Arthur Russell
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Biography
[Edit]Arthur Russell was a formally trained cellist and composer with a background in Indian classical music, and a résumé highlighted by collaborations with Allen Ginsberg and Philip Glass. His involvement in Manhattan's downtown performance scene of the '70s resulted in a long-running association with the Kitchen. The same Arthur Russell was also a quirky songwriter, a producer of one-shot disco singles, a founding partner of seminal hip-hop/dance label Sleeping Bag, and a principal designer of the dubby, underground club sound that bridged the gap between the disco era and the first stirrings of house and garage music. Yet, despite a career that seemed contradictory on the surface, he produced a body of work notable for its focus, integrity, and singularity.
Russell and his cello moved from Iowa to San Francisco in the early '70s, where he studied at a school founded by Hindustani (North Indian) music master Ali Akbar Khan. It was during this West Coast period that he began his association with Ginsberg by providing musical accompaniment for many of the poet's performances. Russell moved to New York in the mid '70s, where he collaborated in the Flying Hearts, a rock project that involved the likes of David Byrne, Rhys Chatham, and Peter Gordon. In 1979, Russell produced "Kiss Me Again," the first disco single for Sire Records, and made his reputation as a dance music producer with Loose Joints' "Is It All Over My Face" for West End. The club mix of this single was one of the earliest efforts by Paradise Garage DJ Larry Levan and qualifies without doubt as a prototype of what came to be known as the garage sound. In 1982, under the name Dinosaur L, Russell released 24-24 Music on his own Sleeping Bag label. The 12" single from this album, a François Kevorkian remix of "Go Bang," epitomized the loose, jazzy, somewhat minimalist underground sound that would inform Chicago house. Though the record was not a huge dancefloor smash, it was an influential turntable hit, finding its way into many radio mixes and supplying the identifying sample for Todd Terry's "Bango."
In 1983, Russell released a portion of a larger instrumental composition as the Tower of Meaning LP, as well as another Loose Joints single. His 1986 World of Echo was a one-man show of quietist original songs in a solo cello and vocal format that seemed designed to be overheard. World of Echo embodies the link between the two sides of Russell's output. The unusually percussive cello accompaniment evident on the album versions of "Wax the Van," "Let's Go Swimming," and "Treehouse" could be preliminary sketches for the keyboard and drum versions of those tunes that appeared on Russell produced 12" singles. Though World of Echo received a favorable critical reception in the U.K. music press, Russell remained relatively obscure throughout his life, which was ended by AIDS in 1992. A retrospective of previously unissued material was released in 1994 as Another Thought. Several collections have been released in the new century, including a reissue of World of Echo, Calling Out of Context, and The World of Arthur Russell, all of which appeared in 2004. First Thought Best Thought and Springfield were issued in 2006. Love Is Overtaking Me came in 2008 and was followed less than a year later by The Sleeping Bag Sessions.
Title: Picture Of Bunny Rabbit
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, World Music, Alternative, Folk
Title: The World Of Arthur Russell
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Classical
Title: Editions Disco 1975
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Disco, Pop, Classical
Title: Ballad Of The Lights
Artist: Arthur Russell, Allen Ginsberg
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Disco, Pop, Classical
Title: 24-24 Music (The Definitive Arthur Russell) (CD2)
Artist: Arthur Russell, Dinosaur L
Genre: Disco, Experimental
Title: 24-24 Music (The Definitive Arthur Russell) (CD1)
Artist: Arthur Russell, Dinosaur L
Genre: Disco, Experimental
Title: Tower Of Meaning
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Disco, Pop, Classical
Title: Keep the Lights On (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Alternative, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Kiss Me Again
Artist: Dinosaur, Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Disco, Pop, Classical
Title: Calling Out of Context
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Love Is Overtaking Me
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Let's Go Swimming
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Another Thought
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Disco, Pop, Classical
Title: Big Sky
Artist: Necessaries, Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Power Pop, Avant Garde Metal, Disco, Pop, Classical
Title: Instrumentals
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Experimental, Classical, Contemporary Folk
Title: Event Horizon
Artist: Necessaries, Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Power Pop, Avant Garde Metal, Disco, Pop, Classical
Title: The Sleeping Bag Sessions
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Disco, Pop, Classical
Title: Arthur Russell Interpretation 2009 - Single
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Corn
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Alternative Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop, Alternative, Classical
Title: Ballad of the Lights - Single
Artist: Allen Ginsberg, Arthur Russell
Genre: Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Arthur Russell Interpretation
Artist: Arthur Russell
Genre: Electronica, House, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Disco, Pop, Classical
Collections
Title: Late Night Tales
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Pop Rock
Title: The World Of Arthur Russell
Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Disco, Experimental
Title: DJ - Kicks: Henrik Schwarz
Title: Mojo Presents Action 15 Cult Movie Classics
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk
Title: MOJO Presents Purple Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Loft Classics Vol. 3
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Jazz, Disco, Funk
Title: The Fruit Of The Original Sin (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Experimental, Classical
Title: Nuphonic 04
Genre: Downtempo, House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: Uncut Presents 2004.06
Title: MOJO Presents Change The Beat (Issue256)
Genre: Funk
Title: Coming Home By Pantha Du Prince 2017
Genre: Experimental, Classical, IDM
Title: The Wire Tapper 50 (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Experimental
Title: Title: Fragments Du Monde Flottant
Genre: World Music, Acoustic, Folk
Featuring albums
Title: Late Night Tales: Snow Patrol
Artist: Snow Patrol
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: First Blues (Produced by John Hammond)
Artist: Allen Ginsberg
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist