No New York

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No New York
Compilation album by various artists

Publication
(s)

1978

Label (s) Antilles

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

No wave

Title (number)

8th

Studio (s)

Big Apple Studio, New York

No New York is the name of a compilation album that was produced in 1978 by Brian Eno on the Antilles record label . Although it featured pieces from four different groups, it is seen as the definitive album documenting the New York no-wave movement of the late 1970s.

background

The English musician and producer Brian Eno came to New York in 1978 to complete the master of the Talking Heads' second album More Songs About Buildings and Food . During this time the four-day underground rock festival New York, New York took place, where DNA , James Chance and the Contortions appeared under the name Contortions, Mars and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks . Eno saw these performances and was impressed by the bands and became convinced that this movement had to be documented. He therefore suggested producing a no-wave compilation album himself.

admission

For the recording sessions, Eno essentially dispensed with the typical production method he had used for earlier albums. James Chance later said that the contortion recordings were "completely live in the studio, without separating the instruments, without overdubs , simply as a document" ( "done totally live in the studio, no separation between the instruments, no overdubs, just like a document." . " ) Took place.

However, Eno himself said in his famous lecture The Studio as Compositional Tool : “In Helen Thormdale [sic!] On the No New York album I echoed the click of the guitar part and used that, to trigger the compression of the entire track so that it sounds like a helicopter "

Publication and reception

No New York appeared on the Antilles in 1978 and did not make it onto the Billboard charts . Originally, the lyrics were printed on the inside of the record sleeve, so you had to tear them up to read the lyrics.

The Creem critic Richard C. Walls described the album as "the vanguard most cruel and ugly most aggressive music since Albert Ayler then threw up on my brain - that was in 1964?" And said, "If you are bold enough to this stuff (an acquaintance complained after three-quarters of the first page that this music was painful - she wasn't referring to an abstract reaction, her face was contorted with pain), then remember that Antilles Records is a division of Island Records , and that is not really the Transamerica Corporation . You will probably have to make an effort to get the album, it won't come by itself. "

The album was re-released on record and CD in 2005 by Lilith Records . The reviews of the album were positive. Todd Kristel of the online music database Allmusic gave the album 4½ out of 5 stars and wrote, “This groundbreaking album is and remains the definitive document of the no-wave movement in New York”, but also repeated Creem's statement : “Some listeners will be fascinated by the music on No New York , while others will find it unbearable. "

title

page 1
No. title author tape Duration
1. Dish it out James chance Contortions 3:17
2. Flip your face chance Contortions 3:13
3. Jaded chance Contortions 3:49
4th I can't stand myself James Brown , arr. Contortions Contortions 4:52
5. Burning rubber Lydia lunch Teenage Jesus and the Jerks 1:45
6th The Closet lunch Teenage Jesus and the Jerks 3:53
7th Red Alert lunch Teenage Jesus and the Jerks 0:34
8th. I woke up dreaming lunch Teenage Jesus and the Jerks 3:10
Page 2
1. Helen Fordsdale Nancy Arlen, China Castle , Mark Cunningham, Sumner Crane Mars 2:30
2. Hairwaves Arlen, Burg, Cunningham, Crane Mars 3:43
3. tunnel Arlen, Burg, Cunningham, Crane Mars 2:41
4th Puerto Rican Ghost Arlen, Burg, Cunningham, Crane Mars 1:08
5. Egomaniac's Kiss Robin Crutchfield , Arto Lindsay DNA 2:11
6th Lionel Crutchfield, Lindsay DNA 2:07
7th Not moving Crutchfield, Lindsay DNA 2:40
8th. Size Crutchfield, Lindsay DNA 2:13

Musician

Contortions

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks

  • Lydia Lunch - guitar, vocals
  • Gordon Stevenson - bass
  • Bradley Field - drums

Mars

  • Sumner Crane - guitar, vocals
  • China Burg - guitar, vocals
  • Mark Cunningham - bass, vocals
  • Nancy Arlen - drums

DNA

Other employees

  • Brian Eno - producer , cover design, cover photo
  • Kurt Munkasci - sound engineer
  • Vishek Woszcyk - sound engineer
  • Roddy Hui - assistant engineer
  • Steven Keister - cover design

Release history

region date Label format Catalog
United States 1978 Antilles Records LP AN-7067
2005 Lillith Records CD LR102CD
2005 Lillith Records LP LR102LP

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Reynolds, 2006. pp. 58f.
  2. ↑ "On Helen Thormdale [sic] from the No New York album (Antilles), I put to echo on the guitar part's click, and used did to trigger the compression on the whole track, so it sounds like helicopter blades." David Bass: PRO SESSION - The Studio As Compositional Tool .
  3. ↑ a b "This seminal album remains the definitive document of New York's no wave movement ... Some listeners may be fascinated by the music on No New York while others may find it unbearable." Todd Kristel: No New York. Allmusic , accessed June 12, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Brandon Stosuy: No New York. Pitchfork Media , November 16, 2005, archived from the original on September 9, 2008 ; Retrieved June 12, 2011 .
  5. ^ "I haven't heard so much ferociously avant-garde and aggressively ugly music since Albert Ayler puked all over my brain back in - what? - 64… If you're intrepid enough to want to hear this stuff (a friend, 3/4 into the first side, complained that the music was painful - she wasn't referring to any abstract reaction, she was grimacing), be advised that Antilles is a division of Island Records, which ain't exactly Transamerica Corp. You'll probably have to make a little effort to procure it, because there's no way it's going to come to you. "
  6. ^ Walls, Richard C .: No New York - Various Artists. In: Creem. April 1979, Retrieved June 12, 2011 .