Ann Margaret Hogan & Regis
Reversing Into Tomorrow
Given enough time I firmly believe that Anni Hogan's baby grand piano could - bring about world peace, save the animals, make people kind... well you get the idea.
I've been playing catchup with Phacemag for a while, for one reason or a personal other. So when I saw this release on social media, being ever so tres sensitive I was disappointed to have missed out. Until last night! When I checked my messages - Oh Joy! Anni had sent me a link to listen! (thanks ever so Anni, even though I got 'that song' title wrong ;-)
I've been playing catchup with Phacemag for a while, for one reason or a personal other. So when I saw this release on social media, being ever so tres sensitive I was disappointed to have missed out. Until last night! When I checked my messages - Oh Joy! Anni had sent me a link to listen! (thanks ever so Anni, even though I got 'that song' title wrong ;-)
"This work from Anni and Regis is a lovely listening journey for anyone who appreciates gorgeous talent." Best pp x
Fans of Anni and her work with Marc Almond will delight in recognising old friends 'Reversing Into Tomorrow'. Having said that I must add. This work from Anni and Regis is a lovely listening journey for anyone who appreciates gorgeous talent.
I have to confess that I don't know enough about REGIS. But this is a perfect success. Anyone who can make me laugh out loud (see quote) and is from Liverpool - Is In. - Click below to read a lovely Phacemag interview with Anni from earlier in the year. Just after she released the incredible 'HoneySuckle Burials' Album - Best pp
I have to confess that I don't know enough about REGIS. But this is a perfect success. Anyone who can make me laugh out loud (see quote) and is from Liverpool - Is In. - Click below to read a lovely Phacemag interview with Anni from earlier in the year. Just after she released the incredible 'HoneySuckle Burials' Album - Best pp
This is a link to my first chat with Anni. It's a few years old and I got the chance to ask her about the early days with Marc & Dave. It was a joy for me being such a fan. Best pp x
"I’m at my mom’s, drinking all day and on the Dole… it’s 1986 all over again” : Regis
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Regis and Ann Margaret Hogan channel the weight of the world in a gorgeous and multi-layered salon suite made with electronics, Wurlitzer organ, shortwave radio signals, bells and Hogan’s baby grand Piano, recorded earlier this year for our Documenting Sound series.
The exquisite misery of ‘Reversing Into Tomorrow’ proceeds with quietly heart clutching keys, organ and bleary atmospheric ennui dialled in from Karl O’Connor and Annie Hogan’s respective homes in the Wirral and London. Regis, always a way with words, looks at this time period this way "I’m at my mom’s, drinking all day and on the Dole… it’s 1986 all over again”. It’s droll, but the music here is anything but - there’s an underlying hope to the wandering wistfulness and obtuse angles we're thrown into.
Worthy of both Karl and Annie's repertoire - having worked with everyone from Nick Cave and Marc Almond to Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Four, Lydia Lunch and Deux Filles over a stellar 40 year arc - ‘Reversing Into Tomorrow’ witnesses Annie's Kawai baby grand, ‘60s Wurlwitzer organ, Glockenspiel and bells coalesce with the subtle presence of Karl’s grouchy and impending atmospheres. Unfurling at a conversational pace that’s prone to erupt with strong feelings, the pair keep the vibe skilfully tempered via a timeless choice of weaponry, which places their work in a sort of perpetual interzone of sozzled melancholy with a strong sense of the unreal.
The exquisite misery of ‘Reversing Into Tomorrow’ proceeds with quietly heart clutching keys, organ and bleary atmospheric ennui dialled in from Karl O’Connor and Annie Hogan’s respective homes in the Wirral and London. Regis, always a way with words, looks at this time period this way "I’m at my mom’s, drinking all day and on the Dole… it’s 1986 all over again”. It’s droll, but the music here is anything but - there’s an underlying hope to the wandering wistfulness and obtuse angles we're thrown into.
Worthy of both Karl and Annie's repertoire - having worked with everyone from Nick Cave and Marc Almond to Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Four, Lydia Lunch and Deux Filles over a stellar 40 year arc - ‘Reversing Into Tomorrow’ witnesses Annie's Kawai baby grand, ‘60s Wurlwitzer organ, Glockenspiel and bells coalesce with the subtle presence of Karl’s grouchy and impending atmospheres. Unfurling at a conversational pace that’s prone to erupt with strong feelings, the pair keep the vibe skilfully tempered via a timeless choice of weaponry, which places their work in a sort of perpetual interzone of sozzled melancholy with a strong sense of the unreal.
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