Nash The Slash

Nashville Thebodiah Slasher

Profile:Nash The Slash has been creating his unique concept of sound and vision for over twenty years. His first live presentation of music to film was a performance to the surreal silent film "Un Chien Andalou" at the Roxy Theatre in Toronto.

Nash The Slash was born of silent film. The name comes from a killer butler encountered by Laurel and Hardy in their first film 'Do Detectives Think? ' 1927). Nash the musician has gone on to create the music scores for such recent cult films as "Roadkill" and "Highway 61' - both directed by Bruce McDonald.

Between experiments with film and music. Nash The Slash became a familiar name to music fans through his association with the pop electronic group FM. Having co-written the hit songs "Phasors on Stun " and "Just Like You" Nash established his credibility as a versatile artist. His talents have been recognized with a U-KNOW (later called CASBY) award for best instrumental artist as well as a JUNO nomination for best new male vocalist. Nash's profile was raised on the international stage when he toured the world with the likes of Gary Numan and Iggy Pop. Other high- profile shows include opening for The Who at C.N.E. Stadium in Toronto to a crowd of 70,000 people, and opening for The Tubes at a sold-out Maple Leaf Gardens.

Nash has recently recorded new music for the silent film classics "The cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1919) and "The Lost World "(1925).

Nash continues to do unique film scores for other silent film classics including "Nosferatu" the original "Phantom of the Opera " and "Lost In Space"



Children of the Night CD 2000

1 Wolf 4:51
2 Dead Man's Curve 3:32
3 Children Of The Night 4:15
4 Deep Forest 0:54
5 Glass Eye 4:47
6 19th Nervous Breakdown 3:27
7 Swing Shift 3:44
8 Metropolis 1:00
9 Dopes On The Water 6:03
10 Danger Zone 4:15

Bonus Tracks
11 Wolf (Live) 5:51
12 Danger Zone (Live) 4:44
13 Reactor No.2 4:19
14 Swing Shift (Original 45 Rpm Version) 4:22
15 Swing Shift (Flexi Version) 3:22
16 Children Of The Night (Live) 4:45



Decomposing 1981

A1 The Calling
A2 Life In Loch Ness
B1 Womble
B2 Pilgrim's Lament

This is the first album playable at any speed. Being all-instrumental music, there are no voices to affect the realism of the orchestrations. Thus the album becomes a collection of electronic concertos, each movement being defined by the speed of the turntable. A turntable with speeds of 16,33, 45 and 78 rpm, creates a different ratio within the pieces, yet maintains a familiar melodic drama.



And You Thought You Were Normal 1982

A1 Citizen
A2 Pretty Folks
A3 RSVP
A4 Vincent's Crows
A5 Dance After Curfew
B1 Normal
B2 The Hypnotist
B3 Remember When
B4 Animal Jamboree
B5 Stalker

Lyrics By - Toby Dammit



American Band-Ages 1984

A1 (American Bandstand Theme) Bandstand Boogie 0:39
A2 American Band 3:34
A3 Born To Be Wild 4:04
A4 Who Do You Love? 4:08
A5 1984 (West Side Version) 5:35
B1 Bandstand Boogie Reprise 0:26
B2 Hey Joe 3:34
B3 Psychotic Reaction 5:29
B4 1984 (Dance Version) 6:35
B5 Run Through The Jungle 0:35


In-A-Gadda-Da-Nash (2008)


Astronomy Domine
21st Century Schizoid Man
Animal Magentism
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Baba O'Riley
Follow the Leader
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Constantinople

Here, in Jeffrey Morgan’s Media Blackout #165, I have discovered the great ray that first brought life into the world!

SIZZLING PLATTER OF THE WEEK: Nash The Slash - In-A-Gadda-Da-Nash (Cut-Throat) :: Elegantly tuxedoed like Cary Grant in George Cukor’s Holiday and hideously bandaged like Claude Rains in James Whale’s The Invisible Man, the revered and reviled serial sonic psychotron known as Nash The Slash has been number one in a field of one ever since he first began creating his own insidious sound of music from deep within secreted studio walls located somewhere inside of an abandoned subway station miles beneath the filthy sidewalks of Toronto.

Armed only with a Strickfaden array of hyper-amped violins, mandolins, synths and drum machines, Nash proceeded to unleash upon an unsuspecting society a senses-shattering series of aural album assaults whose titles said it all: Bedside Companion. Dreams And Nightmares. Decomposing. Children Of The Night.

These unreasonably unrelenting records led to Nash being smuggled into Europe to work with the likes of Gary Numan and Bill Nelson, only to be abruptly expelled from the continent by the EU as "a deviant influence not only on humanity but on all life itself" after angry villagers caught a rare glimpse of his grisly ungauzed visage late one night in an iniquitous den of ill repute on the Rue Morgue.

Safely ensconced back home in his underground lair, Nash donned his stained leather apron and threw himself into his work with a renewed vengeance born of righteous anger that would ultimately be made manifest in the records which were to follow: the corrupt social commentary on And You Thought You Were Normal; the modern urban brutality of Thrash; the silent cinema soundtrack to Nosferatu; and his first ever album of cover versions, American BandAges.

Now the Slasher strikes again with an even greater new record of covers that extends from the obvious (Baba O’Riley and Astronomy Domine) to the obscure (Follow The Leaders and Constantinople) to the omnipresent (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald). So don’t be an angry villager: buy it now!

James Blackshaw

Born in London, England, in 1981, James Blackshaw is a guitarist and composer who writes long-form pieces primarily for solo 12-string guitar. His style is heavily influenced by minimalist composers and European classical music, incorporating overtones, drones and repeating patterns.


Lost Prayers & Motionless Dances (2005)


1 Lost Prayers & Motionless Dances 34:32

Guitar, Harmonium, Electronics [Radio], Bells, Cymbal - James Blackshaw

Limited to 200 copies



Sunshrine (2005)


1 Sunshrine 26:28
2 Skylark Herald's Dawn 3:21

Artwork By [Assembly] - Brad Rose
Artwork By [Inner] - Sohie Webb
Guitar [12 & 6 String], Bells, Cymbal [Bowed Cymbals], Organ [Farfisa], Glockenspiel, Harmonium, Sarod - James Blackshaw
Recorded By - James Blackshaw , John Hannon
16/02/05 at No Recording Studio.


