Following items are:
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:
-------------------------------- | DISCOGRAPHY OF ZEENA PARKINS | | November 1998 | |------------------------------| | by Patrice Roussel | | (ergodic@sprintmail.com) | | 2034 NE 37th Ave. | | Portland, OR 97212 (USA) | --------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------With special thanks to:
Malcolm Humes malcolm@wrs.com Clayton Glad glad@CSLI.Stanford.EDU Stephane Vuilleumier svuilleu@micro.biol.ethz.ch Denny Swofford Steve Berman steve@ims.uni-stuttgart.de Howard Yang yang_h@wums.wustl.edu Joshua Tankel JPTCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU David Mandl dmandl@panix.com Adam Robert MacGregor ARMST6@vms.cis.pitt.edu R. Lynn Rardin RARDIN@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Philippe Renaud David Newgarden Andrew Torda torda@igc.chem.ethz.ch Sean Terwilliger sean.terwilliger@swcbbs.com Matthew Moses mbm16@columbia.edu Brian Lunger SUGAR in their vitamins? yol@esophagus.com Brian Raiter brianr@connectsoft.com Philip Lampe lampe@zedat.fu-berlin.de D Alexander Bailey xander@netcom.com Zeena Parkins Bruce Carnevale Carnevale@mbox.anglistik.uni-hannover.de Hannes Schneider hannes.schneider@oen.siemens.de Rae Sturtevant Raeish@aol.com Brian Carlson bcarlson@midway.uchicago.edu Chris Cutler Gayle Young sound@musicworks.web.net Chris Genzel stamil@t-online.de Lennart Stahle repple@algonet.se Jonathan Abbey JonAbbey@aol.com Michel Ramond Dan Coffey dcoffey@frontiernet.net Stefan Verstraeten stefan.verstraeten@advalvas.befor 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
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 NEW MUSIC: various artists
This double record features Vogel, Faust, Art Bears, Stormy Six, The
Homosexuals, Joseph Racaille & Patrick Portella, Feliu Gasul, The Black
Sheep, Univers Zero, Aksak Maboul & The Honeymoon Killers, The Work, Henry
Cow, Decibel, Art Zoyd, The Muffins, Heiner Goebbels, Amos, Conventum,
Hector Zazou, This Heat, The Residents, R. Stevie Moore, Ron Pate, Picchio
dal Pozzo, Robert Wyatt.
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, voice; Rock Steady:
tuba; L. Chemist: voice, clarinet; Zeena Plotnik: voice.
1982 - Recommended Records, rer nine (2xLP)
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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)
Note: the CD also contains LETTERS HOME (1986).
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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")
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.
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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, 1983-4
Andy Bole (5): guitar; Anne Stokes; Bill Gilonis (4,5,7,13): keyboards,
bass, clarinet, tones, piano; Catherine Jauniaux (4,7,11,12): voice;
Christina Wild; Felix Fiederowicz: vocals, bassoon, recorders, percussion,
piano; Georgie Born (13,14): cello; Graham; Judy Carter (5,6,11,13): vocals;
Jussi Karel (12): viola; Kevin; Kevin; Marie-Jeanne (14): claps; Mary; Mick
Hobbs: keyboards, drums, piano, guitar, bass, percussion; Patrick Gundry (9,
11): violin, French horn; Rick Wilson (9): drums; Terry Robson (4): violin;
Tim Hodgkinson (7,9): alto, baritone, Hawaiian guitar, clarinet; Tom Cora
(12): cello; Zeena Parkins (5,12): harp.
1984 - AYAA (France), DT 1284 (LP)
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005 - BAD ALCHEMY MAGAZINE + TAPE: various artists
This 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 MAGAZINE + TAPE: various artists
This magazine/tape features music by John Zorn "Cobra", Tenko, David Moss
Dense Band, Lindsey Cooper, Dr. Nerve, Half Japanese, The Lo Yo Yo,
Christian Marclay, Lurex 4/Elliott Sharp
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with John Zorn "Cobra":
1/ Exercise Nr. 1 5:50
Recorded live at Moers festival, 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 - 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)
Note: the CD also contains SIRENS AND SILENCES/WORK RESUMED ON THE TOWER
(1984).
