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blue chopsticks (usa) #bc 05 cd

david grubbs “the coxcomb • avocado orange” compact disc

  • the coxcomb (16:59)
  • avocado orange (10:28)
blue chopsticks press release...
david grubbs, the coxcomb / avocado orange - bc5 cd

in the summer of 1998, having enough clay left over from his drag city solo debut the thicket, david grubbs set out to fashion a companion piece. so he went to paris. responding to the invitation of quentin rollet and noël akchoté to make an lp for their rectangle label, grubbs penned "the coxcomb," an adaptation in song of stephen crane's short story "the blue hotel." this seventeen- minute morität is scored for three voices: the narrator (stephen prina, still stoked from his drag city debut, push comes to love); the swede (grubbs, wild-eyed and singing through gritted teeth); and the cowboy (played to perfection by deep-voiced sasha andrčs, singer of the group héliogabale). grubbs's guitar yarn is fleshed out by the saloon band of didier petit (cello, voice), yves robert (trombone), thierry madiot (bass trombone), and quentin rollet (alto sax). the original lp and picture-disc lp version of the coxcomb featured as its b-side "aux noctambules," a gentle concentration-jam featuring noël akchoté on electric guitar and grubbs making definitive use of the hohner organa. "aux noctambules" has since entered the digital domain as a 3" cd from rectangle. in its place is "avocado orange" - this time from the same clay as grubbs's the spectrum between -- a full-group reworking of his solo piece "onion orange." it features akchoté and rollet as well as the dual percussion team of john mcentire and dan brown. albert oehlen has revised his original cover artwork, providing harrowing punctuation to the project. (released december 2000)

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cortical foundation (usa) #corti 24 cd
organ of corti (united states) #corti 24 cd

stephen prina “vinyl ii” compact disc

  • take 1 (20:49)
  • take 2 (20:41)
  • take 3 (20:47)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "take 3"
three “takes” of the score to stephen prina’s 2000 film “vinyl ii.”
cortical foundation press release...
“for me, those are the only two things that exist -- drones and love songs.” --stephen prina, purple.

...

“vinyl ii is a 16mm film commissioned on the occasion of departures: 11 artists at the getty. the result is twenty one and a half minutes of interlaced references, from seventeenth century devotional painting to andy warhol's 1965 film vinyl, which is a demented, black humored takeoff on anthony burgess's novel a clockwork orange [there are a total of 3 takes, for approximately 63 minutes of music].”

“and what about the music, the score, prina's entrance as singer? from the casting of the musicians -- affectless, nonprofessional actors that resemble bresson's 'models' --to the composition of the multipart, rigidly symmetrical piece of music, the two middle sections of which sound like unwritten songs by the beatles, brian wilson, burt bacharach, even schumann, everything seems extraordinarily decisive.”

"…prina much prefers the appellation "cultural producer" to "artist," valuing the special force and clumsiness of the term—a term that lends itself to the problematization of cultural expectations and the ideological maneuvers involved in fulfilling them. what is expected? by whom and why? what is the nature of the disappointment that results from the mismatch between a name and an image, a signature and a style? and what does it look like when prina makes such a disappointment productive?"

--tom holert.

...

since 1994, stephen prina has recorded and performed with the red krayola, appearing on amor and language, hazel, and fingerpainting. push comes to love, 1998, is his solo pop record, co-produced by david grubbs and jim o'rourke, available on drag city.