Waking Into Sleep (2006)


1 Sunshrine 16:24
2 Celeste I 8:39
3 Transient Life In Twilight 9:12
4 Spiralling Skeleton Memorial 7:42

Performed on a 12 string acoustic guitar. Recorded live 27th May 2006 at Underjorden, Göteborg, Sweden.
Thanks to Sören Mannheimer, Christian Pallin, Magnus Granberg, Conny Lindström, Andreas Berthling, Johan Berthling, Tomas Hallonsten, FM3, Music For One, Anna Granqvist, Ellinor Gylling, Ved.

Limited edition of 465.


O True Believers (2006)


1 Transient Life In Twilight 11:38
2 The Elk With Jade Eyes 18:15
3 Spiralling Skeleton Memorial 7:33
4 O True Believers 5:46

Artwork By [Layout] - John Brien Jr.
Guitar [12 String], Dulcimer [Cymbala], Percussion, Harmonium, Tambura [Tamboura] - James Blackshaw
Photography - Shoko Ishikawa



The Cloud Of Unknowing (2007)


1 The Cloud Of Unknowing 10:55
2 Running To The Ghost 6:16
Violin - Fran Bury
3 Clouds Collapse 3:56
4 The Mirror Speaks 6:31
5 Stained Glass Window 15:03
Violin - Fran Bury



Celeste (2008)


1 Celeste Pt1 14:44
2 Celeste Pt2 13:45

Guitar [12-string], Organ [Farfisa], Percussion [Cymbals] - James Blackshaw


Litany Of Echoes (2008)


1 Gate Of Ivory 5:20
2 Past Has Not Passed 12:38
3 Echo And Abyss 12:10
4 Infinite Circle 5:54
5 Shroud 11:44
6 Gate Of Horn 5:21

Guitar [Guild 12 String], Piano, Written-by - James Blackshaw
Violin, Viola - Fran Bury



White Goddess (2008)


01. Death of V 8:09
02. White Goddess 4:13
03. Granite and Wineglass 15:55
04. Cherry Blossom Battle Hymns 7:15


The Glass Bead Game (2009)


1 Cross 8:38
2 Bled 10:26
3 Fix 5:39
4 Key 6:03
5 Arc 18:49

Artwork By [Images] - Nicole Boitos
Artwork By [Layout] - Eark Kuck
Cello - John Contreras
Guitar [12 String], Piano, Harmonium - James Blackshaw
Violin, Flute, Clarinet - Joolie Wood
Vocals - Lavinia Blackwall
Written-By - James Blackshaw


Brethren Of The Free Spirit


All Things Are From Him, Through Him And In Him (2008)

1 Аποκαλνψις, The Lifting Of The Veil 8:46
2 All Things Are From Him, Through Him And In Him 10:14
3 How The Unencumbered Soul Advises That One Not Refuse The Calls Of A Good Spirit 5:15
4 In Him Is No Sin 4:23

Artwork By [Drawings] - Wouter Vanhaelemeesch
Artwork By [Graphic Design] - Levi Seeldraeyers , Marijke Loozen
Guitar [12 String Guild Tuned To Dedead], Composed By - James Blackshaw
Lute [13 Course Baroque], Electronics, Tape [Tennis Edits], Composed By, Producer - Jozef Van Wissem
Other [Poem] - Marguerite Porete
Vocals - Bun Bun

Recorded at Locksley Hall in the spring of the year of our Lord 2007.
13 course baroque lute built by Michael Schreiner 2006 (Toronto, Canada).

Packaged in a Digipak sleeve.
Limited edition of 1000.


The Wolf Also Shall Dwell With The Lamb 2008

1 The Sun Tears Itself From The Heavens And Comes Crashing Down Upon The Multitude 8:01
2 The Wolf Also Shall Dwell With The Lamb 8:53
3 Into The Dust Of The Earth 5:47
4 I Am A Flower Of Sharon And A Rose In The Valley 7:18

Artwork By [Drawings] - Wouter Vanhaelemeesch
Artwork By [Graphic Design] - Levi Seeldraeyers , Marijke Loozen
Composed By - James Blackshaw , Jozef Van Wissem
Guitar [12 String Guild In Dadead Tuning] - James Blackshaw
Lute [13 Course Baroque In D Minor Tuning Bottleneck] - Jozef Van Wissem
Photography - Hans Van Der Linden
Producer - Jozef Van Wissem

Recorded at Locksley Hall in April of the year of our Lord 2008.
13 course baroque lute built by Michael Schreiner 2006 (Toronto, Canada).



Live In Barcelona

1. Pantaleimon feat. James Blackshaw - Amamos (Live in Barcelona)4m 0s
2. Pantaleimon feat. James Blackshaw - El Sol Sali (Live in Barcelona)3m 23s
3. Pantaleimon feat. James Blackshaw - Corazon Crudo (Live in Barcelona)3m 21s
4. Pantaleimon - Canto de la Golondrina Nocturna (Live in Barcelona)3m 59s
5. Pantaleimon feat. James Blackshaw - Arboles Altos (Live in Barcelona)3m 36s
6. Pantaleimon feat. James Blackshaw - En El Amanecer (Live in Barcelona)6m 33s
7. Pantaleimon feat. James Blackshaw - Soy (Live in Barcelona)5m 28s

This 7 track album was recorded by Xabi at the La Apolo in Barcelona on the 23rd November 2008.
Line up for this show was:
Andria Degens -Vocals, Appalachian dulcimer, Mandola, and Shruti boxes.
James Blackshaw - 12 string and 6 string guitar, and E-bow.
Front cover artwork by Alonso Urbanos based upon the original photography of Yolanda Reeves.

