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About Me

The music exists to preserve the memory of P. Noklooianioo.
Some call him a pirate; some, a mystic. Some say he was a monk; others, a necromancer. Details are sketchy, but it's probably best to think of him (or her) as a human who sought the truth and played a mean balalaika*.
Allegedly born in Asia during the 19th century, in a place about half way between Moscow and Peking, he yearned for the sea and made his way to the coast where he became a merchant seaman and sailed around the world soaking up as much learning as he could.
The story, that he fathered five sons, one on each of the continents plus one in Australia, and seven daughters, one on each of the seven seas, is surely mere romantic conjecture. Given the significance of twelve it is easy to see why this story has become so popular.
The idea that he studied with shamans (or is it shamen) from all the 'primitive' tribes of the world is also pure speculation.
What I do know about Noklooianioo is his beliefs.
He believed that ignorance is a sin and it is the duty of every man, woman and child to seek the truth. He believed that the truth is knowable and is often expressed secretly. A rough translation would be something like:
.."Even the most false fabric cannot conceal
The Truths, its waft and weft reveal."

He believed that truth has to be discovered for oneself and that nobody can do it for you (..and you'll have to take his word for that!).
Luckily we have our heart and our gut; two organs in the body that can help the seeker discern the difference between truth and falsehood.
Whether he was a monk or mystic, as a consequence of his ideas about truth, Noklooianioo rejected any following, seeing it as a sign of submission. He believed submission to the 'unity of existence' was the only thing worth submitting to and that one should definitely, on no account, ever submit to one's own madness.
He did, however, draw music down from the ether with a small band of like minded people. Noklooianioo described the process as being like 'fishing, although I always put them back'.
His esoteric jam sessions attracted some controversy. It has been suggested that the bizarre nature of the sounds he produced was the result of his channeling the spirit of a long dead Chinese monk-musician, Yeu Zho, who by all accounts was an awful player. Others have claimed that Noklooianioo was actually channeling music from the future that the world was as yet unready to embrace.
I hope to add some of my own music inspired by this remarkable man's beliefs in the near future, pending some additions from my Noklooianooian drum associate.
*perhaps it wasn't a balalaika; history doesn't record exactly what instrument he played or whether his musical stylings were instrumental or vocal. ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/07/2007
Band Members: Oisín
and occasionally Bruno or Brian

Influences: Polycarpo Noklooianioo...

and Radios: Caroline, London and Luxemburg, my mum's old Dansette,
Brian Copsey, Ken Copsey, Eddie & Bill Saunders, John Copsey, kentish copses,
Des O'Callaghan, David Battiscombe,
Jacko Peake, Crispin Taylor, Dave Morgan, Pete Astor, Dave Goulding,
Ernie McKone, Mike McEvoy, Norman Cook, François Boiselles, Pocci, Tony Brennan, Kerstan Mackness, Adam Sutherland and the late and much missed Bernard White .

the tiresome & predictable vanity list:
The Beatles, Shuggie Otis, Keith Hudson, Alphonso Johnson, Eddie Harris, Freddie King, War, Little Feat, The Night Tripper, Bradley Bobo, Fela Kuti, Ray Charles, Donny Hathaway, Tommy Cogbill, The Isley Brothers, Gerald Jemmott, Curtis Mayfield, Bobby Rush, Ry Cooder, Robert Johnson, The Meters, Slim Harpo, Willie Weeks, Syl Johnson, Rufus Reid, Howlin' Wolf, Gil Scott Heron, The Rolling Stones, James Brown, Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, Willie Mitchell, The Crusaders, Funkadelic, etc. ...

Sounds Like: Jilted John sings James & Dennis Brown,

Michael Foot meets The Fatback Band,

Tommy Steele versus Troublefunk

Rodney Trotter sings Bob Marley & the Wailers in the karaoke style

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Tales of Noklooianioo

Some of my friends don't believe in Noklooianioo. Steve B. says I made him up and Norman C. says that he's suspiciously like me. Well of course he's a bit like me, that's why I feel an affinity ...
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