The Golden Palominos were an American musical group headed by drummer and composer Anton Fier, first formed in 1981. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Anton Fier, aka "Andy Fisher" (born June 20, 1956) is an American Drummer, Composer and Bandleader. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Apart from Fier, the Palominos membership was wildly elastic. While the Palominos records usually featured a core set of musicians and emotional feel though the bulk of an album, various guest appearances would result in some stylistic changes from track to track.
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History
Initial line-up
The group first featured Fier, singer-guitarist Arto Lindsay, saxophonist John Zorn, bass guitarist Bill Laswell and violinist/guitarist Fred Frith. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Arto Lindsay (born May 28, 1953, Richmond, Virginia) is an American Guitarist, Singer, record producer and experimental The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind John Zorn (born September 2 1953 in Queens, New York City) is an American Avant-garde Composer, arranger, Record The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem The following lists of violinists are available List of classical violinists, names of great violinist from baroque era till 20th century Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English Multi-instrumentalist, Composer and improvisor. Their self-titled debut album was released on New York's Celluloid Records in 1983, and featured guests appearances by bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, guitarist Nicky Skopelitis, percussionist David Moss, guitarist/singer Bob Kidney, turntablist M. Celluloid Records, a French / American Record label, operated from 1976 to 1989 in New York, and produced a series of eclectic and ground-breaking Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel, June 11, 1956) is an American Free jazz Bassist born in Hempstead New York Nicky Skopelitis is an American Guitarist and composer from Greek heritage Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer. E. Miller and others. The album is notable for having some of the first recorded turntable scratching outside of rap music, courtesy of Laswell and M. The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded Sound from the 1870s through the 1980s "Scratching" is also a Present participle of " Scratch " and may also refer to a form of street art Scratching Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with E. Miller. M. E. Miller also used vocal splitting technique to create harmony on the song he sings.
They were heavily influenced by so-called no wave music (Arto Lindsay had played in the seminal no-wave band DNA), but their music also contained elements of funk and of the improvisational jazz stylings that would become Zorn's trademark. No Wave was a short-lived but influential Art music, Film, Performance art, Video and Contemporary art scene that had its beginnings DNA were formed in 1978 by Guitarist Arto Lindsay and keyboardist Robin Crutchfield. Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States This line-up lasted only for the first record, although all of the core members apart from Zorn would guest on subsequent Palominos recordings.
1985–1989
The Palominos' next album, 1985's Visions of Excess, would sound vastly different, leaning towards songs more in a folk vein, with a sound in some respects pre-dating the emergence of the alt-country genre by a few years; However, in an example of a stylistic jump, one song, "The Animal Speaks", featured a pronounced, punk-like electric guitar part and vocals by The Sex Pistols' John Lydon. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Visions of Excess is the second Album by The Golden Palominos, which were composed of a largely different line-up than appeared on their first album Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of Country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956 in London England also known as Johnny Rotten, is a British Rock musician best known as lead vocalist for the Punk This record was also noteworthy as the debut of singer Syd Straw, whose songwriting and vocals would be featured prominently on this record and the next, Blast Of Silence. Syd Straw is an American rock singer and songwriter The daughter of actor Jack Straw (" The Pajama Game " she began her career singing backup for Pat Cream's Jack Bruce, guitarists Richard Thompson and Jody Harris, and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe also appeared on the record. Cream were a 1960s British rock band John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born 14 May 1943 is a Scottish -born musician composer and Singer. Richard John Thompson (born 3 April 1949 in Notting Hill Gate, West London) is a British songwriter Guitar player Jody Harris is an American guitarist singer songwriter and composer who was a central figure in the influential No Wave scene in New York City. REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar John Michael Stipe (born January 4 1960 in Decatur Georgia) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist for the Alternative rock band R Of the band members that were on the first record, only Fier and Arto Lindsay had remained.
Blast Of Silence was released the following year, carrying on in much of the same vein as Visions Of Excess and with appearances by many of the same personnel. It included covers of two songs written by Little Feat's Lowell George, both sung by Syd Straw. Little Feat is an American band formed by Singer-songwriter, Frontman and Guitarist Lowell George and keyboard player Bill The record also featured prominent guest appearances by Matthew Sweet, Don Dixon, Peter Holsapple and T-Bone Burnett. For the writer and broadcaster see Matthew Sweet (writer Sidney Matthew Sweet (born c Don Dixon is the name of Don Dixon (musician (born 1950 record producer songwriter musician bassist Don Dixon (artist (born 1951 space Peter Holsapple (born February 19, 1956) formed along with Chris Stamey, the singing songwriting and guitar-playing core of The dB's, a 1980s T-Bone Burnett is an American songwriter musician and producer
A Dead Horse (1989) carried on in the sound of its predocessors slightly, but some of the songs also crossed into a darker, more ambient and ethereal sound, a sound which would dominate the Palomino records of the 1990s. Syd Straw had moved on and was no longer in the band, with most of the vocals now handled by Amanda Kramer, formerly of the dance music group Information Society. This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Information Society (also known as InSoc) is a US band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, primarily consisting of Kurt Fier would later guest on Straw's first solo record, Surprise.
1990–1995
Drunk With Passion marked the first record not on Celluloid Records, with its sound taking from some of the darker cues heard on A Dead Horse and also using more processed and electronic sounds, giving many of its songs an ethereal feel. This album could be argued was more influenced by its guest appearances than any of the others, who included Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould (who would go on to form the band Sugar the following year), Richard Thompson, and Michael Stipe, who would provide (along with a forceful solo by Thompson) one of the band's finer moments, the opening track "Alive And Living Now". For other uses see Husker Du. Hüsker Dü was an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis-St Bob Mould (born Robert Arthur Mould, October 16 1961 Malone, New York) is an American Musician, principally known for his work as Sugar was an American Alternative rock band of the early 1990s led by former Hüsker Dü vocalist/guitarist Bob Mould. Nicky Skopelitis would also became more of a cornerstone of the band, contributing to the bulk of Drunk With Passion's songs along with Fier and Kramer. Nicky Skopelitis is an American Guitarist and composer from Greek heritage In 1992, Fier would release his first solo record, Dreamspeed.
