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Soul Exorcism: Redux |
RUSCD 8300
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Remastered with 3 bonus tracks culled
from the Chance vaults - over an hour
of music.
“…essential no wave/drug-funk/skree-jazz”
– Alternative Press
“The Maestro of ‘80’s punk
jazz” – CMJ
Soul Exorcism Redux is a re-release of an exhilarating night in Rotterdam
from 1980. If you shut your eyes you might actually
feel his breath, his sweat come flying at you from
the stage or more likely from the floor when he’s
dancing alone to the “Twitch”. James
Chance is a dangerous and irrepressible man. He
makes you think of one of those wild horses that
man was not meant to tame. Now with three Bonus
tracks from a 4-Track session recorded in 1987.
Beautiful 6 Panel digipak.
“the [Rotterdam] performance’s
soul and essence is an expression of New
York City in the late seventies and early
eighties. The night club scene of that
time revolved around music with an intensity
that would send one of the 1990s 'club
kids' wailing for his pacifier.” from
album liner notes by James Chance
In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s,
no artist represented the heart and soul of the No Wave/New Wave movement
as much as James Chance. Chance and the Contortions and (alter-ego) James
White and the Blacks were media stars all over the U.S.A. and Europe,
heralding a new movement of Jazz/Punk/Funk. He was a prime time creator
(co-founder of Teenage Jesus & the Jerks w/ Lydia Lunch), bandleader,
catalyst and motivating force. His early Brian Eno-produced cuts on No
New York (Antilles 1978), followed by two full vinyl albums on Ze Records,
launched a career as radiant as a shooting star across the musical firmament.
“Soul Exorcism proves that jazz,
funk, experimental, and new wave make
quite an intoxicating mix when perfected.
The whole album is inspired from beginning
to end.” – AMG/Greg Prato
James Chance "took elements from
James Brown, The Velvet Underground and
Roxy Music to create his own bizarre underground
funk/lounge act.” – CMJ/James Lien
“JC’s music was the boil lancing
itself; the sickness was the cure.”
– Melody Maker UK/Simon Reynolds
“Imagine James Brown using Iggy
Pop as a megaphone with half of Brown’s
band along with Ornette Coleman circa
his free jazz period backing him”
– Daily Trojan (USC)
“Downtown music’s forgotten hero
at his finest. Contort yourself!” – Paper Magazine
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1. Intro by Anya Philips
2. Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough
3. I Danced With a Zombie
4. Exorcise The Funk
5. Disposable You #1
6. The Twitch
7. The Devil Made Me Do It
8. Melt Yourself Down
9. King Heroin
10. Put Me Back
11. Contort Yourself
12. Disposable You #2**
13. I Don’t Want Nobody**
14. Truth Or Consequences**
**bonus tracks
Recording & Production:
Tracks 1-11 recorded live in concert, June 1980,
Rotterdam, Holland. James Chance (White)- lead vocals, alto sax, organ.
Patrick Geoffrois- slide guitar & backing vocals. Fred Wells- guitar.
Lorenzo Wyche- trumpet. Al McDowell- bass. Richie Harrison- drums. Anya
Phillips- introduction, backing vocals.
Tracks 12-14 taken from a 4-Track demo session recorded
in 1987. James Chance (White)- lead vocals, alto sax, organ. Jerry Agony-
guitar & bass. Nic North- keyboards, bass, drum programs.
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