Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Kalypso

Kalypso, by Sweet Billy Pilgrim - from their Samadhisound album, "Twice Born Men". Cine-photo by Yuka Fujii (Osmosis).

Yuka Fujii writes:

Kalypso, the title of SBPs song, is the name of the goddess from Greek myth, and it reminds me of the song Orpheus from David Sylvians 3rd solo album. It is one of the most beautiful songs and will be one of my all time favourites as is Orpheus.

I have been haunted by this song Kalypso since I found myself looking out at the Atlantic Ocean from my hotel window whilst I was listening to it on a recent trip and it inspired me to create some images for the track which feature in this music movie. 4 months after I first started shooting I still love to listen to the track along with the rest of the album. The rich layers of musical and non-musical sounds crafted by these talented musicians invites us to set sail on its waves with its shadows of the mundane and the aesthetic, the mortal and immortal. The title suggests the love story from Greek mythology but Tims lyric enables us to reflect upon our own relationships.

There is no plot to the film. The approach here has a photographic aspect. The captured images evolve like a gentle breeze, an echo of remembrance. They act like a signal emerging from the music. Im hoping this movie will further invite you on a journey into the sounds of this song, and the album in its entirety, and help define a certain feeling in the hearts and minds of the listeners.

It was a great joy to make this movie. This work is my prayer for SBP who gave birth to this excellent album.

yuka fujii 26.june 2009

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sweet
• Billy
• Pilgrim
• Kalypso
• Twice
• Born
• Men
• Tim
• Elsenburg
• David
• Sylvian
• Samadhisound
• Yuka
• Fujii

[trigtrigger1]

it is sbp on his own - beautiful

[nblBer]

yeah he was one stoned mofo

[VigilCidd]

That was a ludicrous display last night!

[DennisDarlingDagger]

the recording studio they used, is what im going to be be recording in aswell!!! its in my city!

birmingham!!!! ftw!

[toobsockproductions]

where's norman the keyboard player! jk, it crowd rocks

[oliversenord]

Haha this band were on an IT Crowd episode, anyway awesome song and band. Hope they gain popularity because they have to work, its criminal when Justin Bieber is the opposite

[jhyfyuk]

@frenchtickler911 YOOO STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES "MOFUCKKEKEEASSS!"

[frenchtickler911]

YOOOOO IT CROWD MOFUCKKEKEEASSS

[devotchka1000]

i love this band.

[shafiecastilians]

OMG!!! I Just saw them live at Warwick Art Centre today!!! Im so happy...