York (First Exit to Brooklyn)

York (First Exit to Brooklyn)
Live album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra
Released	March 11, 1997
Recorded	July 18, 1996 at The Anchorage, Brooklyn, New York
Genre	Jazz, No Wave
Length	46:29
Label	Thirsty Ear
Producer	J. G. Thirlwell
J. G. Thirlwell chronology
Boil (1996) York (1997) Flow (2001)

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York (First Exit to Brooklyn) is an album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra featuring Lydia Lunch, released in 1997 by Thirsty Ear Recordings. 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)", 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.^[2] Lydia Lunch, a regular Thirlwell collaborator, narrates the proceedings.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by J. G. Thirlwell. 

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

Personnel

• Steve Bernstein – trumpet, slide trumpet
• Oren Bloedow – guitar, electric Oud
• Brian Emrich – bass guitar, EBow, keyboard bass
• Lydia Lunch – spoken word
• David Ouimet – trombone
• Marcus Rojas – tuba, didgeridoo
• Vinnie Signorelli – drums
• Rob Sutton – engineering
• J. G. Thirlwell – vocals, conch, tin whistle, production, illustrations
• Kurt Wolf – guitar

References

External links

• York (First Exit To Brooklyn) at Discogs (list of releases)
• York at foetus.org