Contortions
Duka 1 1979-1988
Huge Tip! Leaving music fans checking the bins since MTV’s 1984 spotlight on “Draggin’ The Bottom,” this double LP presents multi-media artist Julia Heyward’s debut release of T-Venus’ art rock forty years after the buzz started! All in a gatefold jacket featuring art and liner notes from Julia! Julia Heyward's work centers around the orchestration of music, image, and language in the areas of multimedia performance, new media and visual art. Heyward has written, produced and performed three oth…
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Soon after their 1978 debut on the Brian Eno-produced No New York, a compilation that defined the No Wave scene, James Chance’s group Contortions had already evolved— getting sharper, tighter and just plain faster. Despite the loss of keyboardist Adele Bertei and bassist Geoge Scott (who refused to sign a new contract demanded by Chance and his then partner, band manager Anya Phillips) Contortions were firing on all cylinders, and their first full-length album, 1979’s Buy, is a marvel of hot-wir…
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Another newly reissued album included infamous and influential NWW list. An angular & brilliant mix of free jazz & post-punk funk, this seminal 1979 album is the quintessential No Wave release & the spark for much of what has come out of the Downtown New York music scene. Although James Chances Contortions had already appeared on Brian Enos legendary No New York compilation in 1978, Buy was the groups first full-length LP. An angular and brilliant mix of free jazz and post-punk funk, this semina…