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drag city (usa) #dc 304 lp

the red krayola “introduction” long playing record

  • introduction (0:55)
  • breakout (5:03)
  • cruise boat (2:26)
  • note to selves (3:37)
  • l.g.f. (5:06)
  • a tale of two? (3:26)
  • psy ops (2:18)
  • it will be (delivered) (3:02)
  • puff (1:59)
  • greasy street (4:24)
  • vexations (4:27)
  • elegy (5:17)
  • when she went swimming (3:54)
  • swerving (2:41)
  • bling bling (3:13)
drag city press release...

the red krayola
introduction
dc304 lp

the red krayola — 2006! the time, as ever, is now — and time has every meaning in the world for this band of renown. galloping from the south of texas a couple generations back, the red krayola have remained and reemerged in every era since — from the “transparent radiation” of the parable of arable land to “a portrait of v.i. lenin in the style of jackson pollock” of kangaroo? to the “hard on through the summer” of “amor and language.” when last heard from, mayo thompson was sighing without regret of “magnificence as such.” one could almost feel the long rays of sunset breaking over the heads of the red krayola.

dusk will have to wait, for now comes introduction. the red krayola live to see another day. having communed with their fans around the world in 2005 — in europe, japan and the u.s. — they were invigorated. last summer they returned to one of their favorite haunts, the recording studio, for a session to capture the magic all at once. today the result — introduction, 15 songs strong — is here, and does just that. introduction is an epic that presents the red krayola at their very best.

featuring the contributions of long-time members stephen prina, tom watson and john mcentire (who recorded and mixed the album at his soma recording studio), introduction introduces the accordion styles of charlie abel, whose slow flickering squeeze-box lines the album, and the elegant perfection of noel kupersmith’s bass. the moods of introduction are alternately contemplative, whimsical, aggressive, amorous, innocent and raw — while always decorous in that special way popular music demands.

introduction is a new masterpiece from the red krayola — a world of strengths, a compendium of knowledge, a record for today — to be played for generations to come. for fans and the uninitiated alike, here’s an introduction.

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drag city (usa) #dc 304 cd

the red krayola “introduction” compact disc

  • introduction (0:55)
  • breakout (5:03)
  • cruise boat (2:26)
  • note to selves (3:37)
  • l.g.f. (5:06)
  • a tale of two? (3:26)
  • psy ops (2:18)
  • it will be (delivered) (3:02)
  • puff (1:59)
  • greasy street (4:24)
  • vexations (4:27)
  • elegy (5:17)
  • when she went swimming (3:54)
  • swerving (2:41)
  • bling bling (3:13)
drag city press release...
the red krayola
introduction
dc304 cd

the red krayola — 2006! the time, as ever, is now — and time has every meaning in the world for this band of renown. galloping from the south of texas a couple generations back, the red krayola have remained and reemerged in every era since — from the “transparent radiation” of the parable of arable land to “a portrait of v.i. lenin in the style of jackson pollock” of kangaroo? to the “hard on through the summer” of “amor and language.” when last heard from, mayo thompson was sighing without regret of “magnificence as such.” one could almost feel the long rays of sunset breaking over the heads of the red krayola.

dusk will have to wait, for now comes introduction. the red krayola live to see another day. having communed with their fans around the world in 2005 — in europe, japan and the u.s. — they were invigorated. last summer they returned to one of their favorite haunts, the recording studio, for a session to capture the magic all at once. today the result — introduction, 15 songs strong — is here, and does just that. introduction is an epic that presents the red krayola at their very best.

featuring the contributions of long-time members stephen prina, tom watson and john mcentire (who recorded and mixed the album at his soma recording studio), introduction introduces the accordion styles of charlie abel, whose slow flickering squeeze-box lines the album, and the elegant perfection of noel kupersmith’s bass. the moods of introduction are alternately contemplative, whimsical, aggressive, amorous, innocent and raw — while always decorous in that special way popular music demands.

introduction is a new masterpiece from the red krayola — a world of strengths, a compendium of knowledge, a record for today — to be played for generations to come. for fans and the uninitiated alike, here’s an introduction.

