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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

KURT MALOO “THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART” MEGA HIT- SWISS SINGER-SONGWRITER-COMPOSER-MUSICIAN-RECORD PRODUCER ZOOM EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL EDITION WITH RAY SHASHO

K U R T M A L O O

“THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART”

MEGA HIT

SINGER-SONGWRITER-COMPOSER

MUSICIAN-RECORD PRODUCER

WAS A MEMBER OF SWISS DUO

'D O U B L E' WITH FELIX HAUG

ZOOM SPECIAL EDITION

WITH RAY SHASHO

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In the 1980s, as one half of the brilliant pop duo Double, Kurt Maloo coauthored and sang the most enduring hit Switzerland has ever produced: “The Captain of Her Heart.” His career as a musician and artist began In the mid-1970s, in Zurich though, where Kurt Maloo stood out not just as a singer and guitar player but as a painter and member of the Performance Art Group MAEZ, the predecessor of the nine-piece art-punk cult band Troppo, Maloo’s first playground for his songwriting.

“The Captain Of Her Heart” remains a firm favorite and is still part of Maloo’s live repertoire. Internationally the most successful Swiss song of all time, it has long been a radio standard from Canada to Kathmandu, and regularly makes it into the jazz and pop download charts throughout the world. The song captures the moment when a woman realizes she can no longer wait for the man who has won her heart, but must move on to a new life, “as the day comes up.” This melancholic optimism is central to both Maloo’s poetry and his music.

Poetry seems effortless in his small masterpieces, such as “Day of the Man with a Heart of Gold” from his album “Summer Of Better Times”. The songs always have a cinematic quality that conveys images to the inner eye and tells a story. A daydreamer since childhood, an accomplished painter, Maloo creates his songs out of sequences and pictures. In 2006, Maloo’s album Loopy Avenue explored the impact Double had had on him. Felix Haug had died unexpectedly of a heart attack two years earlier, in 2004. His death prompted Maloo to revisit the past twenty years and take a new look at his own work and that of Double. Loopy Avenue was a respectful flashback the artist needed to let go of the past. Now back fully in the here and now, he is looking ahead to an action-packed future as a musician.

Had Double adopted the cool exterior of the 1980s, the “Captain”might not have lasted for as long as it has. But there is a human understanding in the story it tells, which goes straight to the heart and has touched so many. Certainly, there are the gentle, velvet echoes of the 1980s pop jazz in Summer Of Better Times, yet Kurt Maloo’s new songs are never cooled to the point of chill. The fire blazes on, warm and comforting. And his reflection, which keeps these new songs true to life, is always there, cheerful and gracious. On What About though, he has set himself free from the past at last and sounds younger than ever.

“Off The Record” is Kurt Maloo’s latest project a collection of songs released on an EP starting with volume 1 released in 2023 and volume 2 released this year. Reviving his 1966 Fender Strat and singing in Spanish (for the first time) on one of the songs, might not be what you were used to hear on his previous albums.

But the new songs will constantly grow on you. Their fresh and intriguing atmosphere is providing the perfect background for Kurt’s warm and comforting voice.

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OFF THE RECORD

VOLUME 1

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OFF THE RECORD

VOLUME 2

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ABOUT

KURT MALOO

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https://kurtmaloo.com/

Official website

https://www.facebook.com/kurtmaloopage

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KURT MALOO

Discography

Off The Record, Vol.2 (2024)

EP containing a remake of “Life Could Not Be Better” and a surprisingly up-tempo ballad “Solitary Love”, with a radio edit of the latter.

Off The Record, Vol.1 (2023) EP

City Of Rain (2016) Single

What About (2014) Album

Summer Of Better Times (2010) Album

Loopy Avenue (2006) Album

Soul & Echo (1995) Album

Single (1990) Album

Double – DOU3LE (1987) Album

Double – Blue (1985) Album

Double – Woman Of The World (1984) Single

Double – Rangoon Moon (1984) Single

Double – Naningo (1983) Single

Ping Pong – From Exile (1981) Album*

Luna, Luna & 7 Notorious Maloo Homeworks (1980) Album*

Giant Lady (1979) Single*

KURT MALOO

APPEARS

NOVEMBER 19TH 2024

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

WITH RAY SHASHO

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show.

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan.

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives.

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/

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