Bar Maldoror
Label | Rotorelief – ROTOR 0080Rotorelief – ROTOR0080 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Silver/Black Vinyl, LP, Silver/White All Media, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered |
Barcode | 2090505317589 |
Country | France |
Released | 01 Mar 2023 |
Genre | Electronic |
Style | Experimental |
The long-running and infamous project known as Nurse With Wound - essentially Steven Stapleton joined by a rotating cast of characters - mixes the overly serious chin-scratching of the contemporary avant-garde with a healthy dose of absurdisthumour and wit. Often unfortunately branded with the industrial tag, Stapleton's music actually reflects elements of musique concr�te, ambient and free improvisation juxtaposed against more traditional forms. No one pigeonhole can adequately describe this diverse and immense catalogue: only by diving in can one truly appreciate the varied sonic possibilities of Stapleton's unfettered imagination. He's that weird, and he's that good. In the mid 1980s, Nurse With Wound existed as a live band for only eight shows, of which only five were in front of an actual audience. 'Live At Bar Maldoror,' released in1991, documents these various live incarnations and makes up the first CD of this two-disc set. Having been remastered by Andrew Liles, the diverse and lengthy pieces (which were actually recorded in disparate locales, none of which are named Bar Maldoror) sound rather contemporary. Sparse percussion, tape manipulation, loops, noise, dark drones, improvised semi-musical instrumentation and strangled glossolalia all expose the many facets of Stapleton's oeuvre. In 2023, as part of the silver editions, Rotorelief Records released 'Bar Maldoror' as a double vinyl album, a luxurious gatefold with 4 panels of artwork by Babs Santini.
A1 | Hymn For Konori | 12:08 |
A2 | Shatterrin' Man Falling | 08:28 |
B1 | Mandrake Memorial | 10:14 |
B2 | Stoned Age | 12:52 |
C1 | Tickling That Great Pudarkus In The Sky | 16:24 |
C2 | Psychedelic Underground | 04:38 |
D1 | Bagpipe Gestation | 10:31 |
D2 | Scissors, Radio, Bongo And Bell | 10:56 |
Composed By, Producer – Steven Stapleton
Engineer – David Kenny (A1 - C2)
Engineer – Matthew Waldron (D1)
Engineer – Peter McGee (A1 - C2)
Graphic Design – Emeric Guémas
Mastered By – Andrew Liles (A1 - D1)
Remastered By – Andreas Lubich
Catalog no. variations - ROTOR 0080 on spine, ROTOR0080 on labels.
Thanks to Mark Logan, Steve Pittis, Sarah Stapleton and Christophe Louis.
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