State Of The Union
1996 2x CD
Free Jazz
Avantgarde
Experimental

Main image
Atavistic
design, photography by Janene Higgins
producer Elliott Sharp
Digital Remix, Editing and Assembly at Studio zOaR.

Track 1.15 - Recorded & Mixed at Motherwest Studio, NYC.
Track 1.17 - Recorded 4-Trk in Rebecca's kitchen.
Track 1.18 - Written Summer/Fall 1995.
Track 1.23 - Text from Constitution and Declaration of Independents.
Track 1.25 - Excerpt from WACO: The Rock Opera. Recorded at Moldy Basement Studio, Madison, WI. 1993.
Track 1.36 - On location recordings at the Sealy Bad Factory, CA 1995.
Track 1.40 - Recorded in Zurich, 12/12/90 at Stutz.
Track 1.41 - Recorded at Rigglius Studios.
Track 1.43 - Recorded at Harmonic Ranch. Mixed at Harold Dessau.
Track 1.46 - Recorded at Donny Fury's.
Track 1.47 - National anthem of the African National Congress. Spoken text adapted from the ANC Freedom Charter.
Track 1.50 - Recorded at John Blackford Studio.
Track 1.51 - Recorded live at the Knitting Factory.
Track 1.56 - Mixed at OAO Brooklyn.
Track 1.61 - Recording date unknown.
Track 1.67 - Recorded at CBGB 10/80.
Track 1.71 - Recorded at OAO, Brooklyn.

Track 2.03 - Recorded at RareBookRoom, Brooklyn. Text based on Charles Ives' preamble to his Suggestion for a 20th Ammendment of 1920. P/C Basnouph Noupha.
Track 2.10 - Selection from the book Ambient.
Track 2.23 - From the WW2 animated short subject Don't Scrap Freedom by Philip W. Schreck.
Track 2.24 - Recorded at Califas Studio, Corvallis, OR.
Track 2.37 - Written for a piece called No, You Are Not Alone, presented at Dance Theatre Workshop in 1994 and is now a staple for Twisted Tutu, Eve Beglarian's duo with keyboard player Kathleen Supové.
Track 2.45 - Acknowledgements: Jim Morrison, Jesus Christ Superstar, Madonna, Robert Plant, John Bonham, Patti Smith, Unidentified radio evangelist and the lost soul who called him.
Track 2.50 - Created from four tracks of vocal improvisation sung into pitch->MIDI converter and then processed extensively. Recorded at Studio PASS.
Track 2.52 - Recorded at Studio PASS.
Track 2.53 - Recorded at Studio PASS.
Track 2.54 - Recorded at Vital.
Track 2.60 - Recorded at the B's.
Track 2.62 - Features Basil Rathbone reading from The Facts in the Case of M. Waldemar.
Track 2.69 - Recorded at OAO, Brooklyn.
Track 2.76 - Recorded at A7 Club.

All Music Composed by the Individual Artists unless otherwise noted.

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