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Again, I would really appreciate any comments, corrections and extra infor- mation which could improve the quality of this discography. Specifically, if people could send me information and/or corrections on:
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------With special thanks to:
Malcolm Humes Clayton Glad Stephane Vuilleumier Denny Swofford Steve Berman Howard Yang Joshua Tankel David Mandl Adam Robert MacGregor R. Lynn Rardin Philippe Renaud David Newgarden Andrew Torda Sean Terwilliger Matthew Moses Brian Lunger SUGAR in their vitamins? Brian Raiter Philip Lampe Alexander Bailey Zeena Parkins Bruce Carnevale Hannes Schneider Rae Sturtevant Brian Carlson Chris Cutler Gayle Young Chris Genzel Lennart Stahle Jonathan Abbey Michel Ramond Dan Coffey Stefan Verstraeten Siegfried Otto Andreas Dietz Martin Reh Brad Beaudet Dan Hill Tim Blechmann Milton Jonesfor sending me extra material and giving prompt answers to my questions.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------Records and tapes have been listed by chronological order for edition (and not recording). The following records and tapes are listed:
Album Full album release, in one or more of the formats below:
LP 12" vinyl long-player (33 1/3 RPM)
CD Compact (digital) disc
SACD Super-Audio CD
CT Cassette tape
DAT DAT, digital audio tape
DCC Digital compact cassette tape
MD MiniDisc, CD-like optical disc
Single Single release, usually from an album, in one or more of
the formats below:
7" 7" 45 RPM vinyl
10" 10" 45 RPM vinyl
12" 12" 45 RPM vinyl
EP Extended play single or mini-album, usually 33 1/3 RPM
CD-3 CD-3, 3" (7 cm) CD single
CD-5 5" (12 cm) CD single
CS Cassette single
Flexi Flexi-disc, usually included with a magazine
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| DISCOGRAPHY |
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001 - RECOMMENDED RECORDS SAMPLER: various artists
This double record features Vogel (1), Faust (2), Art Bears (3), Stormy Six
(4), The Homosexuals (5), Joseph Racaille & Patrick Portella (6), Feliu
Gasul (7), The Black Sheep (8), Univers Zero (9), Aksak Maboul and The
Honeymoon Killers (10), The Work (11), Henry Cow (12), Decibel (13), Art
Zoyd (14), The Muffins (15), Heiner Goebbels (16), Amos (17), Conventum
(18), Hector Zazou (19), This Heat (20), The Residents (21), R. Stevie Moore
(22), Ron Pate (23), Picchio dal Pozzo (24), Robert Wyatt (25).
Zeena Parkins (under Zeena Plotnik) plays on one track with Black Sheep:
8/ Strangelove (Sheeps)
Recorded at MCCB in February 1982
Daddy Longlegs: guitar, drums; Red Phantome: trumpet, vocals; Rock Steady:
tuba; L. Chemist: vocals, clarinet; Zeena Plotnik: vocals.
1982 - Recommended Records, rer nine (2xLP)
Note: the track by Black Sheep is also available on the compilation MASS
CULTURE CONTROL BUREAU..... THINGS FROM THE PAST (2005), but the recording
date which is given there is different: "recorded in Rotterdam in 1981."
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002 - SIRENS AND SILENCES/WORK RESUMED ON THE TOWER: News From Babel
Sirens And Silences
1/ Odysseus (Cutler, Cooper)
2/ Auschwitz/Babel (Cutler, Cooper)
3/ Klein's Bottle (Cutler, Cooper)
4/ Black Gold (Cutler, Cooper)
5/ Devils (Cutler, Cooper)
6/ Dry Leaf (Cutler, Cooper)
Work Resumed On The Tower
7/ Arcades (Of Glass) (Cutler, Cooper)
8/ Victory (Cutler, Cooper)
9/ Anno Mirabilis (Cutler, Cooper)
Recorded and mixed in London, October 10-19 and November 2-3, 1983
Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, sopranino, alto, piano, other keyboards; Chris
Cutler: drums, electrics, percussion; Zeena Parkins: harp, prepared and
electric harps, accordion; Dagmar Krause: singing; Phil Minton (8,9): trum-
pet, singing on (9); Bill Gilonis: bass, guitar; Georgie Born (4): bass.
1984 - Recommended Records, Re 6116 (45RPM 12")
1990 - ReR, ReRNfB 1 (CD)
2007 - ReR, ReR NFB1 (CD)
2007 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReRNfBOX (3xCD)
Note: the CD from 1990 also contains LETTERS HOME (1986).
Note: the box set from 2007 also contains LETTERS HOME (1986), and
CONTRARIES (1984).
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003 - CONTRARIES: News From Babel
1/ Contraries (Parkins, Cutler)
Recorded at Cold Storage
Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, piano, horns, marimba; Chris Cutler: marimba;
Dagmar Krause: singing; Zeena Parkins: harp, accordion.
1984 - Re Records, Re H (7")
2007 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReRNfBOX (3xCD)
Note: this single sided 7" was originally issued with the subscribers
LP edition of WORK RESUMED ON THE TOWER; it was later sold separately and
also included in 16 DANCE PARTY SMASH HITS, a box set of all the 7"s issued
by Recommended Records (UK) to commemorate their 7th anniversary.
Note: the box set from 2007 also contains SIRENS AND SILENCES/WORK RESUMED
ON THE TOWER (1984), and LETTERS HOME (1986).
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004 - OSSIFICATION: Officer!
1/ Dynamite (Hobbs)
2/ Anagrams (Hobbs, Low Note)
3/ Air (Hobbs)
4/ Telepathy (Hobbs, Fiederowicz, Gilonis)
5/ Spitter's Hooked (On Love) (Hobbs)
6/ Dog Face (Hobbs)
7/ Some (Hobbs)
8/ Boxers V Wrestlers (Hobbs, Fiederowicz)
9/ Tunnels (Fiederowicz)
10/ Apply! (Fiederowicz, Hobbs)
11/ Office Occasion (Hobbs)
12/ Origin (Hobbs)
13/ Hello (Hobbs)
14/ Top, Top, Top (Hobbs)
Recorded at Cold Storage, Brixton (London), at Surrey Sound Studios, and
chez Felix upstairs in 1983 and 1984
Rick Wilson (1,9): percussion, voice, drums; Marie-Jeanne (1,5,14): voice,
claps; Mary (2): chorus; Felix Fiedorowicz (1,2,5,6,8-14): voice, bassoon,
recorders, percussion, piano, swanee, harmonica, toy piano, keyboards,
claps; Judy Carter (2,5,6,11,13): vocals, whistle; Zeena Parkins (2,5,12):
harp; Andy Bole (2): guitar; Bill Gilonis (2,4,5,7,13): bass, clarinet,
tones, keyboards, objects, piano, percussion, melodica; Mick Hobbs (2-14):
drums, piano, guitar, keyboards, recorder, objects, percussion, vocal, bass,
organ, tapes, claps; Kevin (2,3): chorus; Kevin (2): chorus; Graham Painting
(3): guitars, double bass, drums; Catherine Jauniaux (4,5,7,11,12): voice;
Terri Robson (4,5,10,11): violin; Georgie Born (5,13,14): cello; Christina
Wild (5,11): strings; Jussi Karel (5,11,12): viola; Anne Stokes (5,11):
strings; Tim Hodgkinson (7,9): alto, baritone saxophone, Hawaian guitar,
clarinet; Tym (2): chorus; Patrick Q (9): violin; Patrick Gundry-White (11):
French horn; Tom Cora (12):cello.
1984 - AYAA (France), DT 1284 (LP)
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005 - BAD ALCHEMY NO. 1: various artists
This magazine/tape features Danielle Dax (1), Bass Tone Trapp (2), Skeleton
Crew (3), T. Benjamin/R. Heiloo/H. Schellinx/M. Malewicz (4), T. Benjamin/R.
Heiloo/H. Schellinx/L. Santoro (5), Catherine Jauniaux/Tim Hodgkinson (6),
Chris Newman (7), Romans (8), Conlon Nancarrow (9), Homosexuals (10), Debile
Menthol (11), After Dinner (12), Hermine-Het (13), Group 180 (14), Phil
Minton/Roger Turner (15), We Are Frank Chickens (16), News From Babel (17),
Dimthings/Ulterior Lux (18), Lol Coxhill (19).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with News From Babel:
17/ Dry Leaf
1985 - Bad Alchemy (Germany), No. 1 (magazine+CT)
See WORK RESUMED ON THE TOWER (1984) for further references.
Note: with the exception of (3,7,11,19), all the tracks are already avail-
able on records.
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006 - BAD ALCHEMY NO. 3: various artists
This magazine/tape features John Zorn "Cobra" (1), John Zorn/Tenko (2),
David Moss Dense Band (3,4), Lindsay Cooper (5), Dr. Nerve (6,7), Half
Japanese (8), The Lo Yo Yo (9,10), Christian Marclay "Tower Of Babel" (11),
Lurex 4/Elliott Sharp (12).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with John Zorn "Cobra":
1/ Exercise Nr. 1 5:50
Recorded live at Moers Festival, Germany on May 24, 1985
John Zorn: reeds; Carol Emanuel: harp; Zeena Parkins: harp; Arto Lindsay:
guitar; Elliott Sharp: guitar; Bill Frisell: guitar; Wayne Horvitz: key-
boards; Anthony Coleman: keyboards; Christian Marclay: turntables; Bob
James: tapes; Jim Staley: trombone, French horn; Guy Klucevsek: accordion;
Bobby Previte: conductor.
1985 - Bad Alchemy (Germany), No. 3 (magazine+CT)
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007 - BAD ALCHEMY NO. 6: various artists
This magazine/tape features David Garland (1-3), Five UU's (4-5), Monochrome
Bleu (6-7), Markus Eichenberger (8), Bosshard/Muller (9), Christoph Gallio
(10), Schlagwerk-3 (11), Josef K. Noyce (12-13), HNAS (14).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with David Garland:
2/ Play Within a Play (Garland) 4:00
David Garland: vocals, electronics, Farfisa organ, piano, Hammond organ,
electric guitar, percussion; Cinnie Cole: vocals, banjos; Zeena Parkins:
vocals, electric harp, accordion.
1986 - Bad Alchemy (Germany), No. 6 (magazine+CT)
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008 - LETTERS HOME: News From Babel
1/ Who Will Accuse? (Cutler, Cooper)
2/ Heart Of Stone (Cutler, Cooper)
3/ Banknote (Cutler, Cooper)
4/ Moss (Cutler, Cooper)
5/ Dragon At The Core (Cutler, Cooper)
6/ Dark Matter (Cutler, Cooper)
7/ Waited (Cutler, Cooper)
8/ Fast Food (Cutler, Cooper)
9/ Late Evening (Cutler, Cooper)
Recorded at Cold Storage Autumn & Winter 85/86
Lindsay Cooper: bassoon, sopranino, alto, piano, other keyboards; Chris
Cutler: drums, electrics, percussion; Zeena Parkins: harp, prepared and
electric harps, accordion, EBO guitar on (6); Dagmar Krause: singing; Robert
Wyatt (1,2,4,9): singing; Sally Potter (3,6): singing; Phil Minton (5):
singing; Bill Gilonis: bass, guitar.
1986 - Re, 1...14 (LP)
1990 - ReR, ReRNfB 1 (CD)
2007 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR NFB2 (CD)
2007 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReRNfBOX (3xCD)
Note: the CD from 1990 also contains SIRENS AND SILENCES/WORK RESUMED ON THE
TOWER (1984).
Note: the box set from 2007 also contains SIRENS AND SILENCES/WORK RESUMED
ON THE TOWER (1984), and CONTRARIES (1984).
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009 - CURRENT TRENDS IN RACISM IN MODERN AMERICA: Butch Morris
Current Trends in Racism in Modern America (Morris)
Part One 24:35
Part One (cont.) 12:20
Part Two 10:30
Recorded live at the Kitchen, New York City on February 1, 1985
Frank Lowe: tenor; John Zorn: alto, game calls; Brandon Ross: guitar; Zeena
Parkins: harp; Tom Cora: cello; Christian Marclay: turntables; Eli Fountain:
vibraphone; Curtis Clark: piano; Thurman Barker: marimba, snare drum, tabou-
rine; Yasunao Tone: voice; Butch Morris: conduction.
1986 - Sound Aspects (Germany), Sound Aspects 4010 (LP)
???? - Sound Aspects (Germany), SAS CD 4010 (CD)
Note: the CD was digitally remastered in August 90 at Studios Bauer by J.
Wohlleben.
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010 - MUSIC FOR OTHER OCCASIONS: Lindsay Cooper
1/ Speed Of Light (Potter, Cooper) 3:29
2/ Belfast (Cooper) 2:09
3/ The Number 8 Bus (Rhodes, Cooper) 1:22
4/ Torn Away (Rhodes, Cooper) 1:45
5/ Plate Dance (Cooper) 2:58
6/ No Missiles (Rhodes, Cooper) 1:51
7/ Royal Courts Of Justice (Cooper) 2:13
8/ Iceland The Long Dance (Cooper) 5:25
9/ As She Breathes (Potter, Cooper) 2:35
10/ The Assassination Waltz (Peskov, Cooper) 1:38
11/ Who Knows? (Rhodes, Cooper) 1:21
12/ Exchanges (Rhodes, Cooper) 2:07
13/ Elegy (Cooper) 3:36
14/ Domestic Bliss (End Credits) (Cooper) 2:42
15/ They're Moving In (Askar, Cooper) 1:48
16/ Julia/End Credits (Cooper) 3:15
17/ Next Century (Cooper) 1:17
18/ From Morning Till Midnight (Cooper) 2:09
18a/ Morning
18b/ Midnight
19/ The Colony Comes A Cropper (Cooper) 4:33
19a/ The Chase
19b/ Marivaux
(1-4,7-14,16) recorded at Wave and Milo studios, Spring 1983-Summer 1985
(6,15) recorded at Cold Storage Studio.
(5) recorded at Camden 8 Studio
(17,21) recorded at Ttion Studio, Frankfurt/Main in March 1987
(18) recorded at HOW Studio, London in March 1987
(19) recorded at HOW Studio, London in September 1990
(20) recorded at Australian Broadcasting Company in July 1990
Produced by Lindsay Cooper & Charles Gray
Lindsay Cooper: piano, electric piano, synthesizers, alto, sopranino, bas-
soon, glockenspiel, bass guitar; Georgie Born: guitar, bass guitar, cello,
electric piano; Sally Potter (1,9): singing; Dagmar Krause (3,4,6): singing;
Maggie Nicols (7,15,16): singing; Kate Westbrook: singing, tenor horn; Chris
Cutler: drums; Celia Gore Booth: musical saw; Vicky Aspinall: violin; Zeena
Parkins: harp; Irita Kutchmy: piccolo; Helena Paul (5): cello; Elvira Plenar
(17,21): piano, synthesizer; Alfred 23 Harth (17,21): soprano, bass clari-
net; Annemarie Roelofs (17,21): trombone, violin; Helen Liebmann (18):
cello; Peter Whyman (19): soprano, bass clarinet, flute; Robyn Archer (20):
singing; Lynda Patching (20): violin; Teresa Blake (20): cello.
1986 (1985?) - Sync Pulse Records (UK), SP3 (LP)
1986 - No Man's Land (Germany), nml 8603 (LP)
1991 (1992?) - No Man's Land (Germany), nml 8603cd (CD)
Note: (17-21) are only available on the CD reissue.
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011 - PLANETA No5: various artists
This tape features Anne Gillis, Le Trio de Batteurs (Hayward, Chenevier,
Brown), Me & The Heat, Kleg, Peinz Quadratt, David Thomas & The Pedestrians,
La Marmite Infernale, Skeleton Crew, Hans Reichel & Keith Tippett.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Skeleton Crew:
?/ ???
Recorded live at the Musique Action Internationale, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy
(France) on May 7-12, 1985
Fred Frith; Tom Cora; Zeena Parkins.
1985 - Planetarium (France), No5 (CT)
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012 - THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS: Skeleton Crew
1/ The Country Of Blinds (Skeleton Crew, Cora) 4:10
2/ Money Crack (Skeleton Crew) 0:58
3/ The Border (SC, Anne Hemenway) 3:28
4/ The Hand That Bites (Skeleton Crew, Frith) 5:32
5/ Dead Sheep (SC, Cora, Frith) 3:22
6/ Bingo (Skeleton Crew, Frith) 3:34
7/ Man Or Monkey (Skeleton Crew, Cutler) 2:37
8/ Foot In Hole (Skeleton Crew) 3:08
9/ Hot Field (Skeleton Crew) 2:36
10/ The Birds Of Japan (Skeleton Crew, Frith) 4:00
11/ You May Find A Bed (SC, Frith, Rebby Sharp) 6:10
Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) in December 1985/
January 1986
(2,9,11) recorded live in Reykjavik, Iceland, on November 4, 1985
Produced by Tim Hodgkinson
Tom Cora: cello, bass, accordion, drums, contraptions, vocals; Fred Frith:
guitar, 6-string bass, violin, home-mades, drums, vocals; Zeena Parkins:
organ, electric harp, accordion, drums, vocals.
1986 - No Man's Land (Germany), nml 8609 (LP)
1986 - Rift (USA), Rift 11 (LP)
1986 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), RecRec 12 (LP)
1990 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 512 (CD)
1998 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 512 (CD)
2005 - Fred Records/ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR FRO 8/9 (2xCD)
Note: (2) is missing on all the CD reissues.
Note: the RecRec Music CD reissues also include most of LEARN TO TALK
(1984); see the special entry on these CD reissues for more details.
Note: the 2xCD reissue also includes LEARN TO TALK (1984), as well as some
extra tracks.
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013 - THE AS USUAL DANCE TOWARDS THE OTHER FLIGHT TO WHAT IS NOT/LUMINOUS
BIPEDS: Skeleton Crew/The Orthotonics
Side 1: THE AS USUAL DANCE TOWARDS THE OTHER FLIGHT TO WHAT IS NOT: Skeleton
Crew
Side 2: LUMINOUS BIPEDS: The Orthotonics
1986 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), no catalog # (CT)
Note: for promotional use only, not for sale.
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014 - THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUMMER OF LOVE: various artists
This compilation contains songs by Half Japanese, Fred Frith, Shockabilly,
Sharky's Machine, The Shaved Pigs, The Moon, The Workdogs, Missing
Foundation, Artless, Krack House, Bongwater, Tuli Kupferberg, Carney/Hild/
Kramer, Fish and Roses, No Safety, Men and Volts, Samm and Dave, The
Spongehead Experience, Steve Taylor and Allen Ginsberg, George Cartwright,
Scott Williams, Otto Kentrol, Laraaji.
Zeena Parkins plays on two tracks, one with No Safety:
15/ I Sleep (Cochrane, Parkins)
Chris Cochrane; Zeena Parkins.
and one with Steve Taylor and Allen Ginsberg:
19/ Dear M. (Ginsberg, Taylor)
Allen Ginsberg; Steve Taylor; Kramer: slide solo; Zeena Parkins: harp.
1987 - Shimmy-Disc (USA), Shimmy-001 (LP)
1987 - Shimmy-Disc (USA), Shimmy 1 (CT)
1987 - Shadowline Records (Netherlands), SR6787 (LP)
???? - Shimmy Disc Europe (Netherlands), SDE 9024 (CD)
199? - Shimmy Disc (USA), SHM5001 (CD)
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015 - SLOPE - GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE: Tenko
This record features Tenko in different combinations with Fred Frith, Arto
Lindsay, Christian Marclay, David Moss, Kamura, Ned Rothenberg, Tom Cora,
Wayne Horvitz, Zeena Parkins, David Licht, Kramer, Moko.
1/ Passing By The Night 4:18
2/ Somewhere, Far Away 3:37
3/ Guitars I 1:34
4/ I've Eaten Nuts With Different Shapes 2:12
5/ In The Strawberry Preserves 3:38
6/ Sleep Walker 3:15
7/ ANTAGATA-DOKO-SA 1:43
8/ In Horto Infinito (In The Infinite Garden) 2:36
9/ The Time Drawers 2:50
10/ Gradual Disappearance 2:27
11/ Nightrope Dancing 2:30
12/ Guitars II 2:49
13/ Opinion 3:03
14/ A Watchdog Of The Labyrinth 3:20
Recorded at Noise New York
Produced by Tenko and Fred Frith
Tenko: vocals, guitar, hand claps, DX100, snare drum; Ned Rothenberg (1,14):
flute, alto; Zeena Parkins (1,4,5): electric harp, accordion, vocals; Fred
Frith (1,3-13): guitar, bass, piano, bass drum, snare drum, vocals, hand
claps, tubular bells, marching drum, violin; David Licht (1): snare drum;
Wayne Horvitz (2,8,11): piano, DX7, DX100; Arto Lindsay (3,7,10,12): guitar,
vocals; David Moss (4,7,10,11,13): vocals; Kamura (4,7,10,13): vocals; Moko
(4,7): vocals; Tom Cora (4,9-11): vocals, cello; Christian Marclay (4,6):
turntables; Coby Batty (8): hand claps; Kramer (9): Indian banjo.
1987 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), RecRec 16 (LP)
1987 - Kinniko Bijo Records (Japan), KBR301 (LP)
2001 - Shoh (Japan), SHOH-120 (CD)
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016 - TANGO: various artists
This tape from Tellus (The Audio Cassette Magazine) contains modern inter-
pretations of the "queen of Latin dances" by Carlos Gardel, David Garland,
Chris DeBlasio, Keith Keeler, Brenda Hutchinson, Kahondo Style, Elodie
Lauten, Jo Basile, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Molly Elder, Mathew Nash,
Christopher Berg, Fast Forward, Mader.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with David Garland:
2/ Play Within A Play (Garland) 4:02
David Garland: vocals, piano, Hammond organ, electric guitar, percussion;
Cinnie Cole: vocals, banjos; Zeena Parkins: vocals, electric harp, accor-
dion.
1987 - Tellus (USA), Tellus #16 (CT)
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017 - ISLAND OF SANITY: New Music From New York City
This record features music by David Linton, Mofungo, Christian Marclay, Fish
And Roses, Details At Eleven, Skeleton Crew, Mark Dery, Charles K. Noyes,
Martin Bisi, Locus Solus, The President, The Ordinaires, David Fulton, David
Garland, Bump, Chris Vine, Carbon, Bosho, The Scene Is Now, H/M/D, Toy
Killers, Robert Previte.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Skeleton Crew:
6/ The Sparrow Song (Frith) 1:26
Recorded at Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg in December 1985
Fred Frith: voice, guitar, bass, drum; Tom Cora: cello, bass, drum, block-
head; Zeena Parkins: keyboard, voice, tomtom.
1987 - No Man's Land (Germany), nml 8707d (2xLP)
1991 - No Man's Land (Germany), nml 8707cd (CD)
Note: titles by Martin Bisi, The President, The Ordinaires and Toy Killers
are not available on the CD.
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018 - COBRA: John Zorn
This record contains two versions of Cobra, a studio one and a live one.
Cobra: Studio Version
1/ Opening 0:59
2/ Allegro 4:40
3/ Largo 6:15
4/ Moderato 7:50
5/ Fantasia 3:45
6/ Presto 1:40
7/ Adagio Maestoso 2:45
8/ Violento 4:20
9/ Allegro Scorrevole 2:35
10/ Capriccio Con Gusto 4:45
11/ False Start/Giocoso 0:52
12/ Scherzo 5:55
13/ Maestoso Meccanico 1:22
14/ Variations/Furioso 8:40
15/ Epilogue 3:45
Recorded at Radio City Studios, New York City on May 9, 1986
Jim Staley: trombone; Carol Emanuel: harp; Zeena Parkins: harp; Bill
Frisell: guitar; Elliott Sharp: doubleneck guitar/bass, soprano, voice; Arto
Lindsay: guitar, voice; Anthony Coleman: piano, harpsichord, celeste, Yamaha
organ; Wayne Horvitz: piano, Hammond organ, celeste, DX7; David Weinstein:
Mirage sampling keyboards, celeste; Guy Klucevsek: accordion; Bob James:
tapes; Christian Marclay: turntables; Bobby Previte: percussion; John Zorn:
prompter.
Cobra: Live Version
16/ Prologue/Maestoso 6:05
17/ Capriccio 13:15
18/ Prestissimo 14:04
19/ Lento/Mysterioso 9:35
20/ Allegro 10:25
Recorded live at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on October 21, 1985
J.A. Deane: trombone synthesizer, electronics; Bill Frisell: guitar; Elliott
Sharp: doubleneck guitar/bass, voice; Anthony Coleman: piano, pipe organ,
Yamaha organ; Wayne Horvitz: piano, DX7; David Weinstein: Mirage sampling
keyboards; Guy Klucevsek: accordion; Bob James: tapes; Christian Marclay:
turntables; Bobby Previte: drum machine; John Zorn: prompter.
1987 - Hat Hut Records (Switzerland), hat ART 2034 (2xLP)
1991 - Hat Hut Records (Switzerland), hat ART CD 60401 & CD 60402 (2xCD)
1991 - Hat Hut Records (Switzerland), hat ART CD 2-6040 (2xCD)
2002 - Hat Hut Records (Switzerland), hatOLOGY 2-580 (2xCD)
Note: (1,9,11,13,14,18) are extra tracks not available on the LP pressing.
Note: the 2002 reissue has been remixed and has a different booklet.
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019 - SOMETHING OUT THERE: Zeena Parkins
1/ Firebrat (Meneses, Parkins) 2:58
2/ Night Light (Mori, Parkins) 2:57
3/ Without Words (Mori, Parkins, Cora) 2:19
4/ Little Hip Haw (Parkins) 2:36
5/ Mother Tongue (Marclay, Parkins) 2:08
6/ Cornered (Meneses, Parkins) 3:32
7/ Southern Exposure (Bennett, Parkins, Cora) 3:51
8/ Incident In A Department Store (Marclay, Parkins) 3:00
9/ Flavor Of Green Tea Over Rice (Parkins) 3:54
10/ Left-Handed Walk (Mori, Parkins, Cora) 2:24
11/ The World As I Found It (Meneses, Parkins) 3:03
12/ Fly Loo (Mori, Parkins) 2:09
13/ Sidereal Messenger (Cora, Parkins) 3:11
14/ Appointment In Samarkind (Horvitz, Parkins) 3:03
Recorded and mixed at Noise New York by Tom Cora, February 1986-January
1987
(3,10) recorded live at Roulette
Produced by Tom Cora and Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins: electric and acoustic harps; Jim Meneses (1,6,11): drums;
Ikue Mori (2,3,10,12): drum machine, drums; Tom Cora (3,10,13): live sampl-
ing, drums, indigniti; Christian Marclay (5,8): turntables; Samm Bennett
(7): electric and acoustic percussions; Wayne Horvitz (14): DX100, DX7,
RX11.
1987 - No Man's Land (Germany), nml 8712 (LP)
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020 - FESTIVAL MIMI 86: various artists
This record features The Remotobs (1), Etron Fou Leloublan (2), Joseph
Racaille (3), Fred Frith (4), Skeleton Crew (5), Regular Music (6), Virgule
IV (7), Les Batteries (8), Pascal Comelade (9).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Skeleton Crew:
5/ The Way Things Fall (R. Sharp, Cora, Frith) 2:20
Recorded live at Saint Remy de Provence, France on July 3-6, 1986
Tom Cora: cello, drums, bass, vocals; Fred Frith: guitar, violin, drums,
vocals; Zeena Parkins: organ, electric harp, drums.
1987 - Disques Inoui - Oblique Musique (France), 06910 (LP)
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021 - RIVER OF NO RETURN: various artists
This limited (150 copies) edition cassette contains mostly live tracks by
Wiseblood, Tom Waits, Butthole Surfers, Skeleton Crew, Tuxedo Moon, Pussy
Galore, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Henry Rollins, Mark Stewart & The Maffia,
Coil, Pete Seeger, Sonic Youth, Blurt, Flipper, Crime and the City Solution,
GG Allin, Lydia Lunch,Swell Maps, Liquid Sky OST, Swans, Foetus, Big Black.
4/ Trees (Skeleton Crew)
Recorded live on January 15, 1986 in Mensa, Aachen
Fred Frith; Tom Cora; Zeena Parkins.
1988 - United Piss Artists Tape (Germany), ??? (CT)
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022 - A CLASSIC GUIDE TO NO MAN'S LAND: various artists
This record features David Garland (1), Geoff Leigh (2), Orthotonics (3),
Skeleton Crew (4), Guy Klucevsek (5), Etron Fou Leloublan (6), Doctor Nerve
(7), :Zoviet France (8), Uludag (9), Iva Bittova/Pavel Fajt (10), Non Credo
(11), Lindsay Cooper (12-14), Meltable Snaps It (15), Jad Fair/Half Japanese
(16-18), Biota (19), Proof Of Utah (20).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Skeleton Crew:
4/ Safety In Numbers (Cora, Frith) 3:16
Recorded at Sunrise Studio in December 1985 and January 1986
Produced by Tim Hodgkinson
Tom Cora: bass, drums, vocals; Fred Frith: guitar, snare, vocals; Zeena
Parkins: keyboards, vocals.
