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ESOPUS CD #9: DREAMS For our third subscriber invitational, Esopus asked readers to send us descriptions of their dreams. We passed along about one hundred submissions to 11 musical acts, asking each of them to choose one to serve as inspiration for a song. The selected dreams appear in the issue, along with an introduction by guest editor Mike Powell, and are accompanied by five extraordinary dream-images created for Esopus by artist Daniel Gordon. READ ALL SUBMITTED DREAMS. Daniel Gordon’s photographs have been featured in solo exhibitions at the Zach Feuer Gallery in New York, GroeflinMaag Gallery in Basel, Switzerland, and Angstrom Gallery in Dallas, TX. His work has also appeared in several group shows in New York and Texas. He received an Emerging Artist award from the Scope Foundation in 2003. Brooklyn resident Mike Powell has written about music for Stylus, Pitchfork, the Oxford American, Wire, and The Village Voice. TRACK LIST: 1. "One Day I Had an Extra Toe," by Black Moth Super Rainbow 2. "A Heavenly Light that Shines," by White Whale 3. "Sumuvirsi," by Paavoharju 4. "Me and My Daddy Are Walking in the Desert," by Hank 5. "Moon Flower," by Ida 6. "One Kill," by Dirty Projectors 7. "Oceanus," by High Places 8. "Two/The Machinery in Your Stomach...," by Califone 9. "Poison," by Lucy Wainwright Roche 10. "Montparnasse," by Ta'Raachh & the Lovelution 11. "I Sleep," by Cheval Sombre MUSICIANS’ BIOS: Black Moth Super Rainbow has released four records on the Graveface label, including Falling Through a Field (2004) and this year’s Dandelion Gum. The band’s members—Tobacco, The Seven Fields of Aphelion, Father Hummingbird, Power Pill Fist, and Iffernaut—all live in the Pittsburgh area. Chicago-based Califone’s first album, Roomsound (2001), was recently reissued on Thrill Jockey. Founder Tim Rutili, working with a rotating cast of musicians, has since recorded Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People (2002), Heron King Blues (2004), and Roots & Crowns (2006). Califone’s music was recently featured on the soundtrack for the HBO documentary The Trials of Darryl Hunt. Cheval Sombre is the project of New York–based poet and musician Christopher Porpora. His poems have been collected in two books: In Mine Eyes and Becoming, both published by Anne’s House Press. David Longstreth has been releasing music on Western Vinyl as Dirty Projectors since 2003. He is currently collaborating with Brian McOmber, Amber Coffman, and Angel Deradoorian. The Brooklyn resident’s 2005 album The Getty Address was a “glitch opera” about Don Henley; his most recent record is Rise Above. Cab Williamson, Magali Meagher, Tara Azzopardi, and Paige Gratland make up the Toronto-based collective Hank. Their albums Ackrill/Venning ’91 (2003) and How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years (2004) are available on Blocks Recording Club. High Places is Mary Pearson and Robert Barber, who live and work in Brooklyn, NY. The duo just released its debut self-titled EP on Ancient Almanac. Ida was formed in 1994 by husband and wife Daniel Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell. The band’s current lineup also includes Jean Cook, Karla Schickele, and Ruth Keating; they are also frequently joined by pedal steel player Matt Sutton. Ida’s albums include I Know About You (1996), The Braille Night (2001), and Heart Like a River (2005). Brothers Olli and Lauri Ainala are the founders of Finnish collective Paavoharju (whose other members include Jenni Koivistoinen, Ragnar Rock, and Emmi Uimonen). Their first album, Yhä hämärää, was released on Fonal in 2005; the band is currently finishing work on a new record. Lucy Wainwright Roche comes from a musical family: Her mother Suzzy Roche, father Loudon Wainwright, and half-brother Rufus Wainwright are all singer-songwriters. Lucy, who grew up in Greenwich Village and attended Oberlin College, has taught second and third grade in New York City but now tours as a musician. Her first album is 8 Songs. Ta’Raach & the Lovelution is the project of Terrell McMathis, an instrumental figure in the underground hip-hop scene in late-’90s Detroit (where he went by the moniker Lacksidaisycal). His first solo album, The Fevers, was released earlier this year; he currently lives in Pasadena. Lawrence, KS–based White Whale is Matthew Suggs, Rob Pope, John Anderson, Zach Holland, and Dustin Kinsey. The band’s first album, WWI, was released in 2006 by Merge Records.
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Esopus 9 (Fall 2007)
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