloud of disgust, packed my bags and left for NYC. After such a lengthy period I couldn't support the release. I had moved on both technically and creatively. The whole process with the label left an incredibly bad taste in my mouth and as such I had no real passion in recording a new album.

That was 7 years ago! Last week I came across the album while unpacking the new studio.

So ladies and gentlemen, please feel free to follow this link and enjoy:

http://download.yousendit.com/5BE54A4D477B37F2

I believe you have 7 days to download this puppy, after that, it's gone. At least until I upload to the Witchman website server, which knowing me..could well never happen.

Bear in mind the album was recorded back in the stone age (1999-2000) and as such I would sure as hell never release it commercially. It's a document in time. Incidentally, this is not the original intended play list, a couple of tracks were taken off ("Mekong", "Gotham City Rockers") as I never really liked them, but the label did. They have been substituted for tracks I had originally intended for the release, "Sweet Waters" and "Sleepwalkin' the Apocalypse". New artwork has been embedded as the original art was destroyed.

The Masai tribe have a great saying, "the past is another country, I no longer live there" which pretty much sums up how I feel about this album. While I no longer live there, it was enjoyable taking a return trip for an hour.

Thank you to everyone that has supported me over the years, hopefully there will be some bits and pieces within this recording you like. If not..hey it's free...delete it.

Till next time."

So Tom (& all), here's what I've got... 

Heavy Traffic compiles tracks from Witchman's 12"s & EPs from various labels across two discs.

Witchman - Heavy Traffic 2xCD, Deviant Records dvnt27cd, 1997
all decryption codes in comments

CD1 -        
Mutha Lode    
Bullethead    
Heavy Mental    
Bone Music    
Amok II    
Chemical Noir    
Kada Nostra    
Light at the Edge

CD2 -
Hammerhead    
Primal Skin    
Offbeat    
Arcane Radio    
Red Demon Loco    
Offworld (Fire mix)    
Hand of God    
Destiny

 

 

Witchman here teams up with Jammin' Unit from Air Liquide for Inferno..

Witchman vs. Jammin' Unit - Inferno, Blue Planet Recordings PLAN17CD, 1998.

Ice is Blue    
Filter Voodoo    
I-Man Dub    
Sub-Urban Pt. 1
Desert Ill    
After Midnight    
Sub-Urban Pt. 2    
Blind TV (Cathode Ray Dub)

 

 

 

This John Roome project sounds much like Witchman with the rhythms either slowed way down or missing, much more ambient in texture.

Gold Water - Dustbowl, Invisible Inv7003, 1998.

Dried Interior    
Red Chamber    
Goho Dohji    
As Precious as Blood    
Fractured Break    
Blue Haze    
Womb of the Desert Sun

 

 

 

 

The Unknown Ghosts is a collection of tracks by Witchnan, The Orb, Livstrompet, & others recorded, mixed, & produced by Witchman.

The Unknown Ghosts - Transfer at Dub, Mekong Records Ui1030, 2002.

Master of Ceremonies    
Dreadnaught    
Motown featuring Livstrompet
Reality Check featuring Mako & Rosanne
23 Kaboom    
Revolution featuring Baby Johnson
Metro King    
Bronx Warriors    
Sleepwalkin'   
Kingdom of the Eye
City of Ghosts

 

 

 

 

Witchman - The Stolen Voices EP featuring Rosanne Erskine, Mekong Records 2013.

Stolen Voices    
Only You    
Gotta' Be Worth It    
Stolen Voices (Moyma remix)
Stolen Voices (Rain Mix)
Stolen Voices (Rubba Dub)
Gotta' Be Worth It (Lazy Boy mix)

 

 

 

 

Witchman - British Supernatural EP, Mekong Records, 2014.

Ghost Wires    
Badlands    
I am Destroyer    
Earth Inferno    
I See Forever

 

 

 

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