James Chance and the Contortions
| James Chance and the Contortions | |
|---|---|
 James White ( Berlin , SO36 , 1981) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | No wave |
| founding | 1977 |
| resolution | 1980 |
| Last occupation | |
| James chance | |
| Adele Bertei | |
| Pat Place | |
guitar |
Jody Harris |
| Don Christiansen | |
James Chance and the Contortions was an American no-wave band founded in 1977 by free jazz saxophonist James Sigfried (also: James White, James Chance), who had previously played in Teenage Jesus and the Jerks . After the release of their only album, Buy the Contortions, in 1979, the band finally broke up the following year.
history
James Sigfried, who had come to New York from Milwaukee in the 1970s to play free jazz, soon became a member of the avant-garde scene. He took the stage name James Chance and founded after leaving Teenage Jesus and the Jerks guided by him The Contortions ( dt. Distortions ). Because of their wild performances, Brian Eno became aware of the quintet, who asked them to record four pieces for the no-wave compilation No New York . Soon they had recorded enough material for their own album, which was released in 1979 under the title "Buy the Contortions". At the same time James Sigfried founded the band James White and the Blacks , which, with the exception of Adele Bertei, consisted of the members of the Contortions and in 1979 released the disco music- oriented album "Off White".
With the decline of the no-wave scene in the early 1980s, the Contortions also disbanded, but their members continued to be musically active.
Discography
Studio albums
- 1979: Buy the Contortions
Later publications
- 1980: Paris 1980 Live Aux Bains Douches
- 1981: Live in New York ( re-released in 2000 under the title White Cannibal )
- 1991: Soul Exorcism (live 1980)
- 1995: Lost Chance
Contributions to compilations
- 1978: No New York
Individual evidence
- ↑ Teenage Jesus and the Jerks at Allmusic (English)
- ^ Fan page on MySpace.com ( memento of January 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 3, 2010.
Web links
- All Tomorrow's Parties: James Chance And The Contortions (English)
- James Chance and the Contortions at Allmusic (English)