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Tindersticks
Curtains CD (1997)
Lost Sirens album By the time of their third album, Tindersticks had moved far from their rock band origins, toward a more decadent, loungy aesthetic--more Scott Walker than Nick Cave. The strings and horns present since the group's debut take a much more prominent role, dominating the arrangements. The increased reliance on orchestra, the turn toward an even moodier style, and the increasingly film noir-like vignettes of the lyrics give CURTAINS an extremely cinematic quality (which the group would eventually take further by scoring the film NENETTE ET BONI. While Stuart Staple's deep, lugubrious singing is still far from stentorian, the lyrics are decipherable enough to provide a sense of the wasted-lives/rented-rooms scenarios that define the album's worldview.
Recorded at Angel Studios and Eastcote Studios, London, England; Sear Sound, New York, New York.
Engineers: Tindersticks, Ian Caple, Craig Chettle, John Siket.
Personnel: Isabella Rossellini, Ann Magnuson (vocals); Lucy Wilkins, Howard Gott, Caroline Luckhurst, Dmitri VanZwanenberg, Charles Nancarrow, Ruth Gottlieb, Suzannah Marsden, Jonathan Acton (violin); Sophie Sarota, Becca Ware, Harvey Brown , Rob Spriggs (viola); Anna Chalmers, Sara Wilson, Oliver Kraus (cello); Joe de Jesus (flute, trombone); Lisa Graham (tenor saxophone); Jesús Alemańy (trumpet); Lucy Shaw (double bass).
Audio Mixer: John Siket.
Recording information: Angel Studios, Islington, London, England (07/08/1996-10/06/1996); Eastcote Studios, London, England (07/08/1996-10/06/1996); Searsound, NY (07/08/1996-10/06/1996).
Unknown Contributor Role: Dave Bartholomew.
Arranger: Tindersticks.
Tindersticks includes: Stuart Staples (vocals).
Additional personnel: Isabella Rossellini, Ann Magnuson (vocals); Jesus Alemany (trumpet); Joe De Jesus (trombone, flute); Lucy Shaw (bass); David Patman (bongos).
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Barrand / Breunig / Roberts / Woodruff
To Welcome In The Spring CD
Lost Sirens songs Nowell Sing We Clear was developed by Tony Barrand in 1975 to present the traditional music of Christmas: the story of Jesus as preserved in (mostly English) folksong, and customs such as wassailing and mummer's plays associated with the midwinter season.
This show used the same concepts used in Nowell Sing We Clear presentations, but tailored to fit the songs and traditions of the spring, from Plough Monday, through Easter, to Mayday and the Whitsun celebrations when Morris dancers traditionally performed across England. The performers here are original Nowell Sing We ...
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