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drag city (usa) #dc 171 cd

the red krayola “japan in paris in l.a.” compact disc

  • generique (2:08)
  • japan in paris in l.a. (1:10)
  • trip to paris (0:52)
  • cafe ... boudoir (2:10)
  • i saw a photograph (3:50)
  • the surrealist dream no.1 (5:08)
  • the surrealist dream no.2 (4:48)
  • storm sequence (2:16)
  • the green sun (6:43)
  • death of a painter (2:44)
drag city press release...
the yonemoto brothers 1997 film, japan in paris in l.a. tells the story of the painter, saeki yuzo -- an authentic bohemian hero lionized in his homeland as the 'japanese van gogh.' the film captures the drama of his plight through a multiplicity of avant-garde visual strategies. they reflect in their form the tragic psychology of the tortured artist.

the red krayola were engaged to provide appropriate atmosphere for this narrative. at the time, the ever-shifting personnel included david grubbs, stephen prina, tom watson, jim o'rourke, mary-lass stewart and mayo thompson. japan in paris in l.a. isn't just soundtrack music, it's also the sound of the rare combination of these individuals. make it the soundtrack to the drama of your own plight today.

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drag city (usa) #dc 156 lp

red krayola “fingerpainting” long playing record

  • george iii
  • bad medicine
  • a hybrid creature of greed, ignorance and powers of comprehension plays a vaulted drum kit. the playing corresponds completely to the event. there are entrances and exits. and there is gravitation, where it is needed - tears for example
  • there there betty betty
  • the greed of a clarinet that is puffy from crying gets tossed in butter and spread by notes. this process depresses the entire orchestra so much that it only plays behind a golden partition. the partition is decorated with semi-precious attractive diamonds
  • vile vile grass
  • a sow with an abbess's bonnet is sitting on four rock-objects and singing along with them. the song sounds like a cheater, and is imprisoned in a striped toy box because its aims are not recognizable. on top of the box is a head that could be elvis's, if he had survived this
  • mother
  • out of a trombone that is divided lengthways by a partition of gold sound seven violins of dynamite that are cut sideways into thin slices. they are played by the thrown out ex-members of a very bad band and blown up
  • in my baby's ruth, sandy's drums with david & shadwell, filthy lucre
drag city press release...

now we have the red krayola's state-of-the-states address 1999, presented to one and all in grand red krayola style, going all the way back to the days when they spelled it with a c instead of a k (c. 1967). back then, the world was hearing it's first of this now legendary outfit. having never tried to do anything the same twice, the red krayola, manage in a way not to again on fingerpainting, although this time, in a way, they tried.

fingerpainting features unreleased songs from the distant days of 1966. the 90s red krayola shuffles these ancient pre-arable red crayola songs with the sounds of neo-freakouts, live on the world's stage -- free, familiar, ugly, for a whole bunch of new generations.

fingerpainting features both the latter day krayola and the original red crayola, from thirty years back, bringing it all full circle. and thus allowing another circle to be formed as soon as possible.

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drag city (usa) #dc 156 cd

red krayola “fingerpainting • come on down” double compact disc set

  • george iii
  • bad medicine
  • a hybrid creature of greed, ignorance and powers of comprehension plays a vaulted drum kit. the playing corresponds completely to the event. there are entrances and exits. and there is gravitation, where it is needed - tears for example
  • there there betty betty
  • the greed of a clarinet that is puffy from crying gets tossed in butter and spread by notes. this process depresses the entire orchestra so much that it only plays behind a golden partition. the partition is decorated with semi-precious attractive diamonds
  • vile vile grass
  • a sow with an abbess's bonnet is sitting on four rock-objects and singing along with them. the song sounds like a cheater, and is imprisoned in a striped toy box because its aims are not recognizable. on top of the box is a head that could be elvis's, if he had survived this
  • mother
  • out of a trombone that is divided lengthways by a partition of gold sound seven violins of dynamite that are cut sideways into thin slices. they are played by the thrown out ex-members of a very bad band and blown up
  • in my baby's ruth, sandy's drums with david & shadwell, filthy lucre

  • come on down (music by the red krayola)
drag city press release...
now we have the red krayola's state-of-the-states address 1999, presented to one and all in grand red krayola style, going all the way back to the days when they spelled it with a c instead of a k (c. 1967). back then, the world was hearing it's first of this now legendary outfit. having never tried to do anything the same twice, the red krayola, manage in a way not to again on fingerpainting, although this time, in a way, they tried.

fingerpainting features unreleased songs from the distant days of 1966. the 90s red krayola shuffles these ancient pre-arable red crayola songs with the sounds of neo-freakouts, live on the world's stage -- free, familiar, ugly, for a whole bunch of new generations.

fingerpainting features both the latter day krayola and the original red crayola, from thirty years back, bringing it all full circle. and thus allowing another circle to be formed as soon as possible.

