York (First Exit to Brooklyn)

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York (First Exit to Brooklyn)
Studio album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra
Released	March 11, 1997
Recorded	The Anchorage, Brooklyn (July 18, 1996)
Genre	Jazz, No Wave
Length	46:29
Label	Thirsty Ear
Producer	J. G. Thirlwell
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Sonic-Boom.com (ambiguous) link The Wire (unfavorable) text at foetus.org
The Foetus Symphony Orchestra chronology
Null/Void (1996) York (First Exit to Brooklyn) (1997) Flow (2001)

York (First Exit to Brooklyn) is an album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra featuring Lydia Lunch, released in 1997 by Thirsty Ear. York is Big Cat Records #ABB148XCD.

As opposed to every other Foetus album, York is a wholly collaborative work. A "travelogue and exploration of DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)" [1], York features J. G. Thirlwell as composer and conductor for a group of notable New York City musicians. The musicians, almost all of which had worked with Thirlwell previously, were encouraged to freely improvise on their parts. Lydia Lunch, a regular Thirlwell collaborator, narrates the proceedings.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Black Adonis" – 10:26
2. "Crumpled City" – 10:00
3. "Puddlin' Doorway" – 9:07
4. "Egomaniacs with Insecurity Problems" – 10:12
5. "Arschficken" – 6:44

• "Arschficken" is a version of Wiseblood's "The Fudge Punch."

[edit] Personnel

• J. G. Thirlwell - Vocals, conch shell, tin whistle, Master of Disaster
• Brian Emrich - Bass, e-bow, bass synth
• Steve Bernstein - Trumpet, slide trumpet
• David Ouimet - Trombone
• Marcus Rojas - Tuba, didgeridoo
• Oren Bloedow - Guitar, electric oud
• Kurt Wolf - Guitar
• Vinnie Signorelli - Drums
• Lydia Lunch - Narrator

[edit] Production

• J. G. Thirlwell - Production, design
• Rob "Rok" Sutton - Engineering
• Mark Droescher - Rendering

[edit] External links

• York at foetus.org