B i o g r a p h y (by Tripnotic)
The brains behind Puracane belong to David Biegel and Ali Rogers. Biegel will be familiar to Ubiquity fans, as he is one half of electronic act Bugs. He's a programmer, bass player, remixer and producer. A member of numerous bands (from dub outfits to hip hop productions), Biegel turned to producing as tendinitis hindered his ability to play bass. Skyjuice is his solo project often featuring talented MCs and vocalists on solo releases. Skyjuice tunes have appeared on 12"s and on No Categories 1 and 2, Audio Alchemy, and What's Cookin' for Ubiquity. Biegel's Skyjuice project has become one of the most in-demand production names in the USA. Over the past year or so he has lent an underground production sound to an eclectic group of musicians including Natalie Imbruglia, Carly Simon, Morley, So So, Rooster and Terra Deva. He has remixed music by Bis , Morley, Blueboy, Hooverphonic, 80 Mile Beach and even Crystal Gayle! A recent move to NYC from San Francisco has put Biegel in touch with many new musical contacts. For Puracane he teamed up with vocalist Ali Rogers (see below); renowned guitar player Knox Chandler -- known for his stints with Souixsie & the Banshees, REM, and the Psychedelic Furs; and Susan Elinger, who provided some intoxicating live piano work (take a listen to "Key Movement"!). Vocalist Ali Rogers' efforts with Barbie Complex bought them major label interest but unfortunately the band spilt under the pressure. Around that time a gentleman with a scrawny Bristol accent called and asked for a demo because he wanted to record with her. The voice on the other end of the phone belonged to Tricky and an off-on relationship continued for a couple of years, Rogers eventually electing not to work for the UK producer. Coming full circle, Rogers happened upon David Biegel's Village Voice advertisment looking for a new vocalist! In Rogers, Biegel had found the rare combination he had been seeking: a talented vocalist who could write great songs and was willing to stretch the boundaries of performance without wanting to sound exactly like another Portishead or Massive Attack. Sure, the band has a girl and is beat-oriented, but one listen and you'll hear the difference. The album begins with the edgy "14 Nights" and the title track, both of which manage to balance leftfield production sensibilty with catchy hooks and great songwriting. Reaching out in many directions, Puracane peer into a more guitar-driven sound on "Not Today" but can also provide a chilling ballad, as displayed on "I Need To Leave." Rogers is a huge Jane's Addiction fan, hence the cover version of "Summertime Roll." Soon after the release of the album, Ali Rogers took Puracane live. The current line-up includes drummer Andrew Griffiths, guitarist Josh Weinberg, and bass player David Leatherwood. The band have just completed 3 shows with Sting and 3 with Duran Duran as part of the Levi's First Stage event. Things You Should Leave Alone continues to recieve fantastic reviews, constantly winning over new fans for the live shows.
Things we should leave alone Big day 14 nights Went away Not today 100 of me I need to leave Summertime rolls Anyone else Key movement (Instrumental)
Things you should leave alone
*** Thanx a lot to Ali & Griff from the Official Puracane Homepage who corrected our interpretation of these lyrics ***
Things we should leave alone
Cold face Shouldn't be messing But he can't fight his ego Is feeding on the misfortunes Of the last lamb that's bleating Sunday Finding it hard to keep away from them It's not over yet All day ready to blow like a bomb Like a bomb It was never fine There was always a problem It was never fine There was always a problem All trying All lying Supplying Things you should leave alone Not breathing Still stealing Lost feeling We should leave it alone Alone His place Do you think he's forgotten He left it empty and he'll pay Now there's a little extra something for taking it It was never fine There was always a problem It was never fine There was always a problem All trying All lying Supplying Things you should leave alone Not breathing Still stealing Lost feeling We should leave it alone Alone It was never fine There was always a problem It was never fine There was always a problem All trying All lying Supplying Things you should leave alone Not breathing Still stealing Lost feeling We should leave it alone Alone
*** Thanx a lot to Shadowrunner for this one ***
Big day