This Is How It Feels, released on Restless Records in 1993, continued on in much of the ambient sound of Drunk With Passion, but it also incorporated many elements of club and trance music. Restless Records was a Hollywood California based Independent record label which was started by Enigma Records. It also marked the introduction of new lead vocalist Lori Carson, who co-wrote nine of the CD's tracks with Anton Fier. Lori Carson is a singer/songwriter She has released several solo albums appeared on many soundtracks and collaborated with The Golden Palominos. Bill Laswell also returned to contribute on this record, and his production work on this and on the following record, Pure, would heavily influence Laswell's own remix work of the late 90's, as seen on the CDs Emerald Ather and City Of Light. The album also contains the first cover song since Visions Of Excess, an ethereal, drum-machine laced re-interpretation of Jackson Browne's "These Days". Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is a German -born American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician. " These Days " is a song written by Jackson Browne. Principally recorded by Nico, Gregg Allman, and Browne himself in three different musical worlds To further highlight the album's dance elements, an EP of remixes of songs from This Is How It Feels , entitled Prison Of The Rhythm, was released shortly after the CD's release.
Pure, released a year later, is seen by many as the band's most focused work, due much to the strong contributions once again of Carson, Laswell, and Skopelitis. Tracks such as "No Skin" and "Pure" continue in the dance/ambient style of the previous album. The CD would also stir a minor controversy over the bare female breast on its cover, with some stores only carrying a version of the CD with a booklet where the cover had been replaced by simple, text-based artwork. Another remix EP (No Thought, No Breath, No Eyes, No Heart) accompanied Pure's release.
Pure would also be the last Palominos record for Lori Carson; However, interestingly, the song "Little Suicides", from Pure showed much of same sparse sound, production, and strong yet quiet vocals (albeit less electronic) that would influence Carson's solo work. Anton Fier would produce Carson's 1995 solo record, Where It Goes.
1994 also saw the release of Fier's second solo recording, blindlight, which used outtakes from Pure for much of its framework.
1995–2000
Dead Inside (1996) was another stylistic turnaround for the Palominos, and their last proper album. This time, the record had a deathly, industrial sound, with the line-up consisting only of Fier, multi-instrumentalist Knox Chandler (who before joining the Palominos, was also in a band with Lori Carson), Nicky Skopelitis, and poet Nicole Blackman. A multi-instrumentalist is a Musician who plays a number of different instruments The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument Nicole Blackman ( November 30, 1971) is a New York City -born Performance artist, Poet, Author, Vocalist, Blackman's dark and deliberate lyrics (tellingly, Blackman had also recently worked with the industrial German band KMFDM) made Dead Inside a challenging record; its sound and tone stand out decidedly as unlike any of the others. KMFDM are a German Industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. The album's opener is the brutal, spoken-word track, "Victim".
In 1997, The Palominos released another EP, named Dead Outside, composed of five remixes of tracks from Dead Inside. However, this EP was released as free MP3s on the Internet, made available for a limited time through Nicole Blackman's website and also through a fan-created band website (since decommissioned). MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression
"Dead Outside" consisted of these five remixes, which were available for download for one month only, as per Fier's instructions. 'Victim: The Last Thing' by Sean Beavan (whose credits include 8MM/Nine Inch Nails/Marilyn Manson) with John Van Eaton (a frequent Blackman collaborator who has worked with NIN for 10 years) 'Ride: Pragmatic Spasmatic' by Raymond Watts (of KMFDM/Pig) "Belfast: Empty As Wire" by Scanner (another Blackman collaborator) "Ride" by Mark Walk (of Ruby) "Victim: Interference" by John Van Eaton
Review of collection works
Much of the Golden Palominos work has become increasingly hard to find, and compilations do not provide a complete overview of their work. A few best-of compilations are available: two A History collections on Celluloid both released in 1992; a German collection released in 1997; and 2002's collection Run Pony Run. However, none include any material from Drunk With Passion onward. The later albums on Restless are growing harder to find on CD, with the earliest CDs on Celluloid and Drunk With Passion being nearly non-existent. (Dreamspeed is also extremely rare in its original release and is a prized possession of Fier aficionados. However, Fier would re-release it and his other solo record, blindlight, on John Zorn's Tzadik label in late 2003. Tzadik Records is a Record label based in New York City specialising in Avant-garde and Experimental music. )
Post-Palominos careers
Both Syd Straw and Lori Carson have gone on to moderately successful (but critically acclaimed) solo careers, with Carson a frequent contributor to television shows and movies. The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word A compilation of some of Carson's contributed songs, called Stolen Beauty, was released by Rykodisc in 2003, and a new Carson solo record, The Finest Thing, was then released in 2004. Rykodisc Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group.
Discography
| Title | Release Date | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Golden Palominos | 1983 | Celluloid | |
| Visions of Excess | 1985 | Celluloid | |
| Blast Of Silence | 1986 | Celluloid | |
| A Dead Horse | 1989 | Celluloid | |
| Drunk With Passion | 1991 | Nation | |
| This Is How It Feels | 1993 | Restless | |
| Prison Of The Rhythm (EP) | 1993 | ||
| Pure | 1994 | Restless | |
| No Thought, No Breath, No Eyes, No Heart (EP) | 1994 | Restless | |
| Dead Inside | 1996 | Restless | |
| Dead Outside (EP) | 1997 | Restless |
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