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James Chance & The Contortions: James Chance (vocals, alto saxophone, organ); Jerry Agony, Chris Cunningham (guitar); Colin Wade (bass); Rolphe Rolle (drums); Cherie Marilyn (background vocals).
Recorded live at The Misfits Nightclub, Chicago, Illinois in September 1981.
The real question about James Chance's sound is not how he thought of it, but why no one thought of it before. The prime architect of downtown NYC punk-funk, Chance (also known as James White), applied the skewed aesthetic of the burgeoning New York art-punk/new wave scene to the syncopated rhythms of artists like James Brown. From his carefully crafted hairdo to his vocal exhortations, Chance is like a funhouse-mirror image of Brown.
On this representative 1981 live recording, Chance works his exquisitely anguished yelp over funky vamps just off-kilter enough to let you know that LOST CHANCE is more CBGB's than JB's. Adding to the willful dementia is the avant-garde edge provided by Chance's sax and organ work, informed more by free jazz than funk. Chance takes on the Brown legacy head-first on the latter's "I Got You (I Feel Good)," and his manic, punky energy is a surprisingly workable replacement for the Godfather of Soul's funky mastery.
Personnel: James Chance (vocals, alto saxophone, organ); Cherie Marilyn (vocals, background vocals); Chris Cunningham, Jerry Agony (guitar); Ralph Rolle (drums).
Recording information: Misfits Night Club, Chicago, IL (09/1981).
Photographer: Anya Phillips. James Chance Lost Chance Songs | 1. | Super Bad |
| 2. | Sax Maniac |
| 3. | Almost Black |
| 4. | White Cannibal |
| 5. | I Got You (I Feel Good) |
| 6. | Melt Yourself Down |
| 7. | Hell on Earth |
| 8. | King Heroin |
| 9. | My Infatuation |
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James Chance & The Contortions: James Chance (vocals, alto saxophone); Joe Bowie (vocals, trombone); Bern Nix, Tomas Doncker (guitar); Colin Wade (bass); Richard Harrison (drums); The Discolitas (background vocals).
Recorded live at 80's Club and Peppermint Lounge in 1980 and 1981. Includes liner notes by Glenn O'Brien.
Originally released as a ROIR cassette-only, these brutal, yet danceable, live tracks were recorded in New York at the Peppermint Lounge and the '80s Club in 1980 and '81. James Chance and the Contortions mixed punk, free jazz, and funk that has yet to be matched, epitomizing the seedy underbelly of the New York no wave scene of the period. Unlike certain Lydia Lunch performance art projects of the time, Chance provides a timeless attack by combining screeching alto sax and vocal rants with a relentless disco beat. Ornette Coleman and Ronald Shannon Jackson ...
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The album's overall feel is understated--on many cuts it's just Ribot, a bassist, a drummer, and a percussionist. Ribot's guitar solos are always highly articulate ...
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