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░ ▓████▓▌ ░ Artist.......: Charalambides ▐▓▀▀
▓ ▐█████▓█ Album........: Our Bed is Green ▀ ░
▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Genre........: Avantgarde ░▓ ▌
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▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: www.kranky.net ░▓░ █▓▌
▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Catnr........: kranky80 ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓
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░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ rip.date....: 27-02-2005 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
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▓████▓▌ CD1 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ 01. Tea 04:35 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. The Treadmill 01:53 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. Take the Pointing Finger for the Moon 06:40 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. Pase El Agoa 05:10 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. Black Pope 02:37 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. Bid You Goodnight 01:51 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. I Don't Know You 03:49 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. Stuttgart 04:20 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 09. Silver Reeds 03:25 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 10. Our Bed is Green 04:13 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 11. faze Her 03:58 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 12. Dead Bee 03:29 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ 01. Regret 03:36 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. Neutron Decay 02:41 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. C.G. 03:16 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. The Core 03:22 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. Coming Out 03:48 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. Strange Matter 03:52 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. 20 Hours 02:06 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. Cosmic String 06:04 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 09. Dorothy 01:10 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 10. I Don't Know What to Sing 01:04 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 11. The Bottle 02:04 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 12. The Hair on my Head (Is Brown) 01:26 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 13. Same Old Routine 08:00 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 14. Finale 02:54 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ To say that the words "unique" and "singular" are ▓▌
▓████▓▌ over-used in describing music is to state the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ obvious. To apply these words to the sounds created ▓▌
▓████▓▌ by the various duo/trio configurations of the Texas ▓▌
▓████▓▌ group Charalambides over the last decade plus would ▓▌
▓████▓▌ be understatement. To be sure there are numerous ▓▌
▓████▓▌ antecedents to their music; to deny this of any ▓▌
▓████▓▌ artist's work would be akin to saying that they are ▓▌
▓████▓▌ deaf. But they have surely broken new ground in the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ primitive/folk/mystic/improv/psych valley in which ▓▌
▓████▓▌ they toil. As Marcus Boon wrote in The Wire; ▓▌
▓████▓▌ "...here is a truly 21st century experimental ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ethnic music that explores quietness and stasis... ▓▌
▓████▓▌ in the same way that musicians in the second half ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of the 20th century discovered amplification, noise ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and speed." ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Originally a duo comprised of Tom Carter (who had ▓▌
▓████▓▌ been playing guitar in the Houston grunt-psych band ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The Mike Gunn) and Christina Carter, Charalambides ▓▌
▓████▓▌ released a cassette called Our Bed Is Green on ▓▌
▓████▓▌ their own Wholly Other label in 1992 (it was ▓▌
▓████▓▌ released on CD three years later). The two Carters ▓▌
▓████▓▌ had a firm grasp on the haunting nature of American ▓▌
▓████▓▌ blues and country and a mastery of tape ▓▌
▓████▓▌ manipulation to add to Tom Carter's expansive ▓▌
▓████▓▌ guitar skills. A full length album called Union was ▓▌
▓████▓▌ released by the Siltbreeze label and the duo became ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a trio with the addition of guitarist Jason Bill. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The band toured the U.S., continuing to release a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ series of albums that accreted drones, withering ▓▌
▓████▓▌ guitar psych-outs, country-blues structure and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Christina Carter's gorgeous singing. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Jason Bill left the band in 1996 (and now has an ▓▌
▓████▓▌ amazing duo of his own called Migrantes) and Tom ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and Christina Carter moved from Houston to Austin, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ TX. Having appeared on the landmark compilation ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Harmony of The Spheres in 1996 alongside Bardo ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Pond, Jessamine, Roy Montgomery, Flying Saucer ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Attack and Loren Mazzacane Connors, Charalambides ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ranked in an elite group of musicians that spanned ▓▌
▓████▓▌ continents. The duo focussed on the Wholly Other ▓▌
▓████▓▌ imprint; releasing music from Ash Castles on Ghost ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Coast, Scorces, Tom and Christina's solo recordings ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and a series of Charalambides CDRs. These limited ▓▌
▓████▓▌ edition releases illustrated the band's working ▓▌
▓████▓▌ processes; many were recorded live to tape. The ▓▌
▓████▓▌ band also released a number of titles on small ▓▌
▓████▓▌ labels. Bill Meyer described the band's more recent ▓▌