Big day It won't be too long And now I don't feel anything Are you still there at my side Big flash And I hit the ground And I can't see anyone Are you still there at my side He used to hold my head in his arms Now someone else is keeping us warm It shouldn't be that long I don't hate anyone Anymore Sinking, falling Don't let it send you down Are you wasted, are you dying? Gods at work I'm waiting to come around Waiting naked for a sign It shouldn't be that long I don't hate anyone Anymore One day You and I Reach out too high Someday We'll all be there Big day It won't be too long And now I don't need anyone I'm waiting here for my guide Big sun to take me away And now I don't hate anyone There's someone else at my side He used to hold my head in his arms Now someone else is keeping us warm It shouldn't be that long I don't hate anyone Anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore
14 nights
Give me some that's still my half Oh the struggle makes it worse What did i get myself into 14 nights and there's a chance I'll get up and see the harm It's alright. You haven't changed All that glowed in your bowl is rotting I'm caught in the middle of I shouldn't have let this go on I'm caught in the middle of I shouldn't have let this go on We always fight and I recall Laying you out on the floor Oh my Lord. You haven't changed. Lying blue and lying red Broken glass in my bed What did I get us both into All that glowed in your bowl is rotting I'm caught in the middle of I shouldn't have let this go on I'm caught in the middle of I shouldn't have let this go on My room is red and no one knows Am I the only thing that glows? I haven't wept, my eyes are closed I don't know where my sorow goes All that glowed in your bowl is rotting I'm caught in the middle of I shouldn't have let this go on I'm caught in the middle of I shouldn't have let this go on
*** Thanx a lot to Bluejuice for this one ***
Went away
What does the big hand say? We can go we can go back now Ready to run again Come on home Come and see us I was the one that went away As soon as i get some pain Shut me in, lock me inside now Before I run again Follow on, follow me back Are you well? I'm alive, Just miles away Are you well? I'm alive, Just miles away look at the life i saved All i hate holds me upside down Until we get some rain We all know the way to your hometown I was the one that went away Too tough, fought too hard Come back never too much I'm here again to pick up the pieces How to find, find your smile Make it work, make it mine I walked away, I walked away Are you well? I'm alive, Just miles away Are you well? I'm alive, Just miles away
Not today
I don't know what went wrong, do you need a reason? My sense has been and gone And taken my head All feeling shot to hell Do you need to see this I shot my foot as well I don't know what to say you got me It hasn't gone away And I haven't changed You haven't found a way To stop me I'm set to go again What I don't need Won't help 'cause he knows me Too well what i should be Myself but not today I'm miles away And not so well at all All my days I want to be somewhere else A cold embrace Has taken me into his hell For all I need I want you to take it back For all I take I want you to help me out What I don't need Won't help 'cause he knows me Too well what i should be Myself but not today I'm miles away And not so well at all I don't know what to say you got me It hasn't gone away And I haven't changed You haven't found a way To stop me I'm set to go again What I don't need Won't help 'cause he knows me Too well what i should be Myself but not today I'm miles away And not so well at all
100 of me
There's a hundred of me And they're all screaming There's a thousand of me And they're all scheming There's a hundred of me And they're all lying There's a thousand of me And they're not trying I cut myself just to watch it bleeding I hurt myself and i let it show Shot myself just to watch you grieving I'll never let go It's the same mistake We get hurt but we're up again Took too much But it dulls the pain Get me back to your world I could stay awake We get hurt to be up again I could break But it helps the pain Get me back to your world There's a hundred of me And they're all leaving There's a thousand of me And they're not breathing There's a hundred of me And they're all dying There's a thousand of me And they're all flying You know i will but you cannot make me You should not wait for the girl you know Back down till you learn to hate me It's starting to show It's the same mistake We get hurt but we're up again Took too much But it dulls the pain Get me back to your world I could stay awake We get hurt to be up again I could break But it helps the pain Get me back to your world I'm not saying nothing Think i'll start a fight You'll come up with something I think should prove me right I'm not saying nothing What's said is said, it's said It's the same mistake We get hurt but we're up again Took too much But it dulls the pain Get me back to your world I could stay awake We get hurt to be up again I could break But it helps the pain Get me back to your world
