DAVID J AND COMRADES-LONER (2023)
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Beautiful and Strange 00:00 / 04:23 | |||
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1. | Beautiful and Strange 04:23 | |||
2. | Albino Dog 04:54 | |||
3. | Crescendo 04:23 | |||
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5. | Loner on the Range 04:55 | |||
6. | Cold Cold Cold 07:49 | |||
7. | Trip to Transdanubia 03:30 |
about
I initially wrote the featured song, ‘Albino Dog’ for Mia Doi Todd having witnessed her spellbinding solo performance at the Silverlake Lounge in Los Angeles in 2000. I attended this show at the enthusiastic suggestion of my friend, the artist, Nora Keyes. Hearing Mia’s extraordinary voice ring out with such pure crystal clarity that night I fully understood Nora’s excitement. The quality of Mia’s charming, sophisticated and profound songs was also extremely impressive and her steady finger picking style, faultless.
All in all I was floored! During this same period I was immersed in Angela Carter’s brilliant retellings of classic fairy tales. In particular 'The Company of Wolves' which delved deep into the dark woods of the latent psychology behind the warewolf legend. Simultaneously I saw the movie, The Cell. I enjoyed the film and was haunted by the image of the beautiful white dog that appeared in the picture. I even started to have reoccurring dreams about this creature.
All of this fed into my song which is essentially concerned with the alienation of the outsider. As I was writing it, it occurred to me that it would suit Mia’s beautiful voice very well and I completed it with that heady notion in mind. As soon as the song was completed I phoned Mia to tell her about it. (Nora had passed on... more
All in all I was floored! During this same period I was immersed in Angela Carter’s brilliant retellings of classic fairy tales. In particular 'The Company of Wolves' which delved deep into the dark woods of the latent psychology behind the warewolf legend. Simultaneously I saw the movie, The Cell. I enjoyed the film and was haunted by the image of the beautiful white dog that appeared in the picture. I even started to have reoccurring dreams about this creature.
All of this fed into my song which is essentially concerned with the alienation of the outsider. As I was writing it, it occurred to me that it would suit Mia’s beautiful voice very well and I completed it with that heady notion in mind. As soon as the song was completed I phoned Mia to tell her about it. (Nora had passed on... more
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released February 3, 2023
All tracks mixed by Tim Newman except track 4 (Robert Kaechele and David J)
Photography by Joyce RooksGraphic Design by Chandra Shukla
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering
All tracks mixed by Tim Newman except track 4 (Robert Kaechele and David J)
Photography by Joyce RooksGraphic Design by Chandra Shukla
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering
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