1988 - No Man's Land (Germany), nml 8813cd (CD)
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023 - 143 LUDLOW ST. NYC: Takashi Kazamaki
1/ Kisui (Kazamaki, Bennett) 1:19
2/ Hiwaku (Kazamaki, Bennett) 2:04
3/ Bakudo (Kazamaki, Bennett) 1:50
4/ Mekku (Kazamaki, Bennett) 1:40
5/ Fuuyu (Kazamaki, Bennett) 1:46
6/ Kayade (Kazamaki, Bennett) 1:48
7/ Shiura (Kazamaki, Bennett) 2:14
8/ Totsuku (Kazamaki, Bennett) 1:42
9/ Chinage (Kazamaki, Bennett) 1:34
10/ Momiza (Kazamaki, Bennett) 2:29
11/ Yurina (Kazamaki, Bennett) 2:10
12/ Takite (Kazamaki, Bennett) 0:48
13/ Maripe (Kazamaki, Parkins) 5:36
14/ Kemure (Kazamaki, Parkins) 4:52
15/ Rushita (Kazamaki, Parkins) 4:31
16/ Temido (Kazamaki, Parkins) 4:57
17/ Kiriya (Kazamaki, Parkins) 0:43
Recorded at Noise NYC, September 1987 by Tom Cora
Takashi Kazamaki: percussion; Sam Bennett (1-12): percussion; Zeena Parkins
(13-17): electric harp, acoustic harp, accordion.
1988 - Dossier (Germany), ST 7555 (LP)
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024 - PASSED NORMAL VOL. #3: various artists
This tape features Dybbuk (1), Amy Denio (2), Lussier/Derome/Lepage (3),
Tone Dogs (4), The Jeff & Scott Show (5), Elvis Messiahs (6), Rudy Schwartz
Project (7), Tom Cora (8), Something Brothers (9), Zozobra (10), Voodoo
Mark (11), Frank Pahl (12), Dwin & Secret Dave (13), Pink Bob (14), Zeena
Parkins/Wayne Horvitz (15), Steve May (16), That Hope (17), Curlew (18).
1/ Mouchy (Dybbuk)
2/ FBI (Amy Denio)
3/ Hors De Memoire (Lussier, Derome, Lepage)
4/ Anicety Low Day (Tone Dogs)
5/ Beans (The Jeff & Scott Show)
6/ Metamorphosis Of Houdini (Elvis Messiahs)
7/ You Can Be A Republican Too (Rudy Schwartz Project)
8/ When A Hat Gets Lonesome (You Put It On Your Head)
(Tom Cora)
9/ Pelican Plaza (Something Brothers)
10/ Mozart's Love Affair (Zozobra)
11/ Huh? (Voodoo Mark)
12/ Eve & Adam (Frank Pahl)
13/ Wasted Time (Dwin & Secret Dave)
14/ All-American Mom (Pink Bob)
15/ Surrounded By Pitfalls (Parkins, Horvitz)
16/ Crystal Clear (Steve May)
17/ Ice Cream (That Hope)
18/ Live Somewhere In Germany (Curlew)
(8) recorded live in Tokyo on May 1, 1987
Amy Denio (2,4): guitart, voice, saxophone; Rene Lussier (3); Jean Derome
(3); Robert Lepage (3); Fred Frith (4): big guitar; Fred Chalenor (4): bass;
Matt Cameron (4): drums; Jeff Michel (5); Scott Lucas (5); Joe Newman (7):
saxophone; Kelly Dooley (7): saxophone; Robert Jacobs (7): keyboards; Tom
Cora (8,18): cello; Tim Schellenbaum (10): guitar, fiddle, percussion;
Cinnie Cole (10): banjo, synthesizer, bass, vocals; Mitch Salmen (10):
guitar, electronics; Kevin Norton (10): drums, vibes, percussion; Voodoo
(11): vocals; Dean Carlson (11): huh; Ed Pierce (11,13): guitar; Secret Dave
(13): vocals; Zeena Parkins (15); Wayne Horvitz (15,18): keyboards; George
Cartwright (18): reeds; Davey Williams (18): guitar; Pippin Barnett (18):
drums.
1988 - FOT Records/Home Recordings (USA), Vol. #3 (CT)
2002 - Home Recordings (USA), HRCD-046 (CD)
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025 - COS#1: various artists
This tape features John Zorn , Tetsu Saitoh, Yoshisaburo Toyozumi, Tom Cora,
Yoshinori Yanagawa, Takashi Kazamaki , Zeena Perkins, Katie O'Looney, Fred
Frith.
1/ July 11, 1988 (Zorn, Saitoh, Toyozumi)
2/ April 16, 1988 (Cora, Toyozumi)
3/ February 21 and 22, 1988 (Yanagawa)
4/ August 4, 1988 (Kazamaki)
5/ August 4, 1988 (Parkins, O'Looney, Kazamaki)
6/ February 23, 1988 (Fred Frith)
(1,2,4-6) recorded at Openhouse in Nagoya
(3) recorded at Gokuonsha Studio in Hashima
John Zorn (1): alto; Tetsu Saitoh (1): bass; Yoshisaburo Toyozumi (1,2):
percussion; Tom Cora (2): cello, voice; Yoshinori Yanagawa (3): alto;
Takashi Kazamaki (4,5): percussion; Zeena Perkins (5): electric harp, casio;
Katie O'Looney (5): drums; Fred Frith (6): guitar.
1988 - COS (Japan), COS#1 (magazine+CT)
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026 - GHOSTS: N.A.D. (Niu Abdominaux Dangereux)
1/ La Topinara Verde (The Green Mole) (Nicola Salerno) 5:24
2/ Ghosts (Albert Ayler) 3:11
?/ Bar-oque (Salerno, Terragnoli) 0:19
3/ Lorenza In Arabia (Salerno, Terragnoli) 5:58
4/ Conversations (Enrico Terragnoli) 5:11
#/ Bar-oque church (Salerno, Terragnoli) 0:28
5/ Bibbidi Bobbidi Bu (Mack, Hoffman, Livingstone)
3:48
6/ Giggirriva (Terragnoli) 4:22
7/ Ivanovic (Kaiser, Salerno, Zorzi,
Olivieri, Frith, Sharp) 4:05
$/ Bar-oque blues (Terragnoli, Salerno) 1:03
8/ Broadway Blues (Ornette Coleman) 4:02
9/ Zigozago (Terragnoli) 5:42
10/ Marina Goes To Hollywood (Zorzi, Salerno, Terragnoli)
8:32
Recorded at Umbi Studio, Modena (Italy) in November/December 1988 and
at Baby Monster Studio, New York City in December 1988
Produced by NAD
Fantasio Manlio Fox (aka Roberto Zorzi): guitars, voice, trombone; Ricoh
Screw Poloso (aka Enrico Terragnoli) (all but (7)): guitars, voice; Njk
Salerchia (aka Nicola Cosmo Salerno): samplings, synthesizer, voice, crackle
box; Egj Qselly (aka Egidio Zancanari) (all but (7)): bass, harpsichord,
voice, church organ; Bert Willie Bevilacopia (aka Alberto Olivieri) (all but
($)): drums, percussion, voice; Riccardo Bianchi (1): Midi guitar; Denardo
Coleman (2,6): Midi drums; Fred Frith (2,7): violin, voice; Zamir Ahmad Khan
(3): sitar, tablas; Elliott Sharp (3,6,7): soprano, lap steel guitar;
Christian Marclay (4): turntables; Zeena Parkins (#,5): American closing
speaker, accordion; Sonny Sharrock (5,6): guitar; Henry Kaiser (7): Syncla-
vier; Umbi Maggi ($): blues bass guitar.
1989 - Heron Music (Italy), HM 702 (CD)
1989 - ITM (Germany), ITM 1454 (CD)
1995 - Basic (France), 50001 (CD)
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027 - 100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES: Nicolas Collins
Nicolas Collins in duos with Pippin Barnett, Anthony Coleman, Tom Cora,
Peter Cusak, Shelley Hirsch, George Lewis, Christian Marclay, Ben Neill,
Zeena Parkins, Robert Poss, Ned Rothenberg, Elliott Sharp, Davey Williams,
John Zorn, Peter Zummo.
1/ untitled 0:41
2/ untitled 2:15
3/ untitled 1:15
4/ untitled 1:32
5/ untitled 0:46
6/ untitled 0:46
7/ untitled 0:45
8/ untitled 1:14
9/ untitled 1:42
10/ untitled 1:41
11/ untitled 2:49
12/ untitled 0:40
13/ untitled 0:46
14/ untitled 1:24
15/ untitled 0:28
16/ untitled 0:39
17/ untitled 0:29
18/ untitled 1:10
19/ untitled 1:20
20/ untitled 1:30
21/ untitled 5:30
22/ untitled 2:29
23/ untitled 0:36
24/ untitled 1:12
25/ untitled 1:07
26/ untitled 1:57
27/ untitled 0:53
28/ untitled 1:33
29/ untitled 0:35
30/ untitled 0:39
31/ untitled 0:50
32/ untitled 1:55
33/ untitled 1:32
34/ untitled 1:22
35/ untitled 2:50
36/ untitled 1:20
37/ untitled 0:46
38/ untitled 1:16
39/ untitled 1:27
40/ untitled 2:42
41/ untitled 1:57
42/ untitled 1:29
Recorded at Airshaft Studio, New York City, The Kitchen, New York City and
Stichting Steim, Amsterdam from January 1988 through May 1989
Nicolas Collins: trombone propelled electronics, radio, tapes; Peter Cusack
(1,9,18,25,37,39,41,42): acoustic guitar, whistle, Gate Crasher, tapes, bou-
zouki, tuning forks; Robert Poss (2,11,32): electric guitar; Ben Neill (3,4,
6): Mutantrumpet; Pippin Barnett (5,8,20): percussion; Peter Zummo (7):
trombone; Christian Marclay (10,19,24): record players; John Zorn (12,13,15-
17,27): alto; Anthony Coleman (14,23): electric organ; George Lewis (21):
trombone; Shelley Hirsch (22): voice; Davey Williams (26,34): electric gui-
tar; Ned Rothenberg (28): bass clarinet; Elliott Sharp (29-31): bass clari-
net; Zeena Parkins (33,35): electric and acoustic harps; Tom Cora (36,38,
40): cello.
1989 - Trace Elements Records (USA), TE-1018 (CD)
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028 - GOOD AS GOLD: OWT
1/ Skate
2/ Angel Food
3/ Swing Time
4/ Dream Mint 5
5/ [The Sheep Sees] Two Worlds
6/ Palimpsestus
7/ Tektonika
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, acoustic harp, keyboards, tape; David Linton:
drums, digitals, tape, percussion.
1989 - Homestead Records (USA), HMS140-1 (LP)
1989 - Homestead Records (USA), HMS140-2 (CD)
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029 - THIS LOST LEG: No Safety
1/ Opium Wars (No Safety) 3:33
2/ Freedom's A Theory (Rupel, Zhonzinsky) 2:43
3/ In Traffic (No Safety) 2:41
4/ Fire On Teeth (No Safety) 2:30
5/ Outside (N.S., Houston-Jones) 0:48
6/ More To It (No Safety) 2:51
7/ Speed Of Accidents (No Safety) 3:29
8/ Fitch - She Looks Like The Law (No Safety) 3:14
9/ Humidity (No Safety) 4:44
10/ Can You Can't (No Safety) 2:11
11/ How Many Steps (No Safety) 3:05
12/ Escape (No Safety) 4:26
13/ I Sleep (No Safety) 1:23
Recorded in New York in August and September 1988
Produced by Tim Hodgkinson
Zeena Parkins: keyboards, electric harp, accordion, vocals; Chris Cochrane:
guitar, vocals; Ann Rupel: bass, vocals; Doug Seidel: guitar, sampler,
vocals; Pippin Barnett: drums, vocals; Jim Staley (9): trombone; David Shea
(9): turntables, vocals; Tim Hodgkinson (9): saxophone.
1989 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), RecRec 25 (LP)
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030 - LEARN TO TALK/COUNTRY OF BLINDS: Skeleton Crew
1/ 7:36
1a/ Que Viva (Frith, Cora)
1b/ Onwards And Upwards (Frith, Cora)
2/ The Way Things Fall (Back Apart) (TC,FF, Rebby Sharp) 2:32
3/ Not My Shoes (Frith, Cora) 2:16
4/ The Washington Post (Sousa, arr. FF & TC) 1:31
5/ We're Still Free (Frith, Cora) 4:09
6/ Victoryville (Frith, Cora) 2:45
7/ Learn To Talk (Frith, Cora) 3:52
8/ Factory Song (Frith, Cora) 4:48
9/ It's Fine (Frith, Cora) 4:16
10/ Zach's Flag (Cora) 3:02
11/ The Country Of Blinds (Skeleton Crew, Cora) 4:09
12/ The Border (SC, Anne Hemenway) 3:30
13/ The Hand That Bites (Skeleton Crew, Frith) 5:32
14/ Dead Sheep (SC, Cora, Frith) 3:22
15/ Bingo (Skeleton Crew, Frith) 3:25
16/ Man Or Monkey (Skeleton Crew, Cutler) 2:30
17/ Foot In Hole (Skeleton Crew) 3:08
18/ Hot Field (Skeleton Crew) 2:37
19/ The Birds Of Japan (Skeleton Crew, Frith) 3:59
20/ You May Find A Bed (SC, Frith, Rebby Sharp) 6:12
(1-5,7-10) recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) during
Christmas and New Year 1983/1984
(6) recorded live in Victoriaville
Part of (7) recorded at WBCN, Quebec City
(11-17,19-21) recorded at Sunrise Studio in December 1985 and January 1986
(18) recorded live in Reykjavik, Iceland on November 4, 1985
Last section of (20) recorded live in Reykjavik, Iceland on November 4,
1985
(1-10) produced by Vogel and Skeleton Crew
(11-20) produced by Tim Hodgkinson
Tom Cora: cello, bass guitar, casio, drums, home-made drums, contraptions,
vocals, accordion; Fred Frith: guitar, six-string bass, violin, home-mades,
piano, drums, vocals; Zeena Parkins (11-20): organ, electric harp, accor-
dion, drums, vocals.
1990 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 512 (CD)
1998 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 512 (CD)
2005 - Fred Records/ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR FRO 8/9 (2xCD)
Note: compilation reissue CD minus 1 song from each LP ((8) from LEARN TO
TALK and (2) from THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS).
Note: the 2xCD reissue also includes some extra tracks; see the special
entry on this reissue for more details.
See THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS (1986) for further references.
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031 - STEP ACROSS THE BORDER: Fred Frith
This record (soundtrack of a movie by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel)
features Frith in different combinations with Iva Bittova, Hans Bruniusson,
Tom Cora, Tina Curran, Jean Derome, Pavel Fajt, Eino Haapala, Haco, Eitetsu
Hayashi, Tim Hodgkinson, Lars Hollmer, Bill Laswell, Rene Lussier, Fred
Maher, Kevin Norton, Bob Ostertag, Zeena Parkins, John Zorn.
1/ Sparrow Song (Frith) 1:28
2/ 4:24
2a/ Voice Of America part 3 (Frith, Ostertag)
2b/ Legs (Frith, Laswell, Maher)
3/ 3:09
3a/ Selluloid Restaurant (Frith)
3b/ The Old Man Puts Out The Fire (Frith)
4/ After Dinner (Haco) 1:47
5/ Houston St (Frith, Zorn) 2:54
6/ Drum Factory (Frith) 2:01
7/ Regardless Of Rain (Frith, Cora) 3:05
8/ Candy Machine (Frith) 2:59
9/ Romanisches Cafe (Frith) 6:19
10/ The Border (Frith, Hemenway) 3:29
11/ Nirvana Again (Frith) 1:53
12/ Scottish Roppongi (Frith) 1:46
13/ Norrgarden Nyvla (Frith) 2:58
14/ Birds (Frith, Hodgkinson) 2:18
15/ The As Usual Dance Towards The Other Flight To What Is Not part 3
(Frith) 1:47
16/ Williamsburg Bridge (Frith) 1:53
17/ 4:10
17a/ Same Old Me (Frith)
17b/ Williamsburg Bridge reprise (Frith)
18/ The As Usual Dance... etc. part 5 (Frith) 2:24
19/ Lost and Found (Frith) 3:21
20/ Nine By Nine (Frith, Hayashi) 5:52
21/ Evolution (Frith) 3:20
22/ Union Square (Frith) 1:41
23/ Morning Song (Bittova, Fajt, Pitinsky)2:00
24/ Voice Of America Part 4 (Frith, Ostertag) 2:02
25/ Too Much Too Little (Frith, Curran) 2:08
26/ Too Late (Frith) 2:23
(1,10) recorded at Sunrise, Kirchberg in December 1985
(2a,24) recorded live at Pass, New York in January 1981
(2a,22,24) recorded live in Munich in December 1989
(2b) recorded at OAO Studio, New York in June 1981
(3a,4) recorded at MUE Studio, Osaka in February 1988
(3b,6,8,12,16,17b) recorded in Munich in December 1989
(5,7) recorded live at the Kitchen, New York City in February 1989
(9,12) recorded live at the Romanisches Cafe, Tokyo in February 1988
(11) recorded live at Roulette, New York City in February 1988
(13) recorded in Uppsala on July 1979
(13) recorded at Sunrise, Kirchberg in July 1979
(14,20,22) recorded live at Rox, Tokyo in February 1988
(14) recorded in Yorkshire & Brixton in December 1988
(15,18,26) recorded at Bavaria TV Studios in December 1989
(17a,21,25) recorded in New York City in August 1983
(19) recorded at Paosostr., Munich in July 1989
(19) recorded in Provence in July 1989
(23) recorded at Hotel room, Bern in March 1989
Fred Frith (all but (4,23)): guitar, drums, vocals, percussion, bass, bot-
tles, DX7, homemades, keyboards, violin, casio, "trumpet"; Tom Cora (1,7,
10): cello, drums, vocals; Zeena Parkins (1,10): keyboards, drums, vocals;
Bob Ostertag (2a,11,24): synthesizer, tapes, samples; Bill Laswell (2b,17a):
bass; Fred Maher (2b,17a): drums; Haco (4): piano, vocals; John Zorn (5):
alto; Rene Lussier (11): bass; Kevin Norton (11): drums; Jean Derome (11):
alto; Eino Haapala (13): guitar; Lars Hollmer (13): keyboards; Hans
Bruniusson (13,21): drums; Tim Hodgkinson (14): bass clarinet; Iva Bittova
(19,23): vocals, violin; Pavel Fajt (19,23): beercans, guitar, vocals;
Eitetsu Hayashi (20): drums; Tina Curran (25): bass.
1990 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), RecRec 30 (2xLP)
1990 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), reCDec 30 (CD)
???? - ???, ??? (CT)
1991 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 80462 (CD)
1991 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReVCec 30 (VHS)
2002 - Fred Records/ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR/FRO 03 (CD)
2003 - Winter & Winter (Germany), 915 001-7 (DVD)
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032 - REAL ESTATE "NEW MUSIC FROM NEW YORK": various artists
This record features music by Zeena Parkins, Machine Gun, Tohban Djan,
Soldier String Quartet, David Linton, Shelley Hirsch/David Weinstein, Cop
Shoot Cop, Chunk, David Fulton, Carbon, Lois Vierk Ensemble.
Parkins plays on two tracks, one under her name:
1/ T-Square (Parkins) 7:53
Recorded at Studio 270, Montreal
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, keyboards, tapes; Ikue Mori: drum machine;
Chris Cochrane: electric guitar; Guy Yarden: electric violin.
and one with Carbon:
12/ Jump Cut (Sharp) 7:18
Elliott Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass; Zeena Parkins: slab, electric harp;
David Linton: drums; Samm Bennett: percussion.
Produced by Elliott Sharp
1990 - Ear-Rational (Germany), ECD 1015 (CD)
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033 - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY, VOLUME 3: various artists
This record features Doctor Nerve (1), No Safety (2,11), Gentle, Safe and
Natural (3), The Thomas Chapin Trio (4), Negativland (5), Brandon Ross' The
Overflow (6,12), Don Byron (7), Marilyn Crispell & Andrew Cyrille Duet (8),
Slan (9,10).
Zeena Parkins plays on two tracks with No Safety:
2/ Discuss It (No Safety) 3:21
11/ Oh No (No Safety) 1:33
Chris Cochrane: guitar, vocals; Zeena Parkins: accordion, keyboards, elec-
tric harp; Ann Rupel: bass, vocals; Doug Seidel: guitar; Tim Spelios: drums.
1990 - A&M Records (USA), SP 5299 (LP)
1990 - A&M Records (USA), 75021 5299 2 (CD)
1990 - A&M Records (USA), SP 5299 4 (CT)
1990 - Enemy (Germany), EMY 113 (LP)
1990 - Enemy (Germany), EMCD 113/EFA 03513-26 (CD)
1991 (?) - Enemy (Germany), EMCD 120 KFW B1234 (4xCD)
1991 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-99 (CD)
1993 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-12345 (5xCD)
Note: two tracks are not available on the LP pressings (which ones?).
Note: the 5xCD box contains the five volumes LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY.
Note: the 4xCD box contains the first four volumes LIVE AT THE KNITTING
FACTORY.
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034 - EXQUISITE CORPSES FROM P.S. 122
1/ Template 6:15
2/ Burst 0:28
3/ Pushmepullyou C 1:30
4/ Ostrich A 2:08
5/ Crocs & Gators 3:36
6/ Absent Friends 2 1:48
7/ Gators & Crocs 3:36
8/ Ostrich B 2:06
9/ Flip Flop A 5:25
10/ Bozoburst A 1:05
11/ Planarian Worm 7:05
12/ Pushmepullyou A 1:39
13/ After The Tone 4:10
14/ Pushmepullyou B 3:13
15/ Flip Flop B 5:10
16/ Absent Friends 1 2:06
17/ Duet Seeds 3:46
18/ Bozoburst B 1:05
Recorded at Noise NY, P.S. 122 and on Guy's answering machine
David Watson: shears, stick violin, guitar, trumpet; Judy Dunaway: guitar,
balloons; Anthony Coleman: sampler; Raissa St. Pierre: drums; Guy Yarden:
violin, piano; Leslie Ross: bassoon; Linda Austin: guitar; Bruce Kaplan:
guitar; Doug Henderson: peckhorn, bass, toy piano; Sue Ann Harkey: 12-string
guitar; Cinnie Cole: sampler; Mike Sappol: bass, busy box, tape loops; Nell:
vox; Ruth Peyser: guitar; Chris Cochrane: guitar; Doug Seidel: guitar, con-
gas; Nancy Campbell: saxophone; Ikue Mori: drum machine; Evan Gallagher:
junk, percussion, toys, piano; Sue Garner: bass; Zeena Parkins: keyboard;
Catherine Jauniaux: voice, flute; George Cartwright: saxophone, flute;
Matthew Ostrowski: analog synthesizer; Bob Lipman: guitar; David Sardy:
drums, bass; Paul Hoskin: contrabass clarinet; Steve Peters: saxophone,
Santa Fe; Fred Lonberg-Holm: travicello, San Francisco; Will Sternberg: gui-
tar, tapes, Paris; Bruno Meillier: saxophone, St. Etienne.
1990 - ?What Next? (USA), WN0002 (CD)
1998 - O.O. Discs (USA), 0054 (CD)
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035 - DATACIDE: Elliott Sharp/Carbon
1/ Freeze Frame (Sharp) 4:04
2/ D-Cipher (Sharp) 2:29
3/ Nest Of Saws (Sharp) 2:38
4/ Quack (Sharp) 0:32
5/ Kipple (Sharp) 5:05
6/ Inter (Sharp) 2:29
7/ Augury (Sharp) 3:25
8/ Chapter 11 (Sharp) 1:05
9/ Eyes Right (Sharp) 1:52
10/ Dr. Adder (Sharp) 2:08
11/ Cenobites (Sharp) 3:23
12/ Point & Shoop (Sharp) 3:28
13/ Unks (Sharp) 3:22
14/ X-Talk (Sharp) 1:55
15/ Just Cause (Sharp) 3:01
16/ Gigabytes (Sharp) 3:34
17/ Just Another Day's Work (Sharp) 2:24
18/ Arson (Sharp) 2:04
Recorded at the Magic Shop and Baby Monster
Samm Bennett: percussion, drums, samples; David Linton: drums; Zeena
Parkins: electric harp, keyboard, slab; Elliott Sharp: doubleneck
guitarbass, soprano, voice, slab, lapsteel guitar, samples.
1990 - Enemy Records, EMY 116-1 (LP)
1990 - Enemy Records, EMY 116-2 (CD)
1993 - Jimco (Japan), JICK89186 (CD)
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036 - ANKETY LOW DAY: Tone Dogs
1/ No Cry (Stern, Denio) 6:39
2/ Vexed At The Vogue (Denio, Chalenor) 1:41
3/ Carry Me Down (Denio) 2:01
4/ The Wandering Guru (Chalenor) 5:27
5/ Secret Crush (Denio) 4:02
6/ Brave It (Denio) 4:38
7/ BS Jig/Hade Hade (Chalenor, Denio) 6:25
8/ Fifth Grade Brownie Wall (Denio, Chalenor,
Parkins) 3:19
9/ Poly (Cameron, Chalenor,
Denio) 5:07
Recorded at Dogfish Home Base in Newberg, Oregon and in Amy's driveway in
Seattle
Matt Cameron (1,2,4,6,8,9): drums, voice; Fred Chalenor (2-9): basses, gui-
tars, keyboards, percussion, voice, violin, bowed guitar, hubcaps, snare
drum; Amy Denio (1-3,5-9): guitars, basses, saxes, drums, hubcaps, voice,
cows, hi-hat, drum machine, snare; Hans Reichel (2,3,7,9): ambient guitars,
dachsophon, camera, , hand-made guitars; Fred Frith (2,3,8,9): rhythm vio-
lin, ambient e-bow, guitar; Courney von Drehle (4): saxes; Bob Bain (4):
monster battle guitars.
1990 - C/Z (USA), CZ016 (LP)
1990 - C/Z (USA), CZ016 (CD)
Note: Zeena Parkins does not play on this record.
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037 - K!L!A!V!: Elliott Sharp
Extreme music for various keyboards.
1/ Twenty Below (Sharp) 22:09
Recorded by Martin Bisi at B.C. Studio, Brooklyn on August 2, 1987
Anthony Coleman: toy piano, Yamaha organ; Wayne Horvitz: Yamaha DX-7,
DX-100; Zeena Parkins: Korg organ, Yamaha DX-100; Joseph Paul Taylor: Akai
S900 sampler, Yamaha DX-7; Gwen Toth: reed organ; David Weinstein: Mirage
sampler, CZ101.
2-7/ K!L!A!V!
2/ K!L!A!V!-A (Sharp) 3:04
3/ K!L!A!V!-B (Sharp) 2:25
4/ K!L!A!V!-C (Sharp) 1:40
5/ K!L!A!V!-D (Sharp) 1:24
6/ K!L!A!V!-E (Sharp) 3:56
7/ K!L!A!V!-F (Sharp) 2:13
Recorded by Hahn Rowe at 206 Studio in August 1989
Elliott Sharp: Atari 1040ST computer, Roland S330 sampler.
8/ Mapping (Sharp) 20:55
Recorded by John Eskine at The Kitchen on July 22, 1987
Elliott Sharp: piano.
1990 - Newport Classic (USA), NPD 85504 (CD)
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038 - NEW YORK EYE & EAR CONTROL: various artists
This record features Dustdevils, Timber, Fitch, Cop Shoot Cop, OWT,
Borbetomagus, Circle X, Royal Trux, Railroad Jerk, The Biggest Square Thing,
Rudolph Grey, Unsane.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with OWT:
5/ Alive With Pleasure (OWT)
Recorded at the Knitting Factory, NYC
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, keyboard; David Linton: drums, digitals.
1990 - Matador Records (USA), OLE 006-2 (CD)
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039 - (SUITE): Justine
1/ Le Monstre 4:04
2/ Nous En Avons 5:01
3/ Ca Me Bat Le Coeur 3:11
4/ Je Suis Execrable 5:20
5/ Le Retour Du Monstre 5:16
6/ L'Intelligence Du Coeur 7:13
7/ Bouche Bee 3:18
8/ Vous En Avez 3:27
9/ La Recette 4:27
10/ J'Ai Perdu Le Temps 3:53
11/ J'Ai Perdu Le Sommeil 3:45
12/ L'Arbre 3:40
13/ A Ne Plus Savoir 3:57
14/ Je Suis La 4:33
15/ Le Fil 3:13
Joane Hetu: alto, synthesizer, voice; Diane Labrosse: keyboards, voice;
Danielle Roger: drums, electronic percussion, synthesizer, voice; Marie
Trudeau: bass, voice; Tenko (12): voice; Zeena Parkins (1): electric harp.
