― Simone, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Michael Bourke, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
But, damn, the DNA Live CD (available via Avant Records in Japan) is quite the squall. Sounds like 3-year-olds trying to play free jazz. I like it much. If you're interested in similar sounding stuff, there's Aggregates 1-24 (on Knitting Factory Records, I believe).
He's teamed with members of the Rollins Band (Melvin Gibbs) and the Lounge Lizards (Dougie Bowne), and pretty much fucks with the same shit he fucked with during his DNA days. Pretentious simile - imagine the Minutemen trying to describe Francis Bacon paintings via song.
I'm guessing the 4 DNA tracks on No New York would be work a looksee, too. If you're willing to drop $38 US on the recent Japanese re-release, that is.
However (checking Arto's discography on CDNOW), there do seem to be various off-shoots that might differ from both his noisy beginnings & his current laid-back stance. Someone here can offer more quality info on this topic, yes?
― David Raposa, Thursday, 7 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Try WORTH. My bad.
― tarden, Friday, 8 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Stevie Nixed, Sunday, 10 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
so is it true that virtually none of his solo records are in print? or being streamed anywhere?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 May 2023 04:24 (eleven months ago) link
evil Spotify has some 2014 thing called Encyclopedia of Arto and 2017 Cuidado Madame
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 7 May 2023 14:17 (eleven months ago) link
And that's it, right? That's what my friend was saying, that he went into his storage to find his Arto stuff, and when he couldn't, was dismayed that's all there was streaming. Those two on Spotify, the same two on Soundcloud and on Amazon, etc. Stuff like "Mundo Civilizado" and "Noon Chill" is just generally MIA.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 May 2023 14:27 (eleven months ago) link
Those others are not on Bandcamp either
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 May 2023 04:36 (eleven months ago) link
a 2021 recording under the name Charivari that was released in 2022 is on bandcamp but not his 1990s era solo efforts
https://corbettvsdempsey.bandcamp.com/album/charivari-black-cross-solo-sessions-7
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 May 2023 04:42 (eleven months ago) link
Youtube has 1996 debut solo album O Corpo Sutil with Ryuichi Sakamoto on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC67EpfhHgQ
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 May 2023 04:49 (eleven months ago) link
Cool, also re Charivari, thanks!There must be more on youtube, or somewhere, incl. Ambitious Lovers and DNA, maybe early Lounge Lizards gigs (from around the time of their live ROIR tape), .also ones he's produced by other artists.Was hoping I'd blogged more about him, but other than "Grain By Grain" in a singles/tracks list, this seems to be it---following a brief allusion---from 2014, one of the xpost two on Spotify:
Speaking of Arto, that double-disc studio/live anthology Encyclopedia of Arto was out this year, wasn't it? Loved the live, but the studio set could've have been better chosen: most of the tracks they or he picked were way too overcooked or something.
The secretly funky avant-noise trio DNA sound more muscular on this "Blonde Redhead" and "Detached" than on the 2004 CD believed to contain all their recorded works.
― dow, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 02:10 (eleven months ago) link
Mind you, I'm partial to his wilder stuff, maybe too much so.
― dow, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 02:22 (eleven months ago) link
i still laugh at the time i heard a dj on the 5 PM traffic rush play his cover of "erotic city" - clearly an arto fan but not a prince fan.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 05:06 (eleven months ago) link
The live performance of "Blonde Redhead" in Downtown 81 is fantastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZctJ3xhNFlw
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 07:22 (eleven months ago) link
YT has Aggregates 1-26
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 09:11 (eleven months ago) link
Don King album is also on US spotify if you need a bit more Arto (at least the first 5 tracks):
https://open.spotify.com/album/76Tll02PyO4wh1t7hwsRrX?si=868t0E6HRO6_1bhDZil94A
Tanajura is alltime <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy8mQB89ncA
― fpsa, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 13:20 (eleven months ago) link
Encyclopedia of Arto, mentioned a few posts ago, is still available on CD: https://artolindsay.bandcamp.com/album/encyclopedia-of-arto-2
― Position Position, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 14:41 (eleven months ago) link
Doing some Europe gigs with Melvin Gibbs now
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 October 2023 18:34 (six months ago) link