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SPRINGFIELD is a posthumous collection of demos and rarities from avant-disco composer Arthur Russell's unreleased album, CORN. Misunderstood and overlooked in its time, his music drew unforeseen connections between New York's avant-garde, rock, and disco scenes. Drawing upon the rhythmic pulse of Indian classical music and the stripped-down, dub-influenced disco edits of Tom Moulton, Russell's own unique productions bore the distinctive imprint of his fragile but affecting voice--a melismatic, often wordless murmur. A brilliant teaser to his diverse oeuvre, SPRINGFIELD makes for a great introduction to left-field dance-music's spiritual forefather.The Wire (p.59) - "'Springfield' is a sumptuous slice of pop, mixing electro drum sounds with candyfloss synth melancholia and a wafting trombone hook." Arthur Russell Springfield Songs Springfield Review
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Purchase Springfield CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Dirty Three Cinder CD (2005)
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Australian trio Dirty Three turn in more of their lush instrumental melancholia on CINDER, the band's seventh full-length album, but there are key differences here. The first is that the songs are all very short, yet their succinctness dilutes none of the group's craft or sonic expansiveness. Additionally, CINDER is full of rich, intriguing overdubs (a rarity for Dirty Three), with violinist Warren Ellis also playing mandolin, viola, and bouzouki, and guitarist Mick Turner adding organ and bass. The result is a more focused and fuller-sounding record than any in the band's discography; and with ...
| | Arthur Russell First Thought Best Thought CDs (2006)
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| | Arthur Russell Another Thought CD (2006)
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Originally released two years after his death, the compilation ANOTHER THOUGHT doesn't try to give an overview of Russell's wildly eclectic career. Rather, it focuses on his late work for voice and cello. These songs are intimate and spare, but that doesn't mean melancholy. Russell's voice is a kind of soulful mumble, mostly hushed but occasionally more insistent. The cello work is by turns lyrical and funky, full of a bubbling energy even on the slower numbers. Among other pleasures, ...
| | Joanna Newsom Ys CD (2006)
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The quaint, self-contained folk portraits of the debut are obliterated here in favor of sprawling epics that recall sea shanties, Homeric myths, and progressive rock. Newsom's words are still highly literate and evocative, though they seem more narrative and symbolic than the surreal expressions of MENDER. The album is graced by string arrangements from Van Dyke Parks which create a swelling, dramatic counterpoint to Newsom's performances. Production assistance from indie-rock titans Steve Albini and Jim O'Rourke helps make this stellar effort one of 2006's most provocative releases.
It shouldn't be a surprise that an artist as stridently unconventional as Joanna Newsom would make a second album that overturns all the expectations established by her first. While ...
| | Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Ark Strange Strings CD (1967)
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One of the more experimental Sun Ra albums, STRANGE STRINGS features the interstellar maestro and band improvising on a selection of exotic stringed instruments, such as ukuleles and kotos, few, if any of which they've ever played before. The result is fascinating (in a good way), juxtaposing the Arkestra's more bizarre random sounds with their conventional bass, horns, piano, and percussion, and producing an otherworldly cacophony whose jagged aural texture is in constant flux.
Recording information: Sun Studios, New York (1967).
Personnel: Ronnie ...
| | Dinosaur L 24-24 Music CD (1982)
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It's arguable that no other artist has so successfully conflated the mutually exclusive worlds of disco and avant-garde music than the late cellist/composer/producer Arthur Russell. In the late '70s, he casually mixed it up with New York City's modern classical elite, as well as in its burgeoning underground dance music scene. In 1979, Russell assembled a crew of seasoned session musicians under the name Dinosaur L, recording the first of his many innovative productions, 24-24 MUSIC.
Working under the tight conceptual framework of minimal composers like Steve Reich--the title alludes to subtle changes in the music initiated every 24 bars--the album contains a brilliant interplay of structured rhythms and loose improvisatory jams. On "#5 (Go Bang)," staccato bursts of horns and organ vamps punctuate the thumping 4/4 disco beat--sounding like a curious fusion of downtown no-wave and afro-beat. Among the more odd-ball experiments are the acid-soaked funk guitar and faux-operatic vocals of "In the Corn Belt," and the J.B.'s-in-an-echo-chamber funk of "#1 (You're Gonna Be Clean on Your Bean)." An expansive, boundary-defying work, 24-24 MUSIC is a journey through the wild imagination of one of dance music's true geniuses.