1990 - Ambiances Magnetiques (Canada), AM 016 CD (CD)
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040 - PASSED NORMAL VOL. 4: various artists
This record features Fred with Amy Denio (1), Peter Blegvad (2), Jeff
Kowalkowski (3), Eric Drew Feldman (4), Tom Cora (5), Tom Cora/Chris Cutler/
Jean Derome/Rene Lussier (6), Edwin Pierce/Secret Dave (7), Zozobra (8),
Jeff Michel & Scott Lucas (9), Brave Combo (10), Blitzoids (11), The
Sediments (12), James McManus/Pink Bob/Tom Cora (13), Rene Lussier/Robert
Lepage/Jean Derome (14), Jeff Michel (15), Snakefinger (16,17), Shockabilly
(18,19), Skeleton Crew (20).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Tom Cora:
5/ Experts (Cora) 3:57
Recorded at Noise, New York
Tom Cora: piano, drums, vocals; Zeena Parkins: electric harp, vocals.
1991 - FOT Records (USA), CD ONE (CD)
1991 - FOT Records (USA), FOT 1 (CT)
Note: tracks 15-20 from this sampler are taken from PASSED NORMAL VOL. 1
(1986).
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041 - DUST TO DUST: Butch Morris
1/ Othello B (Morris) 7:58
2/ The Bartok Comprovisation (Morris) 7:05
3/ Via Talciona (Morris) 12:12
4/ Long Goodbye (Morris) 10:32
5/ Dust To Dust, second and third part (Morris) 7:33
6/ Food Chain Dialogue (Morris) 7:33
7/ Othello A (Morris) 7:08
Recorded at Skyline Studios, New York City on November 18-20, 1990
Produced by Wayne Horvitz
Vickey Bodner: English horn; Jean-Paul Bourelly: guitar; Brian Carrott:
vibraphone; Andrew Cyrille: drums; J.A. Deane: trombone and electronics;
Marty Ehrlich: clarinet; Janet Grice: bassoon; Wayne Horvitz: keyboards and
electronics; Jason Hwang: violin; Myra Melford: piano; Zeena Parkins: harp;
John Purcell: oboe; Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris: conductor.
1991 - New World/CounterCurrents (USA), 80408-2 (CD)
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042 - THE BENDS: Third Person
Third Person is a trio with two permanent members - Tom Cora and Samm
Bennett - and one invited guest. This record features the following guests:
Don Byron, George Cartwright, Chris Cochrane, Nic Collins, Catherine
Jauniaux, Myra Melford, Zeena Parkins, Marc Ribot.
1/ La Mystere De La Chambre Jaune (Third Person) 3:26
2/ Everybody Chews (Third Person) 5:56
3/ People Want Happy Some (Third Person) 4:05
4/ A Country Wedding (Third Person) 2:54
5/ First Thirds (Third Person) 5:17
6/ Greazy Bag (Third Person) 2:35
7/ Procedure Against Rain (Third Person) 3:24
8/ Utah (Third Person) 4:02
9/ The Deciding Machine (Third Person) 2:26
10/ Snake Oil (Third Person) 4:14
11/ Mama Chauffage (Third Person) 5:04
12/ Optic Nerve (Third Person) 5:13
13/ If We Were Talking About (Third Person) 4:54
14/ Never Home (Third Person) 3:20
15/ Bibandum (Third Person) 2:17
16/ Weaklings (Third Person) 3:51
17/ When A Hat Gets Lonesome (Third Person) 4:59
18/ Tackle (Third Person) 3:36
19/ Girl Tying Her Shoe (Third Person) 0:57
Recorded live at The Knitting Factory throughout 1990
Tom Cora: cello; Samm Bennett: percussion, samples; Don Byron (3,9,11):
clarinets; George Cartwright (5,8,10): saxes; Chris Cochrane (14): guitar;
Nic Collins (4,13,17): electronics; Catherine Jauniaux (1,15): voice; Myra
Melford (12): piano; Zeena Perkins (7,19): harp; Marc Ribot (2,6,16,18):
guitar.
1991 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-102 (CD)
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043 - TOCSIN: Elliott Sharp/Carbon
1/ Raptor (Sharp) 3:56
2/ Good For Business (Sharp) 2:45
3/ Wex (Sharp) 4:15
4/ Sockets (Sharp) 5:12
5/ Morphing (Sharp) 3:41
6/ Tox (Sharp) 4:14
7/ Contradiction In Terms (Sharp) 3:58
8/ My blood Is Boiling (Sharp) 0:55
9/ Ossuary (Sharp) 2:51
10/ Big Lie (Sharp) 2:04
11/ Chilly Necessity (Sharp) 3:06
12/ Running On Cafahol (Sharp) 5:44
13/ Highrise (Sharp) 4:15
Recorded at Baby Monster NYC
Zeena Parkins: electric harp; Marc Sloan: electric bass; Joseph Trump:
drums, percussion; David Weinstein: sampler; Elliott Sharp: doubleneck
guitarbass, sampler, lapsteel, soprano, AC. guitar.
1991 - Enemy Records, EMY 134-2 (CD)
1991 - Enemy Records, EMY 134-4 (CT)
1993 - Jimco (Japan), JICK 89187 (CD)
2001 - Enemy Records (USA), EMY 134-2 (CD)
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044 - COUNTERCURRENTS: various artists
This sampler features Kamikaze Ground Crew, The Jazz Passengers, Paul
Dresher and Ned Rothenberg, The New York Composers Orchestra, Tom Varner,
Butch Morris, Marty Ehrlich and The Dark Woods Ensemble.
6/ Othello B (Butch Morris) 7:58
1991 - New World/CounterCurrents (USA), 80421-2 (CD)
See DUST TO DUST (1991) for further references.
Note: for promotional use only, not for sale.
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045 - WHAT STOPS US: Chris Cochrane
1/ Far A Field (Cochrane)
2/ Some Of Us (Cochrane)
3/ What Stops Us (Cochrane)
4/ Sad (Cochrane, Cora)
5/ While You Were Out (G. Cartwright, P. Haines)
6/ Inside (Cochrane)
7/ It Wasn't That Way (Cochrane)
8/ Forever In My Life (Prince)
9/ Santiago (Violeta Parra)
10/ Tell Me (Cochrane)
11/ Lancut (Cochrane)
12/ The President Of The United States (G. Cartwright, P. Haines)
13/ Continuous Front (Cartwright, Haines, Cochrane)
14/ Try To Talk (Cochrane)
Recorded in April 1989 at Noise, New York
Produced by Tom Cora and Chris Cochrane
Chris Cochrane: guitar, drum machine, vocals; Pippin Barnett: drums; Zeena
Parkins: piano, harp; Ann Rupel: bass, piano; Tim Spelios: drums; Doug
Seidel: guitar, sampler; Tom Cora: piano, organ, guitar.
???? - ???, ??? (CT)
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046 - KNITTING FACTORY KNOTES SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER '91 ARTIST SAMPLER
This tape features Willem Breuker Kollektief (1), Spanish Fly (2), Baron
Down (3), New & Used (4), Reggie Gaines (5), Ursa's Door (6), The Klezmatics
(7), The Maudlins (8), Norman Salant & The Moving Planet Orchestra (9),
David Linton's Electric Owthaus (10).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Ursa's Door:
6/ A selection from Ursa's Door (Parkins)
Chris Cochrane: guitar; Margaret Parkins: piano; Sara Parkins: violin; Ikue
Mori: percussion, drums; Zeena Parkins: keyboards, harp, accordion.
1991 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), (CT)
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047 - DUOS AMERICA: Peter Kowald
This record features Peter Kowald in duos with Diamanda Galas, Butch Morris,
Anne Le Baron, Danny Davis, Andrew Cyrille, Vincent Chancey, Tom Cora,
Jeanne Lee, Zeena Parkins, Julius Hemphill.
9/ Woods and Wires - Starred (Parkins, Kowald) 2:40
Recorded on March 30, 1986 in New York by Tom Cora
Peter Kowald: bass; Zeena Parkins: harp.
1992 - FMP (Germany), FMP 1270 (LP)
Note: most of these takes are different from the ones on the CD.
Note: FMP released two sets of FMP 1260, 1270, 1280 each in a slip set as
a limited edition:
Set I: edition 200 copies FMP 1260, 1270, 1280
Set II: edition 100 copies FMP 1260, 1270, 1280
included a signed and numbered artwork (silk screen print) by Peter
Kowald.
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048 - A CONFEDERACY OF DANCES VOL.1: Live Recordings from The Roulette Series
New York
This record features works by Billy Bang, Chris Cochrane, Anthony Coleman,
Bill Frisell, Shelley Hirsch, Guy Klucevsek, Ron Kuivila, Jeanne Lee,
Christian Marclay, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins, David Shea, Luli Shioi, Leo
Smith, Jim Staley, David Weinstein, John Zorn.
4/ Scruples (Parkins) 8:23
Recorded live on March 22, 1990 at The Roulette, New York City
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, electronics.
1992 - Einstein Records (USA), Einstein 001 (CD)
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049 - DON GIOVANNI: Jim Staley
1/ Overture (Staley) 1:45
PART ONE
2/ Tomkins Square (3 parts) (Staley) 7:07
3/ Booty Dance (Staley) 3:09
4/ I Love You So Much (Staley) 3:10
5/ As Momentums Go By (Staley) 2:20
6/ Recitative: Trombone, Guitar, Harp, And Drums
(Staley) 2:14
7/ So Noble And Kind He Seemed (Staley) 2:06
8/ Clockworks (Staley) 2:18
9/ Finale: Now And From (Staley) 5:02
PART TWO
10/ Introduction: Giovanni's Dream (Staley) 3:34
11/ Intimations (Staley) 1:50
12/ Upshifting On An Upgrade (Staley) 0:25
13/ Spontaneous Navigation (Staley) 5:13
14/ 'Til The Cows Come Home (Staley) 2:07
15/ T.Sq. Reaggitated (3 parts) (Staley) 2:12
16/ Desolution (Staley) 4:24
17/ Z Gate To A Void (Staley) 2:27
18/ Carnival (Staley) 3:49
19/ Epilogue (Staley) 2:04
Recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studios, New York City, June 12 & 13, 1990
Produced by Fred Frith
Ikue Mori: drums, electronic drums; Zeena Parkins: electric and acoustic
harps; Jim Staley: trombone, didjeridu; Tenko: vocals; Davey Williams:
electric guitar.
1992 - Einstein Records (USA), Einstein 002 (CD)
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050 - SPILL: No Safety
1/ Oh No (Seidel, Cochrane) 1:33
2/ Sad (Cochrane, Tom Cora) 2:44
3/ Summer Dress (Seidel, Cochrane) 4:20
4/ Distraction (Seidel, Cochrane) 2:55
5/ Post Nature (Seidel, Rupel) 2:41
6/ Face (Parkins, Cochrane) 3:50
7/ Cambodia (Parkins) 3:45
8/ A Sense Of Ruin (Seidel, Rupel, Timmons) 2:19
9/ Pavlov's Heaven (Parkins, Cochrane) 3:14
10/ Wrong Number Dream (Rupel) 4:38
11/ Happy For Now (Seidel) 1:02
12/ Saturday Morning (Rupel) 4:54
13/ Swoon Me (Parkins) 3:33
14/ Urge (Seidel, Rupel, Spelios) 3:39
15/ Open Your Eyes (Cochrane) 1:50
16/ Split Control (Cochrane) 3:49
Recorded at Water Music, Hoboken (New Jersey) in January 1991-January 1992
Produced by David Weinstein and No Safety
Zeena Parkins: keyboards, electric harp, accordion, vocals; Chris Cochrane:
guitars, sampler, vocals; Ann Rupel: bass, vocals; Tim Spelios: drums, per-
cussion; Doug Seidel: guitars; David Shea: turntables, samples.
1992 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-127 (CD)
1993 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 45 (CD)
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051 - URSA'S DOOR: Zeena Parkins
1/ Ursa's Door (Parkins) 31:45
2/ Flush (Parkins) 14:51
Recorded at Baby Monster Studios, New York in June 1991 and January 1992
Sara Parkins: violin, voice on (1); Margaret Parkins: cello, voice on (1);
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, keyboards, percussion on (1), tapes on (1),
piano on (2); Ikue Mori: electronic percussion, drums; Chris Cochrane: elec-
tric guitar; David Shea (1): voice, percussion.
1992 - Les Disques Victo (Canada), VICTO cd018 (CD)
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052 - SHOCK CORRIDOR: David Shea
1/ Shock Corridor (Shea) 19:29
2/ Cartoon For Scott Bradley (Shea) 2:57
3/ Trio For Samplers (Shea) 6:29
Recorded at Baby Monster Studio in January 1992
Anthony Coleman: piano, organ; Shelley Hirsch: voice, electronics (1); Ikue
Mori (1): drum machine; Zeena Parkins (1): electric harp; Jim Pugliese (1):
percussion; David Shea: turntables, sampler, voice, jaw harp, harmonica; Jim
Staley (1): trombone, didjeridu.
1992 - Avant (Japan), Avan 013 (CD)
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053 - HOT THUMB IN A FUNKY GROOVE: John King
1/ Hot Thumb In A Funky Groove (King) 1:55
2/ Big Black Shoes (King) 5:14
3/ Oil Greed War I (King) 1:24
4/ Down On It (King) 4:20
5/ Free Time For Nelson (King) 6:07
6/ Waiting For Tanya (King) 6:06
7/ Panama (King) 3:30
8/ What Funk You Got (King) 3:37
9/ Jammin` The Jitterbug (King) 3:04
10/ Sky Blues (King) 2:18
11/ Purple Brain (King) 1:10
12/ Firefly (King) 1:50
13/ Hole With A Soul (King) 4:49
14/ Sugarless Mints (King) 0:57
15/ Shut Up (King) 3:41
16/ My Only Food (Is Attitude) (King) 4:26
17/ Swing Low (traditional) 3:14
Recorded and mixed by David Sardy at Harold Dessau Studios, New York City
John King: electric guitars, dobro, vocals; Jean Chaine: bass guitar; David
Moss (1,2,5-7,9,13,15,16): voice, drums; Abe Speller (4,8): drums; Jonathan
Kane (1,10): drums; Zeena Parkins (8,11-14): electric harp, keyboards; Ned
Rothenberg (2,11-14): alto; Al E. Sis (3): drums.
1992 - Enemy (Germany), EMY 129-2 (CD)
Note: this record was never distributed in the USA.
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054 - ANGELICA 91: various artists
A document from the first edition of the Italian jazz festival Angelica
which features Mary Iqaluk and Nellie Echaluk, Joseph Racaille and Daniel
Laloux, Quartetto Vocale Giovanna Marini, Tom Cora, Catherine Jauniaux,
Shelley Hirsch, Lol Coxhill, David Weinstein, Carles Santos, Phil Minton,
Veryan Weston, Ernst Reijseger, Laboratorio Di Musica & Immagine, Keep The
Dog.
Fred Frith plays on two tracks with Keep The Dog:
23/ Huge Bored Uncle (Frith) 4:12
24/ Vie En Mimosa (Frith) 1:19
Recorded live at the "Dada" of Castelfranco Emilia on May 12, 1991
Jean Derome: saxophone, flute; Claudia Engelhart: sound processing; Fred
Frith: guitar, violin; Charles Hayward: drums; Rene Lussier: guitar, bass;
Bob Ostertag: sampler; Zeena Parkins: electric harp, piano.
1992 - CAICAI Music (Italy), CAICAI-001 (CD)
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055 - IMPROVISATION: various artists
This audio companion of the Canadian magazine MUSICWORKS features Paul
Dutton, CCMC, Trio Michel Ratte, Joane Hetu, Kathy Kennedy, Claire Marchand,
Zeena Parkins, Danielle P. Roger.
3/ Pique/Trefle (J. Hetu, D.P. Roger) 4:38
Recorded live in Montreal in 1992
1992 - Musicworks (Canada), #54 (CD)
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056 - DELICACY & NOURISHMENT - LYRICS BY ERNEST NOYES BROOKINGS VOL. 3:
various artists
This record features Supe & The Sandwiches (1), Galen Herod (2), Peter
Stampfel and the Bottlecaps (3), Fish & Roses (4), Peter Holsapple and The
Freaking Bigs (5), The Fliptops (6), Yo La Tengo (7), Little Jack Melody and
his Young Turks (8), Willner, Reynolds and Cunningham (9), Peter Blegvad
(10), Only a Mother (11), Evan Johns and the H-Bombs (12), Proof of Utah
(13), The Shines (14), Phillip Perkins (15), Idlewild (16), Mark Hauptschein
(17), H.P. Lovetunnel (18), Magnapop (19), Michael Hurley (20).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Yo La Tengo:
7/ Artificial Heart
Recorded at Fun City in April 1991
Zeena Parkins' part recorded at Noise New York
Georgia Hubley: singing, drums; Ira Kaplan: singing, guitar; James McNew:
bass; Zeena Parkins: harp.
1992 - East Side Digital (USA), ESD 80632 (CD)
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057 - TRUTHTABLE: Elliott Sharp/Carbon
1/ Perps (Sharp) 3:07
2/ Prime Crime (Sharp) 5:11
3/ Stay Up Stay Angry (Sharp) 3:53
4/ Rage Of Euphemism (Sharp) 4:50
5/ A Biblebelt In The Mouth (Sharp) 1:42
6/ Bad Taste (Sharp) 7:46
7/ Mindsuck (Sharp) 1:16
8/ Gullible (Sharp) 4:57
9/ L.A. Law (Not A TV Show) (Sharp) 5:52
10/ Caffiend (Sharp) 4:29
11/ Intervallus Diabolus (Sharp) 5:21
12/ Sorethumb (sharp) 6:18
Recorded at Baby Monster
Zeena Parkins: electric harp; Marc Sloan: electric bass; Joseph Trump:
drums; David Weinstein: sampler; KJ: voice (3,6); Elliott Sharp: doubleneck
guitarbass, voice, lapsteel guitar, acoustic guitar, sampler, computer pro-
cessing.
1993 - Homestead Records (USA), HMS 202-2 (CD)
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058 - LA LEGENDE DE LA PLUIE: La Legende De La Pluie
1/ Prologue (Roger) 5:42
2/ L'Attente (Hetu) 8:49
3/ Le Brouillard (Roger) 9:56
4/ L'Orage (Tenko) 9:47
5/ Les Pluies Acides (Parkins) 9:45
6/ Le Deluge (Labrosse) 8:00
7/ Epilogue (Hetu) 4:57
Recorded at Studio 270 between June and September 1992
Produced by Joane Hetu and Danielle P. Roger
Joane Hetu: reeds, vocals, keyboards; Diane Labrosse: keyboards, vocals;
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, keyboards, accordion; Danielle Palardy Roger:
percussion, electronic percussion, vocals; Tenko: vocals, guitar (on table).
1993 - Ambiances Magnetiques (Canada), AM 026 CD (CD)
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059 - REQUIEM FOR WHAT'S-HIS-NAME: Marc Ribot & Rootless Cosmopolitans
1/ Requiem For What's-His-Name (Ribot) 4:29
2/ Disposable Head (Ribot) 2:50
3/ Clever White Youths (Ribot) 4:30
4/ First Time Every Time (Ribot) 2:01
5/ Motherless Child (anonymous) 1:06
6/ New (Ribot) 4:18
7/ Reveille (Ribot) 1:08
8/ Lamonte's Nightmare (Anthony Coleman) 5:56
9/ March (Ribot) 2:00
10/ Pony (Ribot, Coleman) 2:14
11/ Yo, I Killed Your God (Ribot) 2:39
12/ Commit A Crime (Chester Burnett) 3:19
13/ Caravan (Tizol, Ellington, Mills)3:48
14/ Blues (Ribot) 3:11
15/ 1 Adolph 12 (Ribot, Brad Jones) 6:57
Recorded in New York City
(12) recorded live at Desi Stadtteilzentrum, Nuremberg (Germany)
Marc Ribot (1-3,5-9,10-15): guitars, vocals, E-flat horn, piano, drum se-
quencing; Wilbo Wright (1,2,7-8,11,13): detuned guitar (on (1)), bass; Roy
Nathanson (1,2,4,6,9,13,15): soprano, chermia, alto, tenor; Ralph Carney
(1-4,6-9,11,12,14): alto, sona, tenor, clarinet, assorted duck calls;
Anthony Coleman (1-3,6-8,10-14): pump organ, sampler, piano, organ; Simeon
Cain (1-4,6-9,11,13,15): drums, percussion, drum overdubs; Syd Straw (3,10):
background vocals, vocals; Zeena Parkins (6): electric harp; Brad Jones (6,
15): bass; Greg Jones (12,14): bass; Rock Savage (12,14): drums; J.D. Parran
(15): clarinet.
1992 - Les Disques du Crepuscule (Belgium), TWI 969-2 (CD)
1999 - Les Disques du Crepuscule (Belgium), TWI 969-2 (CD)
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060 - KNITTING FACTORY WORKS - FALL/WINTER 1993 RELEASES: various artists
This record (promotional use only) features The Jazz Passengers, Billy
Tipton Memorial, No Safety, Kazutoki Umezu, Jim Nolet, Spanish Fly, William
Hooker and Thurston Moore, John Zorn's Cobra, God Is My Co-Pilot, Nuyorican
Poets Orchestra, Klezmer 1993, Ken Valitsky, Carmaig de Forest.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with No Safety:
3/ ??? ?:??
1993 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), ??? (CD)
See LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY (1993) for further references.
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061 - MUSIQUE'S ACTION - VANDOEUVRE 1988/1992: various artists
This record features music/performances by John Cage, Elliott Sharp/Carbon,
Daniel Koskowitz, Francois Raulin/Louis Sclavis, Mike Sappol/Krackhouse,
Dominique Regef, Alfred Harth/Peter Hollinger/Ferdinand Richard, A.M.I.S.
Quartet, David Moss, Floros Floridis/Paul Lovens/Jean-Marc Montera, David
Garland/Words Of Love, Danik Lazro/Joe McPhee, Pascal Comelade.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Elliott Sharp/Carbon:
2/ Gigabytes (Sharp) 3:30
Recorded at Musique Action, Vandoeuvre (France) on May 3, 1992
Zeena Parkins: electric harp; David Weinstein: keyboards; Joseph Trump:
drums; Marc Sloan: bass guitar; Elliott Sharp: guitar, vocals.
1993 - Semantic (France), Vand'Oeuvre 9304 (CD)
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062 - NIGHTMARE ALLEY: Zeena Parkins
1/ Sleep (Parkins) 3:44
2/ Empty Bottle (Parkins) 1:15
3/ Model ForA Colossal Moment (Parkins) 7:29
4/ Love Letter (Parkins) 1:26
5/ Freak (Parkins) 1:51
6/ Nightmare Alley (Parkins) 2:02
7/ Wonder Woman (Parkins) 0:30
8/ Hula (Parkins) 2:14
9/ Peephole (Parkins) 7:01
10/ Zig X (Parkins) 2:07
11/ Black On Black (Parkins) 2:50
12/ Dirt Tone (Parkins) 1:45
13/ Out Of The Past (Parkins) 3:31
14/ Dreamer...She Dreams (Parkins) 1:05
15/ Hairless (Parkins) 2:57
Recorded at Baby Monster Studio, New York in 1992
(7,13) recorded at Dessau Studio, New York in 1992
Produced by David Shea
Zeena Parkins: electric and acoustic harps.
1993 - Table Of The Elements (USA), TOTE 1 (CD)
2004 - Table Of The Elements (USA), TOTE 71 (CD)
2007 - Table Of The Elements (USA), TOTE 1 (CD)
Note: the 2004 reissue is packaged in a wood box with new artwork.
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063 - BUY THIS USED CD: various artists
This record features New Radiant Storm King, Sebadoh, Crush Sr., Brainiac,
Babe The Blue Ox, Sunbrain, Trumans Water, Caspar Brotzmann Massaker,
Cement, Carbon, Mousetrap, Table, Daisy Cutter, 5.6.7.8's, Sister Double
Happiness, Chuck Prophet, Barnyard Slut, Tackle Box, Erik Voeks, Unrest,
Opium Den, Uncle Tupelo.
Zeena Parkins appears on one track with Carbon:
10/ Perps (Sharp)
1993 - Dutch East India Trading (USA), DEI2064-2 (CD)
See TRUTHTABLE (1993) for further references.
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064 - SLUT
1/ Instant Fossil
2/ Star Gazer
3/ Brutal Transmitter
4/ First Dimension
5/ The Last Month Of Pregnancy
6/ (Quiet) Tiny Lights
7/ Curb
8/ Slippery Baggy Shop
9/ Too Much Nature
10/ The World According To C.M.
11/ Ballad Of Larry Parker
12/ Evocation Of Venus
13/ Continuation Of The Miracle
14/ Broken Lizard
15/ Incest Of Orange
16/ De-Ja Vu (Sniff Me While I'm Sour)
Recorded at Low Blood Studio, New York, on April 26, 1993
Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama
Bradford Reed (1-5); Acheilux (1,2,5,13,14,16); Steve Eto (4-7,10); Elliott
Sharp (6-10); Zeena Parkins (8-10); Hoppy Kamiyama (9,15); Marc Ribot (10-
13); Jane Scarpantoni (11-16); Marc Anthony Thompson (15).
1993 - God Mountain (Japan), gmcd.007 (CD)
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065 - I DON'T LIKE MYSELF: Sion
1/ I Don't Like Myself (Sion) 3:34
2/ Asokoewa (Sion) 3:27
3/ The Night The Moon Is Closest To Earth (Sion) 4:02
4/ Whale Song (Sion) 4:25
5/ Domo Aligato (Sion) 2:49
6/ Thanks (Sion) 3:51
7/ I Go With You (Sion) 3:31
8/ Feel Like I'm In The Water (Sion) 6:48
9/ You Have To Sleep (Sion) 3:12
10/ Under The Railroad (Sion) 6:44
11/ I Have To Do Something (Sion) 4:31
12/ Eraikotta (Sion) 3:05
Recorded RPM Studio, New York
Produced by Marc Ribot and Hiroshi Asada
Sion: vocals, guitar, harmonica; Marc Ribot: guitars; Robert Quine: guitar;
Sebastian Steinberg (1,2,7,8,10-12): bass; Michael Blair (1,2,4,5,7,8,10,
12): percussion; Charles Giodano (1,7,8,10,11): keyboards, organ, accordion;
John Zorn (1): alto; Zeena Parkins (2-6,9,12): accordion, organ, piano; Greg
Cohen (3-6,9): bass; Syd Straw: background vocals (5,8,9,12).
1993 - Baidis Records (Japan), TECN-30237 (CD)
2004 - Baidis Records (Japan), TECN-25979 (CD)
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066 - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY: No Safety
1/ Take Me (Parkins) 3:02
2/ Definition (Seidel,Cochrane,Parkins)2:17
3/ Someone (Cochrane) 3:27
4/ Eight Year Old With An Uzi (Cochrane) 3:23
5/ Ms. Quoted (The Clash/Soul to Soul/
arranged by Cochrane) 3:48
6/ Heavenly Puss (Parkins) 2:21
7/ Submerge (Come) 2:57
8/ Angry (Parkins) 1:31
9/ Balm (Rupel) 2:57
10/ I Turned Upside Down Into a World (Seidel, Cochrane) 3:26
11/ F is for Fake (Parkins) 2:51
12/ Lonely (Parkins, Cochrane) 2:59
13/ He's Some Kind Of Dope Bitch (Cochrane) 0:40
14/ Master/Slave (V-Effect: Rupel, Brown,
Zozinsky/arranged by Rupel)
2:43
15/ Man Or Monkey (Parkins, Frith, Cora, Cutler/
arranged by Parkins) 2:35
16/ Guilty (Parkins) 1:18
17/ Hard Ass (Seidel, Cochrane) 3:50
Recorded live at the Knitting Factory July 5, 12, 13, 1993
Produced by No Safety and John Siket
Ann Rupel: bass, vocals; Chris Cochrane: guitar, tape, tambourine, vocals;
Zeena Parkins: harp, sampler, eggs, vocals; Doug Seidel: guitar; Tim
Spelios: traps.