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008 - 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 on February 1st, 1985 at the Kitchen, New York City
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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009 - 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 (Cooper) 2:42
15/ They're Moving In (Askar, Cooper) 1:48
16/ Julia/End Credits (Cooper) 3:15
Recorded and mixed at Wave and Milo studios, spring 83-summer 85, by
Charles Gray except,
(6,15) recorded at Cold Storage Studio by Bill Gilonis
(5) recorded at Camden 8 studio by Ray Roberts
Lindsay Cooper: piano, electric piano, synthesizers, alto, sopranino, bas-
son, glockenspiel, bass guitar on (14); Georgie Born: guitar, bass guitar,
cello, electric piano on (1); Sally Potter: singing (1,9); Dagmar Krause:
singing (3,4,6); Maggie Nicols: singing (7,15,16); Kate Westbrook: singing
on (11,12), tenor horn; Chris Cutler: drums; Celia Gore Booth: musical saw;
Vicky Aspinall: violin; Zeena Parkins: harp; Irita Kutchmy: piccolo; Helena
Paul: cello (5).
1986 - No Man's Land (Germany), nml 8603 (LP)
1986 - Sync Pulse Records, SP3 (LP)
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010 - THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS: Skeleton Crew
1/ The Country of Blinds (Skeleton Crew) 4:10
2/ Money Crack (Skeleton Crew) 0:58
3/ The Border (Skeleton Crew) 3:28
4/ The Hand That Bites (Skeleton Crew) 5:32
5/ Dead Sheep (Skeleton Crew) 3:22
6/ Bingo (Skeleton Crew) 3:34
7/ Man or Monkey (Skeleton Crew) 2:37
8/ Foot in Hole (Skeleton Crew) 3:08
9/ Hot Field (Skeleton Crew) 2:36
10/ The Birds of Japan (Skeleton Crew) 4:00
11/ You May Find a Bed (Skeleton Crew) 6:10
Recorded December 1985/January 1986 at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg,
Switzerland
(2,9,11) recorded live in Reykjavik, Iceland, on November 4, 1985
Produced by Tim Hodgkinson
Tom Cora: cello, bass, accordion, drums, contraptions, singing; Fred Frith:
guitar, 6-string bass, violin, home-mades, drums, singing; Zeena Parkins:
organ, electric harp, accordion, drums, singing.
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)
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011 - 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 - Shadowline Records (Holland), SR6787 (LP)
???? - Shimmy Disc Europe (Netherland), SDE 9024 (CD)
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012 - 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
Tenko: vocal, guitar; Ned Rothenberg (1,14): flute, alto; Zeena Parkins (1,
4,5): electric harp, accordion, vocal; Fred Frith (1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
13): guitar, bass, piano, bass drum, vocal; David Licht (1): snare drum;
Wayne Horvitz (2,8,11): piano, DX7, DX100; Arto Lindsay (3,7,10,12): guitar,
vocal; David Moss (4,7,10,11,13): vocal; Kamura (4,7,10,13): vocal; Moko (4,
7): vocal; Tom Cora (4,9,10,11): vocal, cello; Christian Marclay (4,6):
turntables; C. Batty (8): hand claps; Kramer (9): Indian banjo.
1987 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), RecRec 16 (LP)
1987 - Kinniko Bijo Records (Japan), KBR301 (LP)
Note: the CD reissue was planned and announced but never happened.
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013 - 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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014 - 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
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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015 - 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 May 9, 1986 at Radio City Studios, New York City
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.
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)
Note: (1,9,11,13,14,18) are extra tracks not available on the vinyl edition.
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016 - 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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017 - FESTIVAL MIMI 86: various artists
This record features Etron Fou, Remotobs, Les Batteries, Virgule IV, Regular
Music, Pascal Comelade, Fred Frith, Skeleton Crew.
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, 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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018 - 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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019 - A CLASSIC GUIDE TO NO MAN'S LAND: various artists
This record features Skeleton Crew, David Garland, Guy Klucevsek, Bittova/
Fajt, Half Japanese, Lindsay Cooper, Etron Fou Leloublan, Proof Of Utah,
Orthotonics, Uludag, Biota, Meltable Snaps It, Doctor Nerve, Zoviet France,
Non Credo, Geoff Leigh.
