Non Credo
RELUCTANT HOSTS
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1. Why ? mp3 2. Tell Me What You Dream 3. Looking In The Windows 4. Ask The Bearded Lady 5. Beguiled 6. Stiff We Walk 7. Hair Of Dog 8. Descent Point 9. Thank You Mommy 10. Dint Of Thrift 11. Tied To The Mast 12. Filare 13. Gumption 14. Death Of A Swan 15. Cleavage And Pearls 16. A Bed For Birds 17. Forks And Spoons (58:47 min total playing time) |
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nml 8814cd - CD 2000
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Re-release of the vinyl from 1988 plus 21 minutes bonusmaterial
from the same time
1. composition for Jacki Apple's "Swan Lake - A Film Noir For Radio" for the
New American Radio
2. Composition from the soundtrack for the film "Out Of The Water" from Mary
Kuryla
3. "Filare", released on tape 1988 on Bad Alchemy # 11
| Kira Vollman | voice,bass guitar,keyboards,clarinet |
| Joseph Berardi | drums,percussion,keyboards,accordion,cello |
| with reluctant guests: | |
| Jesse Jacobson | guitar & Bowed bass (track 9) |
| Jerome Faulkner | synthesizer (track 9) |
| Bill Rhea | violin (track 5) |
A collaboration between KIRA VOLLMAN and JOSEPH BERARDI. Unlike Humdrum, their other collaboration which deals strictly with voice and percussion in a more or less improvisational expression, Non Credo takes advantage of the duo's multi-instrumental abilities and focuses them in a structured song form or instrumental piece. Non Credo uses a variety of layers, textures, and rhythms that blend together for a cohesive, if quirky, mood. The voice is used at times as another instrument in this layering process, or it may come to the forefront delivering lyrics that have a seemingly simple, almost nursery rhyme quality, but which, upon closer inspection, reveal a dark, disturbing twist. The music is the result of an eclectic assortment of influences, from film soundtracks to Saturday morning cartoons, traditional Latin rhythms to Salvation Army brass bands. All material is written, arranged, performed and recorded by Vollman and Berardi in their home studio.