1994 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFW 149 (CD)
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067 - DOT: George Cartwright
1/ Sandy Point (Cartwright) 4:22
2/ Gibbon (Cartwright) 4:23
3/ A Black and Boiling Lie (Cartwright) 3:39
4/ Dyed (Cartwright) 3:34
5/ Jaketown (Cartwright) 4:32
6/ Momosafe (Cartwright) 4:41
7/ The Raw Bird Sanctuary (Cartwright) 3:55
8/ Fainting (Cartwright, Cochrane) 4:36
9/ One Good Secret (Cartwright) 8:28
10/ Baby (Cartwright) 2:48
11/ No No No No Nee (Cartwright, Lee, Golden,
Everett) 5:15
(1-6,8) recorded by Yoram Vazan at Firehouse Studio, NYC
(7,9,10) recorded by Steve Gaboury at Live Wire, NYC
(11) recorded by Rand Everett at Terminal REcording, Jackson, MIssissippi
Produced by George Cartwright
(3,7) produced by Hahn Rowe
(11) produced by Rand Everett
George Cartwright (1-6,8,9,11): alto, tenor; Sue Garner (1-6,10): bass; Sam
Bennett (1-6,8): drums; Chris Cochrane (1,2,4,5,6): guitar; Anne DeMarinis
(2,4,5,6): accordion; Evan Gallagher (1,2,4,5,6): organ; Jim Spake (3,8):
barytone saxophone; Hahn Rowe (3,8): violin; Zeena Parkins (3,8): organ,
accordion; Ann Rupel (7): vocals; Myra Melford (7,9,10): piano; Brad Jones
(9): bass; E.J. Rodriguez (9): drums; Will Rigby (10): drums; Rand Everett
(11): guitar; Bruce Golden (11): drums; Tim Lee (11): bass.
1994 - Cuneiform Records (USA), Rune 57 (CD)
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068 - PRISONER: David Shea
1/ #1 3:47
2/ #2 4:01
3/ #3 6:30
4/ #4 12:25
5/ #5 9:12
6/ #6 8:14
7/ #7 9:54
Recorded at Baby Monster Studios during summer 1993
Produced by David Shea
Cyro Baptista (5): Brazilian percussion; Anthony Coleman: piano, organ,
sampler; Lisa Crowder (4): piano; Hideki Kato: electric bass; Caroline
Marshall (6): voice and breath; Zeena Parkins: harp, piano; Jim Pugliese:
drums, percussion; Marc Ribot: guitar; David Shea: sampler, piano, jaw harp,
harmonica; Sebastian Steinberg (7): electric bass.
1994 - Sub Rosa Records (Belgium), SR73 (CD)
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069 - AUTOBOOT: Carbon
An official Carbon "bootleg" with "Live and studio--rare and unreleased".
1/ Inverse Proportions 3:43
2/ Pnambient 1 4:08
3/ Golfgames 3:30
4/ Forkbombscare 3:00
5/ Quack 0:49
6/ LA Law (Not a TV Show) 6:25
7/ Tox 4:20
8/ Nest of Saws 2:57
9/ YTYKYD 3:15
10/ Freeze Frame 3:49
11/ Intervention 4:55
12/ Nailing Jelly 3:07
13/ Contradiction in Terms 5:02
14/ Fax or Fiction 4:13
15/ Stay Up Stay Angry 4:58
16/ Running on Cafahol 5:52
17/ Pnambient 2 4:18
18/ Paper Trail 3:29
Elliott Sharp; Zeena Parkins; Marc Sloan; Joseph Trump; David Weinstein; DD
Dorvilier; John Duncan.
1994 - Zoar (USA), ZCD01 (CD)
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070 - PSYCHO-ACOUSTIC: Elliott Sharp, Zeena Parkins
1/ Spez 2:36
2/ In Somnia 4:22
3/ Pinball Logic 4:03
4/ Shotput 0:49
5/ State Space 3:44
6/ Zeps 6:27
Imitation Of Life
7/ Elmer 2:26
8/ Elsie 0:51
9/ Lynx 1:05
10/ Horseshoe 2:08
11/ Programinals 0:45
12/ Creaper Reaper 3:26
13/ Sambar 0:39
14/ Daisy World 4:19
15/ Hiroshima Heart Attack 4:32
16/ Minima Moralia 3:45
17/ Stroll Avoid Align 9:31
18/ Words Fail 1:21
Recorded and mixed at Baby Monster studios, January 1994
Zeena Parkins: acoustic and electric harps, tapes, electronic percussion;
Elliott Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass, Hawaiian guitar, dobro, bass clarinet,
electronic percussion.
1994 - Les Disques Victo (Canada), VICTO cd026 (CD)
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071 - ALPHABET CITY: various artists
This record features Gerard Malanga, Slash Orchestra, Beautiful People Ltd,
Elliott Sharp, David Shea, Michael Gira.
Zeena Parkins plays on two tracks with David Shea:
14/ 8 C (Shea) 9:41
15/ Prisoner #7 (Shea) 9:54
Recorded at Baby Monster Studios, New York during Summer 1993
David Shea: sampling, keyboards; Zeena Parkins: sampling, keyboards, piano;
Marc Ribot (15): guitar; Anthony Coleman (15): organ; Sebastian Steinberg
(15): bass; Jim Pugliese (15): percussion.
1994 - Sub Rosa (Belgium), Utopian Diaries SR72 (CD)
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072 - STEP TO ANOTHER WORLD MUSIC: various artists
This record features Bob Ostertag, Skeleton Crew, Die Knodel, The Jellyfish
Kiss, Il Gran Teatro Amaro, Fred Frith, The Hat Shoes, wernerBaertschi, The
Ex/Tom Cora, Tenko, After Dinner, Massacre, No Secrets In the Family,
Vibraslaps, Ferdinand & Les Philosophes, Camberwell Now, Negativland, Goz
of Kermeur, Tiere der nacht, The Orthotonics, Zero Pop, Debile Menthol,
Guigou Chenevier, No Safety, Romeo Vendrame.
Zeena Parkins plays on two tracks, one with Skeleton Crew:
2/ The Border 3:29
and one with No Safety:
26/ Summer Dress 4:22
1994 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 50 (CD)
2003 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 50 (CD)
See THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS (1986) and SPILL (1992) for further references.
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073 - AMUSIA: Elliott Sharp/Carbon
1/ Upload (Sharp) 5:12
2/ Pnambic (E#,ZP,MS,JT,DW) 4:20
3/ Gonkulator (Sharp) 5:06
4/ Replicator (E#,ZP,MS,JT,DW) 3:01
5/ Posting A Flame (Sharp) 3:40
6/ Forkbomb (E#,ZP,MS,JT,DW) 8:40
7/ Money Shot (Sharp) 7:43
8/ Twisted Threads (Sharp) 5:38
9/ Dry Fear (E#,ZP,MS,JT,DW) 2:33
10/ Corrupted (Sharp) 3:49
11/ Nyetwork (E#,ZP,MS,JT,DW) 4:15
12/ Limbic (Sharp) 4:00
13/ The Fungus Speaks... (Sharp) 3:38
14/ Gunk (Sharp, Barratt) 5:23
15/ Nailing Jelly (Sharp, Barratt) 3:07
Recorded at Baby Monster (NYC), Studio STEIM (Amsterdam), and Studio zOaR
(NYC)
Zeena Parkins: electric harp; Marc Sloan: electric bass, prepared bass;
Joseph Trump: drums, percussion; David Weinstein: sampler; Elliott Sharp:
doubleneck guitarbass, lap steel, sampler, computer processing, voice; DD
Dorvillier (4,13): voice; John Duncan (2,6): shortwave; David Barratt (14,
15): sampler, keyboards.
1994 - Spectrum/Play It Again Sam (Belgium), SPX 103 CD (CD)
1995 - Atavistic Video (USA), ALP29CD (CD)
Note: the Spectrum/Play It Again Sam pressing has two different tracks for
(14) and (15):
14/ Gonk (Sharp, Barratt) 6:17
15/ Lator (Sharp, Barratt) 5:00
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074 - SPY NETWORK/MODULATION DECAY UNIT: No Safety/Flying Luttenbachers
No Safety side:
1/ Oprah (Siket, Seidel)
2/ Spy Network (McLean, Watkins)
Recorded live at The Knitting Factory
Ann Rupel; Chris Cochrane; Tim Spelios; Zeena Parkins.
1995 - Coat-Tail Records (USA), CT 001 (7" EP)
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075 - VERY NEON PET: Peter Scherer
1/ Blur (Scherer) 6:15
2/ Nerve Type No (Scherer) 5:44
3/ Ondulata (Scherer) 5:23
4/ Anonymous Shark (Scherer) 3:32
5/ Planetful Of Mirrors (Scherer, Amedeo Pace) 3:44
6/ Cold Coalescence (Scherer) 4:20
7/ Terbium Lane (Scherer, Fran Genius) 4:48
8/ So Many Constellations (Scherer) 4:45
9/ Horses Star In My Dreams (Scherer) 5:36
10/ Very Neon Pet (Scherer) 3:48
11/ Nerve Type No (Remix) (Scherer) 6:17
Recorded at King Sound, New York
Peter Scherer: sampler, guitar, bass, loops, synthesizer, lo gongs, FX,
piano; Arto Lindsay (1): guitar; Sussan Deihim (2): vocals; Fernando
Saunders (2): bass; Christian Lechevretel (2,9): trumpet; Zeena Parkins (2,
8,9): electric harp; Nana Vasconcelos (3,4,8,9): percussion; Laurie Anderson
(3): violin; Amedeo Pace (3,5): guitar; Mark Feldman (4): violin; Cyro
Baptista (4,8): percussion; Sebastian Steinberg (5): bass; Dougie Bowne (5):
cymbals; Frank Genius (7): sampler, synthesizer; Melvin Gibbs (9): bass;
Josh Selman (10): FX; Jun Miyake (10): trumpet; Adrian Sherwood (11): remix.
1994 - Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund (Switzerland), MGB CD 9401 (CD)
1995 - Metro Blue/Capitol, CDP 7243 8 31600 2 0 (CD)
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*** - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY, VOLUME 6: various artists
This record features Anthony Coleman's Self-haters, Fantods, Ned Rothenberg
and Glen Velez, Chris Cunningham, Estabmatique, Tom Varner Trio, No Safety,
Tom Cora Project, Kuru, Babe the Blue Ox, Knitting Factory noises and Jimi
Monk.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with No Safety:
?/ ???
1995 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-163 (CD)
Note: this record was never released because the first choices did not work
out; there is still a possibility that it might be released... one day.
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076 - ISABELLE: Zeena Parkins
Isabelle (1993)
1/ Outside 2:58
2/ The Magician 5:05
3/ EL OUED: Romance 1:36
4/ Si Mahmoud Essadi: The Convert 5:00
5/ La Petite Gironde: Victor Barrucand Lends A Hand 1:37
6/ Fever 1:16
7/ Monastery Of Kenadsa 2:12
8/ AIN SEFRA: In Captivity And Flood 4:00
9/ Oblivion Seekers 2:42
10/ The Breath Of Night 1:48
Hup! (1992)
11/ Look Out For Gail Garrity - Girl Wonder 3:18
12/ Chamber Of Eternal Wisdom 2:26
13/ ... The Uncanny Feeling Of Being Watched 3:08
14/ "MY GOD! Have I flung Myself Into An Endless Void?" 1:34
15/ Ju-Jitsu Jimmy - Impulse Beam Rising 1:56
(1-10) recorded at Baby Monster Studio in September 1993
(11-15) recorded at Harmonic Ranch Studio in Fall 1992
Produced by Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins: sampler, electric harp, piano, snare drum, East Berlin toy;
Lisa Crowder (1-10): piano; Margaret Parkins (1-10): cello; Sara Parkins
(1-10): violin; Ikue Mori (11-15): electric percussion.
1995 - Avant (Japan), Avan 018 (CD)
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077 - HSI-YU CHI: David Shea
1/ Temple (Shea) 9:06
1a/ Temple
1b/ Sai Teen
1c/ Tai Tsung
1d/ Chang'an
1e/ Sun Wu Kung
2/ Three Elements (Shea) 3:20
3/ Five Fingers (Shea) 4:32
4/ (Shea) 8:19
4a/ Fists Of Fury
4b/ Canton Opera Blues
4c/ Enter The Dragon
4d/ The Underworld
5/ The Woodcutter And The Fisherman (Shea) 4:09
6/ (Shea) 6:38
6a/ Silk Road
6b/ Black Wind Cave
6c/ The Weapons
7/ (Shea) 5:46
7a/ Mara
7b/ Five Villages West
7c/ Two Sisters Wedding
8/ Two Elements (Shea) 1:45
9/ Rouge (Shea) 1:58
10/ Orchid Tree (Shea) 4:13
11/ (Shea) 5:41
11a/ Holy Mountain
11b/ Jetvana/Pure Land
Recorded at Baby Monster Studios in January 1994
Produced by David Shea
Sim Caine: drums, percussion, dumbek; Hideki Kato: bass; Wu Man: pipa; Zeena
Parkins: electric harp, acoustic harp, piano, accordion; Jim Pugliese:
drums, percussion; Marc Ribot: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo;
David Shea: sampler, piano, turntables, CDs; Alex Tobias: harmonica, tin
whistle, celtic drum; Rebecca Wilson: screaming; John Zorn: alto.
1995 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7005 (CD)
Note: the track listing in the booklet is completely wrong.
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078 - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY: John Zorn's Cobra
1/ Hemachatus Haemachatus 2:11
2/ Naja Naja Atra 3:40
3/ Many-Banded Krait 10:58
4/ Taipan 1:30
5/ D. Popylepis 3:20
6/ Lampropeltis Doliata Syspila 1:30
7/ Boomslang 11:07
8/ Maticora Intestinalis 6:13
9/ Acanthopis Antarcticus 4:00
10/ Hydrophiidae 5:42
11/ Ngu Sam Liem 0:53
12/ Ophiophagus Hannah 1:25
13/ Boulengerina 5:23
14/ Laticauda Laticauda 2:58
(1) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in January 1992
(2) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in February 1992
(3) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in March 1992
(4,5) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in April 1992
(6) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in May 1992
(7) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in June 1992
(8) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in July 1992
(9) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in August 1992
(10) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in September 1992
(11,12) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in October 1992
(13) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in November 1992
(14) recorded at the Knitting Factory, New York City in December 1992
Produced by Anthony Coleman and Norman Yamada
Christine Bard (1,3,7): drums; Anthony Coleman (1-3,7,9): sampler; Mark
Degliantoni (1-3,9): sampler; Curtis Fowlkes (1,3): trombone; Evan Gallagher
(1,2,6,8,10): keyboards, sampler, trombone, cornet; Gisburg (1,4,5,7): voice
(soprano), mouth organ, tin whistle; Roy Nathanson (1,3,7,9): soprano, alto,
tenor; James Pugliese (1,2,7,9): drums, sampler, percussion; Marcus Rojas
(1,13): tuba; David Shea (1,2,9): sampler; Doug Wieselman (1): clarinet;
Michelle Kinney (2,13): cello, electronics; Tim Spelios (2): CD players;
David Weinstein (2): sampler; Brad Jones (3): string bass; Myra Melford (3):
synthesizer; Zeena Parkins (3,7): electric harp; Marc Ribot (3,7): electric
guitar; Jay Rodrigues (3): alto; E.J. Rodriguez (3,14): drums, percussion;
Bill Ware (3): vibraphone; Jeff Buckley (4,5): voice (tenor); M. Doughty (4,
5): voice (tenor); Judy Dunaway (4,5,8): voice (mezzo-soprano), electric
guitar, balloons; Mark Ettinger (4,5): voice (tenor); Cassie Hoffman (4,5):
voice (soprano); Nina Mankin (4,5): voice (mezzo-soprano); Chris Nelson (4,
5): voice (baritone); Juliet Palmer (4,5): voice (alto); Wilbur Pauley (4,
5): voice (bass); Rick Porterfield (4,5): voice (baritone); Eric Qin (4,5):
voice (baritone); Kevin Sharp (4,5): voice (throat); Louie Belogenis (6):
drums; Steven Bernstein (6,10,13,14): sampler, trumpet, slide trumpet; Dawn
Buckholz (6): sampler; Joe Gallant (6,10): string bass, 6-string contrabass
guitar; Randy Hutton (6): synthesizer; Margaret Lancaster (6): soprano,
alto; Fred Lonberg-Holm (6,8,11,12): electric harp, tape recorder, CD pla-
yers, noisemakers, cornet; Vito Ricci (6): electric guitar; Walter Thompson
(6,10): alto, baritone, flute; Ed Broms (7): string bass; Tamela Glenn (7):
voice (soprano); Lee Hyla (7): sampler; Tim Smith (7): bass clarinet; Chris
Wood (7,9): string bass; Bob Lipman (8): electric guitar, bongos, percus-
sion; Leslie Ross (8,11,12): bassoon, electric bassoon, shawm, various
reeds; Blaise Siwula (8): alto, trumpet; Kiku Wada (8): electric guitar;
David Watson (8,11,12): electric guitar, trumpet; Steve Waxman (8): electric
bass, pocket trumpet, percussion; Michael Evans (9,10): drums, percussion;
Craig Flanagin (9): electric guitar; K.J. Grant (9,11,12): electric bass,
voice (alto); John King (9): dobro; Sharon Topper (9): voice (soprano),
noisemakers; John Zorn (9): alto; David Cast Castigilione (10,14): tenor,
bass clarinet, baritone saxophone; Allan Chase (10): soprano, alto; Hollis
Headrick (10): drums; Rolf Sturm (10): electric guitar; Steve Swell (10):
trombone; Thomas Ulrich (10): cello; Nick Balaban (11,12): synthesizers;
April Chung (11,12): violin; Paul Hoskin (11,12): baritone; Donna Jewell
(11,12): voice (soprano); James Lo (11,12): drums; Makigami Koichi (11,12):
voice (tenor); Matthew Ostrowski (11,12): analog synthesizer; Greg Anderson
(13): acoustic, string instruments; David Krakauer (13): clarinet, bass cla-
rinet; Frank London (13): trumpet, percussion; Paul Morrissett (13): kaval,
gaida, violin; Andrea Parkins (13): accordion; Sebastian Steinberg (13):
electric bass; Alicia Svigals (13): violin; Jane Tomkiewicz (13): percus-
sion; Billy Martin (14): percussion, talking drum; Ben Perowsky (14): drums;
Adam Rogers (14): electric guitar; Dan Rosengard (14): synthesizers; Danny
Sedownik (14): percussion; Paul Shapiro (14): soprano, tenor, flute; Tronzo
(14): slide guitar.
1995 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFW 124 (CD)
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079 - SIXTY SECOND COMPILATION: various artists
This 7" features ten tracks (!) by Chris Cochrane, Don Caballero, Duotron,
Flying Luttenbachers, Gneissmaker, Jackwacker, L-R Duo, Zeena Parkins,
Elliott Sharp, White.
8/ Sleazy (Zeena Parkins)
1995 - Coat-Tail Records (USA), CT-003 (7")
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080 - HEX KITCHEN: Ikue Mori
1/ Slush 2:36
2/ Woke Up Aghast 3:18
3/ Angler Fish 3:48
4/ Shiver 3:10
5/ Recipe 4:09
6/ Loops 3:28
7/ Kiss Of Fire (trad. arrang.) 3:44
8/ Eight Million Ways To Die 4:20
9/ Clapper 2:49
10/ Dau Miu 4:10
11/ Hive 5:13
Recorded at Harmonic Ranch Studio
Produced by Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori: drum machines, sampler, vocal; David Watson (2,11): bagpipe,
guitar; Hideki Kato (2,6): bass; Catherine Jauniaux (3,4,7): vocal; Zeena
Parkins (3,4,6,8,11): electric harp, keyboard, accordion; John Zorn (3):
clarinet; Hahn Rowe (4,7,8): guitar, bass, violin; Jim Staley (10): trom-
bone.
1995 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7201 (CD)
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081 - BATH: Chris Cochrane
1/ Last Night (Cochrane) 2:50
2/ Stupid (Cochrane) 0:21
3/ Faith (Cochrane) 3:12
4/ Duty First (Cochrane) 2:35
5/ Teeth (Cochrane) 3:39
6/ Or Else (Cochrane) 3:27
7/ Residual (Marc Anthony Thompson) 2:01
8/ Manners (Cochrane) 3:57
9/ Careful (Cochrane) 2:22
10/ Spit (Cochrane) 2:34
11/ Hit By a Car (Cochrane) 2:45
12/ Anyway (Cochrane) 1:24
13/ Above My Head (Cochrane) 3:24
14/ Tony (Cochrane) 2:54
15/ Give Me (Cochrane) 4:10
16/ Patricide (Cochrane) 2:25
17/ Like This (Cochrane) 2:21
18/ A Memory (Cochrane) 1:13
Recorded at Homolisa Studio, Brooklyn in October 93-June 1994
(3,4,8,9,10,16,17) recorded at Low Blood Studios, Ludlow St. (New York)
in June 1994
Produced by Chris Cochrane and Marc Anthony Thompson
Chris Cochrane: vocals, all other intruments; Ann Rupel (3,4,8,9,10,16):
bass; Hanna Fox (3,4,8,9,10,16): drums; Dudley Saunders: harmony vocals;
Zeena Parkins; Marc Anthony Thompson (3,5): tambourine, percussion.
1995 - Avant (Japan), Avan 018 (CD)
Note: not sure who plays on what (the lineup description is hard to follow).
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082 - CHIPFARM: Optical-8 + Melt Banana + Elliott Sharp + Zeena Parkins
1/ Trash Or Not? (Yasuko O, Melt-Banana)
2/ Spynetwork (Parkins)
3/ Carps & Crows (Sharp)
4/ Uknown Mix-2 (Yoshihide)
5/ Invisible Thread (Hoppy)
6/ Yes, We're! 1 (Sharp, Parkins)
7/ Blunberbus (Sharp, Parkins)
8/ Hurry Sundown 1 (Parkins)
9/ Hurry Sundown 2 (Parkins)
10/ Where The Sidewalk Ends (Parkins)
11/ Plot Cake (Yasuko O, Melt-Banana)
12/ Grenstale No.13 (Yoshihide)
13/ Yes, We're! 2 (Sharp, Parkins)
14/ Vilnius-3 (Yoshihide)
15/ Banana Fiction (Sharp, Parkins)
16/ Switch (Hoppy)
17/ Whirlpool (Sharp, Parkins)
18/ Noh Surf (Sharp, Parkins)
19/ Ritty (Sharp)
20/ Melt-Lemon-3 (Yoshihide)
Recorded in November 1994
Optical-8: Hoppy Kamiyama: synthesizers, samples, electric-violin, tapes,
gram-pot; Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, turntables; Reck: bass; Masafumi Minato:
drums.
Melt Banana: Yasuko O: vocal; Agata: guitar; Rika mm: bass; Sudoh toshiaki:
drums.
Elliott Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass, sustainer guitar, soprano, samples.
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, melodica, voice, samples, tapes.
1995 - God Mountain (Japan), gmcd-016 (CD)
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083 - INTERFERENCE: Elliott Sharp / Carbon
1/ Onyx (Sharp) 8:23
2/ N-Cryp (Sharp) 3:44
3/ Slag (Sharp) 7:35
4/ Klik Daemon (Sharp) 6:39
5/ Glitchit (Sharp) 6:33
6/ Jungle Freeze (Sharp) 7:45
7/ Thermal (Sharp) 11:41
Recorded at Excello, Brooklyn, New York
Produced by Elliott Sharp
Zeena Parkins: electric harp; Marc Sloan: bass; Joseph Trump: drums; David
Weinstein: sampler; Elliott Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass, saxophones,
samples, Buchla Thunder, computer processing.
1995 - Atavistic (USA), ALP 50 CD (CD)
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084 - BOSTON - NYC 1994: Gate
1/ Boston 30:34
2/ New York City 5:27
3/ New York City 1:02
4/ New York City 1:54
5/ New York City 1:11
6/ New York City 4:18
7/ New York City 1:35
(1) recorded live in Boston, 1994
(2-7) recorded live in New York City, 1994
Michael Morley; Lee Ranaldo; Zeena Parkins (2-7).
1995 - Poon Village (USA), PV01 (CD)
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085 - THE TOWER OF MIRRORS: David Shea
1/ Red Jade (Shea) 1:43
2/ Entering (Shea) 1:27
3/ The Tower (Shea) 2:56
4/ Mirrors (Shea) 0:46
5/ Elegy (Shea) 3:13
6/ Exotic Gardens (Shea) 2:30
7/ Locus Solus (Shea) 2:10
8/ The Green Green World (Shea) 2:35
9/ Kuan-Yin Mirrors (Shea) 2:35
10/ The Forbidden City (Shea) 1:45
11/ The Machines (Shea) 1:40
12/ Chang-O Changes Form (Shea) 3:45
13/ Tuning (Shea) 1:25
14/ The The Pure Land Illusions (Shea) 6:31
15/ Canto I-XX (Shea) 2:08
16/ Schizoid (Shea) 5:25
17/ Hammer And Anvil (Shea) 2:56
18/ The Red Chapel (Shea) 3:14
19/ Canton Noir Blues (Shea) 4:32
20/ Song Of The Old (Shea) 1:18
21/ The Lovers (Shea) 3:16
22/ Sallambo & Salome (Shea) 4:43
23/ Broken Jade. Four Directions Battle (Shea) 5:38
24/ The Elder Of The Void. Awakening (Shea) 3:07
Recorded at Baby Monster Studios, Harmonic Ranch Studio, Jim Cain's
Studio, Jim Pugliese's Studio, New York City in September-October 1995
Simeon Cain: tabla, percussion; Erik Friedlander: cello; David Morley:
analog synthesizer programming; Dave Douglas: trumpet; Zeena Parkins: piano,
prepared piano; Jim Pugliese: bowed vibes, mbira, percussion; David Shea:
sampler, piano, texts; Jim Dungan: protools editing engineer; Ian Bryan:
live recordings engineer; Tiziana Kutic: Italian and French text; Vivian
Huang: Mandarin Chinese narration and text compilations.
1995 - Sub Rosa (Belgium), sr94 (CD)
2006 - Metta (Australia), ??? (CD)
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086 - THREADWAXING SPACE LIVE - THE PRESIDENTIAL COMPILATION 93-94: various
artists
This record features Azalia Snail (1), Saturnine 60 (2), Guv'ner (4), Guided
by Voices (4), The Sea & Cake (5), Slim Moon (6), Shorty (7), Pony (8), Slant
6 (9), Blonde Redhead (10), Gate (11), Giant Sand (12), DQE (13).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Gate:
11/ MM/LR/ZP (Gate)
Lee Renaldo; Zeena Parkins; Michael Morley.
1995 - Zero Hour Records (USA?), ??? (CD)
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087 - UNIVERSONORO VOLUMEN 1: various artists
This 2xCD set features No Means No (1), Rebelde Rojito (2), Perverted (3),
Amphetamine Discharge (4), The Killer Barbies (5), Alice Donut (6), Ultra
Bide (7), Dhu (8), Flag Of Democracy (9), Pleasure Fuckers (10), Sex Museum
(11), Kozmic Muffin (12), Kactus Jack (13), Model Rockets (14), Los Buges
(15), Tony Adolescent & ADZ (16), The Busters (17), Kojon Prieto Y Los
Huajolotes (18), Boikot (19), M.C.D. (20), El Ultimo Ke Zierre (21),
Cicatriz (22), Heredeiros Da Crus (23), Matando Gratix (24), Animals That
Swim (25), Hissanol (26), Fred Frith (Skeleton Crew) (27), X.Legged Sally
(28), Knights Of The Occasional Table (29), A.C. Acoustics (30), The Ex
(31), Mil Dolores Pequenos (32), Chistian Death (33), Creaming Jesus (34),
Michael Gira (35), Raeo (36), Pascal Comelade (37), Jakob Draminsky (38),
Die Knodel (39), Ecodalia (40), Zahava Seewald (41), Chouteira (42), Txakun
(43).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Skeleton Crew:
27/ The Border (FF,TC,ZP,AH) 3:33
1995 - Boa (Spain), BOA 10307001 us 001 CD/002 CD (2xCD)
See STEP ACROSS THE BORDER (1990) for further references on (27).
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088 - AMBIANCES MAGNETIQUES VOL. 1 - LA BASTRINGUE MIGRATOIRE: various artists
This record features Rene Lussier (1,13), Genevieve Letarte (2,15), Martin
Tetreault (3), Hetu/Labrosse/Roger/Parkins/Tenko (4), Robert M. Lepage (5),
Jerry Snell (6), Evidence (7), Les Granules (8), Danielle P. Roger (9),
Andre Duchesne (10), Justine (11), Michel F. Cote/Diane Labrosse (12),
Bruire (14), Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms (16).
4/ Epilogue (JH,DL,DPR,ZP,T) 4:57
1996 - Ambiances Magnetiques (Canada), AM 039 CD (CD)
See LA LEGENDE DE LA PLUIE (1993) for further references on (4).
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089 - TIME OUT/KNITTING FACTORY WORKS SAMPLER: various artists
This record features Arto Lindsay Trio, Goldberg/Dunn/Schott/Wollesen,
Anthony Braxton and Mario Pavone Quintet, Rebecca Moore, Third Person,
Hooker/Ranaldo/Parkins, Thomas Chapin Trio, X-Legged Sally, Matt Darriau's
Paradox Trio, Mark Dresser, Samm Bennett's History Of The Last Five Minutes,
Myth Science, Liminal.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track:
6/ Alpha And Omega (WH, LR, ZP) 5:04
William Hooker: drums; Lee Ranaldo: guitar; Zeena Parkins: electric harp.
