DUCHESS - 'S/T'

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• BB005CD - CD

  759718089523

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DUCHESS IS THE DEBUT FULL-LENGTH RECORD FROM UGLY BEAUTY (ATLANTIC) AND CELL (GEFFEN) FOUNDERS CHRISTY SCHNABEL AND JERRY DI RIENZO.

AFTER SEVERAL YEARS TOURING WITH BANDS LIKE BUILT TO SPILL, COME AND BLONDE REDHEAD, LANDING SONGS ON VARIOUS FILM AND TELEVISION SOUNDTRACKS, AND APPEARING WITH WILCO ON HBO?S REVERB, SCHNABEL TOOK TIME OFF FROM MUSIC TO WRITE A NOVEL CHRONICLING HER MAJOR LABEL TRIAL BY FIRE. UPON FINISHING THE BOOK - DUE IN DECEMBER, 2005 - SCHNABEL SEQUESTERED HERSELF IN A DOWNTOWN L.A. PRACTICE SPACE WITH A FENDER GUITAR, A 57 MIC, A PRIMITIVE 8-TRACK AND TWO TEN-POUND BAGS OF ORANGES. A WEEK LATER THE SKELETONS OF TEN SONGS EMERGED, LATER BECOMING THE DUCHESS RECORD. THE ALBUM IS SCHNABEL?S VISION: SHE WRITES ALL THE SONGS, PLAYS ALL THE GUITARS, AND SINGS ALL THE VOCALS. HER VOICE, COMPARED IN THE INDIE RAGS TO HOPE SANDOVAL AND PATTI SMITH, DEFINES THE BAND.

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DAVE GRANEY / CLARE MOORE - 'HASHISH / LIQUOR'

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• REV018CD - CD

  9326425800522

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THE NATURE OF SCHTICK, (AND WHO PUT IT ON YOU), BEING IN A WORLD THAT IS STONED, WANTING TO GET LOST, THE ABILITY TO SEE YOURSELF, D?J? VU, OTHER DIMENSIONS, MR BAD LUCK . THESE ARE THE LYRICAL THEMES FOR DAVE GRANEYS NEW ALBUM, 'HASHISH'.

THE ALBUM IS A COMPANION PIECE TO CLARE MOORE?S ?LIQUOR? AND IS SUBTITLED, 'A TASTE OF INFINITY'. (LE GOUT DE L?INFINI). GRANEY AND MOORE, HASHISH AND LIQUOR. FOUR OF THE SONGS WERE RECORDED AT A SPONTANEOUS SESSION FEATURING DAVE GRANEY ON BASS, CLARE MOORE ON DRUMS AND MELBOURNE JAZZ LEGEND MARK FITZGIBBON ON PIANO. THE REST WERE COOKED UP AT THEIR STUDIO, THE PONDEROSA, AND FEATURE DAVE GRANEY AND CLARE MOORE ON ALL INSTRUMENTS EXCEPT FOR GUEST APPEARANCES ON FLUTE AND VIOLIN BY WARREN ELLIS ( FROM THE DIRTY THREE AND THE BAD SEEDS) AND GUITAR ON ONE TRACK BY LURID YELLOW MIST MEMBER, STUART PERERA. ?LIQUOR? THE ALBUM IS SUBTITLED 'A TASTE OF THE ABYSS' (LE GOUT DE GOUFFRE) IN RESPONSE TO A QUIP BY A FRENCH PHILOSOPHER WHO EXPLAINED THE DEARTH OF FEMALE ADVENTURERS AND EXPLORERS BY SAYING THAT WOMEN IN GENERAL LACKED 'A TASTE FOR THE ABYSS'. OUT OF THIS CLARE MOORE STARTED TO WRITE HER ALBUM OF FIERCELY FEMALE TALES OF EXPLORATIONS OF THE DEEP. SHE KNOWS NO FEAR. PUNK. A STUNNING DOUBLE ALBUM RELEASE

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