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| DELANIES: THE REAL PENNY POETS |
Now Scandinavians and their music have always been a passion of mine. Call it a curiosity, a fancy but from my early
music listening days Scand bands post-grunge and electronic have featured highly on my playlist.
Delanies are an Anglo-Danish London-based group who were one of TESCODISCO's first choices for our Modern Day
Beatniks night. Songs like 'Penny Poet' and 'What a Waste Of You' encompass the passion, dreams and urgent sense of
change reflected in the work of the original beatniks. The band are Anders (guitars/vocals), Nich (guitars), Daz (bass) and
Alex (drums). A cohesive 4 man band who have cracked the London scene as well as playing gigs in Dublin and
Copenhagen.
They join TESCODISCO's creative artists and play on November 8th. They are also the subjects of Gregory Nolan's Modern
Day Beatnik's photographic exhibition. For more info: www.myspace.com/delanies
By Dee Sekar
music listening days Scand bands post-grunge and electronic have featured highly on my playlist.
Delanies are an Anglo-Danish London-based group who were one of TESCODISCO's first choices for our Modern Day
Beatniks night. Songs like 'Penny Poet' and 'What a Waste Of You' encompass the passion, dreams and urgent sense of
change reflected in the work of the original beatniks. The band are Anders (guitars/vocals), Nich (guitars), Daz (bass) and
Alex (drums). A cohesive 4 man band who have cracked the London scene as well as playing gigs in Dublin and
Copenhagen.
They join TESCODISCO's creative artists and play on November 8th. They are also the subjects of Gregory Nolan's Modern
Day Beatnik's photographic exhibition. For more info: www.myspace.com/delanies
By Dee Sekar
Delanies photograph left to right: Alex, Anders, Nich and Daz. Photograph by Gregory Nolan assisted by Andrew Stow on location in
Absolute Vintage, London. Clothes by Absolute Vintage, Styling by Tet Yap, Hair/Make-Up by Taro, October 2006.
Absolute Vintage, London. Clothes by Absolute Vintage, Styling by Tet Yap, Hair/Make-Up by Taro, October 2006.
| Can you see the tarnished leaves Lying around the southern trees Dying within you. Imaginary boy Romancing everything in life What is left of you? One had a modest dream It ended on the village-green What became of you? Rejoin the broken homes Life always has a price to pay What a waste of you. Death sure can tell, bring it all back again. Comforting miracles Just seem to happen everyday They keep it up with you So far so very long Life always seem to carry on What a waste of you. Just see the tarnished leaves Dying inside the southern dream What a waste of you. Lyrics from 'What A Waste of You' by Anders Delanie. |
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Spontaneity, chaos, new Bohemians, alternative..the Beat writers and artists who emerged from New York in the 1950s
introduced freedom of expression and creativity in a new, formerly unaccepted way. Streams of consciousness and leaving
work unedited and in their original and raw form are hallmarks of influential Beat artists. The Beats lived and worked in an
all-encompassing environment - their attitudes to sex and drugs were open and experimental thus paving the way for the
later open morals of the 1960s. The artists were anti-war in their approach and questioned authority and traditional values
whilst supporting diverse cultures and religions. Jazz music was a positive influence on the Beats and later Beat-inspired
musicians transcended into global phenomenons such as The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Mixed with poetry, literature and
films, this made the Beat Generation a powerful art force to be reckoned with.
The use of poetry and spoken word was intrinsic to the beginnings of the movement. Unfortunately nowadays this is an
artistic performance that is less common amongst the young today. The true Modern Day Beatnik of our generation is Patti
Smith who succinctly discusses how her fervour for poetry arose after her mother gave her ‘Songs of Innocence' by William
Blake. Smith now makes it her conviction that her message is to reach out to the “disenfranchised.”
“Young people should not be afraid to say they like poetry or language. Everything you do in life doesn’t have to be
purported to be ‘cool'. Yes, I’m a writer and musician, but I’m also a mom and do the laundry and do the cleaning. Life is
like that. We have to do the extraordinary with the ordinary. A lot of artists find their voices and connections through self-
depreciation and torment; through drug abuse and personal hells. I'm not like that. I'm a positive artist in the approach to
my work." And this is what TESCODISCO finds in the artists it has carefully selected for The Beat Generation nights – fellow
artists who enshrine passion and intellect but most importantly, they are all truly positive artists.
introduced freedom of expression and creativity in a new, formerly unaccepted way. Streams of consciousness and leaving
work unedited and in their original and raw form are hallmarks of influential Beat artists. The Beats lived and worked in an
all-encompassing environment - their attitudes to sex and drugs were open and experimental thus paving the way for the
later open morals of the 1960s. The artists were anti-war in their approach and questioned authority and traditional values
whilst supporting diverse cultures and religions. Jazz music was a positive influence on the Beats and later Beat-inspired
musicians transcended into global phenomenons such as The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Mixed with poetry, literature and
films, this made the Beat Generation a powerful art force to be reckoned with.
The use of poetry and spoken word was intrinsic to the beginnings of the movement. Unfortunately nowadays this is an
artistic performance that is less common amongst the young today. The true Modern Day Beatnik of our generation is Patti
Smith who succinctly discusses how her fervour for poetry arose after her mother gave her ‘Songs of Innocence' by William
Blake. Smith now makes it her conviction that her message is to reach out to the “disenfranchised.”
“Young people should not be afraid to say they like poetry or language. Everything you do in life doesn’t have to be
purported to be ‘cool'. Yes, I’m a writer and musician, but I’m also a mom and do the laundry and do the cleaning. Life is
like that. We have to do the extraordinary with the ordinary. A lot of artists find their voices and connections through self-
depreciation and torment; through drug abuse and personal hells. I'm not like that. I'm a positive artist in the approach to
my work." And this is what TESCODISCO finds in the artists it has carefully selected for The Beat Generation nights – fellow
artists who enshrine passion and intellect but most importantly, they are all truly positive artists.
| An introduction to the Beat Generation |