Arthur Russell's In The Light Of A Miracle is exactly what I need to start an August bank holiday, thirteen minutes of giddy, expansive, New York avant- disco/ proto- house, a song unreleased in Arthur's lifetime but first seeing the light of day via Phillip Glass in 1993. Dream music.
Back in May JD Twitch of Optimo was invited to play at The Barbican at an event celebrating the life of Arthur Russell and launching a book, Travels Over Feeling by Richard King. Appropriately enough, JD opted to play a set consisting of nothing but Arthur Russell records. That set, an hour and thirteen minutes long, went up on Soundcloud a week ago and it's a thing of beauty and wonder- Arthur's space age, New York cosmic disco music, those spectral melodies and his floaty voice over crisp drums, percussion and all that s-p-a-c-e that Arthur built into the production of his songs. You can listen here.
This, as a bonus, is Instrumentals Volume 1 (Part 1) from 1975, five minutes of cellos and sax, percussion and drums.
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I've got 'In The Light of The Miracle' on a compilation - and what a tune it is! Thanks for the JD Twitch set heads up. I'm lining that up for post-work tomorrow.
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