God In Three Persons

UNCLE WILLIE'S HIGHLY OPINIONATED GUIDE TO THE RESIDENTS

God in Three Persons is a tremendously complex piece of writing—almost a Residents novel in its length and symbolic depth of meaning. The album seemed to present “the new Residents.” Several things seemed particularly modern and different about their approach. For one thing, it was the first Residents album conceived especially for CD, a full 60 minutes instead of the 40 minute playing time of conventional albums. It was also the first Residents album recorded for a label other than Ralph. It was created for the better distributed and far blander RYKO Disc label.
It was pointed out that The Residents had a new sound because in 1988 their studio was no longer a “mad scientist laboratory” but had become an “instrument under perfect control.” The group themselves wrote this off as an inevitable by-product of their artistic maturity. As a result, the music here is not earth shattering, but orderly, pleasant, and workman-like in its craftsmanship. Anyone who bought this album looking for the maniacal music of The Residents' past would have been sorely disappointed.
But the music was also subtle to suit a purpose. This was a soundtrack—incidental, and therefore subordinate, to the narration it accompanies. The music functions as emotional embellishment to the narration or to create atmosphere.
The most important element of their new sound (for this project, at least) was the appearance of The Residents first totally coherent lyrics. On the surface, the album tells the story of a pair of androgynous Siamese twins and the sado-masochistic cowboy who loves them. The narrative tells the story of their first meeting, the cowboy’s (aka Mr. X) and the twins personal histories, Mr. X’s exploitation of the twins talents as faith healers, and the trio’s furtive sexual dalliances. All of this builds to a spectacular and disturbing climax.
Symbolically, however, the story conveys deeply profound meanings. The characters personify the interrelationships and conflicts between the Western trinity and Eastern duality. Mr. X is a cowboy (cowboys being the stereotypical inhabitants of “the West”) and the twins are Siamese (Siam being in the East).
Like the yin and yang of Eastern religion, the twins are both male and female, submissive and dominant, worldly and naïve. Like the yin and yang, these qualities in the twins are in a constant state of flux, with neither twin completely male or female.
Mr. X, being a very masculine and heterosexual representation of God, naturally falls in love with the twins, seeing only their sweet, submissive feminine characteristics. Before long, though, he begins to recognize the maleness that is swimming around in their being, and schemes to split the two with a razor, hopefully confining each gender to a separate half.
In the album's climax, Mr. X confronts the twins. They mock him, forcing him to realize that the twins are not necessarily virginal and innocent, but are also worldly and experienced. He realizes that the twins who had been his slaves were now his masters. He realizes (to his shock) that the love for what he perceived to be the female part of the twins, he had also felt for the inseparably male part of the twins, and that by extension, his love for the twins was both heterosexual and homosexual. In a stroke of pure genius, The Residents wrote a composition in which Mr. X is forced to see that he too, is composed of a duality of emotion and beliefs. The realization that homosexuality is part of this make-up forces him to understand that his passion for the twins is comprised of both love and hate.
In the literal interpretation of the story, Mr. X, in a fit of anger, violently seperates the twins. In the figurative story, Mr. X is desperately trying to maintain his unique identity rather than merge into the duality that his trinity cosmology denies. He divides them in a futile attempt to maintain the trinity, but it is impossible—he merges with them in a bizarre sadomasochistic sex act.
The sex act combines all the dualities—love and hate, tenderness and violence, heterosexuality and homosexuality, sin and purity, earthiness and transcendence.
Ironically, but all too appropriately, in the album’s resolution, the three of them are now separate and united. The connection was both temporary and permanent. They are still a trinity, but are also a duality. All these dualities will forever remain separate but inseparable. Groovy, isn’t it?
- Sinister Scratcher




Holy Kiss Of Flesh

"Holy Kiss Of Flesh" is an almost danceable, entirely newly recorded cover version of "Kiss of Flesh" from The Residents' God In Three Persons project.

Inspired by "Holy, Holy, Holy", text by Reginald Heber (1735-1826), tune by John Baccus Dykes (1823-1876).



Holy Kiss Of Flesh RMX





Double Shot


1 Double Shot (3:52)
2 Loss Of Loved One (Extended Version) (5:37)
3 Kiss Of Flesh (Instrumental) (9:09)

"Double Shot", though not from "God In Three Persons", served as inspiration for this Residents epic.
"Loss of Loved One" and "Kiss of Flesh" are adapted from The Residents' recording, "God In Three Persons".



God In Three Persons 2LP(1988)

This work is a true masterpiece.
An epic opera of sorts and far too complicated to explain with this here comment.
The themes covered are the opposites in identity, the Yin, The Yang; good & evil, female/male, dark & light of eastern, and Zoroastrian, proportions complimented with western images of the Holy Trinity and the divisions of the individual and the self from the world around and the forms of unification we adopt (Sado-masochism being one of the more perverse forms covered).
Musically, the piece is utterly amazing and has to be listened to as a whole. (The fact that the Residents never make LPs that are NOT concept albums makes it very difficult indeed to ever make Best Of compilations). There is the recurrent leit motif/refrain which appeared on their Double Shot single that was released at the same time but does not appear as part of this work. Also, amongst 4 or 5 of the tracks, guest singer Laurie Amats layered voice, which sounds almost like a female chorus, warns of us the impending climax: "Somethings coming....somethings coming....but not real soon" is the first of these. The aforementioned impending climax of the release is the last two tracks and the whole of the LP is designed as a build-up towards those final scenes.
The sounds themselves are always as cutting edge as you would expect from these sonic pioneers, with lush production and expansive synth sounds and, of course, very strange noises are always around the corner somewhere.
I cant really do the release justice with this little comment because its just so complex and on so many levels. It is so completely full of metaphor and symbolism (even the artwork and symbols representing each of the tracks on the inner sleeve are mind-bogglingly profound) that my words are trivial in comparison.
All I will leave you with is the fact that these guys (or are they female?) are geniuses. Unfathomable respect is due. Amen!!
mach1ne,

•Main Titles (God In Three Persons)
•Hard & Tenderly
•Devotion?
•The Thing About Them
•Their Early Years
•Loss Of A Loved One
•The Touch
•The Service
•Confused (By What I Felt Inside)
•Fine Fat Flies
•Time
•Silver, Sharp And Could Not Care
•Kiss Of Flesh
•Pain And Pleasure


God In Three Persons Over from the Buckaroo Blues CD.
Also ncluded on this disc are also two rare recordings, Land of 1000 Dances [13:00] and God in Three Person's Over [10:00], the original sketch for an overture for a live production of "God in 3 Persons." and the only available studio recording of the complex wild west Buckaroo Blues suite [20:00]. The piece was a prominant aspect of the "CUBE E" live show in 1989-90.



