Born of a provocative mating of art and music, DIRTY BABY is guitarist/composer Nels Cline and poet/producer David Breskin’s visionary recontextualization of Ed Ruscha's "censor strip" paintings. This sumptuous double-CD box set includes more than an hour-and-a-half of new music by Cline for two large ensembles, paired booklets with reproductions of 66 Ruscha pictures, and insightful liner notes by Nels in a third booklet graced by session photos. Supporting musicians include Jon Brion; Nels Cline Singers cohorts Scott Amendola and Devin Hoff; Nels’ twin brother Alex Cline; and some of L.A.'s most illustrious instrumentalists and improvisers. Cline's orchestrations offer a panoply of sound and vision: from pedal steel and cigarbox guitars to harmonica, banjo ukulele, violin, cello, saxophone and trumpet, all the way through Cline’s mysterious Quintronics Drum Buddy. In both composition and execution, this is a recording of ambition, scope and surprise: it sheds new light (and new sound) on Ruscha's groundbreaking images, and provides a major feast in its own right.
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Track Listing (click linked titles for mp3)
Side A | | 1. | PART I | [4:11] | | 2. | PART II | [3:38] | | 3. | PART III | [7:13] | | 4. | PART IV | [3:31] | | 5. | PART V | [10:52] | | 6. | PART VI | [12:38] |
Side B | | 1. | IN GOD WE TRUST | [1:40] | | 2. | HI THERE,
MY OLD FRIEND | [1:31] | | 3. | IF I WAS YOU
I'D DO
JUST LIKE
I TELL YOU TO DO
| [8:08] | | 4. | DO AS I SAY OR... | [1:14] | | 5. | NO MERCY | [1:49] | | 6. | DO AS TOLD OR SUFFER | [1:16] | | 7. | AGREE TO OUR TERMS
OR PREPARE YOURSELF
FOR A BLAST FURNACE | [0:55] | | 8. | YOUR A DEAD MAN | [3:14] | | 9. | HEY YOU WANT TO
SLEEP WITH THE
FISHES? | [1:22] | | 10. | A COLUMBIAN
NECKLACE FOR YOU | [0:43] | | 11. | NOTE WE HAVE
ALREADY GOT RID
OF SEVERAL LIKE YOU-
One Was Found
in River Just Recently | [1:22] | | 12. | BE CAUTIOUS ELSE WE
BE BANGIN ON YOU
| [3:34] | | 13. | You Wont Know WHEN
You Wont Know WHERE
You Wont Know WHO
You Wont Know WHY | [1:27] | | 14. | IT'S PAYBACK TIME | [2:13] | | 15. | I'M GOING TO LEAVE
MORE NOTES AND I'M
GOING TO KICK MORE ASS
| [0:47] | | 16. | YOU CROSS ME
I WANNA SEE BLOOD | [2:02] | | 17. | I HEARD YOU MOVED
TO PAHRUMP, NEVADA-
You Cannot Escape | [1:14] | | 18. | LITTLE SNITCHES LIKE YOU
END UP IN DUMSPTERS
ALL ACROSS TOWN | [0:59] | | 19. | I'LL BE GETTING OUT SOON
AND I HAVEN'T FORGOT
YOUR TESTIMONY
PUT ME IN HERE | [2:37] | | 20. | YOU TALK YOU GET KILLED | [2:05] | | 21. | DO NOT LET THE
INFORMATION BE
KNOWN TO ANY
PERSON OR YOU DIE | [1:25] | | 22. | DON'T THREATEN ME
WITH YOUR THREATS | [2:31] | | 23. | I JUST MIGHT ACT
UGLY IF YOU TALK | [0:53] | | 24. | WHEN I'M RELEASED
I'M SMOKING A
STRAIGHT LINE TO YOU.
GOT IT? | [1:18] | | 25. | WANT TO GET TO KNOW
MY BOILING POINT? | [0:38] | | 26. | YOU DIRTY ROTTEN BITCH | [0:43] | | 27. | YOU WILL EAT HOT LEAD | [1:16] | | 28. | I CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE | [0:28] | | 29. | I MIGHT JUST ACT UGLY
IF YOU GET UP ON THAT
STAND AND SAY SOMETHING
UNPLEASANT TO MY EARS | [0:41] | | 30. | I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU
THAT WE WON'T STOP | [2:01] | | 31. | I WILL WIPE YOU OFF THE
FACE OF THIS EARTH | [1:01] | | 32. | . GIVE UP THE GOLD
OR GIVE UP YOUR LIFE | [2:21] | | 33. | YOU AND I ARE
IN DISAGREEMENT | [1:35] |
Musicians
Side A:
BILL BARRETT: chromatic harmonica
WAYNE PEET: organ
JON BRION: electric piano, EMS Synthi, voice
JEREMY DRAKE: electric and acoustic guitars, banjo, ukulele
GLENN TAYLOR: pedal steel guitar
DEVIN HOFF: contrabass, bass guitar
SCOTT AMENDOLA: drumset, percussion, loops/electronics
DANNY FRANKEL: percussion, 1/2 drumset
NELS CLINE: electric and acoustic guitars, effects, Megamouth,
Quintronics Drum Buddy
ED RUSHA: acrylic, oil, canvas, museam board paper, raw linen
Side B:
VINNY GOLIA: flutes, clarinets, saxophones
DAN CLUCAS: trumpet, flutes
JEFF GAUTHIER: violin
JESSICA CATRON: cello
JEREMY DRAKE: electric and acoustic guitars
DEVIN HOFF: contrabass, bass guitar, cigarbox guitar
BRAD DUTZ: vibraphone, xylophones, frame drum, bongos
SCOTT AMENDOLA: drumset, percussion, loops/electronics
ALEX CLINE: percussion
NELS CLINE: electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel, cigarbox
guitar, effects
ED RUSCHA: bleach, acrylic, oil, rayon-covered board, linen-
covered board, raw linen, linen, canvas
Production Credits
Produced by David Breskin
Composed and Arranged by Nels Cline
Recorded and Mixed by Ron Saint Germain
Recorded January 24-26, 2008 and
Mixed January 27-30, 2008
@ Ocean Studios, Burbank, Ca
Mastered by Joe Gastwirt Mastering
Session Photos by Peak
Ed Ruscha image photographs by Paul Ruscha
Design by Spottswood Erving
Layout by Gareth Jiffeau
all compositions by Nels Cline
(Nebsonic Music ASCAP - administered by BUG Music)
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Matt Merewitz
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Direct: 360-666-3046
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