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Left Of The East, Right From The North

from Hashishatan by Potrocker

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'I came up with the main riff of this song on October 21, 2018, but in September 2021 decided to slow it down to give it more of an ambience and added a new up tempo riff for the second part. The first verses were written late August 2021 and completed by mid September. The lyrics were the final ones written for this POTROCKER release. They deal with North and East in various ways. Such as the historic hashish export from the East, the later relocation of the traditional hashish production centra from Nepal and the Kush region in the North of Pakistan and Afghanistan to the Ketama region and town of Chefchaouen in the North of Morocco which in turn is situated in the North of Africa (or Libya as it was called in the ancient past). By the way, Chefchaouen means “look at the horns”, reflecting the two mountain peaks overlooking the area where the town is located. The North in the title and lyrics also indicates the continent of Europe and the Northern parts of Europe. The Realm of the Beast is a reference to Scandinavia being the birth place of Trve Black Metal in the early 1990s as well as it being one of the markets for Moroccan hashish. Toward the end of the song Lebanon on the Eastern Mediterranean shore is mentioned -- which was the origin of Red Lebanese hashish that was popular especially in the 1970s and 1980s, but since has been overshadowed by hashish from Northern Morocco. The Sea of White is a historic name for the Mediterranean Sea, and served as the counterpart to the Black Sea. Finally, East is right of the North and North is left of the East. Right from the North in this context means straight from the North -- be it the Kush, Ketama or Chefchaouen region or the Second Wave of Black Metal.'

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Left of the East
And its brown golden fields
To the realm of the beast
Between the northern seas

Right from the North
From a centuries old source
To the trading ports
Along the endless shores

Left of the East
Right from the North
To the realm of the beast
Along the endless shores

Traditions from Kush
And the plains of Nepal
To the Ketama coast
North of the Libyan desert lands

Horns of the North provide
Half of the world’s supply
Obscured Red Lebanese pride
East of the Sea of White


'I came up with the main riff of this song on October 21, 2018, but in September 2021 decided to slow it down to give it more of an ambience and added a new up tempo riff for the second part. The first verses were written late August 2021 and completed by mid September. The lyrics were the final ones written for this POTROCKER release. They deal with North and East in various ways. Such as the historic hashish export from the East, the later relocation of the traditional hashish production centra from Nepal and the Kush region in the North of Pakistan and Afghanistan to the Ketama region and town of Chefchaouen in the North of Morocco which in turn is situated in the North of Africa (or Libya as it was called in the ancient past). By the way, Chefchaouen means “look at the horns”, reflecting the two mountain peaks overlooking the area where the town is located. The North in the title and lyrics also indicates the continent of Europe and the Northern parts of Europe. The Realm of the Beast is a reference to Scandinavia being the birth place of Trve Black Metal in the early 1990s as well as it being one of the markets for Moroccan hashish. Toward the end of the song Lebanon on the Eastern Mediterranean shore is mentioned -- which was the origin of Red Lebanese hashish that was popular especially in the 1970s and 1980s, but since has been overshadowed by hashish from Northern Morocco. The Sea of White is a historic name for the Mediterranean Sea, and served as the counterpart to the Black Sea. Finally, East is right of the North and North is left of the East. Right from the North in this context means straight from the North -- be it the Kush, Ketama or Chefchaouen region or the Second Wave of Black Metal.'

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from Hashishatan, released February 26, 2022

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Danny Ramirez Leiden, Netherlands

Danny Ramirez is a singer-songwriter from the Netherlands and the guitar player for stonerdoom band Toner Low! Besides playing morbid folk he has some one-man bands as well, but most of his releases are Ramirez EPs! Danny did solo gigs in the Netherlands, Finland, France and Germany, and played with a.o. Amigo The Devil, Bob Wayne, Joe Buck Yourself (Hank III) and The Goddamn Gallows! ... more

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