God In 3 Persons - Original Soundtrack Recording (1988)


A1 Main Titles (God In Three Persons) (3:38)
A2 Hard & Tenderly (3:44)
A3 The Thing About Them (3:25)
A4 Their Early Years (2:43)
A5 Loss Of A Loved One (3:10)
A6 The Touch (2:08)
B1 The Service (Part 1) (2:51)
B2 The Service (Part 2) (1:28)
B3 Confused By What I Felt Inside (5:37)
B4 Kiss Of Flesh (9:25)
B5 Pain & Pleasure (2:00)

All tracks are re-mixed and edited instrumental arrangements from
"God In Three Persons"

Rez - Intermission

Mole Show Intermission(1982)

"Extraneous music from The Residents' Mole Show.
This is not Part Three of the Mole Trilogy!"

•Lights Out (Prelude)
•Shorty's Lament (Intermission)
•The Moles Are Coming (Intermission)
•Would We Be Alive? (Intermission)
•The New Hymn (Recessional)



For Elsie (1987)


Intermission Music from "The 13th Anniversary Show".

Based on "Für Elise" by Beethoven (who stole it off some folk song).
One sided LP limited to 1000 copies. On marble green vinyl. It seems that it has not been released on a official label (Official Product is the only information on the non-playable backside of the album), but the website The Residents Discography indicates Cryptic Corporation (The Residents holding) as the publisher.


CD - 500 Pressed
Promo Only Cd Handed Out At The Cube-E New Years Eve Show In 1989.
Cd Contains 10 Minutes Of Extra Material That Is Not Included On The Vinyl Version.





Wormwood - In Between Screams (1999)


1 - Intermission Music From The Residents Wormwood (20:16)

Limited edition of 1000 copies sold at concerts on the "Wormwood" tour.





Bunny Boy - Dogtags A Tribute To Past Tours(2008)


Note: This download-only release was sold on the Bunny Boy US tour as a code and password on the back of a Residents dog tag. The single downloadable track contains excerpts of RMX versions of songs that were from projects associated with tours (though most of these songs were never played on tours): Secret Seed, Blue Tongues (Blue Rosebuds), Burning Love, I Hate Heaven, Vileness Fats, Make Me Moo, Secret Room.


Sold on The Bunny Boy Tour

REZ - Instrumentals

Best Left Unspoken

...Volume One:Pollex Christi And Other Selections (2006)

Pollex Christi
1 Part 1 (5:09)
2 Part 2 (5:19)
3 Part 3 (2:54)
4 Part 4 (2:16)
5 Part 5 (3:30)

Pollex Christi ("The Big Toe [or Thumb] of Christ") is a work by the often-mysterious N. Senada, which had never been recorded until The Residents created this album. It is one of Senada's "blueprints" and was created circa 1936-37, just before he fled Germany for northern Canada. A "blueprint" is a set of instructions on how to construct music out of existing works. Essentially, Senada steals bits from other people's compositions and has the performer assemble them into a "house of bricks," much as some of the composers being plagiarized used existing folk music to build their own works. The difference is that not one note of Senada's composition is original. Pollex Christi is deliberately very difficult to play, because Senada wanted mistakes. "They introduce unimaginable variations into the music," he said. "If the audience wants perfectly played music, let them listen to angels. Human music should stumble along most pitifully."
Released originally in 1997 as a limited edition CD by Ralph America.

Other Selections
6 Haeckel's Tale Main Theme (4:49)
Written for the Showtime series, Masters of Horror, this score was rejected and never appeared in the show. Previously unreleased.
Vocals - Carla Fabrizio

7 The Mad Gasser (2:59)
From the Animal Lover sessions. Previously unreleased.
Guitar - Nolan Cook Vocals - Carla Fabrizio

8 Tired Old Man (0:59)
From the Part Three of the Mole Trilogy sessions. Previously unreleased.

9 Hidden Hand (1:48)
From the Demons Dance Alone sessions. Released on the deluxe Demons Dance Alone disc.
Guitar - Nolan Cook Vocals - Carla Fabrizio

10 Pickle (7:04)
From the Demons Dance Alone sessions. Released on the Golden Goat DVD single.

11 Dead Men (2:24)
From the Animal Lover sessions. Previously unreleased.
Guitar - Nolan Cook Vocals - Carla Fabrizio

12 Mr. Skull's New Year's Eve Song (6:30)
A studio reworking of the piece that Mr. Skull played to welcome in the 1990s at the Cube NYE performance. It was released on UWEB's Stranger Than Supper.

13 Daydream In Space (5:15)
Released originally in 1985 on the UWEB CD, Daydream B-Liver.


14 Dream Wheel (3:53)
From the abandoned CD-Rom project, I Murdered Mommy. Released originally in 2001 as a limited edition CD by Ralph America.

15 The Rubber Robber (4:14)
From the Tweedles sessions. Previously unreleased.

16 In The Out Hole (3:52)
From the Kettles of Fish DVD bonus video, released in 2002.

17 In An Ugly Mood (1:44)
From the Tweedles sessions. Previously unreleased.

18 Jack's Lament (2:18)
From the Animal Lover sessions. Previously unreleased.
Guitar - Nolan Cook Vocals - Carla Fabrizio



Best Left Unspoken

...Volume Two:High Horses And Other Selections (2007)

High Horses
1 Part 1 (2:30)
2 Part 2 (1:35)
3 Part 3 (2:33)
4 Part 4 (2:40)
5 Part 5 (4:52)
6 Part 6 (4:19)

You know how it is. You’ve all been there. A warm Sunday afternoon in 1970. San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park lures you with its rich green eucalyptus trees. Over there, the children’s playground. Slides, swings, monkey bars... A little further away, a merry-go-round is spinning. Its magnificent sound, a madman’s mechanical Gamelan, tells you there is only one thing to do: Ride this ancient carousel. Anyway, the acid hasn’t really kicked in yet, so why not? Released originally in 2001 as a limited edition CD by Ralph America. with guests: Combo de Mechanico

Other Selections
7 God In 3 Persons Over (9:56)
Written as a sketch for an overture of a proposed God in 3 Persons “opera,” instead it became the “over” as in the final time spent working on the God in 3 Persons projects. Released on the UWEB CD Buckaroo Blues in 1988.