Zeena Parkins plays on one track with Skeleton Crew:
4/ Safety In Numbers (Cora, Frith) 3:16
Recorded at Sunrise Studio, 12/85 and 1/86
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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020 - 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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021 - 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)
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022 - 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
$/ Bar-oque blues (Terragnoli, Salerno) 1:03
8/ Broadway Blues (Ornette Coleman) 4:02
9/ Zigozago (Terragnoli) 5:42
10/ Marina Goes To Hollywood (Zorzi, Salerno, Terragnoli)
8:32
Recorded at Umbi Studio, Modena (Italy) in November/December 1988 and
at Baby Monster Studio, New York City in December 1988
Fantasio Manlio Fox: guitars, voice, trombone; Ricoh Screw Poloso (all but
(7)): guitars, voice; Njk Salerchia: samplings, synthesizer, voice, crackle
box; Egj Qselly (all but (7)): bass, harpsichord, voice, church organ; Bert
Willie Bevilacopia (all but ($)): drums, percussion, voice; Riccardo Bianchi
(1): Midi guitar; Denardo Coleman (2,6): Midi drums; Fred Frith (2,7): vio-
lin, 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): Synclavier; 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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023 - 100 OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES: Nicolas Collins
Nicolas Collins 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.
33/ no title 1:32
35/ no title 2:50
Nicolas Collins: trombone propelled electronics, radio, tapes; Zeena
Parkins: electric and acoustic harps.
1989 - Trace Elements (USA), TE-1018 (CD)
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024 - 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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025 - THIS LOST LEG: No Safety
1/ Opium Wars (No Safety) 3:33
2/ Freedom's A Theory (Rupel, Zhonzinsky) 2:43
3/ Fire On Teeth (No Safety) 2:30
4/ Outside (lyrics: Houston-Jones) 0:48
5/ More To It (No Safety) 2:51
6/ Speed Of Accidents (No Safety) 3:29
7/ Fitch - She Looks Like The Law (No Safety) 3:14
8/ Humidity (No Safety) 4:44
9/ Can You Can't (No Safety) 2:11
10/ How Many Steps (No Safety) 3:05
11/ Escape (No Safety) 4:26
12/ I Sleep (No Safety) 1:23
Recorded in NY in Aug/Sept 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 (8): trombone; David Shea
(8): turntables, vocals; Tim Hodgkinson (8): sax.
1989 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), RecRec 25 (LP)
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026 - LEARN TO TALK/COUNTRY OF BLINDS: Skeleton Crew
Fred Frith; Tom Cora; Zeena Parkins.
1990 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 512 (CD)
1998 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), ReCDec 512 (CD)
See THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS (1986) for further references.
Note: compilation reissue CD minus 1 song from each LP ((8) from LEARN TO
TALK and (2) from THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS).
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027 - 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 1:28
10/ The Border (Frith, Hemenway) 3:29
Recorded at Sunrise, Kirchberg December 1985
Fred Frith: guitar, drums, vocals; Tom Cora: cello, drums, vocals; Zeena
Parkins: keyboards, drums, vocals.
1990 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), RecRec 30 (2xLP)
1990 - RecRec Music (Switzerland), reCDec 30 (CD)
???? - ???, ??? (CT)
1991 - East Side Digital (USA), EAS80462 (CD)
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028 - 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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029 - LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY, VOLUME 3: various artists
This record features songs by Doctor Nerve, No Safety, Gentle Safe and
Natural, The Thomas Chapin Trio, Negativland, Brandon Ross, Don Byron,
Marilyn Crispell, Andrew Cyrille, Slan, No Safety.
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), 75021 5299 2 (CD)
1991 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-99 (CD)
1993 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFWCD-12345 (5xCD)
Note: the 5xCD box contains the five volumes LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY.
