Art Bears –
The Art Box (Discs 5, 6, 7: Revisited, Extra)
2004,
United Kingdom
02:42:32;
224M;
192S;
1001;
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The Violin in Winter - 3:49
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Tranne Lacrimae (Bar Tears) - 4:12
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On Suicide - 5:49
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Artico & Baci - 3:37
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The Tube - 2:44
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Rats and Monkeys (Remix) - 3:15
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Time/Bye - 5:01
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Three Bear Rooms - 4:49
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The World as it Hopes in Winter - 3:55
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The Bath of Stars/The Skeleton - 4:51
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Tokusa-no-kandakara (91 Pieces of 'C') - 3:02
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The Skeleton - 2:59
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Long Winter - 5:04
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Winter/War/Force - 4:09
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Everything Again - 4:14
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Coquelicot - 7:17
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Collapse* - 4:51
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All Hail I* - 4:08
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Armed Peace (Remix) - 2:36
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Song of the Monopolists - 1:16
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The Three Wheels (Remix) - 2:45
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Gold - 1:27
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Monopolists Democracy - 4:10
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The Fourth Wheel - 1:06
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The Three Figures - 2:56
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First Things First: The Mix That Should Not Be - 4:24
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All Is Encompassed in the Night (Part One) - 1:35
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All Is Encompassed in the Night (Part Two) - 1:35
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All Is Encompassed in the Night (Part Three) - 1:37
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The Summer Mix (Part One) - 4:08
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The Summer Mix (Part Two) - 2:47
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The Summer Mix (Part Three) - 4:10
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The Summer Mix (Part Four) - 3:09
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Democracy (Remix) - 4:26
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Some Truth - 4:51
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Carved in Stone* - 1:46
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And the Comedy Bears - 0:42
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The Song of Investment Capital Overseas - 3:42
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Summer/Freedom - 2:48
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The Riddle (Live) - 2:21
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First Things First (Live) - 1:55
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March from the Dance (Live) - 1:05
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The Hermit (Live) - 2:47
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The Winter Mix - 4:35
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Wheels - 3:12
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Takusa No Kandakara II - 3:37
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Coda to Man and Boy - 7:18
Disc 4: Art Bears Revisited Disc 1
Contains remixed and reworked Art Bears pieces by various musicians, plus two Art Bears singles (tracks 17-18)
1. Jon Rose: "The Violin in Winter" – 3:49
2. Ossatura: "Tranne Lacrimae (Bar Tears)" – 4:12
3. Otomo Yoshihide/Ground Zero: "On Suicide" – 5:49
4. Massimo Simonini: "Artico & Baci" – 3:37
5. When/Lars Pedersen: "The Tube" – 2:44
6. Warrick Sony/Kalahari Surfers/DJ Ballard: "Rats & Monkeys Remix" – 3:15
7. John Oswald: "Time/Bye" – 5:01
8. Chris Cutler: "Three Bears Room" – 4:49
9. Roberto Musci/Giovanni Venosta/Massimo Mariani: "The World as it Hopes in Winter" – 3:55
10. The Residents: "The Bath of Stars"/"The Skeleton" – 4:51
11. Yasushi Utsunomiya: "Tokusa-No-Kandakara (91 Pieces Of 'C')" – 3:02
12. Herb Heinz: "The Skeleton" – 2:59
13. Martin Archer: "Long Winter" – 5:03
14. Jon Leidecker/Wobbly: "Winter/War/Force" – 4:09
15. Fred Frith: "Everything Again" – 4:14
16. Jocelyn Robert: "Coquelicot" – 7:17
17. Art Bears: "Collapse" (Cutler, Frith) – 4:51
18. Art Bears: "All Hail" (Cutler, Frith) – 4:08
Additional personnel
* Jon Rose (track 1) – violin, piano
* Elio Martusciello (track 2)
* Maurizio Martusciello (track 2)
* Fabrizio Spera (track 2) – drums
* Luca Venitucci (track 2)
* Sachiko M (track 3) – sine-wave sampling
* Eto Naoko (track 3) – prepared piano
* Kikuchi Naruyoshi (track 3) – tenor saxophone
* Yasushi Utsunomiya (track 11) – sub vocal
* Kiyomi Yamada (track 11) – vocal, violin, fieldworks