8 Prelude For A Toddler (Safety Is A Cootie Wootie - Part 1) (3:40)
The entire three track Safety is a Cootie Wootie was released as part of the 1998 Residue Deux’s bonus tracks.

9 Angakok (Excerpt) (5:36)
This was the opening section of a mini-opera project. It appeared on Roosevelt, released by Euro Ralph as part of Huddled Masses in 1997, and on Ralph America’s Roosevelt 2.0 in 2000.

10 Day 2 (2:52)
The 12 Days of Brumalia was an internet event presented by The Residents and Residents.com. For 12 days, starting on December 25th, a new song was posted on Residents.com along with an illustration and a quote. On the 13th day The Residents presented the epic musical work The Feast of Epiphany (Best Left Unspoken Volume 3). Ralph America collected the audio tracks for a CD release in the summer of 2004
Guitar - N. Cook*

11 Sour Smell (4:52)
An unreleased track from the River of Crime sessions.

12 Ninth Rain (3:14)
Another internet event from Residents.com was a monthly series of download pieces. Ninth Rain was one month’s selection, a gamelan-inspired piece that was supposedly recorded during the ninth consecutive day of rain in the winter of 1999/2000. All the pieces later saw the light of day as a limited edition CD from Ralph America named Dot.Com

13 Twinkle 2000 (2:37)
A request from Bomba Records in Japan to release Diskomo/Goosebump on CD led to The Residents creating new (in 2000) versions of both Diskomo and Twinkle from Goosebump to fill out the release.
Guitar - N. Cook* Vocals - I. Barbier*

14 Bijou (8:21)
This B-side from a 12” vinyl single of Baby Skeletons and Dogs was released by Euro Ralph and included with the WBRMX vinyl release. It simply chronicles a trip to the cinema.
Guitar - N. Cook*

15 Two Testes (3:23)
Yet another unreleased track from the Animal Lover sessions.

16 Icky Flix Theme (1:41)
The opening music from the Icky Flix DVD.



Best Left Unspoken...

Volume Three: For Elsie And Other Selections (2007)

For Elsie
1 Part 1 (1:04)
2 Part 2 (1:19)
3 Part 3 (2:31)
4 Part 4 (2:08)
5 Part 5 (5:05)
6 Part 6 (2:13)
7 Part 7 (4:20)
8 Part 8 (4:06)
9 Part 9 (5:43)

For Elsie is based on a folk tune that was popularized by Beethoven with his Für Elise. Why The Residents picked it up is unknown, but they recorded this 30-minute version in 1987. After the first CUBE E European tour, the band returned to San Francisco and performed series of shows, ending with Cube NYE on New Year's Eve, 1989. Each member of the audience was given a goody bag which included the For Elsie CD. An edited version also appeared on a one-sided LP.

Other Selections
10 Nober (6:44)
Written to be a kind of overture for the Wormwood show, Nober had its only live performance on April Fools’ Day of 1999 at the Copley Theater in Boston. The curtains opened, and the group launched into the complicated piece which weaved a texture of themes from various songs from the show. As the last note finished, it was greeted with such a blank response by the audience that it was pulled from the set list and was never played again. That performance was not recorded, but here is the original musical sketch for the piece. Previously unreleased.

11 Lots Of Knots (14:45)
This lengthy piece can be found as the backing music for the strange video, Lots of Knots, from the Ralph America DVD, The Way We Were.
Guitar - N. Cook* Vocals - C. Fabrizio* , M. Harvey*

12 Angle (2:44)
Just a piece found floating around in the archives. Previously unreleased.

13 Animal Lover Seven (4:10)
From the Animal Lover sessions. Previously unreleased.
Guitar - N. Cook* Vocals - I. Barbier*

14 The Feast Of Epiphany (5:39)
The 12 Days of Brumalia was an internet event presented by The Residents and Residents.com. For 12 days, starting on December 25th, a new song was posted daily on the Residents.com web site along with an illustration and a quote. On the 13th day, The Residents presented the epic musical work, The Feast of Epiphany. The collection was also released on CD by Ralph America in the summer of 2004.
Vocals - C. Fabrizio*



Hades 2009


1 Acheron River
2 Cocytus River
3 Lethe River
4 Styx River
5 Phlegethon River

Hades was part of the music conceived as an aural art piece to accompany the release party of The Residents toy figures recently designed by Steve Cerio. The original music was conceived to utilize two DVD players that were programmed to randomly play abstract bits of music. They would play 5.1 surround audio and each would play different things. The project (which required 12 speakers placed in a circle around the gallery) was entitled Chaos is not just a theory.

As these kinds of things go, it never quite worked out. The gallery never agreed to provide the sound system and some people felt it would be unpleasant for attending guests (correct) so by the time the toy release actually happened (there were several lengthy delays) The Residents had lost interest and had moved into other projects which did not allow them to even attend the toy release opening.

However, Homer Flynn, Leigh Barbier, and Steve Cerio did attend and showed non-Residents art work. The cover art above is from the work shown by Mr. Flynn.

Hades was adapted by The Residents from part of the music written for Chaos is not just a theory especially for this release.



Anganok (2009)

Anganok was a mini opera written with San Francisco artist, Spoonman in 1991. Pieces of it have been pilfered by The Residents for other uses.The opera was performed only a few times and was not recorded. This is an early rehearsal. Instrumenal version - 12:46.Vocal version is here



Postcards From Patmos (2008)




1 The Winged Serpent Repents To The Father (7:10)
2 Soulless Flies Visit The Graves Of Ancestors (5:09)
3 Cold Metal Strikes A Soldier´s Bible (3:00)
4 Stained Hands Pass The Silverware (4:44)
5 I Wish The Remote Could Control Me (4:23)
6 Fabrics Drape The Unseen God (5:41)
7 There Is Power In The Chord (3:20)
8 Silk From Spiders (6:49)
9 Green Feathers And The Blood Of Circumcision (4:59)
10 Knees Bent, Toes Painted Orange (11:13)

Limited to 2000 copies to be sold on The Bunny Boy tour: 1000 for the US tour, 1000 for the European tour.