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030 - 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)
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031 - 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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032 - ANKETY LOW DAY: Tone Dogs
1/ No Cry (Stern, Denio)
2/ Vexed At The Vogue (Denio, Chalenor)
3/ Carry Me Down (Denio)
4/ The Wandering Guru (Chalenor)
5/ Secret Crush (Denio)
6/ Brave It (Denio)
7/ BS Jig/Hade Hade (Chalenor, Denio)
8/ Fifth Grade Brownie Wall (Denio, Chalenor, Parkins)
9/ Poly (Cameron, Chalenor, Denio)
Matt Cameron: drums, voice; Fred Chalenor: basses, guitars, keyboards,
percussion, voice, violin, bowed guitar; Amy Denio: guitars, basses, saxes,
drums, hubcaps, voice, cows; Hans Reichel: handmade guitar, dachsophon,
camera; Fred Frith: guitars, rythm violin; Courney von Drehle (4): saxopho-
nes; Bob Bain (4): monster battle guitars.
1990 - C/Z (USA), CZ016 (LP)
1990 - C/Z (USA), ??? (CD)
Note: Zeena Parkins does not play on this record.
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033 - K!L!A!V!: Elliott Sharp
Extreme music for various keyboards.
1/ Twenty Below (Sharp) 22:09
Recorded at B.C. Studio, Brooklyn, by Martin Bisi, 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 at 206 Studio, by Hahn Rowe, August, 1989
Elliott Sharp: Atari 1040ST computer, Roland S330 sampler.
8/ Mapping (Sharp) 20:55
Recorded at The Kitchen, by John Eskine, July 22, 1987
Elliott Sharp: piano.
1990 - Newport Classic (USA), NPD 85504 (CD)
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034 - 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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035 - (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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036 - PASSED NORMAL VOL. 4: various artists
This record features Peter Blegvad, Tim Hodgkinson, Eric Drew Feldman, Tom
Cora, Chris Cutler, Jean Derome, Rene Lussier, Amy Denio, Brave Combo, The
Blitzoids, Shockabilly, Snakefinger, Skeleton Crew.
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), FOT 1 (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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037 - 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, November 18, 19 and 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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038 - 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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039 - 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)
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040 - 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.
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041 - 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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042 - 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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043 - 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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044 - 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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045 - 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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046 - SPILL: No Safety
1/ Oh No 1:33
2/ Sad 2:44
3/ Summer Dress 4:20
4/ Distraction 2:55
5/ Post Nature 2:41
6/ Face 3:50
7/ Cambodia 3:45
8/ A Sense Of Ruin 2:19
9/ Pavlov's Heaven 3:14
10/ Wrong Number Dream 4:38
11/ Happy For Now 1:02
12/ Saturday Morning 4:54
13/ Swoon Me 3:33
14/ Urge 3:39
15/ Open Your Eyes 1:50
16/ Split Control 3:49
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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047 - 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 - Victo (Canada), VICTO cd018 (CD)
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048 - 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 in January 1992 at Baby Monster Studio
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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049 - 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 (1,2,5,6,7,9,13,15,16): voice, drums; Abe Speller (4,8): drums;
Jonathan Kane (1,10): drums; Zeena Parkins (8,11,12,13,14): electric harp,
keyboards; Ned Rothenberg (2,11,12,13,14): 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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050 - 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.
Zeena Parkins 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 Angelica, first Festival Internazionale Di Musica,
Bologne (Italy), June 1991
Jean Derome: saxophone, flute; Claudia Engelhart: sound processing; Fred
Frith: guitar, violin; Charles Hayward: drums; Rene Lussier: guitar, bass;
Bob Ostertag: ???; Zeena Parkins: electric harp, piano.
1992 - CAICAI Music (Italy), CAICAI-001 (CD)
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051 - 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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052 - 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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053 - 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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054 - 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 NYC, no recording dates given; Track 12 recorded live at
Desi Stadtteilzentrum, Nuremberg, Germany.
