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| Inspiration
behind The Last Of The Libertine ...
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'The Last
Of The Libertine' harks back to my first KE album 'A
Winter In Summertime' in as much as I came up with a
story outline. This time I imagined a man who sold his
soul in exchange to be able to live a life of excess. Now
we find him at the end of his life and full of regret.
This regret is not from some moralistic standpoint
however. The regret is that the good times are coming to
an end. I prefer this story to be open to interpretation. I can't set it in stone much more than the above summary as my own framework was more a series of impressions that I ran with, rather than a fixed narrative. I can give some hints to the titles though: 'Paper Cuts' came about as I was originally looking at some scissor cut silhouette art as possible CD cover artwork. It dawned on me that the phrase 'Paper Cuts' was the perfect phrase to introduce a contract signed in blood. 'Life Drawing.' I needed a phrase that encompassed the Libertine's outlook and I decided to corrupt the art of studying the naked form. 'Atom Of Warmth' is a phrase I have used from Robert Silverberg's novel 'A Time Of Changes': 'Not a syllable of kindness. Not a shred of sympathy. Not an atom of warmth.' 'Morning Wraiths' was a phrase I used for the endless lovers I could imagine disappearing like ghosts in the morning light. 'Halcyon Years' is the old Libertine's nostalgic look back. 'The Last Of The Libertine' is ... the title track! 'Black Sun' - taken from the title of the Joan Miro painting 'The Black Sun.' A phrase I used to describe a lifetime being lived entirely at night. 'Terra Nova' or 'New Earth'. An ending. Richard Wileman, 1st July, 2007. |