The CD is a companion piece to The Bunny Boy album and comes in a gatefold double-CD digipack, except contains only one CD. The empty space for a CD is intended for the Bunny Boy disc. There is also a pocket for a CD booklet. This is intended for the Bunny Boy booklet.

The music is primarily instrumental, recorded on analogue equipment, and is what can be heard accompanying the Bunny Boy video series.
In typically mis-informative Residents style, the CD appears to be released on a label called 'Santa Dog Records' with no mention anywhere on the release of Ralph America.
Similarly, the catalogue number RA 28 does not appear anywhere on the release. However, sources say this is actually a typo rather than deliberate mis-information.



Big Brother streamed a bunch of delicious rare tracks in "BOGcasts" around Xmas 2008 and New Years Eve 2008/2009.
These tracks are culled from some 40+ hours of those streams, organized by source.
All titles seen here include both the name displayed with the files, PLUS interpreted real song type titles added after that.
They're ordered here by the numbering order from the diplayed titles, even tho at times the numbers were used more than once.
The ends of the filenames note the source type for the files + the streaming rate:
* (A) AUTO-CUT, (B) BULK, (W) WAV + (96, 80, or 64) rate in kb
The best version of each track was retained for this collection, following this order:
* complete tracks over cut tracks of any source (all 3 sources had occasional interruptions in the stream)
* either original MP3 source over WAVs
* highest stream rate at time of capture (some had multiple airings)
* original auto-cut MP3s over the others
You now have the best of them all, & can do what you want with them (ex. - up-code the MP3s to WAV & burn a playable CD).


Alternative Bunny Boy Instrumentals.

total time: 31:40

(2:17) Residents - Track 01 - Patmos (I) (A80)
(1:38) Residents - Track 02 - The Dark Man (I) (A64)
(1:08) Residents - Track 03 - The Bunny Boy (I) (A64)
(2:28) Residents - Track 04 - Pictures From A Little Girl (I) (B64)
(2:35) Residents - Track 05 - Secret Message (I) (W64)
(2:01) Residents - Track 07 - It Was Me (I) (W64)
(2:44) Residents - Track 08 - I'm Not Crazy (I) (A64)
(2:07) Residents - Track 09 - Boxes Of Armageddon (I) (A64)
(2:20) Residents - Track 10 - I Like Black (Alternate) (W80)
(2:25) Residents - Track 10 - The Black Behind (I) (A80)
(2:02) Residents - Track 17 - I Killed Him (I) (W80)
(2:37) Residents - Track 17 - Secret Room (I) (A80)
(2:23) Residents - Track 18 - Golden Guy (I) (A80)
(2:49) Residents - Track 18 - Save The World (I) (W64)

THIS collection is a batch of tracks from the time of "The Bunny Boy".
All appear to be early or alternate instrumental versions to those officially released.


Alternative Tweedles Instrumentals

total time: 100:54

(3:19) Residents - Track 01 - Insincere (I) (B96)
(4:01) Residents - Track 02 - Elevation (I) (B96)
(2:02) Residents - Track 03 - Mark Of The Male (I) (W80)
(4:04) Residents - Track 04 - Almost Perfect (I) (A64)
(4:42) Residents - Track 04 - The Rubber Robber (Alternate) (A96)
(2:32) Residents - Track 05 - Shame On Me (I) (B96)
(3:26) Residents - Track 05 - The Perfect Lover (I) (W80)
(4:37) Residents - Track 06 - Dreams (I) (B80)
(7:17) Residents - Track 06 - Stop Signs (I) (W80)
(3:43) Residents - Track 07 - Keep Talkin' (I) (B96)
(6:37) Residents - Track 08 - Elevation (I) 2 (A64)
(2:06) Residents - Track 08 - Stop Signs (I) 2 (B96)
-split here for 2 discs approx 50min each
(4:17) Residents - Track 09 - Almost Perfect (I) 2 (A96)
(1:27) Residents - Track 10 - Forgiveness (I) (B96)
(1:21) Residents - Track 10 - Life (I) (A96)
(3:10) Residents - Track 11 - Insincere (I) 2 (A96)
(3:28) Residents - Track 12 - The Perfect Lover (I) 2 (B96)
(3:55) Residents - Track 13 - Sometimes (I) (B64)
(5:37) Residents - Track 14 - Brown Cow (I) (W96)
(2:01) Residents - Track 14 - Ugly (At The End) (I) (CUT) (W80)
(3:20) Residents - Track 15 - Sometimes (I) 2 (W96)
(3:16) Residents - Track 15 - Ugly (At The End) (I) 2 (B96)
(2:14) Residents - Track 16 - Sometimes (I) 3 (B64
(3:05) Residents - Track 17 - Elevation (I) 3 (A80)
(2:06) Residents - Track 17 - Susie Smiles (I) (B96)
(3:49) Residents - Track 20 - Keep Talkin' (I) 2 (A80)
(2:19) Residents - Track 24 - Susie Smiles (I) 2 (B96)
(4:19) Residents - Track XX - Isolation (I) (B80)
(2:29) Residents - Track XX - Shame On Me (I) 2 (B80)

THIS collection is a batch of tracks from the time of "Tweedles!".
All appear to be early or alternate instrumental versions to those officially released.
In cases, the same track is present in multiple versions; the comments in brackets note some of the differences between them.

Though a 55min "Tweedles! (Tabasco) Instrumental" version was recently released, none of that was attempted to be edited out of this set.


