PENNY RIMBAUD (CRASS) - 'Oh Magick Kingdom'

CSR259CD (6 August 2018)
CD in gatefold digisleeve
Barcode: 0641871745166



Originally released in a tiny self-financed run of just 60 CDs in 2011, Cold Spring are proud to give this impossible-to-find release by Penny Rimbaud (CRASS) the wider attention it deserves. 27 minutes of dark jazz, industrial, bursts of repetitive noise rock and foreboding classical cello, with the initial music laid down by New York duo JAPANTHER, and organically interwoven with the punk poetry of Penny and other Shakespearean 'voices'. The lyrical subject centres on broken relationships and the conflicts which can exist between love and desire. All elements were recorded at the legendary Dial House in Essex. Deleted.

Track listing:

1. Intro (5:37)
2. Act 1 (1:00)
3. Act 2 (1:10)
4. Act 3 (1:21)
5. Act 4 (1:17)
6. Act 5 (2:09)
7. Act 6 (1:32)
8. Act 7 (1:15)
9. Act 8 (1:29)
10. Outro (9:54)

Reviews:

"This is also one of those rarities that is completely out of left field and impossible to pin down, but immensely listenable. Like a modern day fable chronicled through a 16th century looking glass split down the center... The female voices are the perfect foil for Rimbaud’s edgy testification... Mr. Rimbaud leaves us with a sordid moral: "in that contrary kingdom what was lost to be found was found only to be lost"." (Toneshift)

"Oh Magick Kingdom is something special... Pure experimental, but still something visionary-like, this record is first of all a poignant and passionate expression of arts and a truly sonic challenge". (Side-Line Magazine)

"...with female voices in combination with that Rimbaud it makes up a very much gentle version of Crass... quite a powerful release of music, words and ideas. That's how I like them best from Rimbaud." (Vital Weekly)

"Oh Magick Kingdom es sencillamente impecable. Innovación conceptual, talento en la composición musical y en su interpretación, brillantez lírica, y vanguardia artística perfilan cada uno de los temas del álbum Oh Magick Kingdom hasta convertirlo en una obra musical intemporal... la esperada re-edición de esta delicatessen musical absolutamente transgresora dentro de la escena underground más relevante en esta segunda década del siglo XXI". (Lux Atenea)

PENNY RIMBAUD (CRASS) - 'Oh Magick Kingdom' MCD (CSR259CD)

  • Record Label: - Cold Spring -
  • Genre: Out Of Print
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