Art Bears

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from the 1979 Recommended Records album

"Winter Songs"

Fred Frith -- guitars, keyboards, viola, violin, xylophone

Chris Cutler -- drums, percussion, noise

Dagmar Krause -- voice

"Winter Songs comprises fourteen short songs composed by Fred Frith around texts by Chris Cutler that were based on carvings on the stylobate of the Amiens Cathedral in France. The whole album was recorded and mixed simultaneously, taking 14 days from start to finish. The group adopted an approach of creating the sound first and committing it to tape immediately, instead of leaving the sound detail to post-production mixing. This method used the studio as a compositional instrument, and Etienne Conod, the studio engineer at Sunrise Studio, played an important part in this process, becoming an indispensable member of the group."

(wiki)

He steps from the crucible

held by an angel

the angel is poised

to hurl a stone

towards him (the boy)

All is encompassed in the night

when 12 stars shine