An incredible full album from Dinosaur L -- the legendary New York dancefloor project of Arthur Russell! The group's a punky, funky, chunky amalgam of bass thumping, guitar riffing, keyboard filling, and sax honking -- all very much in the spirit of Russell's best quirky club work of the time, but with the added sound here of a more expanded approach -- one that takes the tunes in a whole new territory than the more famous 12" singles! The tracks on the original set were simply numbered -- "1", "2", "3", and so on -- and come across almost as free-jamming instrumentals -- but this reissue appends ...
| | Son Volt Straightaways CD (1997)
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In the wake of Uncle Tupelo's demise, Jay Farrar's Son Volt and Jeff Tweedy's Wilco became the Fine Young Cannibals and General Public of the twang generation, each band's faction rabidly defending the preeminence of its favorite. Initially, Wilco seemed to favor the raw, let-it-all-hang-out approach while Son Volt went for pop craft. On STRAIGHTAWAYS, though, Farrar and company pull a switch-up. While maintaining the same foundation of rootsy, acoustic-tinged arrangements and high-lonesome vocals, the band has opted for a looser, more spontaneous feel than the ornate constructions of its debut, TRACE.
"Caryatid Easy" and "Cemetery Savior" showcase the barnstorming, rocking side of the band, while "Way Down Watson" and the eerie murder ballad "Been Set Free" are quiet, fragile compositions that could be the outtakes of Son Volt tourmate Richard Buckner. The winner of the MVP award on STRAIGHTAWAYS is multi-instrumentalist Dave Boquist, whose guitar, banjo, fiddle and lap steel add just the right touch of down-home authenticity to Farrar's tunes.
Recorded at Echo Park, Bloomington, Indiana and ...
| | Los Lobos Town And The City CD (2006) Digipak
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With the release of 1992's landmark album, KIKO, Los Lobos broke away from the somewhat limiting "roots-rock" label and established themselves as a band capable of making sonically adventurous, meticulously constructed music. That thread of bold experimentation re-surfaced, to greater or lesser degrees, in the band's successive releases, but it wasn't until 2006's THE TOWN AND THE CITY that Los Lobos came close to matching the artistic success of KIKO.
Blues, rock, and R&B still form the structural skeleton here, but that skeleton is fleshed out with a diversity of styles that includes cumbia, jazz, norteno, country, and ambient shadings. Yet THE TOWN AND THE CITY never sounds like a collection of genre experiments; the band integrates its eclectic range into an organic sound that is uniquely and wholly their own. The songwriting is top-notch too, with lyrics that focus on community-oriented concerns ("The Valley") and the more universal questions of the heart ("If You Were Only Here Tonight"), and are supported by melodies that are plaintive, haunting, or simply catchy. This album represents one of America's ...
| | Ryan Oliver Convergence CD (2007)
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Art of Life Records is proud to present 28-year-old ...
| | Mikel Erentxun Tres Noches En El Victoria Eugenia CD (2008)
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Track Listing of songs: Amara; En El Sur; A Un Minuto De Tí; Quién Se Acuerda De Tí; ...
| | Flynn, Kevin & The Avondale Ramblers Murderer The Thief The Minstrels & The Rest CD (2009)
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“We’re a Chicago-Irish band.” That’s how front man Kevin Flynn best describes the Celtic inspired sound of Kevin Flynn and The Avondale Ramblers. Based out of the Avondale neighborhood on Chicago’s north side, KF & The Ramblers bring a rollicking take on Gaelic music that reflects the working-class, religious, drunken, sometimes violent (yet always somewhat beautiful) aspects of their city. Though the band’s sound is steeped in the influence of traditional Irish music, their songs are anything but traditional…“We kind of look at our music the same way Led Zeppelin looked at theirs,” says Flynn. “The basis of their sound was the blues - but they expanded on it. They took it into new and interesting areas. That’s what we try to do with Celtic/Gaelic music.” It’s certainly something they accomplish. Country, folk, gospel and rock seem to meld seamlessly with their Irish tunes. The lyrical perspective is also unique: “We’re from here – so our songs are about Chicago, not Ireland,” continues Flynn. “Instead of singing about Ireland’s pubs, rolling fields ...
| | Mark Masri Christmas Is... CD (2009)
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