▓████▓▌ aesthetic in a May 2002 issue of The Chicago ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Reader: ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ "They stripped away layers of instruments, exposing ▓▌
▓████▓▌ their sound-for-sound's sake keyboard work and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ increasingly accomplished fingerpicking. A series ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of recent CDRs in Wholly Other documents an ▓▌
▓████▓▌ abandonment of compositions in favor of lengthy, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ textured improvisations; Christina, who's always ▓▌
▓████▓▌ been willing to let loose a wail when words fail ▓▌
▓████▓▌ her, has discarded lyrics altogether." ▓▌
▓████▓▌ In 2002 Christina Carter's partner in Scorces, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Heather Leigh Murray, joined Charalambides on ▓▌
▓████▓▌ vocals and pedal steel guitar. A CDR released on ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Wholly Other at this time, Unknown Spin, was the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ first in a series of kranky reissues of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Charalambides material. In November 2003, kranky ▓▌
▓████▓▌ released the album (minus a Scorces track that was ▓▌
▓████▓▌ on the limited edition original) to substantial ▓▌
▓████▓▌ acclaim. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Joy Shapes is the first studio album recorded by ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Charalambides in a long time. The main tracks were ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recorded in June 2003, with subsequent overdubs, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ mixing and mastering done throughout the summer and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ early fall of 2003 including one night of vocals ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recording done in what Tom Carter calls a "lost ▓▌
▓████▓▌ evening." It is scheduled for release in May, 2004. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Further reissues of Charalambides albums are now in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the planning stages. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Originally released on one cassette by the band in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 1992 and later reissued as a limited edition ▓▌
▓████▓▌ compact disc on their Wholly Other label, Our Bed ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Is Green was the first release by Charalambides. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ kranky is proud to add this album to our ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Charalambides reissue series, placing all of the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ original cassette (with the exception of two cover ▓▌
▓████▓▌ songs) on a double CD set. Time Lag reissued the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ album on vinyl in Fall 2004. This is more than a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ historical document, the continuing relevance of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the music is self-explanatory. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Our Bed Is Green was the debut release from ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Charalambides. Formed in 1991 by Tom Carter (who ▓▌
▓████▓▌ was playing in the heavy psych combo The Mike Gunn ▓▌
▓████▓▌ at the time) and Christina Carter to take part in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ improvisational sessions at a local Houston club, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the band was asked to play live on KTRU. Instead, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ they recorded Our Bed is Green. Although no band is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ totally sui generis, anyone who heard the debut ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recordings by Charalambides in 1992 could have been ▓▌
▓████▓▌ forgiven for thinking that of the duo. Our Bed Is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Green was a recording that roped in folk, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ improvisation, psychedelia, blues and gospel into a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ crackling sound world utterly unlike anything else. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Ranging across a 90 minute cassette and produced at ▓▌
▓████▓▌ home on four track, the music had only the means of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ production in common with the so-called │lo fi▓ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ scene of the time. On their debut Charalambides ▓▌
▓████▓▌ achieved the distinct otherness they retain to this ▓▌
▓████▓▌ day. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ "Charalambides' first album, Our Bed Is Green ▓▌
▓████▓▌ (issued on cassette in 1992 and on CD three years ▓▌
▓████▓▌ later), interspersed droning organ instrumentals ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and withering psych-guitar freakouts with brooding, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ blues-tinged folk songs that showcased Christina╣s ▓▌
▓████▓▌ gorgeous voice." ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Bill Meyer, Chicago Reader, May 10, 2002 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ "Listening to these early recordings, you can still ▓▌
▓████▓▌ hear Tom Carter struggling out of the 'overly ▓▌
▓████▓▌ mapped song structures' he'd learned through The ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Mike Gunn - this music posits a fabulous tension ▓▌
▓████▓▌ between a history in song, and a desire to let the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ music flow through freely, with Christina as an ▓▌
▓████▓▌ all-important presence, opening up the music to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ other planes of where." ▓▌
▓████▓▌ - Jon Dale, Signal to Noise, Spring 2004 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Christina Carter: electric guitar, voice, bells ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Tom Carter: electric guitar, lap steel guitar, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ acoustic guitar, chimes, wind wand ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Heather Leigh Murray: pedal steel guitar, psaltery, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ voice ▓▌
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