Arthur Russell - You And Me Both
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2017
- 12 Extraordinary unreleased tracks from the timeless visionary genius of the New York underground.
“…a man crooning to himself out in the Iowa sunfields, killer whale deep in the ocean, drifting through the submarine city night and cobalt space”
-David Toop/The Wire
When Arthur Russell died in 1992 he left an overwhelming archive of over a 1000 tapes that reveal the sublime genius of one of the most important musicians of the last 25 years. As a cellist, songwriter, composer, and disco visionary Arthur Russell consistently blurred the lines of our expectations of what pop music could be. Originally from Iowa, Arthur travelled west in 1970 to study Indian classical composition with Ali Akbar Khan, befriended Allen Ginsberg, performed with Alice Coltrane, and then moved to New York in 1973 to study at the Manhattan School of Music. Quickly gravitating to the then burgeoning downtown scene, Arthur wrote and performed his minimal compositions (captured on Instrumentals and Tower Of Meaning. Both to be re-issued by Audika) and collaborated with a who’s who of some of New York’s most influential artists including Rhy’s Chatham, Ernie Brooks, David Byrne, Phillip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Jon Gibson, Robert Wilson, Christian Wolff, John Cage, Arnold Dreyblatt, and Phill Niblock.
It then changed by a mere accident. Simply, he went to a disco. Inspired by the sonic repetition and sense of community, Arthur wrote and recorded some of the most important records of the disco era including ‘Kiss Me Again’, ‘Is It All Over My Face’, and co-founded Sleeping Bag Records with partner Will Socolov releasing ‘Go Bang’ and the album 24-24 Music. In 2002 Audika Records entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with the estate of Arthur Russell to issue previously unreleased and out of print material from Arthur’s vast archive. The first album Calling Out Of Context , features 12 previously unreleased tracks recorded during Arthur’s prime years 1985-90. The material is drawn from Corn, an album that was completed in 1985 but never released, and an abandoned album recorded for Rough Trade as Arthur had become ill. Many of these tracks show hidden sides of Arthur’s talent and underline the loss of his great potential. Contrary by nature, Arthur’s spontaneous reaction and altered perception to his environment produced music that remains challenging and contemporary. Arthur’s open hearted attitude to music was far ahead of it’s time, and now that time is ours.”
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Kero Kero Bonito brought me here from an interview @ KCSB. What an inspiring track! Thanks Gus : )
so hauntingly romantic.
Love this track so much, this to me is what I want to hear in New York in the 80's
My favourite his song
Yeah this is so good
This song is for you Stacy, I miss your love I wish you were here
I'm not crying, why?
what is the deal? this is the first time I have ever heard this track. (you and me both), Honest Injun! I get it, unreleased but I have heard most of these other songs in some form, I guess if not on vinyl somewhere, or on a walkman, or on a master. Once I played one, m I dumb I thought it was some kind of silver novelty album. Kiss me Again was pink. Luckily I didn't do any damage. but I never heard this . Has this album been rereleased with more cuts. any way I was coming back from India, I stayed in London and my friend was playing John Martyn. When I got to NY. Arthur had all John Martyn's albums. I remember playing them. But that was before these songs. It was before Robert Wilson, Tower of Meaning I was still at AACM. Maybe he was doing Beckett or running The Kitchen,. This is a great track.
Nice comment!
did you know Arthur back in the day?