1996 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFW 193 (CD)
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090 - CARBON 14 PRESENTS: EAST VS WEST: various artists
This magazine is accompanied with a 7" which features Zeena Parkins/William
Hooker/Lee Ranaldo, W.O.O., Mike Keneally, Wayne Horvitz.
1/ BELIEF (In Night) (ZP,WH,LR)
Recorded live at the Knitting Factory, New York City
Zeena Parkins: electric harp; William Hooker: drums; Lee Ranaldo: guitar.
2/ Chance Rules (W.O.O.)
Recorded live at Surf Reality Theatre, New York City on September 18, 1995
Bonnie Kane: saxophone, electronics; Ray Sage: drums; John Tanzer: bass;
Jennifer Blowdryer: vocals; Glenn Sorvisto: vocals; Roy Edroso: vocals,
guitar.
3/ Weekend (Keneally)
Mike Keneally: guitar, vocals; Bryan Beller: bass; Toss Panos: drums.
4/ Non-Stop (Horvitz)
Recorded and produced by Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz: keyboards and others; Ed Pias: percussion.
1996 - Carbon 14 (USA), #7 (magazine+7")
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091 - THE GIFT OF TONGUES: William Hooker
1/ Colour (The Hypnotic State) 16:57
2/ Stamina 53:31
Recorded live at the old Knitting Factory, New York
Produced by William Hooker
Lee Ranaldo: guitar; Zeena Parkins: electric harp; William Hooker: drums.
1996 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFW 179 (CD)
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092 - NORTHERN DANCER: Jim Staley
1/ Northern Dancer (Zorn, Staley) 2:40
2/ Roast The Bird (Hirsch, Sharp, Staley) 8:34
3/ Tomy Lee (Mori, Williams, Staley) 6:12
4/ Middleground (Mori, Williams, Staley) 7:52
5/ Carry Back (Mori, Williams, Staley) 3:56
6/ Whirlaway (Parkins, Mori, Staley) 6:26
7/ Dark Star (Parkins, Mori, Staley) 15:57
8/ Dancer's Image (Hirsch, Sharp, Staley) 10:16
9/ Decidedly (for Sal Martirano) (Staley) 4:36
(1) recorded live at Roulette, New York City on November 27, 1995
(2,8) recorded live at Roulette, New York City on March 17, 1994
(3,4,5) recorded live at Roulette, New York City on November 3, 1995
(6,7) recorded live at Roulette, New York City on March 15, 1995
(9) recorded live in Urbana, Illinois on October 4, 1995
Produced by Jim Staley
Jim Staley: trombone; John Zorn (1): alto; Shelley Hirsch (2,8): voice;
Elliott Sharp (2,8): double-neck guitar/bass, clarinet; Ikue Mori (3,4,5,6,
7): drum machines; Davey Williams (3,4,5): guitar; Zeena Parkins (6,7):
electric harp.
1996 - Einstein Records (USA), 006 (CD)
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093 - VERONA JAZZ: various artists
This record features Bill Dixon, Gerald Wilson, Andrew Hill, Ornette
Coleman, Stringjazz, John Zorn, Chico Hamilton, Don Byron, Adam Rudolph,
Lawrence "Butch" Morris.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Lawrence "Butch" Morris:
10/ Long Goodbye (from Conduction #43) (Butch Morris) 6:50
Recorded at The Cloth in Verona on June 26, 1994
Butch Morris: conductor; J.A. Deane: trombone, electronics; Mario Arcari:
oboe; Myra Melford: piano; Riccardo Fassi: piano; Zeena Parkins: harp; Brian
Carrott: vibraphone; Brandon Ross: guitar; Stefano Montalto: viola; Martine
Altenburger: cello; Martin Schutz: cello; Ninh Le Quan: percussion.
1996 - Nettle (Italy), NTL 001 (CD)
Note: this record is only available with the June (1996) issue of the
Italian magazine Musica Jazz.
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094 - HOPE AND DESPAIR: Kato Hideki
1/ Hope And Despair (Kato, Bowne, Tada) 4:55
2/ Your Angry Face (Kato) 2:59
3/ Tolerance (KH,TK,ZP) 2:18
4/ Double Drum (Kato, Zorn) 6:04
5/ Fatigue (Kato, Parkins) 1:30
6/ Song For A Scavenger (Kato, Kono) 5:21
7/ Watching The Sleeping Lover (Kato, Parkins) 4:34
8/ Savage (Kato, Kono) 3:36
9/ Tale Of A Sanke (KH,KM,OG,TM) 6:00
10/ Against The Sky (Kato, Bowne, Kono) 7:08
Kato Hideki: bass, bowed and slide guitar, angklung (bamboo percussion);
Kono Masahiko: trombone; Zeena Parkins: harp; Douglas Bowne: drums; Ogimi
Gen: percussion; Tanaka Michiaki: percussion; Tada Makio (1): sampler;
Terasaki Keitar (3): piano; John Zorn (4): piano.
1996 - Extreme (Australia), XCD 036 (CD)
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095 - STATE OF THE UNION: various artists
This record features three sets of musicians, one from 1982 was available on
a LP, one from 1992 only available on a CD, and one from 1996 only available
on a 2xCD set.
1982: John Lurie, Felipe Orrego, Peter Blegvad/John Greaves, Diana Meckley,
Bill Obrecht, Pulsallama, Bartok Lieberman, Michael Boom, Squat Theatre,
A.C. Chubb, Gerry Lindahl, Arto Lindsay/Toni Nogueira, Social Climbers,
Sonorexia, Tim Wright, Spalding Gray, Thi-Linh Le, Christian Marclay, Adele
Bertei, Ivan Kupala, Charles K. Noyes, Chris Vine, Tuli Kupferberg, Sue
Hanel, Butch Morris/Jessica Hagedorn, F.A. Nettelbeck/Wayne Horvitz, Martin
Bisi/Victoria Galvez Bisi, Melody Sumner, Marina La Palma, Bob Holman/Vito
Ricci, Artless Time Band, Fred Frith/Tina Curran, Patrick Sumner,
Hi-Sheriffs Of Blue.
1992: David Weinstein, Barbara Barg, Borbetomagus/Voice Crack, Soldier
String Quartet, Margot Mifflin, Krackhouse, Ikue Mori, Anthony Coleman, God
Is My Co-Pilot, Lois V. Vierk/Ngoneni Cele, Marc Ribot, Vicki Stansbury,
GenKen Montgomery, John Zorn/Yamatsuka Eye, David Fulton, Nicolas Collins,
Marc Sloan, Syd Straw, David Linton, Pamela Z, Grafted Media Devil, Mofungo,
Henry Kaiser, Mad Arab, David Shea, Alex Noyes, Wanda Phipps/M. Doughty/
Jonathan Maron, Michelle Kinney, Brian Karl, Lee Ann Brown/Sarah Boyd Blair,
A Thousand Tiny Fingers, Leslie Ross, Hal Willner, Shelley Hirsch.
1996: John Duncan, Tricia Worden, Ui, Queen Esther, Pain Killer, Penny
Arcade, Chris Haskett, Anne Elliott, BardEvansPugliese, Steve Piccolo,
Circuit Redux, Jaron Lanier, Maggie Estep, Frank Rothkamm, Happy Boy, J.F.
Coleman, Rebecca Moore, Allen Ginsberg, Paul deMarinis, Lenny Kaye, Norman
Yamada, DJ Spooky, Mark Helias, Matthew Ostrowski, Mark Degliantoni,
Pharmacy Lounge, Tracie Morris, Andrea Parkins, Hakim Bey, Reed Ghazala, Sim
Cain, Cameron Allen/Ahrin Mishan, Machine Gun, Ebon Fisher, The Hound,
Lauren Weinger, DJ Olive, Lucius Sheppard, Zeena Parkins, Babytooth, Edwin
Torres, Heimlich Maneuver, Bad Behavior, Lukas Ligeti, Chris Cochrane,
Joseph Trump, Jack Womack, Gary Hinesley, Judy Dunaway, F.I.B., Run On,
Lynne Tillman/Dave Hofstra, Michael Lowenstern, Cyrnai, David Greenberger,
Seven Kings, Theo Bleckmann, Katie O'Looney, Kurt Ralske, Annie Gosfield,
Minus, Peter Sherer, Frank Pahl, Mark Trayle, Jenifer Berman, Digitalis,
Christina Wheeler, Jon Gibson, Dim Sum Clip Job, Tom Schmidt, Mars Williams/
Ken Vandermark, Tony Maimone/Yuval Gabay, Michael Pugliese, Twisted Tutu,
Timber, Philorene, Roger Kleier, Karthik Swaminathan.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track:
Disc 2:
2/ Guilty
Sebastian Steinberg: acoustic bass; Catherine Jauniaux: voice; Margaret
Parkins: cello; Laura Seaton: violin; Zeena Parkins: harp.
1996 - Atavistic (USA), ALP69CD (2xCD)
Note: Zeena Parkins does not appear on the previous issues of STATE OF THE
UNION (1982/1992/1993).
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096 - MOUTH=MAUL=BETRAYER: Zeena Parkins
Maul
1a/ Benya Krik (Parkins)
1b/ Zero Hour (Parkins) 6:52
2/ Wie Sieben Meilen Miesen Dirach (Parkins) 1:40
3/ Betrayer (Parkins) 3:38
4/ Torrid Zone (Parkins) 4:38
5a/ Dough (Parkins)
5b/ Weaponistic Charms (Parkins)
5c/ Italyid (Parkins) 8:23
6/ No Thing (Parkins) 2:43
7/ Simcha (Parkins) 3:44
8/ Chase (Parkins) 2:16
9/ Hod (Parkins) 2:37
Blue Mirror
10a/ Ice Pick (Parkins)
10b/ The Dasher (Parkins) 3:08
11/ Red (Parkins) 0:37
12/ 2Gun (Parkins) 2:53
13/ Abbaddabbah (Parkins) 4:41
14/ Phrases (Parkins) 1:28
15/ Nails (Parkins) 2:22
(1-9) recorded at Point's West Studio on December 28-30, 1995
(10-15) recorded at Studio Pass and Studio zOaR in January and February
1996
Produced by Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, sampler, piano; Sara Parkins: violin; Maggie
Parkins: cello, voice; Jim Pugliese: drums, vibes; Mark Stewart: cello, gui-
tar, mandolin; Carsten Dane: live and voice samples; Matthias Breitenbach:
voice samples; Andy Haas: didjeridu.
1996 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7109 (CD)
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097 - SHARK!: Zeena Parkins, Chris Cutler
1/ QEH
2/ LINK
(1) recorded live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
(2) recorded live at LINK in Bologna, Italy
Zeena Parkins; Chris Cutler.
1996 - ReR/Recommended (UK), ReR CZ1 (CD)
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098 - OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS - AN ATAVISTIC COMPILATION: various artists
This record features Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Crescent, Mars, Chrome
Cranks, The Scissor Girls, The Dream Syndicate, Eleventh Dream Day, Wynn/
Rizzo/Bean/Gay, Tigerlilies, Wolverton Brothers, MX-80, Antimuro,
Theoretical Girls, Lydia Lunch, E.A.R., Blastula, Wharton Tiers, Glenn
Branca, Lydia Lunch & Thurston Moore, Elliott Sharp's Carbon, Bruce
Anderson: Brutality, Gery Miles & Alan Licht, The Vandermark Five, Raeo,
NRG Ensemble, Gordy Horn Infusion, Lee Ranaldo.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Elliott Sharp's Carbon:
Disc 2:
20/ Onyx-Xyno (Sharp)
1996 - Atavistic (USA), ALP38CD (2xCD)
2007 - Atavistic (USA), ALP38CD (2xCD)
Note: hybrid/remix version of the same track from INTERFERENCE (1996).
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099 - BLACKBURST: Psycho-Acoustic
1/ Specific Gravity 5:37
2/ Peregrine 24:42
3/ Two Mass Chain 6:56
4/ Ha-kol 8:04
5/ Le Roi Smeck 2:09
6/ Massive Apatite 5:27
Recorded and mixed at Studio 900 and at Studio zOaR, New York City
Zeena Parkins: electric harp; Elliott Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass, bass
clarinet, Buchla thunder, computer processing.
1996 - Les Disques Victo (Canada), VICTO cd044 (CD)
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100 - CHRONOLOGIA: Peter Scherer
1/ Emigrate (Scherer) 2:44
2/ Camera X (Scherer) 4:15
3/ Ever (Scherer) 3:45
4/ Evil (Scherer) 3:31
5/ Reaper (remix) (Scherer) 2:08
6/ West (Scherer) 1:39
7/ New Russia (Scherer) 2:21
8/ Tot (Scherer) 4:15
9/ Fratricide (Scherer) 1:46
10/ Reaper (Scherer) 4:43
11/ Go-Shujin (Scherer) 1:50
12/ New Dracula (Scherer) 3:14
13/ Old Russia (Scherer) 3:09
Recorded at Kingsound
Produced by Peter Scherer
Peter Scherer: processed guitar, sampler; Nana Vasconcelos (2,10): percus-
sion; Cyro Baptista (10): percussion; Zeena Parkins (2,10): electric harp;
Frank Menusan (2): sitar.
1996 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7502 (CD)
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101 - GENIUS + LOVE = YO LA TENGO: Yo La Tengo
Disc 1: VocaL
1/ Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop
2/ Demons
3/ Fog Over Frisco
4/ Too Late
5/ Hanky Panky Nohow
6/ Something To Do
7/ Ultra-Powerful Short Wave Radio Picks Up Music From Venus
8/ Up To You
9/ Somebody's Baby
10/ Walking Away From You
11/ Artificial Heart
12/ Cast A Shadow
13/ I'm Set Free
14/ Barnaby, Hardly Working
15/ Some Kinda Fatigue
16/ Speeding Motorcycle
Disc 2: Instrumental
1/ Nutricia
2/ Her Grandmother's Gift
3/ From A Motel 6 #2
4/ Gooseneck Problem
5/ Surfin' With The Shah
6/ Ecstasy Blues
7/ Too Much, Part I
8/ Blitzkrieg Bop
9/ One Self: Fish Girl
10/ Enough
11/ Drum Solo
12/ From A Motel 6 #1
13/ Too Much, Part II
14/ Sunsquashed
Georgia Hubley: vocals, guitar, drums; Ira Kaplan: vocals, guitar; Dave
Schramm: guitar, organ; Gene Holder: guitar, bass; James McNew: bass; Tara
Key: guitar; Zeena Parkins (11): harp; Wilbo Wright: acoustic bass; Stephan
Wichnewski: bass; Jad Fair.
1996 - Matador (USA), OLE-194 (2xLP)
1996 - Matador (USA), OLE-194 (CD)
199? - ??? (Japan), ??? (?)
See DELICACY & NOURISHMENT - LYRICS BY ERNEST NOYES BROOKINGS VOL. 3 (1992)
for further references on (11).
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102 - FIELD AND STREAM: Elliott Sharp - Tectonics
1/ Krkd (Sharp, Rothkamm) 5:53
2/ Glimpse Of Field Effect (Sharp) 9:30
3/ Dadastream (Sharp) 5:46
4/ Fzarp (Sharp, Parkins) 8:23
5/ Anatomic Dub (Sharp) 6:45
6/ Pangra (Sharp) 6:00
7/ Faux Facade (Sharp) 9:59
8/ Lithic (Sharp) 3:31
Recorded and mixed at Studio zOaR, New York City
Produced by Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass, bits and bytes, drum programs, saxo-
phone; Zeena Parkins (4,6): sampler, little green drone guitar; Frank
Rothkamm (1): drums 'n bass.
1997 - Atonal Records (Germany), ACD 3025 (CD)
1998 - Knitting Factory Records (USA), KFR-227 (CD)
Note: the Knitting Factory reissue has two extra tracks and the ordering of
the tracks is also different:
1/ Krkd
2/ Fzarp
3/ Dadastream
4/ Pangra
5/ Faux Facade
6/ Anatomic Dub
7/ Platelet
8/ Glimpse of Field Effect
9/ Scattershot
10/ Lithie
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103 - NEW YORK DOWNTOWN: JAZZ AND OTHER SOUNDS: various artists
This record features Prima Materia, Don Byron, Liminal, DJ Spooky, X-Legged
Sally, Samm Bennett's History of the Last Five Minutes, Charles Gayle, Myth
Science, William Hooker with Lee Renaldo and Zeena Parkins, Steve Naive,
Borah Bergman and Roscoe Mitchell, Rebecca Moore, Suck Pretty, Kiss My Jazz,
Arto Lindsay Trio, New & Used, L. Gallucio, Good Kitty, Zony Mash, Fertile
Crescent, Paradox Trio, Mark Dresser, Andrea Parkins, Camp Stories Stk,
Kazutoki Umezu, Thomas Chapin Trio & Strings, Joe Gallant and Illuminati.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with William Hooker and Lee Renaldo:
9/ Stamina 0:25
1997 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFW 200 (CD)
See THE GIFT OF TONGUES (1996) for further references.
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104 - GREAT JEWISH MUSIC: BURT BACHARACH: various artists
This record features Wayne Horvitz (1), Marc Ribot (2), Dave Douglas (3),
Guy Klucevsek (4), Kramer (5), Erik Friedlander (6), Joey Baron (7), Zeena
Parkins (8), Marc Ribot (9), Fred Frith (10), Medeski/Martin & Wood (11),
Elliott Sharp (12), Marie McAuliffe (13), Mike Patton (14), Lloyd Cole and
Robert Quine (15), Anthony Coleman's Selfhaters (16), Yuka Honda and Sean
Lennon (17), Shelley Hirsch (18), Bill Frisell (19), Eyvind Kang (20).
Disc 1:
1/ Close To You 2:24
2/ Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2:52
3/ Wives And Lovers 8:35
4/ Who Gets The Guy? / This Guy's In Love With You 3:43
5/ Walk On By 3:05
6/ Promises, Promises 5:49
7/ Alfie 3:29
8/ Freefall 3:47
9/ Don't Go Breaking My Heart 3:28
10/ Trains And Boats And Planes 4:52
Disc 2:
11/ Do You Know The Way To San Jose 3:50
12/ The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 3:39
13/ I Say A Little Prayer 6:11
14/ She's Gone Away 3:35
15/ I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 3:20
16/ A House Is Not A Home 5:01
17/ The Look Of Love 3:55
18/ What's New Pussycat? 3:59
19/ What The World Needs Now Is Love 4:21
20/ I Took My Strength From You (I Had None) 6:21
All music by Burt Bacharach, all lyrics by Hal David
Recorded August-October 1996
Robin Holcomb (1): vocals; Julie Wolf (1): vocals; Wayne Horvitz (1): pre-
pared piano; Timothy Young (1): guitars; Marc Ribot (2,9): guitar; Charlie
Giordano (2): keyboards; Greg Cohen (2): bass; Christine Bard (2): drums;
Dave Douglas (3): trumpet; Scott Robinson (3): bass saxophone, piccolo,
flute; Uri Caine (3): piano; Guy Klucevsek (4): accordion; Kramer (5): all
intruments, vocals; Erik Friedlander (6): cello; Chris Speed (6): clarinet;
Andrew D'Angelo (6): bass clarinet; Drew Gress (6): bass; Joey Baron (7):
drums; Zeena Parkins (8): harps, organ; Sara Parkins (8): violin; Ikue Mori
(8): electric percussion; Fred Frith (10): all instruments, vocals; John
Medeski (11): mellotron, organ, electric piano; Chris Wood (11): bass; Billy
Martin (11): drums; Elliott Sharp (12): all instruments; Marie McAuliffe
(13): piano; David Hofstra (13): bass; Kevin Norton (13): drums; Robert
Henke (13): flugelhorn; Clare Daly (13): tenor; Chris Washburne (13): trom-
bone; Mike Patton (14): vocals, keyboards; William Winant (14): percussion,
hammered dulcimer; David Slusser (14): theremin; Trey Spruance (14): guitar;
Michael Peloquin (14): harmonica; Lloyd Cole (15): guitar, vocals; Robert
Quine (15): guitars; Anthony Coleman (16,18): keyboards, trombone, vocals,
accordion; Doug Wieselman (16): clarinet; Jim Pugliese (16): percussion,
trumpet; Yuka Honda (17): keyboards, vocals; Sean Lennon (17): guitar,
keyboards, drums, vocals; Shelley Hirsch (18): vocals; Jim Staley (18):
trombone; Jon Hodges (18): background vocals; Max Lyandvent (18): background
vocals; Bill Frisell (19): guitar; Eyvind Kang (20): erhu, acoustic and
electric violins; Mint (20): bass, keyboard, drums, finger cymbals, alto
recorder.
1997 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7114-2 (2xCD)
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105 - SATYRICON: David Shea
1/ Opening (Shea) 2:50
2/ *Q (Shea) 5:33
3/ Psyche (Shea) 7:58
4/ Eros (Shea) 4:25
5/ The Wheel (Shea) 3:20
6/ Giton's Theme (Shea) 3:21
7/ Eumolpus (Shea) 1:43
8/ Circe (Shea) 2:38
9/ Ars Nova II (Shea) 5:02
10/ Aphrodesia (Shea) 2:25
11/ Trimalchio (Shea) 7:45
11a/
11b/
12/ Cave Canem (Shea) 1:07
13/ The Wife Of Epheseus (Shea) 3:24
14/ The Dream (Shea) 2:04
15/ The Waves (Shea) 4:36
Recorded at Harmonic Ranch Studio, New York City in January 1997
(1,4) recorded at Jim Pugliese's Studio, New York City in September 1996
(5,10) recorded at Diamond Cutter Studio, New York City in September 1996
(7) recorded at Baby Monster Studios, New York in September 1995
(11a) recorded at Baby Monster Studios, New York in October 1993
Produced by David Shea
David Shea: sampler, synthesizer, piano; Jim Pugliese (1,4,5,7,11a): gongs,
bowed vibraphone; Tiziana Kutic (6,13): voice; Erik Friedlander (7): cello;
Giulio Venier (8,9): violin, baghet (bag pipe); Lucia Clonfero (8): violin;
Elisa D'Agostini (8): viola; Martina Bertoni (8): cello; Fabio Accurso (9):
kobsa (flute), flute, frame drum; Paolo Cecere (9): psaltery, viella;
Allesandra Cossi (9): symphonia; Carlo Mariani (9): sardinian launeddas;
Dario Marusic (9): mala sopela (Istrian pipes); Marino Kranjac (9): mala
sopela (Istrian pipes); Sim Cain (11a): drums; Anthony Coleman (11a): piano,
organ; Zeena Parkins (11a): electric harp; Sebastian Steinberg (11a): bass.
1997 - Sub Rosa (Belgium), SR111 (CD)
2005 - Metta (Australia), ??? (CD)
Note: the 2005 reissue adds an extra track:
16/ Satyricon 2000 (Shea) 22:58
which has been previously released on TRYPTICH (2001).
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106 - SPRING & NEAP: Elliott Sharp
1/ Spring & Neap (Sharp)
Recorded live at Music Merge festival, Tokyo on October 5, 1996
Michiyo Yagi: 17-string koto; Yumiko Tanaka: fuyozao shamisen; Yoshiko
Fujio: hosozao shamisen; Zeena Parkins: troubador harp; Makoto Nomura:
piano; Tamiki Sawa: violin; Mio Abe: violin; Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello; Kota
Miki: cello; Hiroaki Mizutani: contrabass; Masaaki Kikuchi: contrabass; Guam
Kumada: percussion; Kenji Ito: percussion; Elliott Sharp: conductor.
1997 - Zoar (USA), zOaR 16 (CD)
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107 - HILARITY WORKSHOP: Steve Piccolo
1/ Punchlines (part I) (MK,ZP,SP,ES)
2/ Laugh (Piccolo)
3/ Death Shall Have No Dominion (Piccolo)
4/ Straight Man (part I) (MK,ZP,SP,ES)
5/ Rodeo In Roy's New Ark (Piccolo)
6/ Rotten Apple (Piccolo)
7/ You Told Me That (Kaba,Piccolo)
8/ Laugh (Piccolo)
9/ My Friend George (Piccolo)
10/ Magnificent Larry (part II) (Piccolo)
11/ Straight Man (part II) (MK,ZP,SP,ES)
12/ Laugh (Piccolo)
13/ Punchlines (part II) (MK,ZP,SP,ES)
Recorded at Larione 10, Florence and live at Capolinea, Milan
Produced by Steve Piccolo
Steve Piccolo: guitar, OB8, Fender Rhodes, cello; Elliott Sharp: soprano,
guitar, computer, double-neck guitar-bass; Zeena Parkins: electric harp;
Mamadi Kaba: bugarrabu, djembe; Renzo Franchi: drums; Valter Poli: bass;
Roberto Buoni: tenor, lyricon; Luigi Fiorentini: guitar; Daniele Trambusti:
drums; Ernesto de Pascale: OB8.
1997 - Underground Records (Italy), under004 (CD)
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108 - REVENGE OF THE STUTTERING CHILD: Ronny Someck, Elliott Sharp
1/ Revenge Of The Stuttering Child (Someck, Sharp) 3:49
2/ Baghdad, February '91 (Someck, Sharp) 4:10
3/ Rice Paradise (Someck, Sharp) 2:40
4/ Embroidered Rag: Poem On Umm Kulthumm (Someck, Sharp) 3:33
5/ 30 Seconds To Climb The Tit (Someck, Sharp) 2:23
6/ The Red Catalogue Of The Word Sunset (Someck, Sharp) 1:48
7/ In Answer To The Question: When Did Your Peace Begin?
(Someck, Sharp) 1:50
8/ Niva (Someck, Sharp) 2:52
9/ Jasmine, Poem On Sandpaper (Someck, Sharp) 3:29
10/ A Poem Of Bliss (Someck, Sharp) 2:50
11/ The Sign Of The Bite (Someck, Sharp) 1:40
12/ Bloody Mary (Someck, Sharp) 2:55
13/ Poem For A Daughter Who Is Already Born (Someck, Sharp) 1:47
14/ How To Know The Age Of The Horse, A Love Poem
(Someck, Sharp) 3:33
15/ Wheat (Someck, Sharp) 0:42
16/ Blues For The Life That Was Almost Mine (Someck, Sharp) 2:57
17/ Lion's Milk (Someck, Sharp) 3:05
18/ Self-Portrait From The Commando (Someck, Sharp) 1:05
19/ The Ballad Of Alcohol (Someck, Sharp) 2:30
20/ Tractors (Someck, Sharp) 2:55
21/ From This Distance The Tombstones Look Like A Flight Of Storks
(Someck, Sharp) 4:37
22/ Ice Cream (Someck, Sharp) 0:28
Recorded at Studio zOaR, New York City in April-July 1997
Produced by Elliott Sharp
Ronny Someck: reading; Elliott Sharp: guitars, electric mandocello, mando-
lin, bass clarinet, saxophones, computer processing; Anthony Coleman: piano;
Margaret Parkins: cello; Zeena Parkins: accordion; Seido Salifoski: dumbek,
percussion; Ahmed El-Motassem: Arabic reading.
1997 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7117 (CD)
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109 - TIMEBOMB - LIVE AT THE CLOCKTOWER GALLERY: various artists
This record features Elliott Sharp/John Zorn (1), Bob Holman (2), Tracie
Morris (3), Todd Colby (4), Emily XYZ (5), Edwin Torres (6), Rebecca Moore
(7), Zeena Parkins (8), Judith Ren-Lay (9), Bradley Eros (10), Prema Murthy
(11), Mike Tyler (12), Maggie Estep (13), Lin Culbertson/Katie O'Looney
(14).
8/ At Land (Parkins) 8:12
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, sampler.
Recorded live at The Clocktower Gallery, New York on October 15, 1996
Produced by Janene Higgins and Elliott Sharp
1997 - Clocktower Records (USA), clcktwr 1 (CD)
Note: this record is a benefit CD for P.S. 1, the Contemporary Art Center.
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110 - B/SIDE: Ikue Mori
Music for the films of Abigail Childs -- B/SIDE (1996), GEEK LOVE (1994),
and THROUGH THE LOOKING LASS (1992).
B/Side (Mori)
1/ Awakening 3:54
2/ Lucy & Friends 0:53
3/ Latino Interactive 1:29
4/ Passage 1 2:17
5/ Cop Song 2:46
6/ Passage 2 2:10
7/ Dream 2:02
8/ Fortuno's Song 2:44
9/ Love-Secret 3:08
10/ Bulldozer Song 6:10
Geek Love (Mori)
11/ Geek Love 4:44
Through The Looking Lass: (Mori)
12/ Snow White's Dream 7:37
13/ Epilogue 1:36
(1,4,6,10) recorded at Studio 900, New York City in June 1997
(2,3,7,9) recorded at Studio Pass, New York City in May 1996
(3,5,8,11) recorded at Studio Pass, New York City in April 1994
(12) recorded at Speed of Sound Studio, New York City in August 1997
Ikue Mori: sampler, drum machines; Zeena Parkins: accordion, electric harp,
sampler; Kato Hideki: basses; Anthony Coleman: organ; Erik Friedlander:
cello; David Watson: guitar; Andy Haas: didjeridu; Tenko: vocals.
