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BBB

by Mr Diagonal

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited edition gatefold Cd of the Black Light Orchestra's debut album.
    The name is BBB (with the third B back-to-front).
    HALF of the stock contain free stickers (you might be lucky).
    The CD itself is in the form of a very handsome no-entry sign, which when removed reveals mr Diagonal in a compromising position.
    Very few copies left. Signed copies said to change hands at Japanese record auctions for up to $3 million.

    For bulk orders please contact daniel.barbenel@gmail.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of BBB via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      €10 EUR or more 

     

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MY LIFE IS A BROKEN BICYCLE Indulge this old easy rider outside Boots to rust in peace, until the young men from the council bring merciful release... My Life is Broken Bicycle, My Life is a Broken Bike, My Life is Broken Bicycle, take that in any way you like! One time you know I was a boy-racer, a dream beneath the Christmas tree. Gay boys in tank-tops and grey shorts came running around to see. I raced round the block against tricyles, my pace was much acclaimed: Sunday service with spanners, bright blue metallic paint! Now as I soak in a puddle my racing days are gone: spokes in a bit of a muddle, handle-bars completely mangled, my brakes a broken dream: My Life is just a Broken... Now you will find me by moonlight, marooned by the motorway, left out on a lonely hillside I dream of the Milky Way. Sometimes I'm at home in the park pond, dissolved each passing day: My Wife is a Melting Icicle! My Wife is a Melting Icicle! Take that in any way you like! Now I'm confused with a trolley, where half a brolly lives without care, there do I crouch in the holly with half a welly the worst for wear...
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Zarrinqx 03:45
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pause 00:41
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Mr Impossible went to the sea. "I can fly like you!" he said to the seagull there. "That's impossible!" said the seagull. "No it isn't!" said mr Impossible flying up in the sky. "Now I will jump over the lighthouse station!" And there on the beach Mr Impossible saw a young girl crying: "my ball has floated out to the sea!" "I'll walk out and get it!" Ooooh! "thank you!" said the girl, "now will you play with me?" And so they played ball. Mr impossible caught the ball with his feet.
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Busy Bee 03:18
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Sweet 17 05:20
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BLACK BUTTERFLY Rare, precious and beautiful, everything's possible... there on the battlefield of the festival, one time rare, precious and beautiful, I am so glad that we... Dangerously magical, you are a miracle... sunrise discovery, ain't no recovery in sight who's strange harmony is bringing you to me? There was the Butterfly, but the Black Butterfly, this time, rare, precious and beautiful, I know you'll never be, no you will never be... mine...
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Overture 01:36
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Space Bunny 04:43

about

mr Diagonal and the Black Light Orchestra's debut album.

A technicolour mix of unfunny comedy, cosmic camp and high romanticism. propelled by mr Diagonal's upright piano and downright
scandalous lyrical talents.

Highlights include:
My Life is a Broken Bike (Noel Coward on mushrooms),
mr Impossible (a Roger Hargreaves cartoon strip set to music),
On the Station (the Doors in outer space),
Midnight Milkman (Benny Hill meets Dracula)

Described as "clearly a genius" (Momus) and "the rightful heir of Van Dyke Parks (Danni Hayvaert).

The album is increasingly rare and now changes hands at Japanese record fares for up to $3 million.

credits

released March 3, 2008

mr Diagonal / Dan Barbenel: piano, voice, compositions
Quentin Manfroy: flutes
Yannick Dupont: drums, vibes, percussion
Eric Bribosia: keys
Gregoire Tirtiaux: sax
Emmanuel Louis: extra guitars+vocals
recorded and mixed by Michel van Achter at homerecords studio, Liege. see homerecords.be

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Mr Diagonal Brussel, Belgium

mr Diagonal (aka Dan Barbenel) is a multi-faceted musician/ songwriter at the frontiers of
pop, cabaret and theatre music.

In true diagonal fashion, he always cuts a dash and declines to cut corners.

PLEASE NOTE
I have closed my evil Paypal account.
Without which no man may buy or sell on bandcamp.

To buy stuff please email me at daniel.barbenel@gmail.com
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