#2321: Program #2321

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

This edition of New Sounds offers up songs by the band One Ring Zero, and more. The two-man band —Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp— culls music from anywhere they can in order to achieve the sound they want, using anything from claviola to toy piano, Theremin to kitty litter. ORZ’s most recent album, "As Smart As We Are," features a quirky collection of songs telling tales of hermaphrodites and Jesus to Golem lovers, scored to circus-klezmer tunes. And it’s a literary experience as well, with lyrics contributed by such authors as Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers, A.M. Homes, Rick Moody, and Denis Johnson. Plus, as part of this season’s New Sounds Live concert series, One Ring Zero will be performing some of these songs with Paul Auster and Rick Moody on November 3 at 7PM at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden.

PROGRAM #2321 Quirky Songs (Wed. 9-15-04)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
One Ring Zero	As Smart As We Are	Kiss Me You Brat [2:30] Deposition Disposition [2:00] The Story of the Hairy Call [2:00] Water [4:00]	Soft Skull Press, no #** www.oneringzero.com * Also available in all better bookstores.
Songs from a Random House	gListen	Taste of Crow [3:30]	Bar None #156** www.bar-none.com *
The Red Krayola	Singles 1968-2002	Chemistry [2:30]	Drag City #257 www.dragcity.com *
Blue Man Group	The Complex	I Feel Love [5:00]	Lava Records# ** www.blueman.com * P.S. There’s a single available of “I Feel Love” on the Blue Man site
Songs From A Random House	gListen	I Feel Love [6:00]	See above.
Charming Hostess	Sarajevo Blues	Death Is a Job (?) [3:00]	Tzadik pre-release CD www.tzadik.com, due out in November 2004 www.charminghostess.us
Suzzy & Maggie Roche	Why The Long Face	Who Cares [2:30]	Red House #179 www.redhouserecords.com
Björk	Medulla	Pleasure Is All Mine [3:30]	Atlantic/Elektra #62984 ** Available at Amazon.com*
Various Artists	Poor Boy – Songs of Nick Drake	I.Moore & E.Kang: Black Eyed Dog [6:00]	Songlines #4202 www.songlines.com *

*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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