On April 9th, we went to see Michael Gira perform in
Paris. To our great surprise, we met Jérôme Reuter from band ROME in the first
row. He had come especially from Luxembourg to attend this unique French show.
After the concert, we went outside in the rain and talked about his last
trilogy, Die Aesthetik der
Herrschaftsfreiheit, the things to come and Jérôme's passion for Michael
Gira. A pleasant improvised moment.
During this radio show, we also reviewed the book by
Aldo Chimenti, Death in June : à l'ombre
des runes. It was an opportunity to listen to a lot of Death in June's
songs and to read excerpts from books that have been very influential for
Douglas Pearce since Chimenti talks extensively about three authors in his
biography of the band : Mishima, Jean Genet and Drieu La Rochelle.
Here's the playlist :
SWANS, Will we survive
ROME, Rape blossoms, Die Brandstifter, Families of
Eden, Der Wolfsmantel, Reversion, A pact of blood, The secret sons of Europe,
Das Unbedingte, The Merchant Fleet, Querkraft, Wir götter der Stadt, Nera.
DEATH IN JUNE, Blood Victory, Les cavaliers du
crépuscule, Death is the martyr of beauty, Death of the West, She said destroy
(piano), Burn again, He's disabled, Last farewell, Little Blue Butterfly,
Fields, Only Europa Knows, Heilige..., Kameradschaft (piano), Touch defiles,
Doubt to nothing, Passion! Power!! Purge!!!, Bring in the night, Hail! The
White Grain (piano), Ride out!, Kapitulation, Lifebooks, Death of a Man,
Headhunter, The Mouner's Bench, Sons of Europe, Flieger, A Rose for SD (after
she's dead), Cathedral of Tears, We said destroy, Red dog - Black dog.
Rome
Death in June - mid-80s