* Tetsuji Hayashi (track 11) – shou, hichiriki
* Kouryu Koukiji (track 11) – sub vocal
* Sakura Koukiji (track 11) – dog voice
* Mitsutarou Inagaki (track 11) – honey bee sound
* Herb Heinz (track 12) – Midi boxes, guitar
* Martin Archer (track 13) – digital piano, electronics
* Jocelyn Robert (track 16) – field recordings
Recording information
* Track 1: recorded Summer 1998
* Track 2: recorded live at Roma, 1979 (Art Bears tracks); live at Bourges, May 1998; at Roma, December 1998
* Track 3: recorded at GOK Sound, Tokyo, 10 November, 1998
* Track 4: recorded at Massimo Simonini's home, January 2000
* Track 5: recorded at M.O.R.I.A., Oslo, February 1999
* Track 6: recorded, March 1999
* Track 7: recorded, March 1999
* Track 8: recorded, January 1996
* Track 9: recorded at Loa Studios and Fx Studio, Milano, January 2000
* Track 10: recorded, January 2000
* Track 11: recorded at Studio Nirvana, 2000
* Track 12: recorded at IS Productions, Oakland, California, July 2000
* Track 13: recorded at Telecottage & Sound Kitchen Studios, Sheffield, Summer 2000
* Track 14: recorded, August 2000
* Track 15: recorded at Tonstudio Jankowski, Stuttgart, 13 July, 2000
* Track 16: recorded at CannedGods Mobile, September 2000
* Tracks 17-18: recorded at Kaleidophon Studios, London, Winter 1979
Disc 5: Art Bears Revisited Disc 2
Contains remixed and reworked Art Bears pieces by various musicians, plus an unfinished Art Bears piece, completed for the box set (track 18)
1. Roger Kleier: "Armed Peace Remix" – 2:36
2. Bob Drake: "Song of the Monopolists" – 1:16
3. Andrea Rocca: "The Three Wheels Remix" – 2:45
4. Vitor Rua: "Gold" – 1:27
5. Brian Woodbury: "The Fourth Wheel" – 4:10
6. Chris Cutler: "The Three Figures" – 1:06
7. Bob Drake: "First Things First : The Mix That Should Not Be" – 2:56
8. Stevan Tickmayer: "Monopolists Democracy" – 4:24
9. Annie Gosfield: "All is Encompassed in the Night (part 1)" – 1:35
10. Annie Gosfield: "All is Encompassed in the Night (part 2)" – 1:35
11. Annie Gosfield: "All is Encompassed in the Night (part 3)" – 1:37
12. Biota: "The Summer Mix (part 1)" – 4:08
13. Biota: "The Summer Mix (part 2)" – 2:47
14. Biota: "The Summer Mix (part 3)" – 4:10
15. Biota: "The Summer Mix (part 3)" – 3:09
16. Thomas Dimuzio: "Democracy Remix" – 4:26
17. Christian Marclay: "Some Truth" – 4:51
18. Art Bears: "Carved in Stone (Rebirth)" (Cutler, Frith) – 1:46
Additional personnel
* Bob Drake (track 2) – Solina organ bass pedals
* Andrea Rocca (track 3) – ambient noises, electric guitar
* Vitor Rua (track 4) – bass flute, prepared piano, virtual orchestra, electronics
* Stevan Tickmayer (track 5) – virtual instruments
* Brian Woodbury (track 6) – bass guitar, piano, Microkorg synthesizer/Vocoder, Roland XV-3080 module, vocals
Recording information
* Track 1: recorded, 22 January, 2003
* Tracks 2,7: recorded at Studio Midi-Pyrenees, Summer 2003
* Track 3: recorded at Roma, Summer 2003
* Track 4: recorded at Telectu's Studio, Lisboa, September 2003
* Track 5: recorded at The Rusty Scupper, Los Angeles, August 2003
* Track 6: recorded at Studio Midi-Pyrenees, September 2003
* Track 8: recorded in Stevan Tickmayer's work room, April 2003
* Track 9-11: recorded at the Djerassi Artist's Residency Program, Woodside, California, Autumn 2002
* Track 12-15: recorded at Dys Studio, Bellvue, Colorado, Spring/Summer 2001 and Fall/Winter 2002/2003, edited, January 2003 at Eye In The Sky, Laporte, Colorado
* Track 16: recorded, August 2003
* Track 17: recorded at Noise Media, Brooklyn, Summer 2003
* Track 18: recorded at Sunrise Studio, Switzerland, November/December 1978, at Tonstudio Jankowski, Stuttgart, July 13, 2000 and at Studio Midi-Pyrenees, June 29, 2003
Disc 6: Free Box CD
Contains remixed and reworked Art Bears pieces by various musicians, plus five live Art Bears pieces (tracks 4-7,11)
1. Bob Drake: "And the Comedy Bears" – 0:42
2. Duck and Cover: "The Song of Investment Capital Overseas" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:42
3. John Oswald: "Summer/Freedom" – 2:48
4. Art Bears: "The Riddle" (Cutler, Frith) – 2:21
5. Art Bears: "First Things First" (Cutler, Frith) – 1:55
6. Art Bears: "March From the Dance" (Cutler, Frith) – 1:05
7. Art Bears: "The Hermit" (Cutler, Frith) – 2:47
8. Biota: "The Winter Mix" – 4:35
9. Fred Frith: "Wheels" – 3:12
10. Yasushi Utsunomiya: "Tokusa-No-Kandakara II" – 3:37
11. Art Bears: "Coda to Man and Boy" (Cutler, Frith) – 7:17
Additional personnel
* Tom Cora (track 2) – bass guitar
* Heiner Goebbels (track 2) – piano, synthesizer
* Alfred Harth (track 2) – tenor saxophone
* George Lewis (track 2) – trombone
* Marc Hollander (tracks 4-7,11) – keyboards
* Peter Blegvad (tracks 4-7,11) – bass guitar
* Kiyomi Yamada (track 10) – vocal, violin, fieldworks
* Mariko Ohkubo (track 10) – shamisen
Recording information
* Track 1: recorded at Studio Midi-Pyrenees, Summer 2003
* Track 2: recorded live at the Brecht Ensemble, East Berlin, 16 February, 1984
* Track 3: recorded, March 1999
* Tracks 4-7: recorded live probably at Charleville, France, 16 April, 1979
* Track 8: recorded at Dys Studio, Bellvue, Colorado and edited, October 2003 at Eye In The Sky, Laporte, Colorado
* Track 9: recorded at Tonstudio Jankowski, Stuttgart, 13 July, 2000
* Track 10: recorded at Studio Nirvana, August 2001-March 2002
* Track 11: recorded live at Cantù, Italy, 30 May, 1979