I need to leave
I need to break the silence But I can't speak My heart is wrapped around my throat Somebody start the fire I need a drink Then we can slide into our roles I'm loveless It must be so How could I live with this on me I need to start the violence I need to hear The screaming horror of my words And there's no peace For what I've done It doesn't seem As If I won And honestly I'm a broken dove Who cannot bleed Who's not enough I'm an atrocious liar I need to leave Why can't we leave ourselves It doesn't feel Like anyone It doesn't seem As if won And honestly I'm a fallen dove Who cannot feel Who's not enough How safe, how safe with anybody Hands, only hands
Summertime rolls
Fell into a sea of grass And disappeared amongst the shady glades The children all run over me Screaming tag, you are the one He trips her up Her sandals fail She says stop, I'm a girl' Her fingernails are made of a mothers' pearl Yellow buttercup Hellicopter Orange buttercat Chasing after the crazy bee Mad about somebody oh no Me and my girlfriend Don't wear no shoes you know Her nose is painted in a pepper sunlight There was so much space I could cut me a piece With some fine wine It brought peace to my mind In the summertime And it rolls Summer oh oh oh Oh oh oh Summertime rolls Me and my girlfriend We don't wear no clothes you know Her nose is painted in a pepper sunlight I love her I mean it's oh so serious As serious as can be Oh well..... She sing a song and I listen to what it says And if you want a friend Feed any animal oh oh oh There was so much space I could cut me a piece With some fine wine It brought peace to my mind In summertime and it rolls Oh oh oh Summertime rolls
Anyone else
First to wake and last to fall Angry all the time Are you hurt? The pain will go Leaving less to hide Anyone else I know They would believe me Anyone else would beg Me to decide Can't tell you what I've done Can't take this on my own Can't save it What have I done again Trouble is you're gonna leave me aching all the time Have you taken all I've earned Wrapped yourself in lies Anyone else I know They would believe me Anyone else would beg You to decide Can't tell you what I've done Can't take this on my own Can't save it What have I done again Broken down Help us out Now I feel what you wanted Always are down Save yourself 'Cause I don't want it
In Limbo
7 Seconds Seven wishes From our youth And the smoke takes them away Missing pieces You start to feel Your own price of your weight Images can we send them to heaven Light up the sky with love Images can we send them together He’s coming home He’s coming home Please enchant it He’s enchanted From the air desires are pulled to earth Seven seconds And five have gone He will be in my arms again He will notice You’re standing here And will always be this way Images can we send them to heaven Light up the sky with love Images can we send them together He’s coming home He’s coming home Please enchant it He’s enchanted From the air desires are pulled to earth Please enchant it He’s enchanted From the air desires are pulled to earth And seven seconds This somber end
Digging Too Deep You're digging too deep Just been told I miss you A couple of weeks I'm in a despair You're digging too deep I may not forgive you Oh, taking over by my haunted bed Oh, so much colder, how can I forget How long did you know How long could you go How long were you gonna let me in How long did you know How long could you go How long were you gonna let me in You're allowed to take away You're allowed to take away You're allowed to take away I'm sorry you did it Oh, taking over by my haunted bed Oh, so much colder, how can I forget How long did you know How long could you go How long were you gonna let me in How long did you know How long could you go How long were you gonna let me in You're allowed to take away You're allowed to take away You're allowed to take away I'm sorry you did it You're digging too deep You're digging too deep You're digging too deep Just been told I miss you You're allowed to take away You're allowed to take away You're allowed to take away I'm sorry you did it You're allowed to take away You're allowed to take away You're allowed to take away It's allowed to take...
