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- Date Released: January 1, 1986
- Genre: Electronic
- Style: Alternative Experimental, Electronic Experimental, Disco, Leftfield
- Label: Audika Records / Virtual
An alternate universe beyond fashion where disco and the avant-garde were as one.
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We Say...
Arthur Russell was known during his lifetime as a creator of left-field dance records from the late '70s through the mid '80s that were rarely heard or appreciated beyond New York's club cognoscenti. These days Russell is a cult hero, and the recordings that were too personal or strange to be released during his lifetime, let alone played in a club, are now among his most beloved creations. Russell was a classically trained cellist who'd worked with Allen Ginsberg and Philip Glass, and although 1986's World of Echo trades the percussive elements that would animate alternate dance versions of "Wax the Van" and "Tree House" for skeletal, playfully spooky solo arrangements, the results are no less distinctive. While extroverted '80s synth-poppers were practically running things, introverted Russell instead sings softly to himself, dreaming up an alternate universe beyond fashion where disco and the avant-garde were as one.
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They Say...
An incredible assemblage of solo versions of this influential and unique downtown musician. Arthur Russell's World of Echo contains the songs and instrumentals written from 1980-1986: "Soon-To-Be Innocent Fun/Let's See," "Tower of Meaning/Rabbit's Ear/Home Away from Home," "Tone Bone Kone," "Answers Me," "Being It," "Place I Know/Kid Like You," "She's the Star/I Take This Time," "Tree House," "See-Through," "Hiding Your Present from You," "Wax the Van," "All-Boy All-Girl," "Lucky Cloud," and "Let's Go Swimming." Subtle, transcendental with gentle rock beats and new music influences in patternings and textures.
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Tone Before Kane |
1:04 |
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| 02. | |
Soon-To-Be Innocent Fun / Let's See |
9:35 |
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| 03. | |
Answers Me |
2:10 |
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| 04. | |
Being It |
5:16 |
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| 05. | |
Place I Know / Kid Like You |
3:28 |
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| 06. | |
She's The Star / I Take This Time |
4:56 |
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| 07. | |
Tree House |
2:15 |
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| 08. | |
See-Through |
2:10 |
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| 09. | |
Hiding Your Present From Your |
4:16 |
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| 10. | |
Wax The Van |
2:10 |
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| 11. | |
All Boy All Girl |
3:43 |
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| 12. | |
Lucky Cloud |
2:53 |
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| 13. | |
Tower Of Meaning / Rabbit's Ear / Home Away From Home |
4:37 |
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| 14. | |
Let's Go Swimming |
2:41 |
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| 15. | |
The Same Of The Next Song |
8:00 |
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| 16. | |
Happy Ending |
4:23 |
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| 17. | |
Canvas Home |
2:34 |
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| 18. | |
Our Last Night Together |
3:27 |
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18 Total Tracks, 69:38 Total Length
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Credits
- Phill Niblock - Producer // Arthur Russell - Cello // Arthur Russell - Vocals // Arthur Russell - Producer // Arthur Russell - Main Performer // Arthur Russell - Liner Notes // Arthur Russell - Hand Percussion // Arthur Russell - Echo // Peter Zummo - Producer // Ernie Brooks - Producer // Ray Janos - Remastering // Steve Cellum - Producer // Melissa Jones - Artwork // Tom "Sisu" Lee - Reissue Producer // Steve Knutson - Reissue Producer
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