Album CA 2015 on Constellation label
Electronic, Jazz and Spoken Word (Avant-garde Jazz, Field Recording, Contemporary, Spoken Word)
Recorded and mixed at Hotel2Tango, Montreal QC, June 3-5, 2014. Sound samples from #southernsojourn2014: a scaled-down field recording weave of Roberts' 25-day ramble in wintered Mississippi/Tennessee/Louisiana USA and a touch of a very chaotic New York City 21st century. Also samples from: Malcom X, "Confronting White Oppression", Feb 14 1965, Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI. Gertrude, last name unknown, homeless and sweet, downtown Jackson, MS. Text from: Captain G.L. Sullivan, "Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters", 1873. Public domain songs quoted throughout: "Star Spangled Banner" - Francis Scott Key "Beautiful Dreamer" - Stephen Foster "The Pledge of Allegiance" - Mississippi State Senate "My Country Tis of Thee" - Samuel Francis Smith "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" - James Weldon Johnson "All the Pretty Horses" - unknown origin Made in Canada (sticker) Comes on 180g vinyl and includes art print poster and a digital download code. Pressing/cutting company and cutting engineer are derived from matrix.
Matana Roberts as, voc, *1978 US alto saxophone, upright piano, early 1900s archambault, synthesizer, korg monotron, korg monotron delay, korg monotron duo analogue, voice, wordspeak, album by | |
MK , lacquer cut by | |
W.M. Jones Sr. lyrics by, some | |
Captain G.L. Sullivan text by |
Harris Newman mastered by |
Radwan Moumneh recorded by, mixed by |
W.M. Jones Sr. |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | All Is Written | Matana Roberts | |||
2 | The Good Book Says | Matana Roberts | |||
3 | Clothed To The Land, Worn By The Sea | Matana Roberts | |||
4 | Dreamer Of Dreams | Matana Roberts | |||
5 | Always Say Your Name | Matana Roberts | |||
6 | Nema, Nema, Nema | Matana Roberts | |||
7 | A Single Man O' War | Matana Roberts | |||
8 | As Years Roll By | Matana Roberts | |||
9 | This Land Is Yours | Matana Roberts | |||
10 | Come Away | Matana Roberts | |||
11 | With Me Seek | Matana Roberts | |||
12 | J.P. | Matana Roberts |
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