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drag city (usa) #dc 343 cd

the red krayola / art & language “sighs trapped by liars” compact disc

  • fairest of all
  • jumping through the mirror
  • laughing at the foot of the cross
  • il ne reste qu’a chanter
  • hostage
  • jerry fodor’s story
  • the big vacation
  • four stars: the ideal crew
  • igor zabel’s song
  • a pest
  • perfection
  • forty thousand words on a chair
  • sighs trapped by liars
drag city press release...
the red krayola with art & language
sighs trapped by liars
dc343 cd

with the entirely new music statement, sighs trapped by liars, the red krayola renew their association with conceptual artists art & language. beginning in 1973, their collaboration includes the video projects “nine gross and conspicuous errors,” and “struggle in new york,” as well as the much-acclaimed and -decried music releases corrected slogans, kangaroo?, and black snakes. thirty years has mellowed the various parties not at all. the faint-hearted might want to swallow something calming before giving sighs trapped by liars a spin.

sighs trapped by liars is as much a delightful bit of latter-day entertainment as it is a sensational musical excursion not trapped in any era. the composers of red krayola classics such as “keep all your friends,” “portrait of v.i.lenin in the style of jackson pollock,” ”black snakes,” and “born in flames” have made another try at negotiating the relationship between language and music in this new collection. speaking in a contemporary (and frequently foul-mouthed) voice they say something we could all stand to hear — in a popular music format that we can all enjoy.

those expecting a further trip into the radical leftist pamphleteering of the former works will have to listen closely; these are new songs for new days. perspectives are taken from quotes, exhibits and jokes of history and translated into material that addresses the state of the art. this music couldn’t be made without the experiences and politics of former days. the questions the 60s asked about the very idea of music and objects inform the practice today; the relationship of these new songs to the old ones is projective and analytical, subject to change without notice.

art & language’s lyrical contributions were put to music and played by mayo thompson, accompanied by tom watson, john mcentire, noel kupersmith and jim o’rourke. the music is an intimate and expansive setting, a pop framework for deliberate and meditative language. red krayola vocalists elisa randazzo and sandy yang stepped forth to the mic for a lead vocal performance that runs the register from ethereal-to-nursery-rhyme-to-adult-contemporary, with the odd obscenity smoothly integrated into its logic. jumping through the mirror so that you have to follow, the red krayola with art & language bring you sighs trapped by liars.

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drag city (usa) #dc 327 cd

the red krayola “red gold” compact disc single

  • paris (4:56)
  • oh i was bad (2:59)
  • easy street (4:14)
  • the essence of life (2:57)
  • the well (4:04)
  • bong bong (1:56)
drag city press release...
the red krayola
red gold
dc3278 cdep

behold “red gold”, the new ep by the red krayola in which, following their formal introduction, they pump out more dark matter from that deep pool of elemental, benchmark crude to lubricate the wheels of history, and rub in your hair.

”red gold” features three instrumentals and three songs. “paris” conjures the city of lights, an arcade dance-floor at the end of night. “i was bad” is a pure electric harpsichord blues in which fact is truth and truth is triumphant. a gigantic earhook drives “easy street” the karaoke version of “greasy street”. its heavy instrumental power fuels words. come on, sing along. “the essence of life” finds cause for grounds for compassion in the sameness of human function for most purposes. “the well” ponders collaboration, how darkness stands to common sense, and how therein hang tales. “bong bong” exits on the street and meanders away.

the red krayola are members in good standing of the entertainment establishment. they appeal to the broadest cross-section in the marketplace. they have worked and played for forty years inside the great, billboard-tracked, musico-industrial complex.

if your red krayola catalog is completed and well-listened, we recommend one loops “red gold” for more complete immersion ...

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drag city (usa) #dc 190 cd

the red krayola “blues, hollers and hellos” compact disc single

  • container of drudgery (never had a name) (16:53)
  • magnificence as such (9:14)
  • is there? (3:54)
  • blues 6 (4:12)
  • blues 5 (1:35)
  • blues 3 (5:32)
drag city press release...
the red krayola want to contribute. their new ep continues the tradition of music worthy of the serious attention of busy people. life continues to travesty everything. over time, the red krayola have expected the worst, yet hoped to be surprised. some grim satisfaction in science carries on the blues. the red krayola weigh in, resulting in what we at drag city refer to as 'entertainment.' can blues record an analysis of the position? this is just one question, we understand, that needs no answer everybody gets everything, right?

as the world turns, blues, hollers and hellos, yawns in the open spaces of an old guitar and drums core. any sense of irony must be your blue hammer. but fall, if you will. blues, hollers and hellos is packaged with a tanned, cool southern perspective. it delivers its electrical message on a light breeze, leaving the listener plenty of room. to get comfortable, for those of you that worry ? this is a red krayola record. graphic exterior giving lie to what lies within. which is of course provocative and compelling.

blues, hollers and hellos is a six-track record of new music, listen to it. is impeccable blues an oxymoron?

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drag city (usa) #dc 062 cd

the red krayola “coconut hotel” compact disc

  • boards
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  • organ buildup
  • vocal
  • free guitar
  • one-minute imposition
  • piano
  • guitar
long unavailable second album by the red (c)krayola - at this stage a trio with mayo thompson, frederick barthelme (whom i only found out recently is the brother of donald barthelme, and a fantastic author in his own right...), and steve cunningham - recorded in 1967 and unreleased until drag city stepped in in 1995 ... arguably the most “out” set in the krayola kanon ; short, entirely improv-based pieces ...
drag city press release...
in 1966 the band signed to international artists, home label to fellow psych-rockers the 13th floor elevators that was run by lelan rogers (brother of country musician kenny rogers). in 1967 the label released the psychedelic album, parable of arable land, featuring six songs by the original three members interwoven with a cacophony generated by approximately 100 anonymous followers known as the familiar ugly who appear on a number of noise tracks called free-form freak-outs. the album's title track was a tape loop of electronic sounds with musical improvisations layered on top of it, a sound that foreshadowed the red crayola's second recording.

the minimalist music album coconut hotel was recorded in 1967 but rejected by international artists for its lack of commercial potential because of its complete departure from the full-sounding guitar/bass/drums/vocals rock sound of the red crayola's first album. coconut hotel featured such self-described tracks as "organ buildup", "free guitar" and a series of atonal "one-second pieces" for piano, trumpet and percussion.

the album did not see release until 1995. during this period, the band performed a concert in berkeley, california where they attached a contact microphone to a sheet of aluminium foil that was set under a block of melting ice. the red crayola also performed with guitarist john fahey and recorded an entire studio album of music in collaboration with him, but label head lelan rogers demanded possession of the tapes and recorded documentation of those sessions has been missing ever since.

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