ARTIST: Imaad Wasif
TITLE: Imaad Wasif
LABEL: Kill Rock Stars
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 198kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 35m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-04-11
RIP DATE: 2006-02-13
Track List
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1. Spark 2:39
2. Out in the Black 2:37
3. Whisper 3:33
4. Into The Static 2:41
5. Fade in Me 3:25
6. Isolation 2:27
7. Blade 2:31
8. Coil 2:49
9. Without 4:44
10. (Dandelion) 4:47
11. Tomorrow Is Ours 2:48
Release Notes:
Former member of: lowercase, alaska!, The New Folk Implosion
Current member of: Yeah Yeah Yeah's
Hey all you fuckers and contemptuous villains and grandmas too: can you hear the
soft blows of my record? This is meant for the late night vibe or the early
morning fear but what do I know about setting the mood? I can be the most
loveless bastard youÆve ever met or I can love you ætil you canÆt breathe,
either way you choose, I will take it too far. So I give you my new solo record
and every song on it is a hit. ôSpark,ö ôOut in the Black,ö ôWhisper,ö ôInto the
Static,ö ôFade in Me,ö ôIsolation,ö ôBlade,ö ôCoil,ö ôWithout,ö ô(Dandelion),ö
ôTomorrow Is Oursö ù these are among my best and most recent compositions.
Some of the things that inspired me during the time of writing these songs were
Buddy Holly demos that he recorded at home in NYC shortly before his death,
early Joe Meek recording ôI Hear A New World,ö John Fahey's ôThe Yellow
Princess,ö Sylvia Plath's Ariel poems, Truman CapoteÆs first book ôOther Voices,
Other Rooms,ö Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, and a collection of eastern
classical instrumental records of past masters that I inherited from my father.
I want to save people with music. I feel that I was born to siphon away their
poisons and negative energy so that they might be happier. This has mangled me
at times but I have always found something beautiful in this mode of creation.
It has given me my voice.
Yours truly,
Imaad Wasif
Born in Vancouver, B.C., educated in the desert, India, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco, now residing in Echo Park, California. Imaad Wasif has been in four
bands to date: Zao (desert rock), Lowercase (noise rock), alaska! (folk
rock/classic rock), and The New Folk Implosion (post rock). This is his first
solo record. It was recorded and mixed in Nashville by Mark Nevers (Lambchop,
Bonnie Prince Billy, Silver Jews, Lou Barlow, Tindersticks) in a week and a day
in October 2005.