1968, by Bruce Russell

1968

by Bruce Russell

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1.	Paris (Genealogy of Metals) 07:15	lyrics
Abolition de la societe de Classe!
2.	Khe Sanh 05:38	lyrics
Fin de l'Universite, a bas les flics!
3.	Prague (Walls of Jade) 09:18	lyrics
A bas la Societe Spectaculaire-marchande!
4.	Chicago 22:45	lyrics	buy track
Ne travaillez jamais!

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Although Wayne Kramer may dapple the front cover of this cassette, there's precious little rock-qua-rock aktion at work here. A compilation of four solo guitar tracks by Russell, 1968 was recorded between 1995 and 2011, although his technique does not seem to evolve linearly enough to be able to identify which tracks are from when. The way Russell attacks his guitar is muscular and abstract in a way I always find quite psychedelic - full of long mutating tones and clusters of feedback. And the side-long track is as whacked as anything by Keiji Haino, although (of course) headed in a different direction.
Byron Coley, review of the 2012 cassette release in Th'Wire.

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released August 1, 2021

Bruce Russell played and recorded this. Track 1 was recorded solo on the 1995 Handful of Dust tour of the lower North Island, at the Stomach, respect to Claire Pannell. Track 2 is a solo performed with Scythes (BR, Jason Greig and Robbie Yeats) in 2011, thanks for the permission Charlie Parker. Walls of Jade rec 2002 at Greg Malcolm's house for a Tony Herrington art project. Thanks Tony. Track 4 is apparently from El Santo in April 2010. no recollection of this madness, Oscar.

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Bruce Russell Lyttelton, New Zealand

Bruce Russell is an inveterate improviser and practitioner in sound,. Since 1987 he has been a member of the Dead C. He also performs with Alastair Galbraith as A Handful of Dust (since 1984). His solo guitar practice reconfigures the blues as a form of improvisational auto-destruction.
Full bio at www.audioculture.co.nz/people/bruce-russell
Writing at drbrucerussell.academia.edu ... more

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