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drag city (usa) #dc 147 cd

stephen prina “push comes to love” compact disc

  • cums for shove
  • the devil, probably
  • too strong
  • the sobriquet
  • no one calls me a friend
  • trevor
  • the achiever
  • little lips
  • community
  • this is not it
  • hand in glove
1999 release ; song-based solo album from interdisciplinary audio/visual artist stephen prina, produced by the gastr del sol team of jim o’rourke and david grubbs ... one track features lyrics by dennis cooper ...
drag city press release...
in the spirit of those great la pop records of the seventies (notably the work of steely dan) these combined talents [lyrics: david grubbs, mayo thompson, dennis cooper, lynn tillman, etc.; production: grubbs & jim o'rourke; drums & vocals: john mcentire & sam prekop] have produced further expansions and refinements to the world of breezy, intellectually informed pop music. prina's own keyboard and guitar work have been augmented with synthesizer, pedal steel, cornet and a smooth rhythm section of bass, drums and, occasionally, a drum machine.

like the classical, pure vocalists who have come before him (sinatra, streisand, joni mitchell, morrissey, manson), prina wraps his voice around the diverse material, presenting an lp as the soundtrack for every man, whether that man is a woman, an academic, a performance artist, a homeowner, a lover, somebody's stepson, 'mr. generosity,' or you.

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drag city (usa) #dc 133 lp

gastr del sol “camofleur” long playing record

  • the seasons reverse
  • blues subtitled no sense of wonder
  • black horse
  • each dream is an example
  • mouth canyon
  • a puff of dew
  • bauchredner
1998 release, the sixth and final gastr del sol record (jim o’rourke left the band just before this was released...)
drag city press release...
gastr del sol: jim o'rourke, david grubbs, markus popp.

additional personnel: edith frost (vocals); julie pomerleau (violin, viola); maureen loughnane (violin); ken vandermark (clarinet); rob mazurek (cornet); jeremy ronkin (french horn); jeb bishop (trombone); darin gray (bass); john mcentire (drums); steve butters (steel drum); stephen prina (background vocals).

along with fellow chicagoans tortoise, gastr del sol has managed to create an indie-rock audience for progressive music. on this release, the last with multi-instrumentalist and producer jim o'rourke, the group's music is more melodic and concise than in the past. but at the same time, the group retains its dedication to experimenting with song forms and production techniques.

augmented by friends and hired hands who play a variety of instruments, gastr aims for the grand pop of van dyke parks on tracks like "the seasons reverse" and "each dream is an example," which feature horns, violin, accordion, piano, and even steel drums. at the same time, markus popp of germany's digital music renegades oval contributes heavily to some tracks, giving a seething electronic undertow to the songs.

the spirited acoustic guitar duets that highlighted previous releases are here as well, particularly on the vietnamese folk song "black horse" and the final track, "bauchredner." david grubbs sings his literate musings more effectively than ever before, and o'rourke even handles the vocals on one song. the wide-ranging but always sharply focused camoufleur combines all these disparate elements in a satisfying and organic way.

