what do you get when you throw jazz, funk, experimental and punk rock in a blender? Well you get the little known genre called No wave. No wave was a brief short lived avante garde off shoot of punk music in the late 70s from 1978 to 1982. The genre was based entirely in the lower east side of new york.
The essential release in this genre is actually a comp called No New York which was produced of Brian Eno of the popular group Roxy Music. The album which only features four artist D.n.a, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks as well as the Contortions and Mars the album is perhaps the defintive album to document this scene.
The album was thought up while Eno was in town producing the Talking Heads album More Songs About Building Food. He attended a four day festival with performances by those following bands. Eno was impressed with the band an thought that the scene should be documented. He proposed the idea of the comp with himself as producer.
The thing I find cool about the release is that originally the lyrics were printed on the inside of the record sleeve which made it so you had to tear apart the sleeve to read them. The album was reissued in 2005 by lilith records on digi pack cd and vinyl. Reviews of the reissue were positive. One writer said, "Some listeners would be fascinated by the music on No New York while others might find it unbearable."
The album also gets uber hipster points due to the fact blender magazine listed it as number 65 on the greatest indie rock albums EVER
The genre no wave is very fascinating... To find out more I recommend the book Byron Coley's No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980 Scott Carary documentary Kill Your Idols
The essential release in this genre is actually a comp called No New York which was produced of Brian Eno of the popular group Roxy Music. The album which only features four artist D.n.a, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks as well as the Contortions and Mars the album is perhaps the defintive album to document this scene.
The album was thought up while Eno was in town producing the Talking Heads album More Songs About Building Food. He attended a four day festival with performances by those following bands. Eno was impressed with the band an thought that the scene should be documented. He proposed the idea of the comp with himself as producer.
The thing I find cool about the release is that originally the lyrics were printed on the inside of the record sleeve which made it so you had to tear apart the sleeve to read them. The album was reissued in 2005 by lilith records on digi pack cd and vinyl. Reviews of the reissue were positive. One writer said, "Some listeners would be fascinated by the music on No New York while others might find it unbearable."
The album also gets uber hipster points due to the fact blender magazine listed it as number 65 on the greatest indie rock albums EVER
The genre no wave is very fascinating... To find out more I recommend the book Byron Coley's No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980 Scott Carary documentary Kill Your Idols
http://www.mediafire.com/?151wfmbcbog(teenage jesus and the jerks this album is entitled everything which is a discography track two orphans is my favorite)
http://www.mediafire.com/?trnhtytjmq2(james chance and the contortions -buy their debut album recommended track 5 contort yourself)
http://www.mediafire.com/?adgnoorr6hz (the comp )
Austin
http://www.mediafire.com/?adgnoorr6hz (the comp )
Austin
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