Alternative Voice Of Midnight Instrumentals

total time: 90:45

(6:44) Residents - Track 01 - Seven Cats (I) 1 (B96)
(3:47) Residents - Track 01 - Seven Cats (I) 2 (A96)
(5:10) Residents - Track 02 - The Sandman (I) 1 (B96)
(1:51) Residents - Track 02 - The Sandman (I) 2 (B96)
(8:30) Residents - Track 03 - The Sandman (I) 3 (A80)
(1:59) Residents - Track 04 - The Sandman (I) 4 (A96)
(3:00) Residents - Track 05 - The Sandman (I) 5 (A96)
(1:47) Residents - Track 06 - The Sandman (I) 6 (A96)
(2:42) Residents - Track 07 - Mental Decay (I) (E96)
(3:08) Residents - Track 08 - UGHS Squeaky Wheels (B64)
(3:09) Residents - Track 09 - In The Dark (I) (W80)
-split here for 2 discs approx 45min each
(6:01) Residents - Track 09 - The Proposal (I) (B96)
(1:17) Residents - Track 10 - Professor Caligari (I) (B96)
(2:02) Residents - Track 14 XX - The Telescope (I) (B80)
(3:54) Residents - Track 15 - True Love (I) 1 (A80)
(3:42) Residents - Track 16 - True Love (I) 2 (E96)
(4:03) Residents - Track 17 - True Love (I) 3 (B96)
(6:09) Residents - Track 18 - Seven Cats (I) 3 (B96)
(2:00) Residents - Track 19 - Seven Cats (I) 4 (B64)
(4:54) Residents - Track 20 - Catatonia (I) (A80)
(4:59) Residents - Track 22 - The Tower (I) (E96)
(4:51) Residents - Track 23 - Epilogue (E96)
(4:54) Residents - Track XX - True Love (I) 3 (Longer Version) (E96)

THIS collection is a batch of tracks from the time of "The Voice Of Midnight".
All appear to be early or alternate instrumental versions to those officially released.
"The Voice Of Midnight" was said to be extracts of "The Ughs!", previously unknown to us at the time of the BOGcasts.
Beyone one "Ughs-only" track, there are other Ughs bits present here, but I did not try to reconcile them back to the specific Ughs tracks.
Two tracks (14 XX, 19) only contain the end of the piece, which is the SAME theme but with different lead-ins matching the VOM piece they came from.



Alternative Freak Show Instrumentals

total time: 63:50

(1:44) Residents - Track 00 - Barker & Timmy talk (B80)
(5:15) Residents - Track 01 - Everyone Comes To The Freak Show (I) (A64)
(3:09) Residents - Track 02 - Harry The Head (I) (A64)
(3:22) Residents - Track 03 - Herman & Barker (A96)
(5:10) Residents - Track 04 - Lillie (I) (CUT) (W80)
(6:43) Residents - Track 05 - Benny, The Bouncing Bump (I) (B80)
(1:59) Residents - Track 05 - Harry, Barker & Timmy (CUT) (A80)
(3:19) Residents - Track 06 - Jack, Barker & Timmy (A80)
(5:55) Residents - Track 06 - Jack, The Boneless Boy (I) (A64)
(3:12) Residents - Track 07 - Wanda & Barker (A80)
(4:47) Residents - Track 07 - Wanda, The Worm Woman (I) (W64)
(4:03) Residents - Track 08 - Benny, Barker & Timmy (A80)
(4:25) Residents - Track 08 - Mickey, The Mumbling Midget (I) (B64)
(5:09) Residents - Track 09 - Pickled Punk (W80)
(5:28) Residents - Track 10 - Lillie & Timmy talk (W80)

THIS collection is a batch of tracks from the time of "Freak Show".
Some appear to be early or alternate instrumental versions to those officially released.
Others appear to be "demo" type tracks - the barker and Timmy from the CD-ROM, interacting with some of the characters.

Thanks to Big Brother for airing them all!
Thanks to some guy who made a list of the tracks, which helped retrieve these out of hours of streams!
And thanks to the 3 sourceholders (S, C & D) for allowing this collection to be cobbled together from them all!


Miscellaneous BOGcast tracks
(ca. mid-1980s-2008)

total time: 92:22

- THE NAMED
(6:49) - Abe - WW Abraham overture (B80)
(2:52) - Baha - Baja (Alternate) (A80)
(2:13) - Burning Love - early-88germany-ish-version (B64)
(2:07) - censored - Census Taker collage (A64)
(2:00) - dixie - God's Teardrops RMX (A96)
(2:43) - hunk - Burning Love RMX (B64)
(5:20) - Marching to the Beach - Mole part 3 track (A64)
(3:19) - Peewee music - Rez sountrack music (A96)
(2:06) - seed - The Secret Seed RMX (A64)
(1:03) - sister - Little Sister RMX (CUT) (W64)
(3:18) - Skull Biz Scratch - AKA Welcome To Wormwood (W80)
(2:59) - Un-American Band - instrumental scratch (B64)
(3:05) - vf - Vileness Fats collage (B64)
- THE UNNAMED
(2:43) Residents - SCTrack 01 - Strange Culture cue 1 (title) (W64)
(1:59) Residents - SCTrack 02 - Strange Culture cue 3 (longer) (B96)
(2:47) Residents - SCTrack 03 - Strange Culture unreleased cue (E96)
(2:28) Residents - SCTrack 04 - Strange Culture unreleased cue (A80)
(2:32) Residents - SCTrack 06 - Strange Culture cue 4 (longer) (B96)
(1:24) Residents - SCTrack 07 - Strange Culture unreleased cue (B96)
(2:38) Residents - SCTrack 08 - Strange Culture cue 5 (A80)
(4:32) Residents - SCTrack 10 - Strange Culture cue 6 (minus ending) (W80)
(2:47) Residents - SCTrack XX - Strange Culture cue 1 (title) alternate (E96)
(2:59) Residents - Track 03 - 03A UNKNOWN TITLE (E96)
(1:40) Residents - Track 04 - 04A UNKNOWN TITLE (A96)
(2:16) Residents - Track 06 - 06A UNKNOWN TITLE (A80)
(1:19) Residents - Track 08 - 08A UNKNOWN TITLE (A80)
(1:22) Residents - Track 09 - 09A UNKNOWN TITLE (B96)
(2:36) Residents - Track 09 - 09B UNKNOWN TITLE (B64)
(1:38) Residents - Track 11 - 11A UNKNOWN TITLE (A80)
(2:27) Residents - Track 12 - 12A UNKNOWN TITLE (B96)
(2:15) Residents - Track 12 - 12B UNKNOWN TITLE (A80)
(1:49) Residents - Track 12 - 12C UNKNOWN TITLE (A64)
(1:26) Residents - Track 13 - 13A UNKNOWN TITLE (A96)
(1:39) Residents - Track 13 - 13B UNKNOWN TITLE (A64)
(0:36) Residents - Track 14 - 14A UNKNOWN TITLE (A96)
(1:53) Residents - Track 16 - 16A UNKNOWN TITLE (B80)
(2:27) Residents - Track 19 - 19A UNKNOWN TITLE (A96)