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drag city (usa) #dc 133 cd

gastr del sol “camofleur” compact disc

  • the seasons reverse
  • blues subtitled no sense of wonder
  • black horse
  • each dream is an example
  • mouth canyon
  • a puff of dew
  • bauchredner
1998 release, the final gastr del sol record (jim o’rourke left the band just before this was released) ...
drag city press release...
gastr del sol: jim o'rourke, david grubbs, markus popp.

additional personnel: edith frost (vocals); julie pomerleau (violin, viola); maureen loughnane (violin); ken vandermark (clarinet); rob mazurek (cornet); jeremy ronkin (french horn); jeb bishop (trombone); darin gray (bass); john mcentire (drums); steve butters (steel drum); stephen prina (background vocals).

along with fellow chicagoans tortoise, gastr del sol has managed to create an indie-rock audience for progressive music. on this release, the last with multi-instrumentalist and producer jim o'rourke, the group's music is more melodic and concise than in the past. but at the same time, the group retains its dedication to experimenting with song forms and production techniques.

augmented by friends and hired hands who play a variety of instruments, gastr aims for the grand pop of van dyke parks on tracks like "the seasons reverse" and "each dream is an example," which feature horns, violin, accordion, piano, and even steel drums. at the same time, markus popp of germany's digital music renegades oval contributes heavily to some tracks, giving a seething electronic undertow to the songs.

the spirited acoustic guitar duets that highlighted previous releases are here as well, particularly on the vietnamese folk song "black horse" and the final track, "bauchredner." david grubbs sings his literate musings more effectively than ever before, and o'rourke even handles the vocals on one song. the wide-ranging but always sharply focused camoufleur combines all these disparate elements in a satisfying and organic way.

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drag city (usa) #dc 086 ep

red krayola “chemistry b/w a farewell to arms” seven inch single record

  • chemistry

  • a farewell to arms
january 1996 release ; two-tracker w/ the thompson, oehlen, o’rourke, prina, watson lineup ...

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drag city (usa) #dc 053 cd

the red krayola “amor and language” compact disc single

  • hard on through the summer (2:29)
  • the ballad of younis and sofia (4:33)
  • luster (2:21)
  • ai (2:43)
  • t (i,ii) (5:48)
  • a-a-allegories (2:03)
  • the wind (3:14)
  • stil de grain brun (2:09)
  • the letter (3:23)
june 1995 release ; a mini-lp released hot on the heels of the s/t 1994 release (well, i guess that makes it close to 9 months later), also featuring the o’rourke / grubbs / mcentire / prina / watson / oehlen / thompson lineup, augmented by minuteman / firehose drummer george hurley ...

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drag city (usa) #dc 052 cs

the red krayola “the red krayola” cassette

  • jimmy silk / supper be ready medley (1:57)
  • pride (1:06)
  • book of kings (2:40)
  • pessimisty (2:50)
  • worms, worms, thirst (1:38)
  • people get ready (the train's not coming) (3:22)
  • if "s" is (2:06)
  • miss x (2:37)

  • raspierre (2:44)
  • stand-up (2:42)
  • art-dog (1:09)
  • i knew it (1:54)
  • st (2:09)
  • (why) i'm so blase (2:07)
  • the big macumba (2:42)
  • voodoo child (1:47)
  • suddenly (1:51)
why not rock the cassette version here in your ‘98 dodge durango ???

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drag city (usa) #dc 052 cd

the red krayola “the red krayola” compact disc

  • jimmy silk / supper be ready medley (1:57)
  • pride (1:06)
  • book of kings (2:40)
  • pessimisty (2:50)
  • worms, worms, thirst (1:38)
  • people get ready (the train's not coming) (3:22)
  • if "s" is (2:06)
  • miss x (2:37)
  • raspierre (2:44)
  • stand-up (2:42)
  • art-dog (1:09)
  • i knew it (1:54)
  • st (2:09)
  • (why) i'm so blase (2:07)
  • the big macumba (2:42)
  • voodoo child (1:47)
  • suddenly (1:51)
september 1994 release ; believe this was the first of the contemporary “comeback” albums for mr. thompson, featuring a chicagoland all-star pick-up group, consisting of david grubbs and jim o’rourke (this record was recorded near-contemporaneously with gastr del sol’s “crookt, crackt, or fly”), john mcentire, stephen prina, tom watson, plus albert oehlen ...

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