1998 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7508 (CD)
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111 - RHEO_UMBRA: Elliott Sharp Orchestra Carbon
1/ Rheo~Umbra
Recorded live at the Knitting Factory, New York in April 1996
Elliott Sharp: fretless guitar, slab; Zeena Parkins: sampler, electric harp;
Marc Sloan: electric bass; Joseph Trump: electronic and acoustic percussion;
David Weinstein: sampler; Soldier String Quartet: David Soldier (violin),
Sara Parkins (violin), Judith Insell (viola), Rufus Cappadocia (cello); Evan
Spritzer: bass clarinet; Tim Smith: bass clarinet.
1998 - Zoar (USA), zOaR 17 (CD)
Note: limited edition of 300 copies.
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112 - TEXACO NEW YORK JAZZ FESTIVAL RADIO SERIES LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY:
various artists
This 6xCD set features Jazz Passengers with Debbie Harry, JP Trio, Leon
Parker & Steve Wilson, Eliane Elias, Bluiett Baritone Saxophone Group, Amina
Claudine Myers, Lee Konitz Trio, Thomas Chapin with Brass, Han Bennink & Ray
Anderson, Marty Ehrlich & Bobby Previte, Bailey/Metheny/Bendian/Wertico,
Eclecticism, Bill Frisell Quartet with Joe Lovano, Thomas Chapin with
Strings, Cecil Taylor, William Parker's In Order to Survive, Reggie Workman
Ensemble, Steve Lacy, Assif Tsahar & Susie Ibarra, Marilyn Crispell & Gerry
Hemingway, Charles Gayle Trio, Charlie Hunter Quartet, Easy Pour Spout,
Odyssey the Band, Hooker/Spearman/DJ Olive, Steven Bernstein's Sex Mob,
Briggan Krauss, Don Byron with Biz Markie & Existential Dred, Mark Dresser
Trio, Andy Laster's Hydra, George Lewis & Min Xio Fenn, Masaoka/Mori/
Dresser, Elliott Sharp's Orchestra Carbon, Drew Gress' Jagged Sky, Badlands,
Anthony Coleman Trio, Myra Melford, Andy Statman & Bob Meyer, Naftule's
Dream, Hasidic New Wave, Paradox Trio, Pachora.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Elliott Sharp's Orchestra Carbon:
Disc 5:
13/ Rheo Umbra (Sharp) 5:57
Elliot Sharp: fretless guitar, slab; Zeena Parkings: harp, sampler; David
Weinstein: sampler; Joseph Trump: drums, percussion; Marc Sloan: bass; Evan
Spritzer: bass clarinet; Tim Smith: bass clarinet.
1998 - Knitting Factory (USA), no catalog # (6xCD, promo ony)
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113 - THE BRIBE: John Zorn
Part 1: Sliding On The Ice (Zorn)
1/ Gill's Theme 2:07
2/ Hydrant Of The Vogue 0:41
3/ The Big Freeze 1:01
4/ Meters 2:24
5/ The Bridge/Cocktails 4:06
6/ The Willies 1:01
7/ The Taxman Cometh 1:16
8/ Night Walk 1:09
9/ Skit Rhesus 2:43
10/ The Boxer 0:59
11/ Trick Or Treat 3:22
12/ The Latin Trip/Gill's Theme 3:30
Part 2: The Arrest (Zorn)
13/ A Taste Of Voodoo 3:20
14/ Inhaling The Image 1:49
15/ City Chase 3:27
16/ Dreams Of The Red Chamber 11:38
17/ Rash Acts 1:30
18/ Chippewa 1:24
19/ The Hour Of Thirteen 0:47
20/ Radio Mouth/Gill's Theme 2:57
Part 3: The Art Bar (Zorn)
21/ Midnight Streets 3:58
22/ Victoria Lake 3:12
23/ Strip Central 5:26
24/ Pink Limousine 9:18
25/ Skyline 3:19
26/ Ordinary Lies/Gill's Theme 2:04
Recorded at Radio City Studio, New York City in 1986
Produced by John Zorn
Marty Ehrlich: alto, tenor, bass clarinet; John Zorn: alto; Jim Staley:
trombone; Zeena Parkins: electric and acoustic harp; Robert Quine: electric
guitar; Anthony Coleman: piano, celeste, organ; Wayne Horvitz: organ, key-
boards; Christian Marclay: turntables; David Hofstra: acoustic and electric
bass; Bobby Previte: drums, percussion, vibes, timpani; Reck: rhythm guitar;
Carol Emanuel: harp; Ikue Mori: drum machines.
1998 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7320 (CD)
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114 - NO WAY BACK: Zeena Parkins
1/ Vita Futuristica (Parkins) 9:01
2/ This Velvet Annihilation (Parkins) 9:16
3/ Dreaming Lips (Parkins) 5:05
4/ Vexed Zeit (Parkins) 2:13
5/ Slant Left (Parkins) 6:35
6/ Venus Smiles (Parkins) 11:20
7/ Bowed Body Bonewhite (Parkins) 2:35
8/ I-GO (Parkins) 3:14
Recorded at Baby Monster, New York City in December 1997
Produced by Elliott Sharp and Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, sampler, tapes.
1998 - Atavistic (USA), ALP64CD (CD)
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115 - FEAR NO FALL
1/ untitled 11:47
2/ untitled 4:07
3/ untitled 5:29
4/ untitled 10:27
5/ untitled 17:28
6/ untitled 8:27
Recorded live during the Klapstuk Festival, Leuven (Belgium) on Ocober
1-5, 1997
Produced by Lowlands
David Shea (2,3,5): sampler, jew's harp, piano; Dirk Wachtelaer (2,4,5):
drums, sampler; Zeena Parkins (1,2,5,7): electric harp, shortwave tuner;
Toshinori Kondo (4-7): electric trumpet; DJ Low (5,6): turntables, loops,
samples, scapes; Jim O'Rourke (1,3,5-7): guitar, analogue synthesizer,
harmonica.
1998 - Lowlands (Belgium), Low 011 (CD)
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116 - KAM-PAS-NEL-LA: Haco, Zeena Parkins, Samm Bennett, Uchihashi Kazuhisa
1/ Impressions of Africa (Haco, Uchihashi) 5:33
2/ Parkins Solo (Parkins) 1:04
3/ Re: Turning Japanese (Haco, Uchihashi) 5:24
4/ Hello! Dr. Norton (Haco, Uchihashi) 5:08
5/ Uchihashi/Parkins Duo (Uchihashi, Parkins) 1:54
6/ Nothing But Faces (Haco) 5:37
7/ Bennett Solo (Bennett) 2:52
8/ No Pain, No Gain (Haco) 7:00
9/ A Forgot-Me-Not (Haco, Uchihashi) 7:02
Recorded live at the Festival Beyond Innocence in Kobe on October 10, 1996
Produced by Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Haco: vocals; Zeena Parkins: electric and acoustic harps; Samm Bennett:
sampling, percussion; Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar.
1998 - FBI Works/Innocent Records (Japan), INN-101 (CD)
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117 - THE OPIUM WAR: Zeena Parkins
A Radio Play by Zeena Parkins (music) and Ana Maria Simo (text).
1/ The Bedroom Over The Butcher Shop - Night 7:54
2/ The Butcher Shop - Next Morning 4:15
3/ The Bedroom - Later That Morning 4:23
4/ The Butcher Shop - That Night 3:16
5/ Chinatown - Later That Night 2:01
6/ The Butcher Shop - A Month Later - Morning 3:07
7/ The Dining Room - That Evening 5:39
8/ The Butcher Shop - A Month Later - Evening 1:49
9/ The Bedroom - That Night 1:46
10/ The Butcher Shop - Dawn 2:43
11/ The Parlor - Two Months Later - Afternoon 9:00
12/ The Bedroom - That Evening 2:53
13/ The Parlor - That Night 2:09
14/ The Parlor - Next Morning 7:17
15/ The Psychiatric Ward - A Month Later - Morning 4:53
16/ The Living Room - Six Months Later - Morning 4:52
17/ The Bedroom - That Night 2:35
Recorded at Studio ZOAR and 6/8 Studios
Produced by Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins: sampler, electric harp; Ikue Mori: electric percussion; DJ
Olive: turntables; David Shea: turntables; Tenko: voice; Margaret Parkins:
cello; Joseph Trump: percussion; Chris Cochrane: electric guitar, voice;
D.D. Dorveillier: voice; Jonathan Bepler: voice.
1999 - Einstein Records (USA), Einstein 010 (CD)
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118 - HALLELUJAH, ANYWAY - REMEMBERING TOM CORA: Tom Cora and various artists
Disc 1:
1/ Cuimhnean Phiobair (Sean Potts) 1:47
2/ The Gospel Of Gone (Cora) 3:21
3/ Halts (Roof, Paul Haines) 5:11
4/ Talking To The Tree (Frith, Jauniaux) 2:58
5/ Saint Dog (Cora) 6:55
6/ Seafaring (Denio, Visser) 4:50
7/ Two-Day 'Til Tomorrow (Cora) 1:14
8/ In Memory Of (Bennett, Haruna) 4:36
9/ Jim (Cora) 3:48
10/ Just A Dream (Kraabel, Edwards) 3:23
11/ Today (Cochrane) 2:16
12/ Marseille Shout (Oriental Fusion) 4:02
13/ Love, Love, Love (Horvitz) 2:16
14/ Casey R. (Cora, Frith, Zorn) 3:29
15/ Weaklings (Third Person) 3:53
16/ Der Glater Bulgar (Dave Tarras) 5:06
17/ The President Of The United States (TC,LS,RT,CZ) 3:16
18/ Light Sentence (Cora) 2:35
19/ The Week Tom Died (Azam) 5:00
20/ There Will Be A Happy Meeting (traditional) 2:53
Disc 2:
21/ The Flute's Tale (The EX, Cora) 4:38
22/ Burning Hoop (Cora) 3:01
23/ Pitter Patter Panther (collective) 2:16
24/ Tomcat (Masaoka, Ochs, Ostertag)5:08
25/ Tom Wood (Hemingway) 4:42
26/ Mr. TC (Sharp, Uitti) 5:24
27/ Jelly Roll Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton) 3:12
28/ Fence (Parkins) 1:54
29/ Vepiranka (Bittova, Cora) 3:24
30/ Intenda (Cora) 5:00
31/ Tromba Marina A Cora (Collins) 2:10
32/ Hoppas Att Det Gar/Total Preparation (Hollmer, Cora, Combo) 5:09
33/ Yellow Smile (Rowe) 3:12
34/ Two Days 'Til Tomorrow (Cora) 5:09
35/ Jesus Speak To Me (traditional) 1:27
36/ Radiotraces (Cora proc. by Dimuzio) 5:12
37/ One More Time (Cora, Cutler, Frith) 3:12
38/ Tom's Lament (Kramer) 4:24
39/ Zach's Flag (Cora) 3:04
(1) recorded at the corner church in June 1998
(2) recorded on the street in Tokyo in September 1998
(3) recorded at Lagerhaus, Bremen in June 1997
(4) recorded at the Tom Cora Memorial Concert in May 1998
(5) recorded at Water Music, Hoboken in November 1990
(6) recorded at Fish Made Studio, Zurich and Bendy Thing & Spaciouser
Spoot Studios, Seattle
(7,18) recorded at Bisi Studio, Brooklyn during Summer 1983
(8) recorded at Mescaluna, Nishinomiya & Polarity, Tokyo in November 1998
(9) recorded at Sound of Music Studios, Richmond (VA)
(10) no recording information
(11) recorded at Noise, New York in 1987
(12) recorded at Studio Cactus, Marseille in September 1997
(13) recorded at Ironwood Studios, Seattle in November 1998
(14) recorded at WKCR-FM, New York in April 1983
(15) recorded live at the Knitting Factory, New York City in 1990
(16) recorded at G.O.K. Sound, Tokyo during Summer 1995
(17) recorded live at Bard College in May 1993
(19) recorded at Thierry Azam's home in April 1998
(20,22) recorded at Harold Dessau Studio, New York in 1990
(21) recorded live on VPRO Radio 3, La Stampa in August 1991
(23) recorded live in Ohio around 1981
(24) recorded at Division Studio, San Francisco in September 1998
(25) recorded at Roulette, New York City in November 1998
(26) recorded live in Amsterdam in 1998
(27) recorded at CBGB's, New York City in April 1985
(28) recorded at 6/8 Studios, New York in February 1997
(29) recorded at Studio V-Zlin in May 1997
(30) recorded at Studio CCAM, Vand'Oeuvre-les-Nancy in 1989
(31) no recording information
(32) recorded at Manda-la 2, Tokyo in March 1989
(33) recorded in 1998
(34) recorded in 1996-1998
(35) recorded in June 1998
(36) no recording information
(37) recorded live at Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers in March 1998
(38) recorded at Virginia's during Christmas 1998
(39) recorded at Sunrise, Switzerland during Christmas 1983
Produced by Fred Frith and Peter Hardt
Tom Cora (3,5,7,12,14,15,17,18,20-23,27,29,30,32,34,37,39): cello, accor-
dions, voice; Lesli Dalaba (1): trumpet; Umezu Kazutoki (2): alto; Nakao
Kanji (2): soprano; Hayashi Eiichi (2): alto; Tada Yoko (2): alto; Katayama
Hiroaki (2): tenor; Nomoto Kazuhiro (2): baritone saxophone; Shimizu Kazuto
(2): bass clarinet; Ohara Yutaka (2): trombone; Sekijima Takerou (2): tuba;
Kondo Tatsuo (2): accordion; Keichi (2): percussion; Phil Minton (3): voice;
Luc Ex (3,21): bass; Michael Vatcher (3): drums; Fred Frith (4,14,18,27,37,
39): guitar, home-made instruments, bass; Catherine Jauniaux (4): voice;
Pippin Barnett (5,9): drums; George Cartwright (5,18): saxophones; Ann Rupel
(5): bass; Davey Williams (5): guitar; Amy Denio (6): voice, percussion,
guitar, alto, piano innards, text; Jeroen Visser (6): collage, mastering;
Samm Bennett (8,15): drums, samples; Ito Haruna (8); Barry Bless (9): accor-
dion; Danny Finny (9): tenor; Robbie Kinter (9): percussion, keyboard;
George Lowe (9): bass clarinet; Dave Yohe (9): bass; Caroline Kraabel (10):
saxophone; John Edwards (10): bass; Chris Cochrane (11): voice; Zeena
Parkins (11,27,28): piano; Hakim Hamadouche (12): lute, voice; Edmond
Hosdikian (12): alto; Barre Philips (12): bass; Ahmed Compaore (12): drums;
Wayne Horvitz (13): piano; John Zorn (14,23): alto, game calls, mouthpieces,
soprano, clarinet; Marc Ribot (15): guitar; Takeda Kenichi (16): taisho-
koto; Okuma Wataru (16,32): clarinet, chorus, piano; Iwate Hiroshi (16):
saxophone; Chino Shuichi (16): keyboard; Koyama Tetsuto (16): bass; Nakao
Kanji (16): drums; Kasuga Hirobumi (16): guitar; Leo Smith (17): trumpet,
small instruments; Richard Teitelbaum (17): synthesizer; Carlos Zingaro
(17): violin; Mark Howell (18): guitar; Rick Brown (18): drums; Thierry
Azam (19): all instruments; Terrie Ex (21): guitar; Andy Ex (21): guitar;
Katrin Ex (21): drums; G.W. Sok (21): vocals; Eugene Chadbourne (23): gui-
tar, voice, tape effects; David Licht (23): drums; Kramer (23,38): cheap
organ, voice, all instruments (on (38)); Miya Masaoka (24): koto; Larry Ochs
(24): tenor; Bob Ostertag (24): samples; Gerry Hemingway (25): percussion;
Elliott Sharp (26): guitar; Frances-Marie Uitti (26): cello; Sara Parkins
(28): violin; Margaret Parkins (28): cello; Iva Bittova (29): violin, voice;
Momo Rossel (30): guitar; Bratko Bibic (30): accordion; Jean-Vin Huguenin
(30): bass; Nicolas Collins (31): backwards electric guitar; Rorie (32):
chorus, marimba; Kimura Shinya (32): drums; Shinoda Masami (32): baritone
saxophone; Nishimura Takuya (32): bass; Hahn Rowe (33): all instruments;
Wolfgang Mitterer (34): piano, prepared piano; Tyson Rogers (35): piano;
Thomas Dimuzio (36): digital editing and processing; Chris Cutler (37):
drums, processing; Tess (38): voice.
1999 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7602 (2xCD)
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119 - STONE, BRICK, GLASS, WOOD, WIRE (GRAPHIC SCORES 1986-1996): Fred Frith
Disc 1:
1/ 13:19
1a/ Goongerah 4:20
1b/ Tokyo 2:15
1c/ Firewood 6:42
2/ 11:17
2a/ Screen 3:38
2b/ Dry Stone I 4:59
2c/ Dry Stone II 2:39
3/ 8:43
3a/ Bricks For Six 4:10
3b/ Vlissingen 4:33
4/ Skylight 3:27
5/ Dry Stone II 4:17
6/ Bricks For Six 1:48
7/ 4:12
7a/ Dry Stone I 2:03
7b/ Dry Stone II 2:09
8/ 1:38
8a/ Skylight (extract) 0:31
8b/ High Tension (extract) 1:07
9/ Roof 1:28
10/ 5:59
10a/ Screen 3:40
10b/ High Tension 1:33
10c/ Zurich 0:46
11/ Athens 3:39
12/ Firewood 1:49
Disc 2:
13/ 33:39
13a/ Green 5:54
13b/ Dry Stone II 6:50
13c/ Improvisation 1:34
13d/ Roof 1:54
13e/ Improvisation 1:45
13f/ Reykjavik 4:02
13g/ Vlissingen 5:15
13h/ Improvisation 1:17
13i/ Skylight V (extract) 5:18
14/ 6:35
14a/ Improvisation 5:28
14b/ Tokyo (extract) 1:06
15/ Screen 5:49
16/ Jahresringe 4:34
17/ Firewood 6:23
(6-8) recorded live at the Angelica Festival Internazionale di Musica,
Bologna in May 1992
(3-5) recorded live at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de
Victoriaville, Quebec in October 1992
(1-2) recorded live at the Time Festival, Vooruit, Gent in May 1994
(9-12) recorded live at the Jazz Marathon, Groningen in October 1994
(13-17) recorded live at the Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse, Esslingen in
October 1995
Produced by Massimo Simonini and Fred Frith
Fred Frith: violin, guitar, direction; Ikue Mori (all but (6-8)): drum com-
puters; Zeena Parkins (all but (6-8)): harp, electric harp, accordion;
Olivia Bignardi (6-8): clarinet, bass clarinet; Daniela Cattivelli (6-8):
alto; Jean Derome (3-5): alto, baritone saxophone, flutes; Hans Koch (13-
17): saxes, clarinets; Roberto Paci Dalo (6-8): clarinet, bass clarinet;
Mariette Rouppe Van Der Voort (9-17): soprano, flute, alto flute; Co Streiff
(9-17): tenor, baritone saxophone; Raymund Van Santen (1-2,9-12): alto;
Peter Vermeersch (1-2): tenor, clarinet; Takashi Yamane (1-2): bass clari-
net; Stefano Zorzanello (6-8): soprano, flute; Lesli Dalaba (3-5): trumpet;
Ferdinando D'Andria (6-8): trumpet, violin; Bart Maris (1-2,9-17): trumpet;
Salvatore Panu (6-8): trombone; Giorgio Simbola (6-8): bombardino; Paolo
Angeli (6-8): guitar; Claudio Lanteri (6-8): guitar; Rene Lussier (1-5):
guitar, daxophone; Jean-Marc Montera (9-12): guitar; Silvia Fanti (6-8):
accordion; Guy Klucevsek (3-5): accordion; Filomena Forleo (6-8): piano;
Myra Melford (3-5): piano; Daan Vandewalle (1-2,9-12): piano; Christine
Wodraszka (13-17): piano; Pierangelo Galantino (6-8): violin, double bass;
Lelio Giannetto (6-8): double bass; Han Bennink (1-5): drums; Chris Cutler
(9-12): drums; Ahmed Compaore (13-17): drums; Andrea Martignoni (6-8,13-17):
percussion; Mario Martignoni (6-8): percussion; Pino Urso (6-8): percussion;
Nicola Zonca (6-8): marimba; Marco Dalpane (6-8): keyboards; Fred Giuliani
(9-12): samples; Margareth Kammerer (6-8): voice; Didier Roth (1-5): brico-
lage; Massimo Simonini (6-8): records, CDs, Casio SK1.
1999 - I Dischi di Angelica (Italy), IDA 014 (2xCD)
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120 - SYNDAKIT: Elliott Sharp with Orchestra Carbon
1/ SyndaKit A (Sharp) 11:30
2/ SyndaKit B (Sharp) 13:24
3/ SyndaKit C (Sharp) 17:20
4/ SyndaKit D (Sharp) 24:12
David Soldier: violin; David Weinstein: synthesizer; Evan Spritzer: bass
clarinet; Jim Pugliese: drums, percussion; Joseph Trump: drums, percussion;
Judith Insell: viola; Marc Sloan: electric bass; Rea Mochiach: electronics,
percussion; Ted Reichman: accordion; Tim Smith: bass clarinet; Zeena
Parkins: piano; Elliott Sharp: guitar.
1999 - Zoar (USA), zOaR 19 (CD)
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121 - PAN-ACOUSTICON: Zeena Parkins
Part I: Akouen (Parkins)
1/ Intro 1:27
2/ Bowl Yr. Copper Hoop 2:44
3/ The 2 Infinites 4:39
4/ Solo 3:21
5/ Earshot 3:38
Part II: Cavere (Parkins)
6/ D.I. 1 4:02
7/ Damp Lilac 1:39
8/ D.I. 2 2:05
9/ Duo 3:33
10/ Bels I 3:52
11/ Cavere 4:01
Part III: Ether (Parkins)
12/ Organ Of Corti 1:32
13/ Party Effect 1:16
14/ Sone 1:55
15/ D.I. 3 3:51
16/ Balaton 3:18
17/ End 1:52
18/ Bels II 2:59
Recorded at Studio 900, New York City in August 1998, and at Studio zOaR,
New York City in January-May 1999
Produced by Zeena Parkins and Elliott Sharp
Sara Parkins: violin; Margaret Parkins: cello; Zeena Parkins: piano, sam-
pler, accordion, electric harp; Jim Pugliese: percussion, vibes; Mark
Stewart: guitar, daxaphone, cello; Joe Trump (14): metal spring, snare.
1999 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7049 (CD)
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122 - AN EAR FOR A LEG: MUSIC FROM DANCE: various artists
This record features Jim Coleman, Doug Henderson, David Linton, Zeena
Parkins, Leslie Ross, Lauren Weinger, Guy Yarden.
1999 - Zoar (USA), ZOAR 18 (2xCD)
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123 - TRAFFIC CONTINUES: Fred Frith, Ensemble Modern
Traffic Continues I: (Frith)
1/ Inadvertent Introduction 0:53
2/ First Riddle 2:30
3/ Traffic II 4:25
4/ Third Riddle 2:13
5/ Lourdement Gai 1:06
6/ Traffic III/Traffic I 2:17
7/ Freeway/Shadow Of A Tree On Sand 5:28
8/ Fragile Finale 9:40
Traffic Continues II: Gusto (For Tom Cora) (Frith)
9/ Introduction: Limbo 1:55
10/ Adage A/At Your Earliest Hesitation 4:45
11/ Gyrate/Adage B 3:25
12/ Not If I See You First 1:17
13/ Any Other World 1:27
14/ A Good Top Tongue 0:16
15/ Nose At Nose 0:56
16/ Will Cast Some Light On 1:32
17/ Adage D/Neither Fire Nor Place 0:45
18/ Monkey Lens Diphtong String 3:34
19/ Howdywhoola 0:17
20/ No Convenient Time 3:30
21/ One Never Knows Do One?/Adage Coda/Long Fade 11:34
Recorded at "Das TAT im Bockenheimer Depot", Frankfurt on December 14-17,
1998
Fred Frith: guitar, musical director; Franck Ollu (1-8): conductor; Ikue
Mori (9-21): drum machines; Zeena Parkins (9-21): harp, electric harp;
Ensemble Modern: Uwe Dierksen (trombone), Roland Diry (clarinet), Thomas
Fichter (double bass, electric bass), Heinz Huber (accordion, on (9-21)),
Michael M. Kasper (cello), Freya Kirby (violin), Susan Knight (viola),
Hermann Kretzschmar (piano, sampler), Catherine Milliken (oboe, bass oboe,
English horn), Bruce Nockles (trumpet), Rumi Ogawa-Helferich (percussion,
cymbalom), Franck Ollu (horn), Rainer Roemer (percussion), Noriko Shimada
(bassoon, contrabassoon), Wolfgang Styri (saxophone, contrabass clarinet),
Hilary Sturt (violin), Dietmar Wiesner (flute, bass flute, piccolo).
2000 - Winter & Winter (Germany), W&W 910 044-2 (CD)
Note: Part II is built around samples of Tom Cora (cello) from the sampling
CD ETYMOLOGY.
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124 - THE INKLING: Nels Cline
1/ New Old Hat (Cline) 1:04
2/ Spider Wisdom (Cline) 5:54
3/ Circular (NC,MD,BM,ZP) 1:31
4/ Sunken Song (Cline) 6:46
5/ Shale Bed (NC,MD,BM,ZP) 1:41
6/ Alstromeria (Cline) 15:10
7/ Moth Song (Cline) 4:49
8/ Cork Farm (NC,MD,BM,ZP) 2:56
9/ Queen Of Angels (Cline) 13:06
10/ Lullaby For Ian (Cline) 5:56
Recorded at Pilot Studios, New York City on May 25 & 26, 1999
Produced by Jeff Gauthier
Nels Cline: guitars; Mark Dresser: bass; Billy Mintz: drums; Zeena Parkins
(2,3,5,6,8-10): harp, electric harp.
2000 - Crypto Gramophone (USA), cg 105 (CD)
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125 - IT'S A BRAND NEW DAY - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY: Tom Cora
1/ Passing 4:31
2/ High Sidewalk 4:33
3/ Andy's Fault 8:23
4/ Les Instants Chavires 7:49
5/ Saint Dog 7:35
6/ Elia's Hubcaps 18:05
7/ Ce Grand Neant 8:23
8/ Hey, My Mosey Mose 2:02
(1,7) recorded live at the Knitting Factory on January 13, 1994
(2) recorded live at the Knitting Factory on January 3, 1989
(3) recorded live at the Knitting Factory on April 14, 1996
(4) recorded live at the Knitting Factory on January 2, 1989
(5) recorded live at the Knitting Factory on June 20, 1995
(6) recorded live at the Knitting Factory on October 11, 1989
(8) recorded live at the Knitting Factory on February 12, 1991
Tom Cora: cello, electronics; Catherine Jauniaux (1,7): vocals; Mark Dresser
(1,7): bass; Hahn Rowe (1,7): violin, viola; Pippin Barnett (1,3,5,7):
drums; George Cartwright (2): alto; Samm Bennett (2): drums; Don Byron (3):
clarinet; Zeena Parkins (3,5): piano; Ann Rupel (3,5): bass; Wayne Horvitz
(4): piano, electronics; Dave Douglas (5): trumpet; Fred Frith (6): guitar.
2000 - Knitting Factory Records (USA), KFW-271 (CD)
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126 - SCREEN [FESTIVAL CONCEPTS OF DOING 1999]: D. Schurch, L. Newton, Z.
Parkins, U. Leimgruber, A. Frangenheim, O. Yoshihide, R. Turner
1/ Screen 1 6:34
2/ Screen 2 3:35
3/ Screen 3 3:26
4/ Screen 4 5:17
5/ Screen 5 5:34
6/ Screen 6 5:23
7/ Screen 7 6:51
8/ Screen 8 4:47
9/ Screen 9 9:11
10/ Screen 10 2:06
11/ Screen 11 10:47
12/ Screen 12 1:14
13/ Screen 13 8:20
Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg on October 18, 1999
Dorothea Schurch: voice, saw; Urs Leimgruber: saxophone; Zeena Parkins:
harp, electro harp; Alexander Frangenheim: bass; Otomo Yoshihide: turntable,
CD player, guitar; Roger Turner: percussion; Lauren Newton: voice.
2000 - Concepts of Doing (Germany), cod 005 (CD)
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127 - ANTENA KRZYKU VS. RADAR KRZYKU: various artists
This audio companion to the Polish magazine ANTENA KRZYKU features Glenn
Branca (1), Teenage Jesus & The Jerks (2), Mars (3), MX 80 (4), God Is My
Co-pilot (5), The Scissor Girls (6), Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard (7),
The Wharton Tiers Ensemble (8), Magical Power Mako (9), Elliott Sharp/Carbon
(10), Christian Marclay (11), John Corbett & Heavy Friends (12), The
Vandermark 5 (13), Tricolor (14), Boxhead Ensemble (15).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Carbon:
10/ Forkbomb (Elliott Sharp)
2000 - Antena Krzyku/Atavistic (Poland), 2/2000 AK (magazine+CD)
See AMUSIA (1994) for further references on (10).
