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David Soldier
SMUT

Album JP 1994 on Avant label
Hip-Hop/Rap and Classical (Contemporary, Experimental)

recorded at ACME STUDIOS, Mamaroneck, New York mastered by RORY YOUNG on the AKAI DD1000 For CHOREA LASCIVIA, thanks to Louisa Kamps and the family of Thomas Stehling for permission to reprint translations from Medieval Latin Poems of Male Love and Friendship (Garland Publishing, 1984), and to Mark Steinbrink. For Matarile, thanks to the children's musical coach, Lanchy, and to Yolanda Torres, Bernardo Palombo and Dorothy Potter. Special thanks to Komar and Melamid and Ronald Feldman. all music by DAVE SOLDIER, ASCAP except Matarile by RORY YOUNG and DAVE SOLDIER, ASCAP published by RIGGLIUS MUSIC ©℗ 1994 DISK UNION CHOREA LASCIVIA (1991) The texts are adapted from homo- and heteroerotic Latin poetry of the Middle Ages. Dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe and David Wojnarowicz. English translations of II, V, VII, & VIII by the late Thomas Stehling by permission of his family. Translations of I & IV by Soldier. I. DUM CAUPONA VERTEREM — from the Carmina Burana II. AD PUERUM ANGLICUM — Hilary the Englishman (12th century) IV. MISER, MISER — from the Carmina Burana V. GRAFFITTI FROM A NINTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT — rhymes scribbled in the margins of a 9th century textbook VII. PARISIUS PARIDI — Serlo of Wilton (c. 1110-1181) VIII. LETTER TO AUSONIUS — Paulinius of Nola (c. 353-431) MATARILE (1993) The form of this piece emulates the way children reflect their surroundings. Built into the structure are several "mirrors". Like opposing mirrors in a barber- shop, the children imitate the world, and we in turn imitate them imitating the world. In Matarile, we try to evoke 1990's New York as Karlheinz Stockhausen evoked 1950's Cologne, Germany in Gesang der Junglinge (1955-56). The children we recorded meet twice a week to sing meringue and religious songs of Our Lady of Lourdes in Harlem. They range in age from five to ten, except for fourteen-year old Wilson Arias who contributed the rap fragment. Most of the timbres, including most of what appear to be electronic effects, are actually derived from sounds made by the children. These are supplemented by unidentified children recorded in Harlem in the 1950's and city noises. (On the back cover): 1-8 performed by CHOREA LASCIVIA on Matarile (9): CHILDREN'S CHOIR OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES, Harlem, New York A project of HIP'S ROAD DISK UNION 2-13-1 Iidabashi Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 102, Japan (On the OBI-Strip): HIP'S ROAD COMPOSER SERIES

Musicians

	David Soldier vn, bj, *1956 US music by, producer, album by, guitar
	Rory Young , US engineer, mastered by, music by, producer
	Lisa Wells , typography, typesetting by
	Richard Auldon Clark vl, US conductor
	Jim Pugliese perc, *1952 US drums
	Samm Bennett perc, dr, sampler, *1957 US drums
	Bob Bannister g, guitar
	Rob Bethea , trombone
	Ben Neill tr, *1957 US trumpet
	Napua , voice, voices, voice, solo
	Tiye Giraud , voice, voices, voice, solo
	Wilbur Pauley voc, voice, voices, voice, solo
	Willie Hernandez , bass, guiro, guira
	Jose R. Cespedes , congas, tambora
	Rafael De Los Santos , piano
	Wilson Arias , rap, rapper
	Alejandro Taveras , vocals
	Ana Gonzales , vocals
	Bianel Ramos , vocals
	Deyamira De Luna , vocals
	Dioremi Felix , vocals
	Dolly Rosario , vocals
	Julio Sanchez voc, vocals
	Marielys Divanne , vocals
	Merlyn Jaime , vocals
	Rocio Taveras , vocals
	Victor Rosa acg, vocals
	Wilson Hidalgo , vocals
	Yokaira Feliz , vocals

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