From: Old London (BKWSU Tennyson Road) photos.
What was happening at that time? If you don't want to mention names, that is fine, you must remember the event?
I can see old Shanti Bhavan stalwarts, Dr Peter Iveson (spell?), ex-BK Louis Cennamo (once considered to be one of "the greatest electric bass player in the world" and creator of the electric bowed bass guitar, until he got involved with the Brahma Kumaris). The black guy might be the nervous, and once marginalised now ex-BK, Wesley. Are those the "two Joys", the elder of whom "Values Administrator" Joy Rendell, at least, is still heavily involved. Is that one of the two Simons on the far left, the dark and "funny" one? The front row are all still in the Brahma Kumaris first team, looks like; Maureen Goodman, Waddy (Veronica McHugh), Janki, Sudesh etc. Who is the tall white guy at the back?
There is an old time video of Louis playing here (Kings and Queens), or search for Renaissance on Youtube, and it is good to see he gets back out now and again. Louis was a very early Western BK and famous within the BKWSU for the release of the "Diamond Harbour" album (as he mentions) but which has since been drowned out by other noise. It must have been the first contemporary Western BK musical release, a culturally significant challenge to the Bollywood dominance of BKism, and a very big buzz at the time. Kind of like that repeated by 'Bliss' a few years ago. Like Bliss, Diamond Harbour's stars are all ex-BKs now.
The interview linked to above documents the very time at which he was being enculted by the BKWSU. Looking at his trail from "Sunset Point" to "Armageddon" and now wishing to produce sounds for healing, I wonder. Its almost a musicologist's "soul's journey" into, out of and after Brahma Kumarism. I watched Louis from the outside sink into what looked depression and disallusionment and then unquestioned drift into invisibility.
At some point later, I heard that he was reduced to making money as a ticket tout (reselling tickets for musical gigs). I am not sure of specific details. Its seems to me that "Diamond Harbour" has suffered a Stalinesque purge from the anals (sister in charge) of BK history ... I wonder why when other early artworks are still in their catalogue?
terry wrote:I can put some names to some faces in the photos, not all, but to what end? (I am in one of them).
What was happening at that time? If you don't want to mention names, that is fine, you must remember the event?
I can see old Shanti Bhavan stalwarts, Dr Peter Iveson (spell?), ex-BK Louis Cennamo (once considered to be one of "the greatest electric bass player in the world" and creator of the electric bowed bass guitar, until he got involved with the Brahma Kumaris). The black guy might be the nervous, and once marginalised now ex-BK, Wesley. Are those the "two Joys", the elder of whom "Values Administrator" Joy Rendell, at least, is still heavily involved. Is that one of the two Simons on the far left, the dark and "funny" one? The front row are all still in the Brahma Kumaris first team, looks like; Maureen Goodman, Waddy (Veronica McHugh), Janki, Sudesh etc. Who is the tall white guy at the back?
There is an old time video of Louis playing here (Kings and Queens), or search for Renaissance on Youtube, and it is good to see he gets back out now and again. Louis was a very early Western BK and famous within the BKWSU for the release of the "Diamond Harbour" album (as he mentions) but which has since been drowned out by other noise. It must have been the first contemporary Western BK musical release, a culturally significant challenge to the Bollywood dominance of BKism, and a very big buzz at the time. Kind of like that repeated by 'Bliss' a few years ago. Like Bliss, Diamond Harbour's stars are all ex-BKs now.
The interview linked to above documents the very time at which he was being enculted by the BKWSU. Looking at his trail from "Sunset Point" to "Armageddon" and now wishing to produce sounds for healing, I wonder. Its almost a musicologist's "soul's journey" into, out of and after Brahma Kumarism. I watched Louis from the outside sink into what looked depression and disallusionment and then unquestioned drift into invisibility.
At some point later, I heard that he was reduced to making money as a ticket tout (reselling tickets for musical gigs). I am not sure of specific details. Its seems to me that "Diamond Harbour" has suffered a Stalinesque purge from the anals (sister in charge) of BK history ... I wonder why when other early artworks are still in their catalogue?