Wire Stitched Ears, by Blast

Wire Stitched Ears

by Blast

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	1.	Radio Talk 00:26
	2.	Pain of Fear 03:56
	3.	Seismograph '93 08:08
	4.	Welter 05:32
	5.	Pastorale 06:12
	6.	Wire Stitched 07:06
	7.	Zozoter au Funiculaire 06:00
	8.	This is Not a Folksong 06:55
	9.	Or-Na-Ra-Tio 04:52

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Founded in 1989 and releasing their first album in 1991, Blast are a brilliant Dutch avant/rock band, who combine a very unique & recognizable skewed rhythmic base with angular & intricate horn & guitar charts ala Henry Cow and Doctor Nerve.

Wire Stitched Ears, released in 1995, was their second album and their first of three for Cuneiform.

The music is tough-edged & aggressive and must be heard to be believed; a great disc of intensely complicated, rehearsal-intensive RIO-style rock.

"I never got to see Henry Cow, but now that I've seen Blast, it doesn't matter." – Bill Ellsworth (upon seeing them at the same amazing show I saw!)

"...tight, complex, angular, polyrhythmic, verging-on-brilliant Dadist chamber rock...indescribably powerful & compelling...this is a must." –Alternative Press

"...precise, complex & assured...marvelous." – Facelift

"This is the real thing...some of the most amazing & completely insane chamber rock of the day." – Expose

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released May 5, 1995

Dirk Bruinsma - baritone sax, electric bass, vocals, organ, tape
Edward Capel - alto & soprano sax, bass clarinet
Frank Crijns - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
James Menesis - drums, percussion
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Emanuela Cavallaro – vocals and lyrics (5)
Wim Van Der Maas – clarinet (2, 4)

Recorded March 1994 in Tilburg, The Netherlands at the Tafelbergstudio by Bernard Jussen. Mixed by Bernard Jussen, Dirk Bruinsma, Frank Crijns.

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Cuneiform Records is a record label releasing adventurous, boundary-bursting music by artists from around the world.

They have always championed an eclectic mixture of musical styles and artists and have consistently danced at the dangerous intersection where genres meet.

In doing so, they have become one of the most prominent labels of New Music.

Founded in 1984.
Based in Washington D.C. ... more

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