Derek Jarman - Blue

Derek Jarman - Blue

Genre:
Electronic, Non-Music, Stage & Screen
Style:
Soundtrack, Spoken Word, Experimental, Ambient
Year:
1993

Tracklist

Blue (Parts 1-5) 7:23
Blue Gong
Open Your Eyes
Delphinium Days
Roaring Water
Love Fades
Blue (Parts 6-12) 11:53
Left Right
Back And Forth
I’m Home
Sweats In The Night
Consecrate
Gautamla Gongs
Walk Away
Blue (Parts 13-18) 7:37
Triennale
Holborn Tube
Waiting Room
Tangible Blue
Hell On Earth
Scheherazade
Blue (Parts 19-24) 12:04
Marco Polo
Scheherazade
Summertime
White Blue
St Rita
Hell Hounds
Blue (Parts 25-29) 9:26
Blueness
Euthanasia
Blue Movie
Disco Hospital
Timeless Ocean
Blue (Parts 30-35) 12:00
Kiss Me Again
S&M
Muff Diving Size Queen
Lesbian Man
February
Pill Song
Blue (Parts 36-41) 13:07
Taj Mahal
Tower Block
Fermina
1st Gnossiennes
Sparks Through Stubble
Last Of Gongs

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Blue (CD, Album) Mute Records Ltd. CDSTUMM 49 UK 1993
Blue (CD, Album) Intercord Record Service IRS 986.986 Germany 1993
Blue (CD, Album) Mute Records Ltd., Mute Records Ltd., Mute Records Ltd. CDSTUMM 49, 5016025610495, CDSTUMM49 Europe 1993
Blue (CD, Album) Mute, Mute Corporation, Elektra, Nonesuch 79337-2 US 1994
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by Alastis Mar 31, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)

referencing Blue, CD, Album, CDSTUMM 49

This is a curious, but also frightening stuff. Derek Jarman was an underground filmmaker who created many memorable, but weird movies ("Caravaggio" and "Angelic Conversation" are just a few examples). "Blue" is his monologue on the subject of death and mortality. The cause is real - in the early 90s he contracted AIDS and started to lose his vision slowly, hence the name of the record and the movie (which, in itself, is nothing but a blue screen and music playing in the background).
There were a number of people involved in the creation of this album, including members of Coil (who were frequent Jarman collaborators), Brian Eno, Miranda Sex Garden and many others. Not an easy listening by any chance, but an unusual item nonethless.
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Master Release

Shortcut Code: [m21552]
Data Quality Rating: Needs Vote

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4.71 / 5 (21 votes)

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