Winter Songs is a Rock album by Art Bears, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked.
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Winter Songs is the second album by English avant-rock group Art Bears. It was recorded at Sunrise Studio in Kirchberg, Switzerland between 22 November and 5 December 1978, and was released in 1979. It was Art Bears' first album to be recorded on their own, the bulk of their first album, Hopes and Fears (1978) having been recorded as Henry Cow. Winter Songs comprises fourteen short songs composed by Fred Frith around texts by Chris Cutler that were based on carvings on the dado of the west façade of Amiens Cathedral in France. The whole album was recorded and mixed simultaneously, taking 14 days from start to finish. The group adopted an approach of creating the sound first and committing it to tape immediately, instead of leaving the sound detail to post-production mixing. This method used the studio as a compositional instrument, and Etienne Conod, the studio engineer at Sunrise Studio, played an important part in this process, becoming an indispensable member of the group.
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Tracklist
- 1The Bath of Stars1:45
- 2First Things First2:46
- 3Gold1:41
- 4The Summer Wheel2:40
- 5The Slave3:33
- 6Democracy2:18
- 7The Song of the Martyrs4:01
- 8Law0:48
- 9The Song of the Monopolists1:45
- 10The Song of the Dignity of Labour2:24
- 11Winter, War3:05
- 12Force0:47
- 13Three Figures1:43
- 14Three Wheels3:35
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- raw
- anxious
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chris CutlerDRUMS, ELECTRONIC DRUMS, NOISES, ARTWORK DRUMS, NOISES DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Dagmar KrauseVOCALS
- Fred FrithGUITAR , VIOLIN, KEYBOARDS, XYLOPHONE GUITAR , VIOLIN, KEYBOARDS, XYLOPHONE, WRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY, COMPOSED BY GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VIOLIN, XYLOPHONE
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 11 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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