Marc Ribot: guitars (1-3,5-8,10-15), vocal (3,10-12), E-flat horn (3,9,13),
piano (3), drum sequencing (3); Wilbo Wright: detuned guitar (1), bass (2,
7-8,11,13); Roy Nathanson: soprano (1,4,15), chermia (2,4,6,9), alto (6,15),
saxophone (9), saxophones (13); Ralph Carney: alto (1-2,6-9,14), sona (3-4,
6,9,11), tenor (3,6), saxophone (4), clarinet (4,6), assorted duck calls
(12); Anthony Coleman: pump organ (1,6,10-11), sampler (2,6-7), piano (3,
7-8,12,14), organ (13); Simeon Cain: drums (1-2,4,6-9,11,13,15), percussion
(3,6), drum overdubs (3); Syd Straw: background vocals (3), vocal (10);
Zeena Parkins: electric harp (6); Brad Jones: bass (6,15); Greg Jones: bass
(12,14); Rock Savage: drums (12,14); J.D. Parran: clarinet (15).
1992 - Les Disques Du Crepuscule (Belgium), TWI 969-2 (CD)
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055 - 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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056 - 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 on May 3, 1992 at Musique Action, Vandoeuvre, France
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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057 - 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 in 1992 at Baby Monster Studio NY
(7,13) recorded in 1992 at Dessau Studio NY
Produced by David Shea
Zeena Parkins: electric and acoustic harps.
1993 - Table Of The Elements (USA), TOTE 1 (CD)
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058 - 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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059 - 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 (1,2,3,4,5); Acheilux (1,2,5,13,14,16); Steve Eto (4,5,6,7,
10); Elliott Sharp (6,7,8,9,10); Zeena Parkins (8,9,10); Hoppy Kamiyama (9,
15); Marc Ribot (10,11,12,13); Jane Scarpantoni (11,12,13,14,15,16); Marc
Anthony Thompson (15).
1993 - God Mountain (Japan), gmcd.007 (CD)
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060 - 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), KFWCD-149 (CD)
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061 - 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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062 - 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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063 - 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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064 - 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 - Victo (Canada), VICTO cd026 (CD)
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065 - 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 during Summer 1993 at Baby Monster Studios
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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066 - 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)
See THE COUNTRY OF BLINDS (1986) and SPILL (1992) for further references.
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067 - 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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068 - 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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069 - 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 in 1996.
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070 - ISABEL: Zeena Parkins
1/ Outside
2/ The Magician
3/ EL OUED: Romance
4/ Si Mahmoud Essadi: The Convert
5/ La Petite Gironde: Victor Barrucand Lends a Hand
6/ Fever
7/ Monastery of Kenadsa
8/ AIN SEFRA: In Captivity and Flood
9/ Oblivion Seekers
10/ The Breath of Night
Recorded in September 1993 at Baby Monster Studio
Produced by Zeena Parkins
Lisa Crowder: piano; Margaret Parkins: cello; Sara Parkins: violin; Zeena
Parkins: sampler, electric harp, piano, snare drum.
11/ Look out for Gail Garrity - Girl Wonder
12/ Chamber of Eternal Wisdom
13/ ... the uncanny feeling of being watched
14/ "MY GOD! Have I flung myself into an endless void?"
15/ Ju-Jitsu Jimmy - Impulse Beam Rising
Recorded in Fall 1992 at Harmonic Ranch Studio
Produced by Zeena Parkins
Ikue Mori: electric percussion; Zeena Parkins: samples, electric harp, East
Berlin toy.
1995 - Avant (Japan), Avan 018 (CD)
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071 - HSI-YU CHI: David Shea
1/ Temple
2/ Sai Teen
3/ Royal Court
4/ Chang'An
5/ Water
6/ Wood
7/ Metal
8/ Enter The Dragon
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)
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072 - 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 in January 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(2) recorded in February 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(3) recorded in March 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(4,5) recorded in April 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(6) recorded in May 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(7) recorded in June 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(8) recorded in July 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(9) recorded in August 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(10) recorded in September 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(11,12) recorded in October 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(13) recorded in November 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
(14) recorded in December 1992 at the Knitting Factory, New York
Produced by Anthony Coleman and Norman Yamada
Christine Bard (1,3,7): drums; Anthony Coleman (1,2,3,7,9): sampler; Mark
Degliantoni (1,2,3,9): 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): 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): voice (mezzo-
soprano); 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
players, 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 cla-
rinet; Chris Wood (7,9): string bass; Judy Dunaway (8): electric guitar,
balloons; Bob Lipman (8): electric guitar, bongos, percussion; 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): 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 saxo-
phone; 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): vio-
lin; K.J. Grant (11,12): electric bass; 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 synthesi-
zer; Greg Anderson (13): acoustic, string instruments; David Krakauer (13):
clarinet, bass clarinet; Frank London (13): trumpet, percussion; Paul
Morrissett (13): kaval, gaida, violin; Andrea Parkins (13): accordion;
Marcus Rojas (13): tuba; Sebastian Steinberg (13): electric bass; Alicia
Svigals (13): violin; Jane Tomkiewicz (13): percussion; Billy Martin (14):
percussion, talking drum; Ben Perowsky (14): drums; Adam Rogers (14): elec-
tric guitar; Dan Rosengard (14): synthesizers; Danny Sedownik (14): percus-
sion; Paul Shapiro (14): soprano, tenor, flute; Tronzo (14): slide guitar.