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128 - VOLUME: BED OF SOUND: various artists
This record features Adriana Sa (1), Alvin Lucier (2), Arto Lindsay (3), Ben
Rubin (4), Bob Ostertag (5), Butch Morris (6), Carl Stone (7), Chop Shop
(8), Chris Carter (9), Chris Cutler (10), C.M. von Hausswolff (11), Cosey
Fanni Tutti (12), David Behrman (13), Beth Coleman (a.k.a. DJ Singe) and
Howard Goldkrand (14), Ed Campion (15), Ellen Fullman (16), Frank Rothkamm
(17), Genesis P-Orridge (18), Genken Montgomery (19), Howard Shorer/Ornette
Coleman/LPO (20), i-sound (21), Ikue Mori (22), Impossible Music (23), Joel
Chadabe (24), John Duncan (25), John Hudak (26), Kaffe Matthews (27), Keenan
Lawler (28), Lauren Weinger (29), Maryanne Amacher (30), Matt Heckert (31),
Michael J. Schumacher (32), Muhal Richard Abrams (33), Nicolas Collins (34),
Paul de Marinis (35), Sonic Youth (36), Steinski (37), Telectu (38), The
Residents (39), Tod Dockstader (40), Vernon Reid (41), Vito Acconci (42),
Zeena Parkins (43).
1/ [untitled] (Adriana Sa)
2/ [untitled] (Alvin Lucier)
3/ [untitled] (Arto Lindsay)
4/ [untitled] (Ben Rubin)
5/ [untitled] (Bob Ostertag)
6/ [untitled] (Butch Morris)
7/ [untitled] (Carl Stone)
8/ [untitled] (Chop Shop)
9/ [untitled] (Chris Carter)
10/ [untitled] (Chris Cutler)
11/ [untitled] (C.M. von Hausswolff)
12/ [untitled] (Cosey Fanni Tutti)
13/ [untitled] (David Behrman)
14/ [untitled] (Coleman, Goldkrand)
15/ [untitled] (Ed Campion)
16/ [untitled] (Ellen Fullman)
17/ [untitled] (Frank Rothkamm)
18/ [untitled] (Genesis P-Orridge)
19/ [untitled] (Genken Montgomery)
20/ [untitled] (Shore, Coleman, LPO)
21/ [untitled] (i-sound)
22/ [untitled] (Ikue Mori)
23/ [untitled] (Impossible Music)
24/ [untitled] (Joel Chadabe)
25/ [untitled] (John Duncan)
26/ [untitled] (John Hudak)
27/ [untitled] (Kaffe Matthews)
28/ [untitled] (Keenan Lawler)
29/ [untitled] (Lauren Weinger)
30/ [untitled] (Maryanne Amacher)
31/ [untitled] (Matt Heckert)
32/ [untitled] (Michael J. Schumacher)
33/ [untitled] (Muhal Richard Abrams)
34/ [untitled] (Nicolas Collins)
35/ [untitled] (Paul de Marinis)
36/ [untitled] (Sonic Youth)
37/ [untitled] (Steinski)
38/ [untitled] (Telectu)
39/ [untitled] (The Residents)
40/ [untitled] (Tod Dockstader)
41/ [untitled] (Vernon Reid)
42/ [untitled] (Vito Acconci)
43/ [untitled] (Zeena Parkins)
2001 - P.S. 1 (USA), ??? (CD)
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129 - STATE OF THE UNION 2.001: various artists
This 3xCD features Adriana Sa (1), Alfred Harth (2), Alan Licht (3), Allen
Kaat (4), Alma Carey-Zuniga (5), Alvin Curran (6), Angela Babin/Lori Bingel
(7), Annie Gosfield (8), Atau Tanaka (9), Becca Schack (10), Ben Boone/James
Miley (11), Ben Rubin+Mark Hansen (12), Benjamin Chadabe (13), Black Sifichi
(14), Blaise Siwula (15), Blake Hargreaves and Liam Thurston (16), Bob
Holman (17), Bruce Bennett (18), Carl Stone (19), C.D. (20), Charles K.
Noyes (21), Chop Shop (22), Chris Haskett (23), Chris Mann (24), Christian
Marclay (25), Chris Rael (26), Chris Vine (27), Cook & Swenson (28), Dael
Orlandersmith (29), D'Divaz (30), Dafna Naphtali (31), Daniel Matej (32),
Dave Soldier/Richard Lair (33), David First (34), David Fulton (35), David
Gans (36), David Greenberger (37), David Taylor (38), David Watson (39),
Deaf Mute (41), Doug Henderson (42), Donald Knaack (43), Don Ritter (44),
Dorgon (45), Duck Baker (46), Elio Martusciello (47), Emily XYZ/Virgil
Moorefield (48), Eric Mingus (49), Eric Rosenzveig (50), Eric Shanfield
(51), Eszter Balint (52), Eyeball 9000 (53), FemNoir (54), Figure (55),
Foetus (56), Frank Rothkamm (57), Fred Frith (58), Freight Elevator Quartet
(59), GenKen Montgomery (60), Gert Jan Prins (61), Hans Tammen (62), Harriet
Tubman (63), Harry Smith (64), Henry Kaiser (65), i.d. (66), Ikue Mori (67),
Jack Womack (68), Jacob Burckhardt (69), Jad Fair (70), Jean Marc Montera
(71), Jeffrey Ford (72), Jenn Reeves (73), Joel Chadabe (74), Joey Baron
(75), John Duncan (76), John Hudak (77), Johnny Reinhard (78), Jonathan
Bepler (79), Jon Rose (80), Jorge Mancini/Andrea Fasani (81), Judy Nylon/
Brian Foster (82), Kasper Toeplitz (83), Katie O'Looney (84), Kato Hideki
(85), Kazuhisa Uchihashi (86), Keisuke Oki (87), Koji Asano (88), Lauren
Weinger (89), Leon Gruenbaum (90), Lloop (91), Lo Galluccio (92), Loren
Mazzacane Connors (93), Love Todd (94), Lost Satellites (95), Luca
Formentini (96), Luciano Margorani (97), Ligeti/Ritchford (98), Manu Sauvage
(99), Marc Behrens (100), Marc C. (101), Marc Ribot (102), Marek Piacek
(103), Marianne Nowottny (104), Marie Goyette (105), Mark Dagley (106), Mark
Howell/Tom Hamilton (107), Mark Trayle (108), Martha Mooke (109), Matt
Rogalsky (110), Matthew Shipp (111), Merry Fortune w/FAT (112), Merzbow
(113), Michael J. Schumacher (114), Mike Cooper/Max Nagl (115), Misha Feigin
& Steve Good (116), Murat Nehmet-Nejat (117), Ned Rothenberg (118), Nicolas
Collins (119), Nicolas Dias (120), Nicolas Mazet (121), Norman Yamada (122),
blaat (123), Oblique (124), Office Products (125), Ori Kaplan/Geoff Mann
(126), PAK (127), Particle Data Group (128), Pete Missing (129), Phill
Niblock (130), Phillip Johnston (131), Piero Chianura (132), Public Works
(133), QPE (134), Queen Esther (135), Raging Peasants (136), ReproRappers
(137), Roberto Zorzi (138), Roger Kleier (139), Satoko Fuji (140),
Saturnalia (141), D.J. Spazecrafte One (142), Stefan Poetzsch (143), Stefano
Bassanese (144), Stephen Pope (145), Stephen Vitiello (146), Steve
Dalachinsky (147), Steve Goldberger (148), Steve Piccolo (149), Tape Beatles
(150), Ted Reichman (151), Telectu (152), The Fitzbergs (153), Thomas
Dimuzio (154), Tom Devaney (155), Tony Daniel (156), Toni Dove with Paul
Geluso (157), Tracie Morris (158), Ut Gret (159), Viv Corringham/Gareth
Williams (160), Vivian Sisters (161), Voice Crack (162), Wanda Phipps (163),
WE (164), Wendy Atlas Oxenhor (165), White Out (166), Zammuto (167), Zeena
Parkins (168), Z'ev (169), Zbigniew Karkowski (170), Zoot Horn Rollo (171).
168/ J Cushions E (Zeena Parkins) 0:57
2001 - Electronic Music Foundation (USA), EMF CD 028 (3xCD)
Note: this 3xCD set is produced by Elliott Sharp.
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130 - DESTROY ALL NELS CLINE: Nels Cline
1/ Spider Wisdom (Nels Cline)
2/ Chicagoan (Nels Cline)
3/ The Ringing Hand (Nels Cline)
4/ Talk Of A Chocolate Bed (Nels Cline)
5/ After Armenia (Nels Cline)
6/ Progression (Nels Cline)
7/ As In Life (for Horace Tapscott) (Nels Cline)
7a/ Clarion Call
7b/ Prenatal Improv
7c/ Sidewalk University
7d/ Can't Escape The Blood
7e/ Clarion Call
8/ Friends Of Snowman (Nels Cline)
9/ Martyr (Nels Cline)
Recorded at Track House, Van Nuys (California) on July 1 & 2, 2000
Produced by Nels Cline and Wayne Peet
Nels Cline: electric guitars; Woodward Lee Aplanalp: electric guitar; Carla
Bozulich: electric guitar, sampling keyboard; Alex Cline: drumset, percus-
sion; Bob Mair: electric bass guitar, electric guitar; G.E. Stinson: elec-
tric guitar; Zeena Parkins (4,7-9): electric harp; Wayne Peet (5,9): clari-
net, fake mellotron.
2001 - Atavistic (USA), alp122cd (CD)
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131 - VIVIAN SISTERS: The Vivian Sisters
1/ Ice Cream Man (Vivian Sisters) 2:21
2/ Worry (Vivian Sisters) 5:06
3/ Ether Bunny (Vivian Sisters) 2:57
4/ Lipgloss Iguana (Vivian Sisters) 2:45
5/ Guitar Department (Vivian Sisters) 4:05
6/ Mourning & Joy (Parkins, Cromwell) 1:53
7/ A Gift From France (Vivian Sisters) 4:37
8/ Neat Packets (Parkins, Cromwell) 0:59
9/ Ho-Down (Vivian Sisters) 1:53
10/ SatanSatan (Vivian Sisters) 7:27
11/ The Arrogant Ascetic (Vivian Sisters) 1:44
12/ You're No Good (ESG) 4:10
13/ Exile Festival (Vivian Sisters) 2:17
14/ Night Gambling (Parkins, Cromwell) 0:40
15/ Jennie (Vivian Sisters) 5:29
Recorded at Frank Booth during Spring/Summer 2000
Produced by Vivian Sisters
Jamie Saft: guitar, lap steel, rababa, bass, minimoog, clavinet, Turkish
organ, backing vox; Laura Cromwell: drums, guitar, bass, viet-freak, kalim-
ba, percussion, vox, minimoog; Vanessa Hodge (10,12): lead vocals; Zeena
Parkins (6,8,14): electric harp; Mr. Dorgon (2): vocals; Briggan Krauss (2):
water baritone; Andrew D'Angelo (10): bass clarinet; Adam Levy (3,5,7): gui-
tar.
2001 - Avant (Japan), Avan 079 (CD)
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132 - UN TITRE DE L'ALBUM VESPERTINE: Bjork
Series of twelve one-song CD singles, taken from the upcoming VESPERTINE
album.
2001 - Barclay/Universal (France), no number (CD-5)
2001 - Barclay/Universal (France), no number (12xCD-5)
Note: the French magazine LES INROCKUPTIBLES put out a special issue enti-
rely dedicated to Bjork (August 2001); a total of twelve different one-song
CD singles were printed for the occasion, and each of the special issue of
the magazine was accompanied by a one of these twelve one-song CD singles
(chosen at random, it appears).
Note: there is also mention of a 12xCD box gathering the twelve individual
one-song CD singles described above.
Note: the UK magazine DAZED & CONFUSED (August 2001) had a similar offer.
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133 - VESPERTINE: Bjork
1/ Hidden Place (Bjork) 5:29
2/ Cocoon (Bjork, Thomas Knak) 4:28
3/ It's Not Up To You (Bjork) 5:08
4/ Undo (Bjork, Thomas Knak) 5:38
5/ Pagan Poetry (Bjork) 5:14
6/ Frosti (Bjork) 1:41
7/ Aurora (Bjork) 4:39
8/ An Echo, A Stain (Bjork, Guy Sigsworth) 4:04
9/ Sun In My Mouth (Bjork, Guy Sigsworth) 2:40
10/ Heirloom (Bjork, Martin Console) 5:12
11/ Harm Of Will (Bjork, Sigsworth, Korine)
4:36
12/ Unison (Bjork) 6:47
Recorded in London, New York, Spain, Denmark, and Iceland
Produced by Bjork
Bjork: vocals, programming, bassline; Jake Davies (1,5,7): programming;
Damian Taylor (1,7,8,12): programming; Guy Sigsworth (1,8,9,11,12): program-
ming, celeste; Matthew Herbert (1,12): programming; Matmos (1,7,8,12): pro-
gramming; Thomas Knak (2,4): programming; Valgeir Sigurdsson (3,9,12): pro-
gramming; Caryl Thomas (3): harp; Zeena Parkins (3,4,5,7-9,12): harp; Marius
de Vries (5,8): programming; Martin Console (10): programming.
2001 - One Little Indian (UK), TP101 (2xLP)
2001 - One Little Indian (UK), TP101 (CD)
2001 - One Little Indian (UK), TP101 (CT)
2001 - One Little Indian (UK), TP101 (DVD)
2001 - Elektra (USA), 62653-2 (CD)
2001 - Polydor (Japan), UICP-9001 (CD)
2001 - Polydor (Japan), 589000-1 (2xLP)
2001 - Polydor (Brazil), 7314-589001-2 (CD)
2001 - Polydor (Europe), 589000-2 (CD)
2001 - Polydor (France), 589291-2 (CD)
2006 - ??? (USA), R2 73326 (DualDisc)
Note: the 2006 DualDisc reissue is the same as the one from the box set
SURROUNDED.
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134 - SIX SONGS FROM VESPERTINE: Bjork
1/ It's Not Up To You 5:06
2/ Cocoon 4:27
3/ Hidden Place 5:28
4/ Undo 5:36
5/ Pagan Poetry 5:13
6/ Harm Of Will 4:34
2001 - One Little Indian (UK), TP101 (CD)
2001 - Polydor (Australia), vesp1 (CD)
2001 - Polydor (Europe), vesp1 (CD)
2001 - Elektra (USA), no catalog number (CD)
Note: promotion only.
Note: the release of VESPERTINE was accompanied by a huge promotion cam-
paign; many more promo-only pressings were released but they are not listed
here.
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135 - HIDDEN PLACE: Bjork
1/ Hidden Place (edit) (Bjork) 4:00
2/ Generous Palmstroke (Bjork, Zeena Parkins) 4:26
3/ Verandi (Bjork) 4:28
(1) produced by Bjork
(2,3) produced by Bjork and Marius De Vries
Bjork: vocals, bassline, arrangement, programming; Jake Davies (1,2): pro-
gramming; Damian Taylor (1): programming; Guy Sigsworth (1): programming,
arrangement; Matthew Herbert (1): programming; Matmos: programming; Vince
Mendoza (1): arrangement, orchestration; Marius De Vries (2,3): programming;
Zeena Parkins (2,3): harp, electric harp; Valgeir Sidurdsson (3): program-
ming; Jolly Mukherjee (3): string arrangement.
2001 - One Little Indian (UK), 332tp7cd (CD-5)
2001 - Polydor (Australia), 5871402-2 (CD-5)
2001 - Polydor (Europe), 587140-2 (CD-5)
2001 - Polydor (Japan), uicb-5008 (CD-5)
2001 - Polydor (Mexico), 587140-2 (CD-5)
2001 - Polydor (Taiwan), ??? (CD-5)
2001 - Polydor (Europe), 587141-2 (CD-5) morceaux 1 et 2 seulement
2001 - Polydor (Mexico), ??? (CD-5) morceau 1 seulement
2001 - Polydor (Spain), hp1/bjork#1 (CD-5) morceau 1 seulement
2001 - Polydor (Europe), hp1 (CD-5) morceau 1 seulement
2001 - Elektra (USA), prcd-1649-2 (CD-5)
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136 - LIVE AT EASTHAMPTON TOWN HALL: Zeena Parkins, Nels Cline, Thurston Moore
Recorded live at Easthampton Town Hall
2001 - JMZ (USA), 002 (CD)
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137 - BLUEPRINT FOR A SUNRISE: Yoko Ono
1/ I Want You To Remember Me "A" (Ono)
2/ I Want You To Remember Me "B" (Ono)
3/ "Is This What We Do" (Ono)
4/ Wouldnit "Swing" (Ono)
5/ Soul Got Out Of The Box (Ono)
6/ Rising II (Ono)
7/ It's Time For Action! (Ono)
8/ I'm Not Getting Enough (Ono)
9/ Mulberry (Ono)
10/ "I Remember Everything" (Ono)
11/ Are You Looking For Me? (Ono)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Rob Stevens
Yoko Ono: vocals; Timo Ellis: bass, guitars, drums; Hearn Gadbois: percus-
sion; Phil Hernandez: drums; Sam Koppelman: drums, bass, percussion; Sean
Lennon: guitars, keyboards, bass, background vocals; Chris Maxwell: guitar;
Zeena Parkins: electric harp; Erik Sanko: bass.
2001 - Capitol Records (USA), CDP 7243 5 36035 2 6 (CD)
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138 - COLLECTOR 1 RARES & INEDITS: various artists
This audio companion to the issue No. 336 of the magazine LES INROCKUPTIBLES
features Daft Punk (1), DJ Mehdi (2), PJ Harvey (3), Lauryn Hill (4),
Sparklehorse (5), The Coral (6), Garbage (7), Bjork (8), Gonzales (9), Keren
Ann (10), Dee Joy (11).
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Bjork:
8/ Verandi (Bjork) 4:27
2002 - Les Inrockuptibles (France), CD LI 02 49 (CD)
See HIDDEN PLACE (2001) for further references on (8).
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139 - UNIVERSARY: David First
David First; Michael Blake; Roy Campbell; Shelley Hirsch; Jane Scarpantoni;
Zeena Parkins; Ulrich Krieger.
2002 - Analysand (USA), 9128 (CD)
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140 - RADIOLARIA: Elliott Sharp
1/ Part 1 (Sharp) 7:49
2/ Part 2 (Sharp) 2:37
3/ Part 3 (Sharp) 4:06
4/ Part 4 (Sharp) 6:14
5/ Part 5 (Sharp) 4:40
6/ Part 6 (Sharp) 2:34
7/ Part 7 (Sharp) 20:43
Recorded live at Tonic, New York City on March 31, 2001
Andy Laster: alto; Brian McWhorter: trumpet; David Weinstein: sampler; Eric
Shanfield: flugelhorn; Evan Spritzer: bass clarinet; Jim Pugliese: percus-
sion; Julie Kalu: bass trombone; Luke Dubois: MAX/MSP programmer; Ned
Rothenberg: alto; Steve Swell: trombone; Tim Smith: bass clarinet; Zeena
Parkins: sampler; Elliott Sharp: soprano, Powerbook.
2002 - zOaR (USA), 022 (CD)
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141 - THE RODEO ERODED: Tin Hat Trio
1/ Bill (Orton) 5:01
2/ Fear Of The South (Orton) 3:59
3/ Holiday Joel (Orton) 3:29
4/ Happy Hour (Burger) 2:54
5/ Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronnel) 4:34
6/ Nickel Mountain (Orton) 2:42
7/ O.N.E.O. (Orton) 3:34
8/ The Last Cowboy (Orton) 5:21
9/ Maximo's Plunge (Orton) 3:15
10/ Rubies, Pearls, And Emeralds (Burger) 4:50
11/ Mammoth (Orton) 4:24
12/ Interlude (Burger) 1:26
13/ Under The Gun (Kihlstedt) 2:12
14/ Night Of The Skeptic (Orton) 2:45
15/ Sweep (Kihlstedt) 1:51
Rob Burger: accordion, piano, field organ, harmonica, celeste, harmonicas;
Carla Kihlstedt: violin, viola, voicals; Mark Orton: guitars, dobro, banjo;
Willie Nelson (5): vocals; John Fishman (4,13): drums; Billy Martin (3):
percussion; Zeena Parkins (5): harp; Bryan Smith (2,4): tuba.
2002 - Ropeadope Records (USA), 7567-93134 (CD)
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142 - GREATEST HITS: Bjork
1/ All Is Full Of Love
2/ Hyperballad
3/ Human Behavior
4/ Joga
5/ Bachelorette
6/ Army Of Me
7/ Pagan Poetry
8/ Big Time Sensuality
9/ Venus As A Boy
10/ Hunter
11/ Hidden Place
12/ Isobel
13/ Possibly Maybe
14/ Play Dead
15/ It's In Our Hands
2002 - One Little Indian (UK?), TPLP360CD (CD)
2002 - Elektra (USA), 62787-2 (CD)
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143 - FAMILY TREE: Bjork
Disc 6: Greatest hits as chosen by Bjork
1/ Venus As A Boy
2/ Hyperballad
3/ You've Been Flirting Again
4/ Isobel
5/ Joga
6/ Unravel
7/ Bachelorette
8/ All Is Full Of Love
9/ Scatterheart
10/ I've Seen It All
11/ Pagan Poetry
12/ It's Not Up To You
2002 - One Little Indian (UK?), TPLP 360CD (3xCD)
2002 - Elektra (USA), 62787-2 (3xCD)
2002 - Elektra (USA), 62815A (6xCD)
Note: Zeena Parkins also plays on at least one track from the other records.
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144 - LIVE: Bjork
1/ Human Behaviour (Bjork, Nellee Hooper) 4:21
2/ Play Dead (Bjork, David Arnold,
Jah Wobble) 3:26
3/ It's In Our Hands (Bjork) 5:10
Bjork Interview 2002 (with David Toop)
4/ Hits Et Singles 2:18
5/ A La Decouverte De Marvin Gaye 1:34
6/ La Saga Islandaise 4:25
7/ De Debut A Hegemonic 2:19
8/ Une Collection D'Emotions 3:47
9/ De L'Immaturite A Vespertine 2:59
10/ Les Collaborateurs 2:34
11/ Nellee Hooper Et Londres 3:50
12/ Le Travail Avec Guy Sigsworth 1:54
13/ Le Travail Avec Matmos 3:54
14/ Le Travail Avec Mark Bell 2:27
15/ Le Projet Family Tree 9:35
16/ Un Nouveau Depart 2:24
(1,3) recorded live at The Royal Opera House, London on December 16, 2001
(2) recorded live at The Union Chapel, London in December 1999
Bjork; Zeena Parkins (1,3); Brodsky Quartet (2); etc.
2002 - Les Inrockuptibles (France), LI 02 59 (CD)
Note: this record was given with the no 365 (November 2002) of the French
magazine LES INROCKUPTIBLES.
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145 - THE FESTIVAL BEYOND INNOCENCE CD SERIES: A BRIEF HISTORY IN 67 CHAPTERS:
various artists
This 4xCD set features Otomo Yoshihide/Iwasaki Tetsuji/Kojima Takashi (1),
Bidziliba (2), Umezu Kazutoki & Otani Yasuhiro (3), Psychoacoustic (4),
Tanaka Yumiko/Samm Bennett/Uchihashi Kazuhisa (5), Suonomono (6), Ruins (7),
Royal Queezit & Yagi Michiyo (8), Omoide Hatoba (9), Tsuyama Atsushi/Takara
Kumiko/Era Mari (10), Emi Eleonola & Samm Bennett (11), Bob Ostertag & Otomo
Yoshihide (12), Chino Shuichi & Yamamoto Seiichi (13), Martin Tetreault &
Uchihashi Kazuhisa (14), Kam-pas-nel-la (15), Leonid Soybelman/Nasuno
Mitsuru/Ichiraku Yoshimitsu (16), Hans Reichel (17,22), Machida Ko/Yamamoto
Seiichi/Uchihashi Kazuhisa (18), Katsui Yuji & Kinoshita Kazushige (19),
Chiku Toshiaki/Haco/Takara Kumiko (20), Makigami Koichi & Thomas Buckner
(21), Wono Satoru & Matsuzaki Junichi (23), 30th Century (24), Pon (25),
Hikutasu (26), Tanaka Yumiko & Kido Natsuki (27), Kingjoe & Diesel Guitar
(28), Happiness Proof & Sotoyama Akira (29), Harpy (30), Kawabata Makoto
(31), Makigami Koichi & Altered States (32), Tzuboguchi Masayasu & Iwata Ko
(33), Hans Reichel/Harada Takashi/Samm Bennett (34), Steve Beresford &
Altered States (35), Helge Hinteregger/Yagi Michiyo/Era Mari (36), Haino
Keiji/Tuyama Atsushi/Samm Bennett (37), Kang Tae Hwan & Enka (38), Steve
Beresford (39,47), Chino Shuichi & Uchihashi Kazuhisa (40), Phantasmagoria
(41), Haino Keiji & Inada Makoto (42), Pa-pa (43), Imai Kazuo (44), Ando
Makiko/Yuko Nexus 6/Unami Taku (45), Guitar Panic! (46), Haco & Coa (48),
Yanagawa Yoshinori & Katori Koichiro (49), Ne Zhdali (50), Kakitsubata (51),
Eugene Chadbourne & Samm Bennett (52), Joelle Leandre & Era Mari (53),
Formant Brothers (54), Skist & Kang Tae Hwan (55), Shelley Hirsch/Takahashi
Yuji/Uchihashi Kazuhisa (56), Eugene Chadbourne/Yamamoto Seiichi/Yagi
Michiyo (57), Chou (58), Hose (59), Won Jiksoo/Yamamoto Seiichi/Kawabata
Minoru/Ichiraku Yoshimitsu (60), Hannoda Taku (61), Han Bennink/Uchihashi
Kazuhisa/Ezaki Masafumi (62), Mutant & Haco (63), Joelle Leandre/Chino
Shuichi/Unami Taku (64), Fuchigami to Funato & Tanaka Yumiko (65), Kang Tae
Hwan/Yamamoto Seiichi/Inada Makoto (66), Purist (67).
Zeena Parkins plays on two tracks, one with Psychoacoustic:
4/ [untitled] (Sharp, Parkins) 4:58
Recorded in Kobe, Japan on October 9 & 10, 1996
Elliott Sharp: guitar, bass clarinet, programming; Zeena Parkins: electric
harp.
and one track with Kam-pas-nel-la:
15/ Impressions Of Africa (H,ZP,SB,UK) 5:36
Recorded in Kobe, Japan on October 9 & 10, 1996
Haco: vocals; Zeena Parkins: harp; Samm Bennett: drums, samples; Uchihashi
Kazuhisa; guitar.
2002 - Innocent Records (Japan), FBI 102/103/104/105 (4xCD)
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146 - VESPERTINE LIVE AT ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: Bjork
1/ Frosti (Bjork)
2/ Overture (Bjork)
3/ All Is Full Of Love (Bjork)
4/ Aurora (Bjork)
5/ Undo (Bjork, Thomas Knak)
6/ Generous Palmstroke (Bjork, Zeena Parkins)
7/ An Echo, A Stain (Bjork)
8/ Hidden Place (Bjork, Mark Bell, Guy
Sigsworth)
9/ Cocoon (Bjork, Thomas Knak)
10/ Unison (Bjork)
11/ Harm Of Will (Bjork, Sigsworth, Korine)
12/ It's Not Up To You (Bjork)
13/ Pagan Poetry (Bjork)
14/ Possibly Maybe (Bjork, Hooper, De Vries)
15/ Isobel (Bjork, Sigurdsson, Hooper,
Marius De Vries)
16/ Hyperballad (Bjork)
17/ Human Behavior (Bjork, Nellee Hooper)
18/ Joga (Bjork)
19/ It's In Our Hands (Bjork)
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, London in 2001
Bjork: vocals; Matmos: M.C. Schmidt (synthesizer, field recordings, cymbals,
rock salt, playing cards, amplified hair and fabric, acoustic guitar, sha-
ker, handclaps), Drew Daniel (electronics, handclaps); Zeena Parkins: harp,
electric harp, celeste, accordion, handclaps; The Inuit Choir; Il Novecento
Orchestra; Simon Lee: conductor; The Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral (10).
2002 - One Little Indian (USA), 511DVDN (DVD)
Note: this DVD includes bonuses consisting of interviews of the musicians.
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147 - OBEDIENCE: Larval
1/ Last Ditch
2/ Something Terrible Is About To Happen
3/ When Bullet Meets Flesh
4/ Her Last Good Day
5/ One Day I Just Kept On Walking
Bill Brovold: guitars, piano, vibraphone, bass, drums; Dan Bennett: saxopho-
nes; Bob Hecker: bass; James Ilgenfritz III: bass; Genevieve Padgett: cello;
Zeena Parkins: harp; Marko Smith: drums; Toby Summerfield: guitars; Kurt
Zimmerman: violin.
