Over the course of three surprise-filled albums, Wye Oak has artistically come of age in the public eye. Singer/guitarist Jenn Wasner and drummer/keyboardist Andy Stack mesh spellbinding folk-rock melodies with a dynamic range that shifts, in the blink of an eye, from the parlor to the garage. The Baltimore duo, whose latest album Civilian (Merge) [...]
wnyc.org: "A classically trained cellist from Iowa who cut his teeth on New York's downtown '80s art scene, composer Arthur Russell recorded everything from disco to experimental music to haunting electronic ballads. He died in 1992 at age 40. Matt Wolf, director of the new documentary "Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell" and New Yorker pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones join us to talk about Russell's influence and work." Listen here
Here is yet another reason to go to this year's PDX Film Fest : the first US screening of Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell . For those of you unfamiliar with Russell's work, here's a quick primer: dude moves to New York, dude becomes a fixture in the avant-garde scene, dude discovers disco, dude makes some of the best music you are likely ever to hear. My obsession with his work is borderline creepy. YouTube lists the above clip as being posted in October 2006 and I'd [...]
The Kitchen , where Arthur Russell was Musical Director and performed many times, is fittingly putting on a weekend of music and film celebrating his life and work from May 15 through the 17th. I'm very excited to see the docu-film entitled Wild Combination directed by Matt Wolf . I've been waiting for news on an NYC screening for awhile now after watching this more than a few times: On May [...]
Winter Academy's Review Of The 10th Thessaloníki Documentary Festival Κάποιοι νομίζουν ότι ντοκυμαντέρ σημαίνει σαύρες και δεινόσαυροι σε DVD του National Geographic που δίνει το Βήμα. Κάποιοι άλλοι ότι σημαίνει βασανιστήρια, πόλεμοι, αρρώστιες κι άλλα ωραία και ευχάριστα πράγματα που ξέρεις ότι συμβαίνουν δίπλα μας, αλλά δε θα μπεις κιόλας σε μια κινηματογραφική αίθουσα να τα δεις να χαλαστείς με τέτοιο καιρό, έρχεται και τριήμερο.. Άλλοι πάλι δεν το παίρνουν απόφαση να σηκώσουν τον πωπό τους από τον καναπέ και να γυρίσουν [...]
The Arthur Russell Documentary is a new film by Matt Wolf in production in New York and Oskaloosa, Iowa. Arthur Russell was an avant-garde cellist and disco producer who died in 1992. To find out more go to: www.arthurrussellmovie.com Dinosaur L - In The Cornbelt [Larry Levan Mix] Marvin Gaye - Don't Mess With Mr. T Queen - Fun It Gary Numan - Films
allmusic.com: "Arthur Russell was a formally trained cellist and composer with a background in Indian classical music, and a résumé highlighted by collaborations with Allen Ginsberg and Philip Glass. The same Arthur Russell was also a quirky songwriter, a producer of one-shot disco singles, a founding partner of seminal hip-hop/dance label Sleeping Bag, and a principle designer of the dubby, underground club sound." More
I hope that this project does get completed. Website ArthurRusselMovie.com Arthur Russell - See My Brother, He's Jumping Out Loose Joints - Pop Your Funk (Instrumental)