Sand Your face is changing All the time I can't remember it Your voice repeating In our minds Our lives depend on it I can't imagine anything Other than being here I can't imagine anything Other than being here The sand gets in our eyes The sky is burning red And there's so little time And guess what happens next Anyway, you didn't die And here's the light to lead the way Out of your cave The sand gets in our eyes The sky is burning red And there's so little time And guess what happens next Anyway, you didn't die And here's the light to lead the way Out of your cave The sand gets in our eyes The sky is turning red And there's so little time
Secrets When did I get so immoral No one more And no one less It was all in our minds And you saw right through me It was all in a time more innocent Your secrets, you need them You've learned to hide so well No comforting confessions Left to tell Hands untied You're free to follow All these spies I'm glad I'm dead It was always a crime That you never knew me It was all in a time more innocent Your secrets, you need them You've learned to hide so well No comforting confessions Left to tell Your secrets, you need them You've learned to hide so well No comforting confessions Left to tell It was all a time more innocent It was always a crime more innocent Your secrets, your secrets
Warzone ( Featuring Martina Topley-Bird ) I was singing On the inside Even now And you still don't get it I could see you on the inside Even now Would you like to forget it I was screaming underwater "All our live should end" All played a part Closed the door And my silence All that traitors are I'm a slut, you're a kid I was biting at my fingers 'Til they bled But I'm still not ready Could you help me take the skin off With your teeth and nails All played a part Closed the doors And my silence All traitors are I'm a slut, you're a kid You can’t watch again Cause you broke your camera Thrown into the sea You can't watch again Cause you broke your camera Thrown into the sea
Shouldn't Be Here I wake up on your couch But you're not home The key's still in my hand Way down low Lay down low Lay down low They don’t know You'll never see me Lay down low Lay down low Way down low They don’t know Well I shouldn’t be here anyway I want you to want you to know I move the chairs around Before I go Turn photographs face down Well I shouldn’t be here anyway I want you to want you to know Well I shouldn’t be here Give me a little taste of Why don’t you Give me a little taste of Why can't you Give me a little taste of Why don’t you Oh yeah Why can't you I turn the heating down Let myself out Into the cold Well I shouldn’t be here anyway I want you to want you to know Well I shouldn’t be here anyway I want you to want you to know Well I shouldn’t be here Give me a little taste of Why don’t you Give me a little taste of Why can't you Give me a little taste of Why don’t you Oh yeah Why can't you Give me a little taste of (Well I shouldn’t be here) Why don’t you Give me a little taste of Why can't you Give me a little taste of (Well I shouldn’t be here) Why don’t you Oh yeah Why can't you Worst Side I start to feel like you don’t know But it’s the lie I thought my heart would overflow And I was right There was a time I would do anything Just to keep the ?? spark of us alive Now I’ve see and told you everything And it’s never gonna change enough Oh I’ve seen the worst side You Best not to let you To Try me again You pulled it back from the edge I thought that I would let you go Without a fight I thought that I was in control I don’t know why I couldn’t wait for you to answer me It was easier to read between the lines If I have seen you coming after me (?) And I've never gone away ??? Oh I’ve seen the worst side You Best not to let you To Try me again You pulled it back from the edge Oh I’ve seen the worst side You Best not to let you To Try me again You pulled it back from the edge Oh I’ve seen the worst side You Best not to let you To Try me again You pulled it back from the edge Oh I’ve seen the worst side You Best not to let you To Try me again You pulled it back from the edge Oh I’ve seen the worst side You Best not to let you
Dogs You don't want to be the same But all the other ships Have sailed away You can tell yourself It's still okay If it's illusions You're looking for You can wash yourself all day You can't remove the stains of what you saw You can turn and hide or walk away But there's no running from who you are I don't want to get caught And blown away Broken down And torn apart Like dogs, like dogs in the rain All eyes look to the skies again We've seen what's been sent But you're all safely tucked up in bed It's not our punishment Oh they're not outside No they're not outside Oh yeah I don't want to get caught or blown away Broken down and set upon Like dogs, like dogs in the rain And the sun comes out again Yes the sun comes out again
All In Good Time
You're safe, no one knows you've been here Escape, before it gets light You say, no one would believe it Afraid, that somebody might No appetite You've been defeated All in good time You're up again You're safe, no one knows you're in here Escape, before it gets light Mistakes, sometimes we'll forgive them You're wrong, even if you're right No appetite You've been defeated All in good time You're up again And even when I sleep I still feel the same All in good time All in good time Friend, you take care, of yourself, be aware There's no light at the end of this And you're so unprepared for Let it go You've been told No appetite You've been defeated All in good time You're up again No appetite You've been defeated All in good time You're up again
