a r t i s t : Damsel
t i t l e : Distressed
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Temporary Residence
c a t : TRR113
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Oct/2006
t r a c k s : 04
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 71,6 MB
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For the past few years, avant-jazz legend Nels Cline (Wilco,
Thurston Moore, The Geraldine Fibbers) and omnipresent beat
freak Zach Hill (Hella, The Ladies, Team Sleep) have been
waiting for an opportunity to spend a few hours making noise.
When Cline joined Wilco full-time and Hill started The Ladies
with Pinback's Rob Crow, the dream seemed increasingly
unlikely. And by the time Hill's full-time gig as half of
Hella saw him touring arenas with modern rock staples like
System of a Down, the dream seemed dead. But through a bit of
careful planning and a whole lot of serendipity, Wilco had a
day off in Chicago the same day that Hill was in town.
Recorded and mixed in one day at Semaphore Studios in Chicago,
IL, the four pieces on 'Distressed' are entirely improvised,
with a little post-production editing courtesy of Cline's
former Geraldine Fibbers partner, Carla Bozulich. Sitting
somewhere between the most abstract freak-outs of Wilco's more
recent material and the looser, more minimalist moments of
Hella, Damsel exhibits a surprising amount of control over its
chaos.
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01-Enduring Freedom [11:31]
02-Fork-Fed [09:29]
03-Deathwatch on the American Empire [17:39]
04-Space Needle [06:50]
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45:29 min