Many of the rare BOGcast tracks were related - a handful of album's worth's of instrumentals, scattered over many hours.
Those related tracks were extracted out & organized as part of previous issues from this BOGcast project.
THIS collection is what was leftover afterwards - very much like a Residue or BLU-type gathering of Residential miscellany.
Some of these are variations on tunes we already know, or full versions of things we'd only heard snippets from before.
Most appear to be new things that never otherwise saw release.
I have these broken here as they'd sort - the files with names first on a disc, & the rest on another.
And it works like that too, with the familiar & the unfamiliar each grouped together.
For the former, some tracks were given away free as part of the "2008 summer downloads".
For the latter, it may include:
* multiple bits from the Strange Culture soundtrack (way before the 2010 release)
* a set of pieces with world-music chants & music flourishes fading in & out (perhaps more outtakes from The Ughs!)
* little jams & maybe even some TBB outtakes
These are guesses of course - with no titles, who knows? Make up your own! Tap your foot to wind, baby!

Thanks to Big Brother for airing them all!
Thanks to some guy who made a list of the tracks, which helped retrieve these out of hours of streams!
And thanks to the 3 sourceholders (S, C & D) for allowing this collection to be cobbled together from them all!Latest thanx to ResidentsFanatic_DK. for sharing.



Animal Lover (2008)

In this album The Residents have been patient: they have stayed familiar (with the flexibility that will always allow them), and kept sight of so many more varieties of mood, color (though often melancholic), arranged plainly beautiful parts for classical instruments, and done some self analysis as well. The theme of creating ones’ own world occurs.




The River Of Crime (2006)


1. Episode 1: The Kid Who Collected Crimes!
2. Episode 2: Gator Hater!
3. Episode 3: Misdelivered Mummy!
4. Episode 4: The Beards!
5. Episode 5: Termites from Formosa!

The River of Crime series is difficult to explain. This version forgoes the story, acting, and general dramatics and leaves us with just the music. Lots of incredible music.



I Murdered Mommy (2004)

This is the soundtrack from the abandoned CDROM project of the same name. A lot of thought had been put into the project, and a team had been assembled. This gathers up the (very long) treatment for the project, puts it in a (very long) booklet, and a DVD sized digipak with slip cover. Of course the CDROM never did become a reality as a product, and there is no video on this release, only audio.





The Original Disfigured Night arrangement (1997)

Over the years, The Residents have been so prolific that it's easy to see that a year could have simply vanished and gone unnoticed. And one did - 1997, THE MISSING YEAR!In the early to mid 90's, The Residents were quite active in the creation of CD-ROMs, releasing Freak Show, The GingerBread Man, and Bad Day on the Midway from 1992-95. With another CD-Rom, I Murdered Mommy, scheduled for 1996, the group expected to continue working in that direction for some time, but the CD-ROM market unexpectedly dried up and support for the project disappeared, leaving Mommy as yet another unfinished, semi-mythical masterpiece. So much time was devoted to writing and designing the CD-Rom that, other than some soundtrack music for the game and a short side project, Pollex Christi, no music was recorded in 1996.Having lost so much time on a dead concept, 1997 finally arrived, but the new year was not so happy. For the first time in decades, The Residents had absolutely nothing in the works. No CD-ROM, no album, no plans. 1997 was born dead. And truthfully, the year never got much better, but the group did begin moving in some interesting new directions.Creatively, The Residents saw Pollex Christi as a successful experiment, consequently they decided to follow it up with another highly experimental, classically styled piece. Moving quickly, in the spring of 1997, the group began work on a new 15 min work, Disfigured Night, and soon roughed out a MIDI arrangement. (1997: the missing year -The Original Disfigured Night arrangement) instrumental - 15 minutes.



Hunters (1995)

Hunters (The world of predators & prey) is a ten episode nature series photographed by Wolfgang Bayer and produced by The Discovery Channel. At ten hours long it is the largest soundtrack project that The Residents have ever attempted. The series first aired in December of 1994 and the soundtrack CD was released early in 1995. An track which did not appear on the CD was later released as part of the 1999 collection dot.com.

1 Hunters Prelude (0:49)
2 The Deadly Game (4:47)
3 Tooth & Claw (5:12)
4 The Dangerous Sea (4:49)
5 Rulers Of The Deep (5:06)
6 Track Of The Cat (5:16)
7 The Giant Grizzlies (6:27)
8 Dawn Of The Dragons (5:50)
9 Eye Of The Serpent (6:49)
10 The Crawling Kingdom (6:30)
11 The Savage Pack (6:28)
12 Hunters Reprise (1:02)




Night Of The Hunters (2007)


Dusk

1-01 Dark Found Light Lost (2:06)
1-02 The Wrong Path (3:08)
1-03 Dropped Pain (1:27)
1-04 Broken Irony (12:36)
1-05 Night Of Lost Sight (2:27)
1-06 Crystal Shards (1:23)
1-07 In The Way (2:59)
1-08 Flying Blind (8:37)
1-09 Held Loosely (0:40)
1-10 Rediscovered Lust (3:54)
1-11 Stalking Dream (2:17)
1-12 Dark Light (1:47)
1-13 Mind Sight (2:31)



Dawn

2-01 Scattered Thoughts (5:48)
2-02 Doubting The Past (9:30)
2-03 Memory Of Light (5:59)
2-04 Seeing What's Gone (3:46)
2-05 Dreaming Of Night (1:41)
2-06 Refusing The Final Light (1:05)
2-07 Failed Eyes (7:25)
2-08 Slabs That Shine (10:27)


Edition Of 1,000 Numbered Copies.
Cd's Come Inside A Multi-Fold Digi-Pack Sleeve.

An album, which had a working title of "That Slab Called Night," was to be a concept project based on the effect darkness has on perception, the world of the shadow. Though never completed, The Residents thought it would be insightful to sort through the now over ten years old music and create something new...Night of the Hunters.


Tabasco

Tweedles Instrumental

1. Air
2. Earth
3. Water

Posted to RSD download store Jan 1, 2010. Recorded 2005/6