1995 - Knitting Factory Works (USA), KFW 124 (CD)
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073 - 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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074 - 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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075 - 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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076 - CHIPFARM: Optical-8 + Melt Banana + Elliot Sharp + Zeena Parkins
1/ Trash or Not? (Yasuko O, Melt-Banana)
2/ Spynetwork (Parkins)
3/ Carps & Crows (Sharp)
4/ Uknown Mix-2 (Otomo)
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 (Otomo)
13/ Yes, We're! 2 (Sharp, Parkins)
14/ Vilnius-3 (Otomo)
15/ Banana Fiction (Sharp, Parkins)
16/ Switch (Hoppy)
17/ Whirlpool (Sharp, Parkins)
18/ Noh Surf (Sharp, Parkins)
19/ Ritty (Sharp)
20/ Melt-Lemon-3 (Otomo)
Recorded in November 1994
Optical-8: Hoppy Kamiyama: synthesizers, samples, electric-violin, tapes,
gram-pot; Yoshihide Otomo: guitar, turntables; Reck: bass; Masafumi Minato:
drums.
Melt Banana: Yasuko O: vocal; Agata: guitar; Rika mm: bass; Sudoh toshiaki:
drums.
Elliot Sharp: doubleneck guitarbass, sustainer guitar, soprano sax, samples.
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, melodica, voice, samples, tapes.
1995 - God Mountain (Japan), gmcd-016 (CD)
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077 - 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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078 - 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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079 - THE TOWER OF MIRRORS: David Shea
1/ Red Jade (Shea)
2/ Entering (Shea)
3/ The Tower (Shea)
4/ Mirrors (Shea)
5/ Elegy (Shea)
6/ Exotic Gardens (Shea)
7/ Locus Solus (Shea)
8/ The Green Green World (Shea)
9/ Kuan-Yin Mirrors (Shea)
10/ The Forbidden City (Shea)
11/ The Machines (Shea)
12/ Chang-O Changes Form (Shea)
13/ Tuning (Shea)
14/ The The Pure Land Illusions (Shea)
15/ Canto I-XX (Shea)
16/ Schizoid (Shea)
17/ Hammer And Anvil (Shea)
18/ The Red Chapel (Shea)
19/ Canton Noir Blues (Shea)
20/ Song Of The Old (Shea)
21/ The Lovers (Shea)
22/ Sallambo & Salome (Shea)
23/ Broken Jade. Four Directions Battle (Shea)
24/ The Elder Of The Void. Awakening (Shea)
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)
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080 - 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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081 - 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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082 - 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 on September 18, 1995 at Surf Reality Theatre, New York City
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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083 - 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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084 - 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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085 - 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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086 - 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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087 - 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 Nougueira, 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 Garland, 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, Nicholas 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 Two:
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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088 - 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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089 - 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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090 - 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.
Disc 2:
20/ Onyx-Xyno (Sharp)
1996 - Atavistic (USA), ALP38CD (2xCD)
Note: hybrid/remix version of the same track from INTERFERENCE (1996).
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091 - 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 - Victo (Canada), VICTO cd044 (CD)
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092 - 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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093 - 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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094 - 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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095 - 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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096 - SATYRICON: David Shea
1/ Opening (Shea)
2/ *Q