2003 - Cuneiform (USA), rune 178 (CD)
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148 - THAT HOUSE WE LIVED IN: Fred Frith Keep the Dog
Disc 1:
1/ 4:59
1a/ Revelation (Derome)
1b/ Bones (Frith, Laswell, Maher)
2/ Rock And A Hard Place (Frith) 5:45
3/ Hola, On Danse! (Frith, Richard) 2:20
4/ Foot In Hole (Frith) 7:38
5/ 4:31
5a/ Fanfare (Frith)
5b/ Lizard's Tail (Frith)
6/ Suspended (Frith) 2:02
7/ Quick Sign (Frith) 5:16
8/ Propaganda Suite (Frith) 8:37
9/ Walking Song (Frith) 5:32
10/ Some Clouds Do (Frith) 2:57
Disc 2:
11/ 5:37
11a/ The Same Eye (Frith)
11b/ Fives (Frith)
12/ 7:13
12a/ No Legs (Frith)
12b/ Slow Bones (Frith)
13/ 3:24
13a/ That Home We Lived In (Keep The Dog)
13b/ Candy Machine (Frith)
14/ The Trace (Frith, Kaiser) 5:18
15/ True Love (Frith) 4:01
16/ Instant Party (Frith) 3:07
17/ Small Mercy II (Frith) 3:34
18/ Norrgarden Nyvla (Frith) 3:13
19/ 6:21
19a/ Year Of The Monkey (Frith)
19b/ Dark As A Match (Frith)
20/ Domaine De Langendreer (Frith) 4:52
Recorded live in 1991 at Theater Am Kornmarkt, Bregenz (Austria), at
Elizabethenbuhne, Salzburg (Austria), at Kulturzentrum Wolkenstein,
Stainach (Austria), at Bahnhof Langendreer, Bochum (Germany), at Fabrik,
Hamburg (Germany), at Manufaktur, Shondorf (Germany), at Teatro Dada,
Castelfranco Emilia (Italy), at Shocking Club, Milano (Italy), at Verona,
Italy
Produced by Fred Frith
Jean Derome: alto, baritone saxophone, flute, guimbarde, voice; Claudia
Engelhart: live sound mix, DAT recording; Fred Frith: guitar, bass, violin,
voice; Charles Hayward: drums, found objects, melodica, voice; Rene Lussier:
guitar, bass; Bob Ostertag: sampler; Zeena Parkins; accordion, electric
harp, piano, synthesizer, voice.
2003 - Fred Records/ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR/FRA 03 (2xCD)
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149 - MONEY $HOT: Zeena Parkins
2003 - casestudy (USA), no catalog number (CD in plastic pillow)
2003 - casestudy (USA), no catalog number (CD in felt pouch)
2003 - casestudy (USA), no catalog number (CD in ceramic pod)
Note: this self-produced CD is a limited edition (100 only) and is available
in three different packages:
- a designer airport pillow, by Nadia Lauro
- a 12" square felt sheet with hidden red-lined pockets for inserts
and CD, by Chris Faulkner
- a ceramic plate-like object, by Chris Faulkner
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150 - LIVEBOX: Bjork
Disc 1: Debut Live
1/ Human Behavior
2/ One Day
3/ Venus As A Boy
4/ Come To Me
5/ Big Time Sensuality
6/ Aeroplane
7/ Like Someone In Love
8/ Crying
9/ Anchor Song
10/ Violently Happy
(1,2,4-11) recorded live for "MTV Unplugged" in 1991
(3) recorded live for "Later with Jools Holland" in 1995 (?)
Bjork; Guy Sigsworth; Talvin Singh; Ike Leo; Dan Lipman; Leila Arab; Tansay
Omar; Evelyn Glennie; Oliver Lake; Corky Hale; Julius Hemphill; Alasdair
Malloy; Jake Boyle & The South Bank Gamelan Players (John Pawson, Al Sutiko,
Andy Channing, Ann Wolfe, Brad Smith, David Kettle, Joe Field, Jonathan Mc
Dowell, Nye Parry, Penny King, Robert Welch, Zerzes Mazda).
Disc 2: Post Live
1/ Headphones
2/ Army Of Me
3/ One Day
4/ The Modern Things
5/ Isobel
6/ Possibly Maybe
7/ Hyperballad
8/ I Go Humble
9/ Big Time Sensuality
10/ Enjoy
11/ I Miss You
12/ It's Oh So Quiet
13/ Anchor Song
(1-5,8-10,12,13) recorded live from the Shepherds Bush concert on February
27, 1997
(6,7) recorded live for "Later with Jools Holland" in 1995 (?)
(11) recorded for "TFI Friday" on April 19, 1996
Bjork; Guy Sigsworth (1-10,12,13); Leila Arab (1-10,12,13); Ed Handley (1-5,
8-10,12,13); Yasuhiro "Coba" Kubayahsi (1-5,8-10,12,13; Trevor Morais (1-10,
12,13); BJ Cole (6,7); Electra Strings (6,7); Howie Bernstein (11); TFI
House Brass (11).
Disc 3: Homogenic Live
1/ Visur Vatnsenda Rosu
2/ Hunter
3/ You've Been Flirting Again
4/ Isobel
5/ All Neon Like
6/ Possibly Maybe
7/ 5 Years
8/ Come To Me
9/ Immature
10/ I Go Humble
11/ Bachelorette
12/ Human Behavior
13/ Pluto
14/ Joga
15/ So Broken
16/ Anchor Song
(1,16) recorded live in Cambridge on December 2, 1998
(2) recorded live in Paris on June 6, 1998
(3) recorded live in Washington on May 15, 1998
(4,8,13) recorded live in Prague on June 13, 1998
(5,6) recorded live in Spain on August 9, 1998
(7) recorded live in London on September 17, 1997
(9) recorded live Tourhout on June 4, 1998
(10) recorded live in Vienna on June 14, 1998
(11,14,15) recorded live for "Later with Jools Holland" on November 29,
1997
(12) recorded live at Montreux on June 10, 1998
Bjork; Mark Bell (1-10,12,13,16): electronics; Icelandic String Octet (1-10,
12,13,16): Jon Ornolfsson, Sif Tulinius, Una Sveinbjarnadottir, Sigrun
Eovaldsdottir, Sigurbjorn Bernharosson, Moeiour Anna Siguroardottir, Guorun
Haroardottir, Sigurour Gunnarsson, Ima Jonsdottir, Margret Hjaltested.
Disc 4: Vespertine Live
1/ Frosti
2/ Overture
3/ All Is Full Of Love
4/ Cocoon
5/ Aurora
6/ Undo
7/ Unravel
8/ I've Seen It All
9/ An Echo, A Stain
10/ Generous Palmstroke
11/ Hidden Place
12/ Pagan Poetry
13/ Harm Of Will
14/ It's Not Up To You
15/ Unison
16/ It's In Our Hands
Recorded live on the Vespertine World Tour from August to December 2001
Bjork: vocals; M.C. Schmidt: synthesizer, guitar, percussion, etc; Drew
Daniel: electronics, handclaps; Zeena Parkins: harp, electric harp, celeste,
accordion, handclaps; choir: Ida Heinrich, Naya Fleischer, Dorthea
Ignatiussen, Maannguaq Dalager, Nuka Amossen, Pilu Noahsen, Najaaraq Moller,
Nina Jorgensen, Arnanguak Eldevig, Regine Bech, Petrine Karolussen; Il
Novecento Orchestra; Simon Lee: conductor; Matmos: beats arrangements.
Disc 5: Bonus live DVD
1/ One Day
2/ It's So Quiet
3/ Joga
4/ Aurora
5/ It's Not Up To You
(1) recorded for "MTV Unplugged"
(2) recorded in 1996
(3) recorded live for "Later with Jools Holland"
(4,5) recorded live at the Royal Opera House
Bjork; Orchestre de Michel Legrand (2); Herve Sellin (2); Trevor Morais (3);
Guy Sigsworth (3); Leila Arab (3); Mark Bell (3); B.J. Cole (3); Electra
Strings (3); Zeena Parkins (4,5); etc.
2003 - One Little Indian (USA), OLI 355 (4xCD+DVD)
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151 - WEIGHTLESS ANIMALS: Kaffe Matthews, Mandy McIntosh, Zeena Parkins
2004 - Annette Works (UK), AWPD 001 (LP)
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152 - DEVOTION: Zeena Parkins
1/ Part I
2/ Part II
3/ Part III
4/ Part IV
5/ Part V
Recorded at Micro-Moose Studio, Brooklyn in December 2003 and January 2004
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, wasp; Raz Mesinai: percussion, samples; Jim
Pugliese: mallet instruments, bells.
2004 - Table of the Elements (USA), 71 Lu (clear 1-sided LP)
Note: limited edition of 2000 copies.
Note: this is a fragment of the score composed for the film DEVOTION by
writer/director Cynthia Madansky.
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153 - PHANTOM ORCHARD: Zeena Parkins, Ikue Mori
1/ Jezebel (Mori, Parkins) 4:48
2/ Savage Flower (Mori, Parkins) 3:44
3/ Miura (Mori, Parkins) 5:02
4/ Ghostlake (Mori, Parkins) 7:04
5/ Deft (Mori, Parkins) 3:56
6/ 39 Steps (Mori, Parkins) 3:04
7/ Transparent Things (Mori, Parkins) 3:38
8/ Contraband (Mori, Parkins) 3:33
9/ Blue Noon (Mori, Parkins) 4:26
Recorded at Audities
(8) recorded at Frank Booth, Brooklyn (New York)
Produced by David Keen
Zeena Parkins: electric and acoustic harps, piano, mellotron, Gleeman
Pentatphonic Clear, Rhodes, Moog III, Buchla 200 series; Ikue Mori: electro-
nics.
2004 - Mego (Austria), MEGO 071 (CD)
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154 - VESPERTINE LIVE: Bjork
2004 - One Little Indian (USA), OLI361 (CD)
Note: this record was initially available as the fourth CD of the Bjork's
LIVEBOX (2003).
See LIVEBOX (2003) for further references on this record.
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155 - BOOK OF SILK: Tin Hat Trio
1/ The Longest Night (Orton) 3:54
2/ The Clandestine Adventures Of Ms. Merz (Burger) 2:20
3/ Company (Kihlstedt) 4:52
4/ Invisible Mobile (Orton) 4:45
5/ March Of The Smallest Feet (Kihlstedt) 2:50
6/ Hotel Aurora (Orton) 3:38
7/ Osborne Avenue (Burger) 3:34
8/ Elliott Carter Family (Parkins, Tin Hat Trio) 3:52
9/ Things That Might Have Been (Burger) 4:26
10/ Red Hook Stoop (Burger) 4:48
11/ Same Shirt, Different Day (Burger) 1:55
12/ Pablo Looks Back (Kihlstedt) 1:09
13/ Light Black From Pole To Pole (Kihlstedt) 2:49
14/ Lauren's Lullaby (Orton) 4:12
15/ Empire Of Light (Orton) 2:59
Recorded at Blue Rooms Studio, Portland Oregon (USA)
Produced by Tin Hat Trio and Hans Wendl
Rob Burger: accordion, piano, prepared & toy pianos, bass & diatonic harmo-
nica, marxophone; Carla Kihlstedt: violin, trumpet, violin, viola, vocals,
marxophone; Mark Orton: guitar, dobro, banjo; Zeena Parkins: harp; Bryan
Smith: tuba, euphonium; Matthias Bossi (3): percussion; Amanda Lawrence (2,
15): viola; Jill McClelland-Coykendall (15): clarinets; Lori Presthus (15):
cello.
2004 - Ropeadope Records (USA), ATM-CD-51532 (CD)
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156 - TIMELINES: Lesli Dalaba
1/ Prelude (Dalaba) 1:32
2/ Timeline 1: From the Birth Of The Sun (Dalaba) 15:06
3/ Interlude (Dalaba) 0:57
4/ Timeline 2: Dinosaurs To Mammals (Dalaba) 15:08
5/ Interlude (Dalaba) 1:28
6/ Timeline 3: Homo Sapiens Sapiens (Dalaba, Chris Cutler) 15:11
Recorded at The Studio and The Corner Store, New York City
(3,5) recorded at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle
Produced by Lesli Dalaba
Lesli Dalaba: trumpet, berimbau; Carla Kihlstedt: violin; Zeena Parkins:
harp; Ikue Mori: electronics; Amy Denio (1,6): vocals.
2004 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7713 (CD)
Note: lyrics by Chris Cutler on (6).
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157 - ROULETTE TV VOL 6: Janene Higgins & Zeena Parkins, Ela Troyano & Tessa
Hughes-Freeland
2005 - Roulette (USA), RouletteTV 06 (DVD)
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158 - MASS CULTURE CONTROL BUREAU..... THINGS FROM THE PAST: various artists
This record re-releases the entire MCCB catalogue plus other unreleased
tracks. It features The Black Sheep (1-5,19-21), Kontakt Mikrofoon Orkest
(6,7), Geoff Leigh (8-12,22), Red Balune (13-18).
1/ Buy MCCB (Black Sheep) 3:58
2/ Slow Motion (Black Sheep) 3:24
3/ Counting Sheep (Black Sheep) 4:41
4/ Animal Sounds (Black Sheep) 3:14
5/ Non Stop Fun Pop (Black Sheep) 3:18
6/ Living In Rotterdam (K.M.O.) 2:45
7/ Do The Residue (K.M.O.) 4:25
8/ Black Metal Twist (Leigh) 3:11
9/ Shah Of Iran (Leigh) 2:17
10/ Chemical Bank (Leigh) 2:40
11/ Psychotropics Ganglions (Leigh) 4:17
12/ Starshooters (Leigh) 4:03
13/ Maximum Penalty (Williams) 6:18
14/ Trees And Tanks (Leigh, Mushgrove) 3:38
15/ Animus (Williams) 3:15
16/ Rubber Raisin (Sun Ra, Leigh, Red
Balune) 2:22
17/ Capitalist Kid (Williams) 2:11
18/ Spider In Love (Van Saus, Red Balune) 2:26
19/ Sweet Cat (Black Sheep) 3:02
20/ Strangelove (Black Sheep) 2:55
21/ Power (Van Saus, Mc Clure) 3:58
22/ Childhood Dreams (Leigh) 3:42
(1-5,19-20) recorded in Rotterdam in 1981
(6,7) recorded at Backlash Studios, Rotterdam on February 10-11, 1981
(8-12) recorded at Sunrise Studios, Switzerland in June 1979
(13-16) recorded at Sunrise Studios, Switzerland in January 1979
(17,18) recorded in Bristol in January 1978
(21) recorded in Rotterdam in Spring 1985
(22) recorded in Wodecq, Belgium in June 1990
Geoff Leigh (1-12,14,16-20,22): vocals, saxophones, guitar, organ, drums,
analogue sequencer, keyboards, bits and bobs, computer sequencing, ambient
noises; Aloijsius Van Saus (1-7,17,18-21): vocals, organ, guitar, trumpet;
Colin Mc Clure (1-7,13-21): electric bass, guitar, backing vocals, cello,
clank guitar, tuba, accordion; The Machine (1-5,19): groove department; Leo
De Pagter (2,3,6,7,19): synthesizer; Ron Broekhart (5): guitar; Graham
Keatley (5): backing vocals; Gert Van Seters (6,7): drums; Jos Valster
(6,7): saxophones, backing vocals ; Chris Wangro (6,7,20): bass clarinet,
space gun, backing vocals; Cathy Williams (8-18): vocals; piano, clavinet,
organ, electric piano; Etienne Conod (12): backing vocals; Robin Musgrove
(13-18): drums, bongos, bells; Fred Frith (13,15): guitar, violin; Tim
Hodgkinson (13,15): organ, sax; Chris Cutler (13,15): piano frame scrape,
burning ideas; Marc Hollander (13,15): saxophone, bass clarinet; Mrs Spider
(18): vocals; Henk Weltevreden (17,18): organ; Zeena Parkins (20): backing
vocals; Ron Krepel (21): drums; Theo Olsthoorn (21): guitar;
2005 - Ad Hoc Records (USA), AD HOC 01 (CD)
Note: (1-5) were previously released on ANIMAL SOUNDS VOL. I (1982), (6,7)
on DO THE RESIDUE/LIVING IN ROTTERDAM (1981), (8-12) on THE CHEMICAL BANK
(1979), (13-16) on MAXIMUM PENALTY (1979), (17,18) on CAPITALIST KID/SPIDER
IN LOVE (1978), (20) on RECOMMENDED RECORDS SAMPLER (1982), and (21) on THE
RE RECORDS QUARTERLY VOL 1 No 4 (1986).
Note: the recording date given for (20) conflicts with the one given in
RECOMMENDED RECORDS SAMPLER (1982), where it is stated: "Recorded at MCCB in
February 1982."
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159 - DRAWING RESTRAINT 9: Bjork
Soundtrack for the movie by Matthew Barney.
1/ Gratitude (Bjork, Matthew Barney) 4:59
2/ Pearl (Bjork) 3:43
3/ Ambergris March (Bjork) 3:57
4/ Bath (Bjork, Akira Rabelais) 5:07
5/ Hunter Vessel (Bjork) 6:36
6/ Shimenawa (Bjork) 2:48
7/ Vessel Shimenawa (Bjork) 1:54
8/ Storm (Bjork, Leila) 5:32
9/ Holographic Entrypoint (Matthew Barney) 9:57
10/ Cetacea (Bjork, Matthew Barney) 3:12
11/ Antarctic Return (Bjork) 4:18
Produced by Bjork
(3) produced by Bjork, Mark Bell & Valgeir Sigurdsson.
Bjork (1-8,10): programming, beat programming, arranging, editing, vocals,
harp; Will Oldham (1): vocals; Jonas Sen (1,10): celeste; Zeena Parkins (1,
6,10): harp; Valgeir Sigurdsson (1,3,5,7,10): programming, beat programming,
keyboards; Nico Muhly (1): keyboard; Mayumi Miyata (2,6,11): sho; Tagaq (2):
throat singing; Gudrun Oskarsdottir (3): harpsichord; Samuel Solomon (3,5,
10): crotales, glockenspiel, percussion; Mark Bell (3): beat programming;
Akira Rabelais (4): piano treatments; Leila (8): programming; Shiro Nomura
(9): score and voice performance; Shonosuke Okura (9,10): percussion, chan-
ting.
2005 - One Little Indian (?), ??? (CD)
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160 - LEARN TO TALK/THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS: Skeleton Crew
Disc 1: LEARN TO TALK
1/ 7:37
1a/ Que Viva (Frith, Cora)
1b/ Onwards And Upwards (Frith, Cora)
2/ The Way Things Fall (Back Apart) (TC, FF, Rebby Sharp) 2:32
3/ Not My Shoes (Frith, Cora) 2:15
4/ The Washington Post (Sousa) 1:30
5/ We're Still Free (Frith, Cora) 4:09
6/ Victoryville (Frith, Cora) 2:49
7/ 4:35
7a/ Los Colitos (trad.)
7b/ Life At The Top (Frith)
8/ Learn To Talk (Frith, Cora) 3:52
9/ Factory Song (Frith, Cora) 4:48
10/ It's Fine (Frith, Cora) 4:15
11/ Zach's Flag (Cora) 3:01
12/ Sick As A Parrott (Frith, Cora) 2:57
13/ Automatic Pilot (Frith, Cora) 1:27
14/ Hook (Frith) 2:14
15/ Killing Time (Frith, Laswell, Maher) 2:26
Disc 2: COUNTRY OF BLINDS
16/ The Country Of Blinds (Skeleton Crew, Cora) 4:12
17/ The Border (SC, Anne Hemenway) 3:31
18/ The Hand That Bites (Skeleton Crew, Frith) 5:35
19/ Dead Sheep (SC, Cora, Frith) 3:22
20/ Bingo (Skeleton Crew, Frith) 3:37
21/ Man Or Monkey (Skeleton Crew, Cutler) 2:32
22/ Foot In Hole (Skeleton Crew) 3:08
23/ Hot Field (Skeleton Crew) 2:37
24/ The Birds Of Japan (Skeleton Crew, Frith) 4:03
25/ You May Find A Bed (SC, Frith, Rebby Sharp) 6:16
26/ Sparrow Song (Frith) 1:28
27/ Safety In Numbers (Skeleton Crew) 3:17
28/ Howdywhoola Too (Cora) 2:47
29/ Second Rate (Skeleton Crew) 5:31
30/ New Orleans Stomp (Jerry Roll Morton) 3:14
31/ Hasta La Victoria (Skeleton Crew) 3:23
(1-5,7-11) recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) during
Christmas and New Year 1983/1984
(6) recorded live at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de
Victoriaville, Canada in 1983 (the additional material heard on this song
is the result od a malfunctioning tape recorder)
(8) recorded at WBCN, Quebec City
(12,13) recorded live in Lyon, France in 1984
(14) recorded live at 24 Rue Dunois, Paris in 1982
(15) recorded live at Illinois State University, Normal (USA) on November
4, 1984
(16-22,24,25) recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg (Switzerland) in
December 1985/January 1986
(23) and the last section of (25) recorded live in Reykjavik, Iceland on
November 4, 1985
(26,28,29) recorded live during European tour in 1985
(30) recorded at CBBG, New York in April 1985
(31) recorded at The Isabella, Toronto (Canada) in 1985
(1-11) produced by Vogel and Skeleton Crew
(16-25) produced by Tim Hodgkinson
Tom Cora: cello, bass guitar, Casio, drums, home-made drums, contraptions,
vocals, accordion; Fred Frith: guitar, six-string bass, violin, Casio, home-
mades, piano, drums, vocals; Zeena Parkins (16-31): organ, electric harp,
accordion, drums, vocals; Robl (7a): extra voices; Lu (7a): extra voices;
Katrin (7a): extra voices; Dave Newhouse (14): alto, percussion.
2005 - Fred Records/ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR FRO 8/9 (2xCD)
Note: (1-11) were previously released on LEARN TO TALK (1984), (16-25) on
THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS (1986), (15) on PASSED NORMAL VOL. 4 (1991).
Note: (7,12-15,26-1) are only available on this 2xCD edition.
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161 - THE ROSE HAS TEETH IN THE MOUTH OF A BEAST: Matmos
1/ Roses And Teeth For Ludwig Wittgenstein (Matmos) 3:24
2/ Steam And Sequins For Larry Levan (Matmos) 5:21
3/ Tract For Valerie Solanas (Matmos) 5:08
4/ Public Sex For Boyd McDonald (Matmos) 5:52
5/ Semen Song For James Bidgood (Matmos) 5:02
6/ Snails And Lasers For Patricia Highsmith (Matmos) 5:52
7/ Germs Burn For Darby Crash (Matmos) 4:10
8/ Solo Buttons For Joe Meek (Matmos, Lightcap) 3:34
9/ Rag For William S. Burroughs (Matmos) 13:52
10/ Banquet For King Ludwig II Of Bavaria (Matmos) 3:23
Drew Daniel: various instruments; M.C. Schmidt: various instruments; Jay
Lesser (1): Twang guitar, electronics; Mark Lightcap (2,4,8,9,10): guitar,
tambourine, trumpet, tuba, Peck horn, etc; Steve Goodfriend (2,4,6,8,10):
drums, sleighbells; Kalonica McQuesten (2): vocals; Matthew Curry (2): ARP
2600; John Talaga (2): electronics; Steven Thrower (4): saxophone; Jefferson
Friedman (5): string arrangement; Antony Hegarty (5): vocals; Matthew Fuerst
(5): piano, prepared piano; Zeena Parkins (5): harp; Jon Leidecker (5): file
transfer, effects; ACME (5): Miranda Cuckson (violin), Erik Carlson (vio-
lin), Bridget Fitzgerald (viola), Clarice Jensen (cello); Amy Vaillancourt
(6,10): French horn; Brian O'Reilly (6): bass; Don Bolles (7): lighter, ci-
garette; Jay Lesser (8,9): bass, electronics; Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin (8):
string arrangement; Kronos Quartet (8): David Harrington (violin), John
Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), Jeffrey Zeigler (cello); Michael Brown
(9): Burroughs adding machine, film projectors; Blevin Blectum (9): violin;
Darcy Bartoletti (9): darbuka; Leif Fairfield (9): Heidelberg windmill and
Chandler, price printing presses; Maja Ratkje (10): vocals.
2006 - Matador (USA), OLE 677-2 (CD)
2006 - Matador (USA), OLE 677-1 (LP)
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162 - NECKLACE: Zeena Parkins
1/ Persuasion (Parkins)
2/ 16 Feet + Cello (Parkins)
3/ Solo for Neil (Parkins)
4/ Visible/Invisible (Parkins)
Zeena Parkins: harp, processing; Doug Henderson: processing; Eclipse
Quartet: Joanna Hood (viola), Sara Parkins (violin), Margaret Parkins
(cello), Sarah Thornblade (violin).
2006 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 8022 (CD)
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163 - A FIELD GUIDE TO TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS: various artists
This 2xCD set features Jonathan Kane (1), Arnold Dreyblatt (2), Zeena
Parkins (3), San Agustin (4), Tony Conrad (5), Tony Conrad with Faust (6),
Rhys Chatham (7), Leif Inge (8).
Disc 1:
1/ Curl (Jonathan Kane)
2/ Star Trap (Arnold Dreyblatt)
3/ Below The Wall (Zeena Parkins)
4/ Embers (San Agustin)
5/ Indicting Lully (Tony Conrad)
6/ Encore (Tony Conrad, Faust)
7/ 100 Guitars (Rhys Chatham)
Disc 2:
8/ 9 Beet Stretch (excerpt) (Leif Inge)
Zeena Parkins (3); David Kean (3).
2006 - Table of the Elements (USA), TOE-CD-90 (2xCD)
Note: (2,3,5,7,8) are previously unreleased tracks.
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164 - SURROUNDED: Bjork
2006 - ??? (USA?), R2 73212 (7xDualDisc)
See VESPERTINE (2001) for further references.
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165 - NEWS FROM BABEL COMPLETE: New From Babel
2006 - ReR Megacorp (UK), ReR NFB (3xCD)
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166 - THE SAD MACHINERY OF SPRING: Tin Hat
1/ Old World
2/ The Secret Fluid Of Dusk
3/ Blind Paper Dragon
4/ Dionysus
5/ Daisy Bell
6/ Drawing Lessons
7/ The Comet
8/ Dead Season
9/ Black Thursday
10/ The Tailor's Dummies
11/ Dionysus II
12/ The Land Of Perpetual Sleep
13/ Janissary Band
14/ The Comet II
15/ Intractable
Produced by Carla Kihlstedt and Mark Orton
Ara Anderson: trumpet, baritone horn, piano, pump organ, toy piano, celeste;
Zeena Parkins: harp; Mark Orton: guitar, dobro, banjo, piano, pump organ,
auto-harp, bass drum, bass harmonica, marxophone; Ben Goldberg: clarinet,
alto clarinet, contra alto clarinet; Carla Kihlstedt: violin, viola, trum-
pet violin, vocals, piano, celeste, bowed vibes, bass harmonica, ukelin,
bulbul tarang.
2007 - Hannibal (USA), 1524 (CD)
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167 - FREE ZEN SOCIETY: The Free Zen Society
1/ Lightly Dropping
2/ Thought Free
3/ Surrender
4/ Dream Escapes
5/ Majestical
6/ Glistening
7/ Streaming Through
8/ Clocking Space
Recorded in 2003
Matt Shipp: piano; William Parker: bass; Zeena Parkins: harp; Peter Gordon:
other instruments.
2007 - Blue Series/Thirsty Ear (USA), 57177 (CD)
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*** - ???: Spring Heel Jack with Phillip Jeck
Spring Heel Jack; Phillip Jeck; Matthew Shipp; William Parker; Zeena
Parkins.
2005 - Thirsty Ear (USA), ??? (CD)
Note: not released yet.
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*** - ???: Zeena Parkins, Nels Cline
???? - ??? (?), ??? (CD)
Note: not released yet (may never been).
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*** - ACOUSTIPHOBIA VOLUME TWO: Thurston Moore, Nels Cline, Zeena Parkins
Recorded live at the SMFA, Boston on January 24, 2001
2002 - Sublingual Records (USA), ??? (CD)
Note: not released yet (planned in 2002).
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*** - UNLIMITED 97 IN WELS/AUSTRIA: various artists
This record features William Winant, David Shea, Mick Harris, Elliott Sharp,
Zeena Parkins, Dagmar Krause, etc.
1998 - ???, ??? (CD)
Note: not released yet.
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*** - AKOUEIN/CAVERE: Zeena Parkins' Gangster Band
1998 - Tzadik (USA), TZ ???? (CD)
Note: not released yet (planned in 1999).
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*** - ???: Kampasnella
Recorded live at ???
Haco; Uchihashi Kazuhisa; Zeena Parkins; Samm Bennett.
???? - F.B.I. (???), ??? (CD)
Note: not released yet.
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*** - LA MER: Zeena Parkins
1996 - ???, ??? (CD)
Note: not released yet.
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