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: Artist: Molasses :
: Album: A slow mess :
: Tracks: 26 :
: Time: 89:18 minrs :
: Bitrate: 192 kbit Full Stereo :
: Genre: Indie :
: Label: Alien8 recordings :
: Str.Date: 04/01/2003 :
: Rip.Date: 07/01/2003 :
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.. About This Release .......................................
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: The new record by Montreal folk-drone ensemble Molasses :
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: Enjoy ! :
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: Note from :
: http://www.alien8recordings.com/fancycd5.php3 :
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: Catalogue Number: FANCYCD5 :
: Released April 1, 2003 :
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: Fancy and Alien8 Recordings are thrilled to announce :
: the latest release by MontrΘal folk-drone ensemble :
: Molasses, a harrowing 26 track double CD entitled a :
: slow messe. Relatively little has been heard from :
: Molasses since its superb second CD, trilogie: toil & :
: peaceful life was released in autumn 2000; but even as :
: various band members were busy working with godspeed :
: you! black emperor, Shalabi Effect, set fire to flames, :
: Hrsta, Empty House Cooperative, and other projects, :
: Molasses quietly assembled for a series of sporadic and :
: inspired 24-track recordings at MontrΘal's mighty :
: Hotel2Tango. These recordings, begun in the spring of :
: 2001 and completed in the winter of 2002, combined with :
: found sounds, field recordings and home tapes, comprise :
: Molasses' third release. Although it is decidedly :
: denser than previous Molasses albums, this by no means :
: signals a different direction for the band; several of :
: these songs are as old or older than Molasses itself. :
: :
: "a slow messe" (a bastard anagram of "molasses" which :
: has been used as a performing alias), is a fitting :
: allusion to the tempo, disorder and spirit of the :
: album; it is also a reference to the religion and :
: language of MontrΘal ("messe" is the French word for a :
: mass), a city long-suffering in the grip of the Church. :
: The album, featuring a slew of honorary members and :
: distinguished guests, is a remarkable and ambitious :
: accomplishment, full of the delicate ballads, explosive :
: improvisations, swirling drones and orchestrated :
: minimalism that have helped earn Molasses its cult :
: following. The somber, superlative songs of Scott :
: Chernoff resonate at the center of astonishing music :
: made by Thierry Amar, Flⁿffy Erskine, Norsola Johnson, :
: Kate Lawrence, Mike Moya and Sam Shalabi. Together the :
: band continues to chart vast sonic territory with utter :
: originality; and the band's exquisite energy is :
: everywhere on a slow messe: From trademark folk-noir :
: ballads to clanging, chaotic funeral dirges; from :
: lushly subtle love songs to cryptic, off-kilter pop :
: songs. There are Siren choirs and haunting eulogies, :
: little lullabies and spooky blues ruminations. Of the :
: 26 songs, 13 are lyrical and 13 are instrumental; :
: whether at their most fragile or most ferocious, those :
: songs are a passionate & powerful antidote to the :
: all-too-often cold and clinical music of our times. :
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: Molasses' core of acoustic and electric guitars, :
: strings, percussion, saw, piano, organ and banjo, is :
: enhanced here by Thalia Zedek (Live Skull, Come, Empty :
: House) on guitar, clarinet and backing vocals; Chris :
: Brokaw (Come, Codeine, Pullman, Empty House) on guitar; :
: David Michael Curry (Empty House, Willard Grant :
: Conspiracy, Boxhead Ensemble, Will Oldham) on strings, :
: guitar, horns and backing vocals; Efrim Menuck (gy!be, :
: a silver mt. zion) on harmonium; Bruce Cawdron (gy!be, :
: set fire to flames, Hrsta) on marimba; and J.S. Truchy :
: (Fly Pan Am, set fire to flames, Hrsta) on tapes. There :
: are also appearances by vocalist Jennifer MΘnard and a :
: horn section culled from the finest of MontrΘal's :
: free-music improvisers. :
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: Each disc is accompanied by a booklet of photographs :
: and text and is housed in a gatefold sleeve which slips :
: into an over-sized envelope bearing a photograph of :
: Montreal's 1850s neo-gothic Christ Church Cathedral. As :
: with all our releases, the packaging for a slow messe :
: is beautiful, ornate and, of course, Fancy. :
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.. Track List ...............................................
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: cd1 :
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: 01 Desole 01:04 :
: 02 Valley song 06:47 :
: 03 Dans une maison croulante 01:04 :
: 04 Insomnia 02:43 :
: 05 Dm 00:55 :
: 06 Whitey blues 06:55 :
: 07 Whitman County revisited 00:59 :
: 08 Death march 04:06 :
: 09 Hopeless 00:42 :
: 10 Our Lady of Winter 03:45 :
: 11 Killing Lucy Stone 06:18 :
: 12 New world harbor 01:16 :
: 13 Adieu LSA 05:14 :
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: cd2 :
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: 01 Delirium rag 11:58 :
: 02 Le jardin de fer 00:30 :
: 03 Astree 07:00 :
: 04 Les enfants d'anarchie 00:54 :
: 05 Silkworm 06:10 :
: 06 Beyond the zero 02:22 :
: 07 Chinatown no33 04:47 :
: 08 Vespers 00:30 :
: 09 La berceuse d'Eve 06:03 :
: 10 Reprieve 15 juillet 00:34 :
: 11 Desole reprise 00:23 :
: 12 Enemy hymn 04:00 :
: 13 Slow mass 02:19 :
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: CD1: 41:4:
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