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19 tracks | 47 minutes
Released May 2005
on Pax Recordings
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:13 Freedom from the Known lyrics BUY MP3 01:13 Freedom from the Known lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:13 Freedom from the Known
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:00 Our Gov. Schwarzenegger lyrics BUY MP3 01:00 Our Gov. Schwarzenegger lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:00 Our Gov. Schwarzenegger
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:28 Media & Money our deMOCKracy lyrics BUY MP3 03:28 Media & Money our deMOCKracy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:28 Media & Money our deMOCKracy
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:14 Take off leave now never come back lyrics BUY MP3 01:14 Take off leave now never come back lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:14 Take off leave now never come back
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:55 Christian Bush lyrics BUY MP3 03:55 Christian Bush lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:55 Christian Bush
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 Noise?What! lyrics BUY MP3 00:39 Noise?What! lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:39 Noise?What!
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:50 Take Yourself Seriously lyrics BUY MP3 04:50 Take Yourself Seriously lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:50 Take Yourself Seriously
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:01 Red Dusk over Red Dawn lyrics BUY MP3 04:01 Red Dusk over Red Dawn lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:01 Red Dusk over Red Dawn
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:33 The Routinization of Modern Life lyrics BUY MP3 03:33 The Routinization of Modern Life lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:33 The Routinization of Modern Life
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:44 Who killed Desiree Brown lyrics BUY MP3 04:44 Who killed Desiree Brown lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:44 Who killed Desiree Brown
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2004 CD release of West Coast subtle, psychedelia-improv to experimental songs. sinking commentary on the disillusioned atmosphere of George W. Bush's America. "Sounds like Leonard Cohen deconstructed to some really nice abstract noise." --Vital Weekly
Bio / Background
Novo Navigatio (New Journey) is the Abstractions' third release of innovative and cutting soundscapes. A walk through minimalist instrumentals to pointed, political poetry. Noise to a collective chaos of "vision music" that consists of a colorful orchestration of vocals, saxophones, guitars, percussion, strings, electronics and emotion. The Abstractions are all about serious musicianship and not. It is an open-hearted invitation and provocation.
The Abstractions:
Rent Romus - alto, soprano, c-melody saxophones,
flute, voice/vocals/zitherod, accordian
Ernesto Diaz-Infante - vocals, acoustic steelstring guitar,
4-track cassette portastudio, field recordings
Bob Marsh - cello, voice
Philip Everett - drums, percussion, autoharp, lyrics
Lance Grabmiller - laptop
Dina Emerson - vocals
Sandor Finta - vocals
Marina Lazzara - vocals, electric guitar
Alwyn Quebido - electric guitar
C.J.
↓ more ↓Reaven Borosque - noise pedals, prepared guitar
Matt Davignon - turntable, drums machine, cans
Marjorie Sturm - flute, lyrics
Ray Schaeffer - electric bass
Lyrics...
Media & Money our deMOCKracy// So absurd sad surreal/ Schwarzenegger is our governor/ where the fuck should we run for?/ Schwarzenegger is our governor/ mega-media-marketing stars get the pay-off once more/ Droned and drugged by TV celebrities/ Californians are pathetic in their warped reality/ great to see the Terminator terminated/ my very real bloodbath fantasy/ media and money, this is our democracy/ why argue? why expect integrity?/ He's got charisma, and so did Hitler/ The people have spoken.--M.Sturm
Christian Bush// Bush is a Christian/ didn't ya
know?/ He's got that good Christian glow/ With White
Christian American/ in the palm of his hand/ at his
command/ causing limitless bloodshed/ in other
lands/ Bush is a Christian/ didn't ya know?/ His
prayers are answered/ with no corporate foes/ Enron and
Exxon and he/ share the same priest/ Jesus'
simplicity/ isn't part of the current beat/ But they're
Christian/ We're all Christian/ We agree on
that/ We're Christian/ As long as they're Christian/ I
see where this is going... / Keep the church
nearby/ White America abides/ proper moral killing
resides/ Cause the Devil is NEVER inside/ Cause the
Devil is NEVER inside/ It's over there/ It's over
there/ It's over there.--M.Sturm
Take Yourself Seriously// I take myself seriously/ So
others take me seriously/ Seriously/ Take yourself
seriously/ This is serious/ Art is serious/ Life is
serious/ Success is serious/ Money is serious/ Craft is
serious/ Style is serious/ It's serious/ Very
serious/ I'm getting to where I'm going/ I'm getting to
where I'm going/ I'm almost there--M.Sturm
The Routinization of Modern Life// Monday and
Wednesday I teach/ Tuesday and Thursday and Saturday I
go to the gym/ This is my life, my life/ Tuesday and
Thursday and Friday I have band practice/ Sunday and
Monday and Thursday football/ This is my life, my
life--M.Sturm
Who killed Desiree Brown//Shifting softly into
silence/ slipsliding gracefully into the
night/ Exploited by shades of darkness/ she
fell-down-down-down/ Who killed Desiree Brown?/ Who put
Desiree/ Deep down in the ground/ Who broker her
heart?/ Who hurt her mind?/ Who left her all alone to
die?/ Who killed Desiree Brown?/ Desiree came
undone/ Living fast, dying young/ A life so filled with
ecstasy/ That's why it's such a mystery/ Who killed
Desiree Brown?/Stabbed her with a knife/choked the
breath of life/Sent her to an evil place/666 carved on
her face/ Who killed Desiree Brown?/ Don't come knockin
at her door/ No one lives there anymore/ Rumor says
She's hell bound and won't be saved/ Who killed Desiree
Brown?--Philip Everett
Credits
Recorded/mixed/mastered by Ray Schaeffer at
Nazmir Kelpcut Research Ranch, Richmond California 2003
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