Everything It was the last time I knew you would leave it Face like a ?? fight to cut in the rain Ghost all around you I knew they would win it When will they be back again Read the words as I breathe on the mirror Someone stop me, please It's not over yet, I won't forget Everything So don't say a word, it's going to hurt Everything Where have you been hiding I want you to know what you mean to me Why do you deny me Oh, go to hell in the end Read the words as I breathe on the mirror Someone stop me, please It's not over yet, I won't forget Everything So don't say a word, it's going to hurt Everything I can't tell you now, someday you'll know Everything It's not over yet, I won't forget Everything So don't say a word, it's going to hurt Everything It's not over yet, I won't forget Everything So don't say a word, it's going to hurt Everything I can't tell you now, someday you'll know Everything I can't tell you now, someday you'll know Everything HAL9000 What's the point You won't be there Fortunately no one cares You despise You despair Why don't you get angry Don't you care What do you think I came here for I just wanted to see What do you think I'm looking for I don't want to believe You already knew it You already knew it It takes too long It's not enough There's nothing left And now he's gone again He's gone again What do you think I came here for I just wanted to see What do you think I'm looking for I don't want to believe
War Is Over And you can't wait to get away 'Cause you don't need me now And there's no grace in what you say I don't believe you now I don't even know her You could lie in the face or the look War is over, I recover But you won't be there to see me And I let go who what I know 'Cause it can free me now I used to wait, I used to pray I'm almost sorry that you suffered Windows opened I'd be scary Now my feet don't touch the ground Do you believe me now There you can see me now Oh, what do you need And there's no place and I can't wait 'Cause I don't need you now 'Cause I let go from all I know 'Cause it can free me now I don't even know her You could lie in the face or the look War is over, I recover Now my feet don't touch the ground Do you believe me now There you can see me now Oh, what do you need War is over, I recover I don't even need to fight Do you believe me now There you can see me now
Another Boy He’s good (?) me for the duration Take another look before he goes With another ounce of motivation I've caught the doors before they close Just another boy and his reasons Gonna find it front in the moon (?) Just another boy and he’s leaving Couldn’t find a fight anymore I seem to always remember your face when I count it down I need to try not to call you insane but you come back I'm still in left in the shade and silver and grays and I don’t know why I can always remember your face waiting alone for your ways to fall upon me It’s another chance to make it happen You pack your bags and out that door Just another way to say I’m leaving You suit yourself but I want more Just another boy and his reasons Gonna find it front in the moon (?) Just another boy and he’s leaving Couldn’t find a fight anymore I seem to always remember your face when I count it down I need to try not to call you insane but you come back I still in left in the shade and silver and grays and I don’t know why I can always remember your face waiting alone for your ways to fall upon me Just another day for no good reasons Both of us still keeping score Just another boy and his reasons Gonna find it front in the moon (?) Just another boy and his leaving Couldn’t try to try anymore I seem to always remember your face when I count it down I need to try not to call you insane but you come back I still in left in the shade and silver and grays and I don’t know why I can always remember your face waiting alone for your ways to fall upon me Fake Plastic Trees ( Radiohead Cover ) Her green plastic watering can For her fake Chinese rubber plant In fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out Oh, she looks like the real thing And she tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love But I can't fight the feeling I could blow through the ceiling I just turn and run It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out And if I could be who you wanted Wish I could be who you wanted All the time All the time Oh, she lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns And he used to do surgery For the girls in the eighties But gravity always wins It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out But she looks like the real thing And she tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love But I can't fight the feeling I could blow through the ceiling I just turn and run It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out And if I could be who you wanted Wish I could be who you wanted All the time All the time All the time
Non Albums Tracks
Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues cover / A Very Robsgiving Christmas Album compilation) It was Christmas Eve, babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me "Won't see another one" And then he sang a song 'The Rare Old Mountain Dew' I turned my face away And dreamed, dreamed about you Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen-to-one I've got a feeling This year's for me and you So Happy Christmas I love you, baby I can see a better time When all our dreams come true They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold But the wind goes right through you, it's no place for the old When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve You promised me Broadway was waiting for me You were handsome You were pretty, Queen of New York City When the band finished playing They howled out for more Sinatra was swinging All the drunks, they were singing We kissed on a corner Then danced through the night The boys of the NYPD choir Were singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells were ringing out For Christmas day You're a bum, you're a punk You're an old slut on junk Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed You scumbag, you maggot You're cheap and you're haggard Happy Christmas, your arse I pray God it's our last The boys of the NYPD choir Singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells are ringing out For Christmas day "I could have been someone" Well, so could anyone You took my dreams from me When I first found you I kept them with me, babe I put them with my own Can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you The boys of the NYPD choir Singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells are ringing out For Christmas day The boys of the NYPD choir Still singing 'Galway Bay' And the bells are ringing out For Christmas day