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No New York
The four acts found here weren't the sum of the No Wave scene - the 2003 compilation 'N.Y. No Wave' (released on ZE records) is more balanced - adding names like Rosa Yemen, Arto/Neto, the legendary Suicide, Lizzie Mercier Descloux- as well as the performers here and in slightly different contortions (Lydia Lunch solo, the shifts Contortions took). That collection is probably a better primer and paved the way for the whole Ze-scene that followed (Kid Creole, Was (Not Was)) and the harsher NY sounds a few years later (Sonic Youth, Swans). The Lydia Lunch track on 'N.Y. No Wave' is proof she got better as an artist and that Teenage Jesus & the Jerks might he historically significant or good for a track or two, aren't necessarily more listenable than acts such as Minor Threat, The Germs & Nation of Ulysses. Her 'Queen of Siam' LP is excellent, as is the material collected on 'Stinkfist' and the fantastic LP she recorded with the former Birthday Party member Rowland S. Howard, 'Shotgun Wedding.' 'No New York' is a key record of the era and a record of historical significance - the 'N.Y. No Wave'-compilation is more obligatory and an ideal companion...
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Key No Wave compilation...
Review date: 2006-03-10 Rating: 10 out of 10
The late 1970s saw an art-rock inspired scene develop in New York, 'No New York' is Brian Eno's selection of four of the bands at the time - Contortions, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Mars & DNA - each act contributing four tracks apiece (only Mars worked directly with Eno - those four tracks should be considered alongside Eno's collaborative work with Talking Heads, Devo, & Bowie at the time). This album became very hip in the late 1970s/early 1980s and was seen as an indicator of cool, a now-Nuggets for the late 70s - it's even ironically namechecked by Lester Bangs in an article collected in book form - itself quite hip these days...Perhaps this works as a historical document like the book 'Please Kill Me' which focuses on some of the acts here (as does a chapter in the excellent 'Rip It Up & Start Again')
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Product Details/Specifications
Artist(s):
Various Artists
Recording label: Lilith
Manufacturer: Lilith
EAN: 8013252910227
Binding: Audio CD
Format: Import,
Release date: 2005-09-26
Number of discs: 1
Disc 1 Tracks:
1. Dish It Out - Contortions
2. Flip Your Face - Contortions
3. Jaded - Contortions
4. I Can't Stand Myself - Contortions
5. Burning Rubber - Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
6. Closet - Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
7. Red Alert - Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
8. I Woke Up Dreaming - Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
9. Helen Forsdale - Mars (3)
10. Hairwaves - Mars (3)
11. Tunnel - Mars (3)
12. Puerto Rican Ghost - Mars (3)
13. Egomaniacs Kiss - DNA (2)
14. Lionel - DNA (2)
15. Not Moving - DNA (2)
16. Size - DNA (2)
Publishers: Lilith