Pico ..surf music master
For me the music I listen to is as important to my surfing as to what sort of waves I’m going to get. Music selection sets the tempo for my session, wrong tempo for the waves and I’m kooking it.
Its not often you can’t categorize a style of music now days but that’s my problem here, it’s defiantly not just ‘surf’ music the sugar sweet jack johnson has popped that label.
Pico defies my efforts so I’ll just say he’s a fully rounded human expressing all his emotions whether they be joy, anger, pleasure or contemplation of mankind.
He moves from Neil youngish influences to Tribal/Celtic rock transitioning to stomping all out rock without missing a beat.
If you’re familiar in anyway with Rip Curls search series of films chances are your familiar with his music.
I was first delighted by his style of music while watching Derek Hynd’s asp ‘pro file’ film Proland and a few years later I was blessed to discover the Pico/Tim Bonython film - atomic butterfly.
Here’s a few of Pico’s albums I’ve been enjoying…
Ghost flowers
Never released to the media and only released for the surfers. This album was still a great success and features 12 stomping songs, hard to pick out a few favourites but mine would be; hope, stomp, and the song I can most relate to selfish useless prick.
Rating: 9/10
Atomic butterfly
My most listened to CD in the last 18 months, I just love it. Apparently it’s a rough premixed version after the real version was lost during a computer meltdown. Sorry Pico but I feel this version is perfect. Only 300 copies were released which is sad as this CD is too good not to get more listeners.
Rating: 10/10 if you find it and don’t like it ill buy it off you for twice the price.
Look
Grass root’s style and recorded mobile around some of Australia’s most beautiful beach’s, this latest offering is slightly more acoustic than previous albums and contains a celebration of life feel but still retains so much feeling and meaning I’m truly touched by the possibilities of human expression.
Rating: 8.5/10
P.S look out for his new project... Crow feather
