A Long Lost Arthur Russell Interview

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"wax the van" is pretty classic.

Russell's passion for extended groove formats was well in evidence, the single clocking in at 18 minutes

18 minutes?

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 16 September 2005 02:35 (7 years ago) Permalink

Just shy of 13.

Thanks for the Aural Exciters as well!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 16 September 2005 04:06 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Disco music was strongly influenced by repetitive music. The appearance of the minimalists like myself in the pop circles contributed to this trend. Although pop musicians based themselves on us, they still created their own forms. Their musical language was expanded." - Philip Glass.

what an egotistical fuck.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 16 September 2005 04:13 (7 years ago) Permalink

Thanks for the additional info and perspective, Bob. I now have this great image in my head of Arthur driving a Chevy listening to his own musics blasting through the speakers... (incidentally, I just bought a 1986 rerelease of the "Go Bang/Clean On Your Bean" 12" last week :-))

― willem (willem), Friday, 16 September 2005 06:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

I just stumbled across another MM interview/feature on Arthur Russell and Sleeping Bag Records in a pile of cuttings - dates from a year earlier than this one, i.e. 1986.

If there's a demand I'll scan and YSI it or something.

― Jeff W (zebedee), Thursday, 28 September 2006 10:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

please do!

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Thursday, 28 September 2006 10:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, that'd be great!

― Gerard (Gerard), Thursday, 28 September 2006 10:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

Please!

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 28 September 2006 10:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

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